Society Calendar Highlights Local Club Gatherings
Thursday night Luther League at 8. Jolly Bunch birthday party at the Y. Beta Gamma Sigma Friday at 252 West Delaware. Rea Cross Circle 3 meets 2 p.m. Wolff & Marx. Luther Hare Auxiliary 2:30 p.m. Knights of Pythias. Red Cross circle in the Woman's Club at 9 p.m. Beta Tau Zeta 3:50 p.m. Ada Maverick host at 237 Howard. Red Cross circle C of Central Christian at 2 p.m. Wolff & Marx. Yemmirssees meet 3 p.m. with Miss Webster. Riverside PTA tea 3:30–6 p.m. at 311 McKinley. Red Cross Circle Ladies Auxiliary 2 p.m. Wolff & Marx. San Antonio Chapter 3 annual memorial service at 0 o'clock. Pride evening at Masonic Temple. Phoenix VI host at Gunter Hotel Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyd visit from Denver. Paulist Choristers concert Friday night. parties at Paul M. Peck and others. Parliamentary Club summer lunch sessions start, disbanding paused. Kindergarten Mothers and Neighborhood Club May-day festival 2–? at 117 Cactus Street. Alamo Chapter D A I card party Saturday 2:30 p.m. Thrift Stamp party with $4.16 prize.
Hair Tinting Trend Sweeps Readership
Readers report growing interest in home hair tinting products. Advertisements tout safety and easy application as Brownatone and similar brands promise salon results at home.
War work card party aids Red Cross funds in San Antonio
Proceeds from a charity card party support war work with Thrift Stamps and War Savings stamps as prizes. Mrs Bascom Bell chairs the event and reservations are by phone. Updates include Crockett S664 with Doris Mouston visiting Gonzales, and a Red Cross shop gathering at 220 Pevan Street led by Mrs Wo Richardson and Miss Elizabeth Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oail
Bascom Bell
Crockett
Red Cross
Wo. Richardson
Pevan Street
Hancock Banning
Los Angeles
Cal
Richardson
Misslizabeth Houston
New York
San Antonio
Murder charge to follow death of Bailey W Blair
An affidavit charging murder is to be filed in Justice Campbell's Court likely Thursday. Bailey W Blair manager of Blair Advertising Company died at Baylor Hospital after a chest wound in his Central Office building. Wife Belle Blair was arrested then released on bail of 400 dollars. Blair, a six year resident of San Antonio, is survived by his wife and a son, plus siblings and extended family. The body to be taken to Shelley Loring Undertaking in Clarksville Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Campbell
Belle Blair
Ace
Campbell
Moameshes
Bailey W. Blair
Blair Advertising Company
Lair
Baylor Hospital
Blair
Court House
Plair
San Antonio
R. F. Mair
Fayetteville
Ark
F. B. Glafr
Ardmore
Okla
Ella Garner
Alamo
A. 1D. Andrews
Atlanta
Emma Skinner
Wieler
Shelley+Loring
Clarksville
Series of Concerts at St Mark's Preview
St Mark's choirmaster and organist announces a series of concerts to benefit a cause. Mrs Lowe soprano performs with selections including TheMe and The Unremembered in a program directed by the choirmaster. Proceeds support the church and its music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
Gries
Pichmont
Mrg
Fountain Core
Drussell
Doxdia
Takes Up New Duties In Missionary Order Leader in San Antonio
Very Rev Father Domingo Zaldivar M I took up duties as head of the North American Province of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary arriving in San Antonio and residing at the Provincial House. He will oversee the San Antonio Provincial House and affiliated missions in Yuma Jerome Prescott and other western locations. Born in Navarre Spain in 1877 he studied at Cervera and Santo Domingo and came to America in 1909 becoming rector of the Old Plaza Church in Los Angeles in 1915 before his present appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domingo Zaldivar
M. I
M Sionary
Heart of Mary
San Antonio
South Concho Street
Sather Zaldicar
San Fernando Cathedral
Yuna
Ariz
Jerome
Prescott
Ole Gabriel
Gabriel
Cal
Wather Zaldic
Tonio
California
Navarre
Spain
Cervera
Santo Domingo
America
Old Plaza
Los Angeles
German agent charged in widow Maude King murder
Otto Schumann an interned enemy is charged by warrant with killing Mrs. Maude A. King a wealthy Chicago widow at Blackwelder Springs near Concord North Carolina last August. The affidavit says Schumann trailed Means a German agent who planned to pass information to Germany about copper and rubber exports to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.C
Otto Schumann
Wien
Maude A. King
Chicago
Blackwelder Springs
Here
Gaston BR. Means
Mlon. Ldwell.efty
Schumann
Germany
United States
Means
New York
North Carolina
Caldwell
Schurnyvinn
King
Geta-Tt Corn Remover Promises Quick Pain Relief
An old ad touts Geta-Tt as the one sure fast corn remover. It claims two seconds to apply, painless loosening of corns, and immediate walking with relief. Sold by San Antonio stores and backed by a money back guarantee, with multiple regional shop endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcorn
EB. Lawrence & (O. Cilenga
San Antonio
Wixeh
Deng Store
Adolph Preiss
Hughes
W. C. Kaltoyer
Hyda Wagner
Lauren Melante Pharmacy
May Day Cold in San Antonio Records Not Broken
May Day in San Antonio brought unusually cool weather with an average of 60 degrees, 12 degrees below the normal 72. The day ranged from 46 to 63 degrees, notable but not a record. past extremes include 101 degrees in May and a 64 degree low on May 1, 1900. Rain reports varied with .020 inches at Taylor and .34 inches at Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Loell Weather Bureau
Taylor
Brownsville
del Rio
May Oust Ferdinand London May 2
