Home Folks Aids Soldiers Across Towns
The Home Folks column in The Light celebrates San Antonio hospitality as soldiers seek townsfolk connections. Letters reach editors from Arkansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Baltimore, and beyond, asking for names and addresses to find former neighbors. The service remains free to soldiers, with unanswered lists spanning many states and cities.
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United States
San Antonio
The
Light
Home Folks
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Buren
Ark
England
Troy
N. Y
Home
Kelly Field
Hillsdale
Lansing
Mich
Hone
Lincoln
Neb
Brownsville
Baltimore
del Rio
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Anniston
Charleston
Ala
Ort Dodge
Burnside
Lehigh
Stamford
White Plains Yonkers
Brooklyn
Sacramento
Stockton
Cal
Melkesport
Johnstown
Milton
Ore
Chicago, I
Walker County
Georgia
Billings, Mont
Malden, Wash
Baltimore, Md
Boston
South Boston, Mass
Manton, K. T
Marienne Abend Broadway
Lewiston
Ohio Society and clubs calendar for Monday to Tuesday
Society notes list Monday and Tuesday meetings for Ohio Society in the Gunter pink room and other groups in Wolff Marx building. Entries include Red Cross Council of Jewish Women circle meeting and Ladies' Aid at Grace English Lutheran Church, plus a regional marriage notice for Leona Copland and Lt. Nathan Saper and a piano contest in Dallas.
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Ohio Society
Gunter
Red Cross Circle of
Council of Jewish Women
Ya Im
Wolff & Marx
Ladies’ Aid Society of Grace English Lutheran Church
Red Cross Circle
The
Central Christian Church
Gunter Hotel
Obie
Prof Dindbert
Srouse
Elliott
Ohio Soldiers
Sawyer
Rouse
Glenn Law
Minne Jursch
la Rue Loftin
Dallas
State Federation of iMagic Clubs
Olga Sam‘aroff
Cara Duggan Madison
Pan-American Round Table Luncheon Hosts International Guests
Dr Manuel Amaya of Mexico Consul-general J J Dickinson of the censorship bureau and Mrs Dickinson Captain James of the British Army plus Canadian officers attended the Pan American Round Table luncheon at the Gunter Monday. Mrs K B Pumphrey chaired Argentina program. Mrs J K Beretta welcomed as new member representing Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Amaya
Mexico
J. J. Dickinson
Censorship Bureau
Dickinson
James
Pan-American Round Table
Kt. B. Pumphrey
Argentina
J. K. Beretta
Canada
Why Women Dread Old Age
Advice column assures no fear of aging by keeping the body healthy. Emphasizes kidney and bladder care, proper waste removal, and Haarlem Oil Capsules to sustain vitality. Promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as the only guaranteed brand with warnings about fakes.
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Haarlem
New Southwest Texas fuel users chair named
Mark F. Postlewaite was appointed by J A Patterson to lead the industrial fuel users committee of Southwest Texas replacing the late T G Hay. A meeting with major fuel users is set for May 7 at 4 p m in the Manufacturers' Association office at the Gunter Hotel to assess current supply and future needs. A B Weakley, local fuel administrator, is expected to attend.
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Mark F. Postlewaite
J. A. Patterson
Manufacturers’ Association of
San Antonio
Texas
T. G. Hay
W. B. Tuttle
Eugene A Holmgreen
R. J. Boyle
A. 8. Pawkett
C.C. Leel
The
Manufacturers’ Association
Iit
A. B. Weakley
Furlong Named Secretary Of Local Highway Chamber Post
W H L Furlong Jr accepted the appointment as secretary of the highway department of the Chamber of Commerce and will assume charge Monday morning. He led the good roads push in Bexar County and Southwest Texas and remains secretary of the Medina Toll Road Association. He succeeds J B Mabry who resigned to work full time for the Automobile Owners Association district role.
