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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
13
The Uhr campaign notes expose machine supporters spreading rumors about police and fire appointments and job guarantees. They urge voters to reject the deceitful last minute tactics and back Uhr for reform.
Albert J Kush 45 died at his home 615 Nevada Street at 9 o clock Thursday night He was born in Hungary and lived in San Antonio for four years He is survived by a widow five sisters and three brothers and by three sons and three daughters The funeral will be held from the Pearce Robinson chapel at 4 pm Friday with interment at Beth El cemetery Services also at St Michaels Church Advocate Shelley Loring Undertaking Co. and Pearl Robinson funeral firms listed
Mrs Celia Harrison aged 68 died Thursday night in a San Antonio hospital after eight months in the city. No survivors are known by the undertakers. The body was sent to Flynn Texas for interment by the Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co.
Moritz Rosenfeld, 78, died at a San Antonio sanitarium. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
Six years after Joseph Welcome confessed to murder in Chicago Judge Marcus Kavanagh pronounced a stark life term. The convict described his prison life as a form of death by a hundred continuities and claimed reform through study while awaiting a possible reunion with his wife and child.
A string of prominent visitors check in across the Gunter, Menger, and St. Anthony. Joseph Netzer of Laredo, Tex attends the Gunter while H. I. McElroy and Mrs. McElroy of Kansas City register at the Menger. Arthur B. Baker of Washington, D. C. visits the St. Anthony. Charles Ammen of Alexandria, La. arrives at the Gunter and J. D. Clayton of Dallas stops at the Menger. Sam Finley of Atlanta, Lyons of Boston, Al Sonnebone of New York, H. A. Kilburn of New York, J. D. Anderson of Boston, Joseph McCune of New York, L. R. Humphrey of Palestine, Tex., L. J. Thomas of Houston, Mrs. J. B. Dibrell of Seguin, E. Pratt of Dallas, F. S. Perrine of Oregon City, and J. H. Norwood of Austin are listed among arrivals and guests at the city hotels.
Two unidentified aircraft dropped five large bombs at dawn on Borentruy near the French border causing property damage. Swiss authorities reported the incident near Berne on March 31 as a foreign air raid with unknown origin.
Short fires caused by hot ashes and a boys’ prank were reported on Matamoras Street and Hoefgen Avenue Thursday afternoon and evening. No damage resulted.
A reader appeals to readers to try Anuric Tablets for kidney and bladder trouble after harsh salts and alcohol worsen conditions. The letter claims relief, restored appetite, and improved health, noting Dr. Pierce’s reputation and that Anuric will soon be sold widely.
Under General Kuropatkin, a half million Russian troops push against German positions led by Field Marshal von Hindenburg on a 150 mile front in the Russo Japanese War era framing.
A miscellany of notices reports gifts to fire sufferers from the Needlework Guild and thanks to Wells Fargo, local ads for cars and coffee, a Dallas Daughters of the Confederacy tour to San Antonio, a hotel wedding between Charles Ward and Rose Hall, Humane Society details, tree surgery demonstration in San Pedro park, post office money order found, and several theft reports including cigars tobacco candy cash and a gold watch.
The school board closed a deal Friday morning for a block of land on Prospect Hill for a new ward school. The property, purchased from W. A. Petty for 6500 dollars, is bounded by Durango Street to the north San Luis Street to the south South Brazos Street to the east and Los Moras to the west.
General Howe retires to Philadelphia December 9 1777 after failed advances and Washington moves to Valley Forge December 11 with troops erecting huts amid extreme cold famine and disease. Baron Steuben arrives to impose order and organize the camp.
In New York Andrew Carnegie told guests that to a Martian war would seem irrational, likening it to a prize fight seen by an old lady who recalled rich son-in-law taking her to a bout where two men continued punching after time was called.
A health note warns that daily meat can form uric acid harming kidneys. It recommends four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys and neutralize urine acids, describing Jad Salts as inexpensive and safe.
The Baltimore American notes a shift from coerced enlistment in past England to modern cajolery in the United States. It cites sergeants at fairs using liquor and promises of wealth, plus patriotic appeals, while warning today’s posters and films still entice volunteers. A Yonkers ICA speech by William Hard critiques new scientific management ideas as worse than useless.
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