The Teutonic powers reportedly plan to dethrone King Ferdinand of Roumania and install a ruler of their choice. A Mail correspondent in Annemasse cites reliable information claiming Germany sought Count Czernin’s consent to remove him, making the change possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Annemasse
Ifrance
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Germany
Count Czernin
Obituaries of Mrs. Kimma Scherrer and others in San Antonio
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Kimma Scherrer 53 native of San Antonio died Thursday at 4 20 am at a focal hospital. Survived by husband Val Scherrer daughter Willie Marie Scherrer brother Leopold Lohrberg and sisters Augusta Menil and Mrs George Knoll. Funeral details to be announced. Also listed are Toni Land 55 and Cordelia Espey Adeline Mapey 14 months, with funeral arrangements and family ties. Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co. listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimma Scherrer
Emma Scherrer
San Antonio
Focal Hospital
Val Scherrer
Willie Marie Scherrer
New Orleans
Leopold Lohrberg
Augusta Menil
George Knoll
Liantg Undertaking Company
Johnnie Land
G. B. Willams
EB. B. Cosgrove
J. Ashton
Roy Land
BD. W. Foreman
East Rische Street
Racine Cordelia Espey
Adeline Cordelia Mapey
Julia Espey
Heyduk Station
A. Skwartz
Peretda Street
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for Hair Darkening
A home remedy to darken gray hair is replaced by Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The ad claims it converts gray strands to a natural dark shade, applied with a sponge or brush, and promises glossy, youthful-looking hair after one or two uses. It notes the product is not a cure or treatment for disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Casualty List Adds Six Names In Action And Wounds
Washington May 2 The casualty list shows six names added to the records including officers Lieut Clayton C Ingersoll and Lieut August Leo Sundvall both listed as deceased from different causes. Capt Francis J Cahill and lieutenants Samuel Miller Robert I Jeffrey reported missing are now prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Clayton C. Ingersoll
August Leo Sundvall
John Rreegel
Praise for Americans Paris Front Visit Highlighted
A May dispatch from Paris notes the front visit to American troops, weighing whether Austrian reinforcements or transatlantic battalions influenced the outcome. The Franco-American liaison is described as intimate with seamless translation of French division documents to allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
How the Huns Fight In No Man's Land With Infernal Devices
Germans in the Toul sector lay electric wires connected to bells helmets rifles and bombs in No Man's Land American soldiers increasingly trip these traps. Also a San Antonio notice warns taxpayers their 1917 city taxes are due by May 31 1918 to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Frange
Toul
No Man's Land
San Antonio
Tex
Andres Coy
Ice price conference to set fair profits under new rule
A meeting of local ice manufacturers and dealers with Federal Food Administration reps at the Chamber of Commerce will discuss price controls. The new rule bars arbitrary hikes and requires sworn cost statements for any justified increases to ensure fair profit on finished ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Food Administration
Chamber of Commerce
J*god Administration
Merry Maids Host May Day Supper and Dance at Brackenridge
The Merry Maids plan a supper and dance on Saturday May 1 at Brackenridge Park. The next meeting will be held Wednesday with Mrs Willie France as hostess, followed by a dance at Camp Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackenridge Park
Willie France
Camp Travia
Coconut oil hair care as a cheap, pure alternative
The notice advises using refined coconut oil for washing hair instead of soaps and shampoos. It warns alkali in many products can dry the scalp and brittle hair, promoting coconut oil as greaseless, inexpensive, and effective for cleansing, rinsing, detangling, and removing dust and dandruff.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Luther League of St. John's Lutheran Church
W. CA
Beta Gamma Sigma
West
Delaware Street
Rea Cross Circle of
San Jacinto
Wolff & Marx
Luther R. Hare
Knights of Pythias Hall
Red Cross Circle of the Woman’s Club
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
Beta Tau Zeta
Ada Maverick
Howard Street
Red Cross Circle
The
Central Christian Church
Yemmirssees
Riverside Parent Teacher Association
J. K. Baldwin
McKinley Avenue
Red Cross Circle of Ladies
Masonic Pemley
Stires
Phoenix VI
Gunter Hotel
J. W. Boyd
Denver, Colorado
Edward A. Wilson
Wil
Paul M. Peck
Parliamentary Club
Kindergarten Mothers’ and Neighborhood Club
Cactus Street
K'S
Ae “Brownatone
Suld
Kenton Pharmacal Co
Coppin
Covington
Patek Phillipe Co
Geneva
Hertzberg
Hamnton and
St. Mary's Str
Doris Mouston
Honzales
Annabelle Lilworth
John E. Hemphill
Con I. Bo Girard
Major Hemphill
France
Octavia Burtis
Elsie Suhmitt
Waco
Ira Wyethe
M Wyehe
Louise
Fort Sam Hanuston
Thurday
Vather Zaldivar
Rishing
Portage Tire Co
Alama
Dallas News
Georgette Crepe
Foulard
Rich
Crom
Neel
Ferdinand
Travelers’ Cigar Shop
Ave
Ady
Font Sand
Toni Land
Pleasanton Road
Louisiana
Bexar County
Shellsey-Loring Undertaking Co
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
Rivate
Soledad St. Phone Co
Casualty
Rony
S. A. Machine and Supply Co
Audi
Galveston
Rees
Charles Rees
Abe
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