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W. HL Furlong Jr
Chamber of Conmumerce
Chamber of Commerce
Bexar County
Texas
Furlong
Bexar County Highway League
Chamber of Commercee
Las Jong Beer
Medina Toll Road Association
Mr. Furlong
J. B. Mabry
Automobile Owners' Association
Telegraphers Pledge Government Support in Labor Row
Members of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America pledged support for the government at a Sunday meeting. They agreed not to strike in response to Western Union discharges of union members in San Antonio. Resolutions were sent to Generals Holbrook and Allen and to Governor Van Zandt at the Dallas Fed. The San Antonio cuts involved two to three operators. Dallas reports about 150 laid off. W S Herring cites later attrition and notes soldiers used for handling messages, with army regulation assurances promised.
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Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Holbrook
Allen
van Zandt
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Western Union
Union
San Antonio
W. S. Herring
Herring
Grand Jury for May Term of Thirty seventh District Court
The May term grand jury was empanelled and sworn by Judge Anderson who urged focus on sedition cases and hygiene abuses in San Antonio. Foreman John J Stevens leads a list including I E Scobey Emil Fran and others as espionage act violations and disloyal remarks cases move to trial this week in the thirty seventh district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
San Antonio
I. E. Scobey
John J. Stevens
Emil Fran
Lee Petrich
W. I. Montgomery
E. Mumme
Percy Tyrrell
W. Kirkland
E. Y. White
W. Meyer
A. L. Wright
George Holmgreen
John J Stevens
Justice Courts
United States
Thirty-Seventh District Court
County Court to Meet as Board of Equalization in May
Notice that the County Commissioners Court of Bexar County Texas will convene as a Board of Equalization on the second Monday in May 1918 the 13th for inspecting correcting and approving the assessor of taxes lists and books. The notice is dated May 2 1912 and signed by County Clerk Frank Neyson.
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Bexar County
Texas
San Antonio
Chief Deputy Resigns to Join Texas Rangers
James W. Galbreath, chief deputy sheriff of Bexar County, resigns Monday morning to pursue a Texas Rangers appointment along the Texas Mexico border. Capt. W. D. Druce, currently jailer, expected to succeed him. Galbreath has long service in Wilson County and El Paso and a decade with the local sheriff's department.
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James W. Galbreath
Bexar County
Notable Guests Scattered Across San Antonio Hotels
The list shows travelers and visitors including Andres G Garcia of El Paso at Ft Anthony, Mrs M D Scruggs and family of Kansas City at Lanier, Scott of Dallas at the water, and others like J W Kent of Houston and Fred Gleave of St Louis registered at Menger, Gunter, and Anthony hotels in San Antonio.
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Andres G.garcia
el Paso
Ft. Anthony
Lanier
M.D. Scruggs
Misa Scruggs
Buford Scruggs
Kansas City
Mimer Scott
Dalas
Uater
HN. Bridgewater
Los Angeles
Menger
JW. Kent
Houston
Anthony
Briggs
Laredo
Vanier
St. Anthony
Frank ‘N Shilpren
Mercedes
Lanter
Tad A. Welly
Waco
Gunter
John M. Locke
New York
Cardui Story of Renewed Strength From Relief Reader
Mrs. Sarah M. Hill of Relief Kentucky praises Cardui as a wonderful women’s medicine. She explains eight years of weakness and pallor, then recovery after taking two bottles, reporting lasting strength and ability to work.
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Kentucky
Sarah M. Hill
Cardui
Cardus
War era exhibit at Carnegie Library draws public interest
Carnegie Library showcases a food administration exhibit with corn and rice flour muffins and simple flours in jars. Conservation recipes from the U S Food Administration are available to borrow, alongside pamphlets from the Department of Agriculture on recipes and a South garden book, with new war books added recently.
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Carnegie Library
The
Food Administration
United States Lood Administration
Department of Agriculture
Pincher Martin
Royal Navy
Tuffral
Conigsby William Dawson
Crumpps
Louis Keene
Verdun
Somme
Harry Ernest Brittain
K. B. McKellar
Charles Edward Jefferson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Broadway Tabernacle
New York
Large drunken arrests near city dry zone limits
Saturday and Sunday saw the largest drunk arrests since the ten mile dry zone began, with thirteen defendants booked. Seven were at 1 45 am Sunday after a Saturday visit to a saloon beyond the dry line. cases were dismissed due to missing testimony. The rest were fined five dollars. A hotel raid on West Commerce Street at 9 30 pm Sunday led to one owner charged under a presidential proclamation and two women and two soldiers held for rooming ordinance violations. some were released after Justice Department review.
