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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
7
A political advertisement urges San Antonio voters to elect Lamm Nelson and Uhr to reduce city expenses and lower taxes. It contrasts Dallas expenditures in 1916 17 with San Antonio figures and condemns the machine ticket while urging civic participation on May 8.
Members of the extension committee of the food and feed committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Clearing House Association will travel by auto to sites south of San Antonio after meetings in Dilley Pearsall and Devine. The effort aims to broaden the food and feed campaign with support from the Woman's Club and local employers.
Capt R B Ridgeway of Fort Worth organized a battery of artillery at Fort Worth and met Adjutant General Hutchings in Austin to discuss mustering into service. The conference outcome was not disclosed but Ridgeway reported encouragement amid federal equipment shortages. He commands 140 men and is a former Weatherford National Guard officer and Texas legislator.
An advertising notice touts Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for fatigue and various ailments from uric acid to stomach issues. It claims three capsules daily restore strength, with money-back guarantees and prices of 25c 50c and $1.00 per box.
Battery B of the First Texas Field Artillery in San Antonio plans to discharge twenty men under the dependent family provision and recruit new personnel to fill vacancies. Captain V. Birkhead emphasizes San Antonio citizenship, high character standards, and strong odds of officer commissions if mobilized. Recruits are being screened at the armory, 325 East Crockett Street, with on duty hours from 9 am to 7 pm.
San Antonio plans a late spring banquet to formally welcome Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing as Southern Department commander. A chamber committee led by Franz C. Groos John B. Carrington and N. B. Clegg extended the invitation for Pershing and his staff after visiting headquarters. The event continues a local tradition of honoring department commanders with a notable St. Anthony Hotel reception following the Funston homage.
Today’s Army orders list appoints Major Wallace A. Trumbull in the Quartermaster’s reserve corps at Southern Department, Edward D. Hickman in the same, and Captain William C. Marrow at Fort Sam Houston. Transfers include Lieutenant Colonel Ulysses Oregon from militia to Sixteenth Infantry.
Community notices list dances at St Albert's Hall Wyoming and Indianola Streets with ads for wedding invitations, calling cards, and engraving services. References to various local services and a Friday Moose Hall family dance accompany reports of two cars stolen and minor injuries from a cowboy riding incident.
The week’s notices include: M M Catchings reports 15 hens stolen from a coop on South Presa Street. Cc T Leuseur reports a suit of clothes stolen from a Soledad Street location. Dr B E Witte’s garage on West Ashby Place entered with a rear tire and a lady’s riding saddle taken. A call for a donated typewriter to support the San Antonio Red Cross at the Gunter hotel headquarters. Rev T P Grant seeks to accompany first American troops to France as chaplain, despite enrollment for reserve officer training at Leon Springs.
National officers of the Travelers' Protective Association will attend the Sunday ceremony at Mission Burial Park for a monument to Rev. Homer T. Wilson. Hundreds of state delegates travel from Victoria for a state convention, arriving by special train after the Friday gathering. Local Post D requests car owners’ help with rides, with Gunter Hotel coordination and cars to be at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The list of 2500 men who will receive training as reserve officers at the Leon Springs camp was filled Wednesday afternoon and orders were given for cessation of the work of examining applicants. Col. W.S. Scott and staff prepare for opening of the encampment with many to report May 8 to May 12 and instruction to begin May 15.
Floyd McGown as federal receiver offers 60 000 acre Medina Valley tracts to responsible farmers with one year free use. Land cleared totals 14 000 acres with 4 000 awaiting development. Rent applies only if water from canals is used. crop without water incurs no rent. A local farm owners committee asks to extend canal irrigation. McGown supports expansion pending court approval. All Medina Company properties are tied up in litigation.
Advertising notice for a semi annual dance event covering boys and girls with a date of May 3. The brief entry records the advertisement placement and year range 1906 7.
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