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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1916

Page

7

Delays Loom in West Texas Bank Injunction Hearing

delays in the hearing and disposition of the citys injunc tion suit against the West Texas Bank and Trust Company threaten to push payment to unsecured depositors back another week or ten days. Judge Chambliss lacks a substitute and legal questions about dual Forty fifth district sessions complicate schedules as Patterson and Cureton finalize the banks answer.

West Texas Bank and Trust Company F. G. Chambliss Beeville Forty-fifth District Court S. G. Tayloe Forty-fifth Forty-fifth District Tayloe Chambliss San Antonio Thirty-sixth District Court W. S. Anderson Anderson Thirty-seventh District Court West Texas Bank John S. Patterson Andres Coy J. F. Carl R. H. Ward Cureton Patterson R. J. Boyle Austin Ferguson

Religious Secretary for Girls' College in Denton

Miss Helen Faye Fair of Topeka Kansas will serve as trained religious worker for the College of Industrial Arts at Denton Texas. She arrives Sept 4 and will oversee religious life for about 1000 students next year following a campaign that raised 1000 to fund the position.

Tian Association Helen Faye Fair Topeka Kansas National Training School New York City Denton Kansas City Washburn College Elsa Meyer la Grange Cora Cox Leonard Fay Jackson Miami Mabel K. Stafford Texas Eliza R. Butler National Board College of Industrial Arts Miss Fair

Darken Gray Hair With Q Ban Hair Color Restorer

An ad claims Q Ban Hair Color Restorer can darken gray hair without dye. Apply like shampoo to scalp and hair, sun dry, with promises of a healthy head, soft hair, and no gray showing. Price listed as 50 cents for 7 oz from Summers Drug Store, San Antonio TX.

Q-Ban Summers Drug Store San Antonio Tex

Mrs Slocum Chides Poker Habit In Dialog Comic

A humorous exchange features Mrs Slocum urging her husband’s friend to reform George who plays poker, while The Chum replies he already broke him just last night in a brisk witty dialogue from Puck.

Musterole Ointment Promises Quick Pain Relief

An advertisement extols Musterole a white oil of mustard based ointment that replaces mustard plasters and relieves sore throat bronchitis neuralgia and many aches without blistering available in 25c 50c and hospital sizes with a warning to avoid imitations from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.

Musterole The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio

Three Men Slashed. Two Mexicans in City Hospital

Two Mexicans and a negro were severely wounded Sunday and taken to City Hospital. Two Mexicans and a negro jailed on assault with intent to murder charges. Guadalupe and Pedro Rodarte attacked at South Leona and San Fernando streets at 1 AM. A J Smith slashed on Barrera Street. Detective White arrested W C Chappel on assault to murder charge.

Guadalupe Pedro Rodarte Leona San Fernando A. J. Smith Refugio Street Barrera Street Joe White W. C. Chappel Pauley Alley Central Headquarters

Robberies Hit Five City Schools Sunday Night

Five school buildings reported thefts Sunday night with money and various items stolen. Ada M. Cain principal at Herff School said $2.35, $1.25 and 50 cents were taken plus a knife clock and keys. Other losses included tickets and pocket knives at Highland Park Lafitte Matagorda and School No. 6. No arrests by Monday.

Monay Ada M. Cain Herff School South Hackberry Street Highland Park Lafitte Matagorda Streets Johnson School

Rio Grande City Sees Fire Insurance Rates Cut

A state fire commission representative completed a revision and re inspection of the fire zone and will report a new fire map with reduced rates. The town now has a modern waterworks system with high pressure hydrants and abundant distilled water from a new plant. Rio Grande City also has electric light and ice plant, replacing Monterey Mexico ice at two dollars per hundred pounds with a 90 cent rate and potential further cut. Fire insurance costs are expected to fall substantially.

Rio Grande City Tex State Fire Commission Monterey Mexico

Verdun Officer Recalls Inferno With Uplifted Resolve

An officer wounded at Verdun in early April recounts a single day of battle as a Titans clash, comparing the chaos at Vaux Mort Homme and Douaumont to a roaring tornado. He recalls shell screams, snow and mud, mass casualties, and the will to stand and halt the enemy advances.

Paris Verdun Troy the Yser Vaux Doulaumont Mort Homme

Colored excursion to Seguin May 11 by special train

Special Southern Pacific excursion to Seguin on May 11 departs at 9 a.m. The round trip fare is $1. Advance notice and booking advised.

Seguin Southern Pacific

Plans for Fourth of July Celebration Outlined at Committee Meeting

A Fourth of July committee mapped an elaborate public celebration with a parade and speeches at San Pedro Park. Members appointed include Finance chairwomen from veterans and ladies groups, a music and parks panel, an army post group, speakers chair J R Sprague, prizes and transportation teams, and several fraternal and veterans organizations.

San Pedro Park E. G. LeStourgeon W. J. Fox United Spanish War Veterans Emma C. Norris Ladies of the C. A. Soule Brotherhood of American Yeomanry I. R. Montez Myrtle Grove Woodmen Circle George Surkey Order of Eagles J.L. Lockwood AL BR Mollie Durbin Anna Naylor Pocahontas Charles M. Barnes Red Men Leonardo Garza C. A. Denny United Confederate Veterans J. R. Sprague Rotary Club Samuel Goodman Soule Ed C. Geiss Ross

Automobile construction promise and chauffeur guarantee cited

A Detroit Free Press quote questions if a new automobile is truly the last word in design and asks for a guarantee that a chauffeur will be satisfied. The exchange highlights doubt about quality and reliability in early car builds.

Gsir Detroit Free Press

The Wood Nymph at Grand Opera House Today

Amusements note Marie Doro stars in The Wood Nymph a forest romance with Wilfred Lucas and Frank Campeau shown today at the Grand Opera House for the last time. A Keystone comedy The Perils of the Part features Alice Davenport. Shows also include The Green Swamp and Love Will Conquer with Bessie Barriscale plus a variety of acts and a ventriloquist Blair and Crysta.

Marie Doro Apollo Grand Opera House Daphne Arnold California Arnold Dam Drew Wilfred Lucas Frank Campeau Alice Davenport Bessie Barriscale Green Swamp

Good Bill at Princess

A dancing and singing act titled Do- reads as a local entertainment item debuting at the Princess theater. The brief notes a lively performance likely featuring a vaudeville style routine with music and dance. An unspecified date accompanies the listing.

Princess

National Guard Aeroplane Fund Expands to Five States

The Aero Club of America reports a campaign to equip the national guard with airplanes has extended to Oklahoma Indiana Massachusetts and West Virginia. Rhode Island has raised 25000 for an aeronautic section and thirty states have joined the movement as the club plans the first batch of aircraft.

New York National Guard Oklahoma Indiana Massachusetts West Virginia Aero Club of America Rhode Island

New York Militia Receives Commissioned Vessels Soon

Two vessels are assigned to the New York state militia with others to join within a month. By summer four more ships are expected to be ready, including high powered fighting aeroplanes.

New York

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