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San Antonio
Buckley
No- Nee
West Commerce Street
Department of Justice
Keener
Military Police
Three Cars Stolen In Weekend Thefts
Three automobiles were reported stolen Saturday and Sunday including a Hupmobile owned by Lieut. G L Draper recovered by police. A five passenger Ford and a five passenger Buick were stolen from two other victims. Three young men were arrested for the theft of Dr Jacksons car and four boys were charged in bicycle thefts. Three Mexicans and one Negro youths were arrested by detectives in related cases.
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G. L. Draper
Kelly Field
Brown
J. W. Bailie
North Flores Street
M. Cohen
San Pedro Avenue
Scouts Practice Sniper Skills at Camp Bulls Range
Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen Col J J Wingman and Lt Col George J Thorne plus Maj Johan G Winter observed the initial target practice of 300 scouts from the 902nd Infantry at Camp Bulls. The unit trains under Brig Gen W H Johnston and Lieut DuVal of the British army. They also saw combat firing by the 179th Infantry Brigade as it completes a range cycle. Sunday Gen Allen met dept commander Willard A Holbrook and Brig Gen John W Ruckman.
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Henry T. Allen
J. J. Wingman
George J. Thorne
Ninetieth Division
Johan G. Winter
Camp Bulls Range
W. H. Johnston
DuVal
Travis
179Th Infantry Brigade
Allen
Willard A. Holbrook
John W. Ruckman
The Easiest Way To End Dandruff
A claim that four ounces of liquid arvon bought at a drug store will dissolve dandruff overnight. Repeated nightly use promises complete removal with no itching, leaving hair fluffy and glossy. The ad asserts the remedy never fails and is inexpensive.
Army personals report transfers and training at camps
Maj. TR. Y. Cook and officers return from Corpus Christi with convalescent soldiers to Fort Sam Houston and a general hospital. Mentions transfers to Camp Graving, Camp Sherman, Camp Bliss, and Camp Jackson with assignments in laboratories, signals, artillery, infantry, and militia planning for a new National Guard. About 500 drafted men per regiment, none from Camp Travis.
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TR. Y. Cook
Corpus Chris
Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital
General Hospital
Robert Miller
Can ‘Fravig Base Hospital
Wusseil i. Ts
Laboratory
James W. Raney
Suor
Hoyd M. Compton
Willard A. Holbrook
Camp Sherman
Idout
Tiley J. Hefley
Q. ML
Wort Bliss
Canut Colly
Colley D. Campbell, SR
Department
Maia
Watt Page
State Adjutant ‘S Department
New Text National Guard
Willam W. Thompson
Bindwistd Artillery
Issachar O. Gauntt
Vo R. C
Soul
Washington
D.C
Pew
Whit da
Travis
Tax Notice for San Antonio 1917 Taxes Due by May 31 1918
San Antonio Texas April 6 1918 notice to all persons firms and corporations owing taxes to the city that fiscal year 1917 taxes are now due and payable to avoid six percent interest and two percent monthly penalty for five months payment must be made before May 31 1918. Also mentions Durer Oregon home guards in Wasco County with 106 members and local participation.
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San Antonio
Tex
Andres Coy
Just A Touch of Ice Mint for Foot Comfort
A promotional note proclaims Ice-mint as a fast acting corn and callous remover. It claims quick relief with cooling, non irritating application and no pain, promising easy lifting of hard or soft corns and swollen feet, especially for women on their feet all day.
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Meg
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Chicago
Beta Gammut Tau
Bu Mertzberg
Woman's Auxiliary
Lexar County Medical Association
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
Ned Cross
West End
Liewena Shafer
Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian Church
Mets
Henry M. Aubrey
St. Luke's Parish Aid
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Charles J. Matler
Peyton Avenue
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Agnes Moeller
New Braunfels
Linda and
Mary Umscheid
Denver Heights
Swift & Company
Young Women’s Christian Association
Alamo Methodist Church
May Franklin
Chamber of Commerce Highways Division
Decatur
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Pan-American Motors Corporation
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Neyson
Boxer County
W. Galbreath Teaves
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