Obituaries for Ridge McDevitt and Schiller in San Antonio
Obituary notices report Jessie Helen Ridge 29 died at 2 45 Sunday at 158 Mebane street born in Columbus Indiana and long time Chicago resident her family includes husband H W Ridge son Thomas F Ridge and siblings. James D McDevitt 68 civil engineer died at 4 15 Sunday at 1129 Culebra avenue survived by wife and seven sons and three daughters with funeral Monday 4 pm at home then interment in St Marys cemetery. Martha Schiller 19 died 3 30 Monday at 215 Sandoval street born in Germany resided in San Antonio three years survived by father Herman Schiller and siblings Bruno Gustav Ida and Hedwig with funeral Tuesday 8 30 am from Sandoval home and St Ann s Cathedral burial in St Marys cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridge
Jessie Helen Ridge
Mebane Street
Columbus
Ind
San Antonio
Chicago
H. W. Ridge
Thomas F. Ridge
Augusta Dawe
May Ferguson
Herman
Floyd Howe
Will Howe
Kansas City
McDevitt
James Dpd. McDevitt Sr
Culebra Avenue
Washington, D. C
Helen Harmon
Iona Perner
Wilhelmina McDevitt
James D. Jr
Robert E. Wellington
Dewey
Eugene McDevitt
C. A. McDevitt
Texas
Parnell McDevitt
Montana
P. F. Nichol
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Multiple Death Notices and Funeral in San Antonio
A series of death notices: Gabriel Carrio 31 from Mexico died in a local sanitarium. Will F Tolston 40 from Tennessee died in a sanitarium. Charles Loeb 23 from Florida died in a hospital. William Johnson 25 from Texas died in a hospital. Charles C Elliss 31 from New Jersey died in a sanitarium. Bodies held by Zizik Undertaking Co awaiting relatives' instructions. Mrs Julia Hay 56 died Sunday. funeral held at 3:30 from 426 Atlanta Ave. interred at Roselawn. survived by four daughters and three sons and twenty grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
William Johnson
Texas
San Antonio
Glidden
Lizzie Eastman
Jessie Hay
J. R. Cooley
Bergheim
Tex
Dan and
Alex Hay
Death of Peter H. Gifford 55 in San Antonio Sanitarium
Peter H. Gifford a 55 year old retired merchant died Sunday night at a local sanitarium. He was a native of Illinois and had been in San Antonio six days arriving from San Benito Texas. Survived by widow three daughters Bessie May and Thelma Gifford both of San Benito Mrs C Eugene Cook of Lorraine Ohio and two sons Leo C Gifford of Cleveland Ohio and George E Gifford of Kent Ohio. Services will be held Tuesday afternoon from Shelley-Loring Undertaking parlors.
Post Heirs in Line for Wealth After Santa Barbara Death
Charles W. Post multimillionaire dies in Santa Barbara California. His nephew Charles L. Post a West Texas Military Academy student and niece Dolly Post a St Mary's Hall pupil are the sole Fort Worth children of A A Post. They left for Fort Worth Sunday to attend their uncle's funeral and had studied there with his financial support.
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Neice
Santa Barbara
Calif
Charles W. Post
Charles L. Post
West Texas Military Academy
Dolly Post
St. Hary’s Hall
Fort Worth
A. A. Post
Fey
Automobile Licenses Listed For Local Motorists
The notice lists several license numbers and owners: No. 5137 Studebaker Joe L Hill and J at 105 West Pecan Street. No. 6138 Marion Mrs M E Wooten at 709 Hammond Avenue. No. 51389 Reo truck E Overbeck at 2314 Wyoming Street. No. 5140 Ford H M Hart at 118 East Washington Place. No. 5141 Christian F Gerhart. No. 6142 Indian motorcycle Earl G Miller at 625 Lubbock Street. No. 61428 Hupmobile T E Plummer at 634 East Commerce Street.
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Studebaker
Joe L. Hill
Lubbock Street
T. E. Plummer
East Commerce Street
Alumnae Luncheon at Menger to Elect Officers
The Wasson school alumnae club will host a 1 pm luncheon Tuesday at the Menger. New term officers will be elected. Miss Ethel Holmgreen and Miss Ilse Haarmann lead arrangements with June graduates as guests.
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Wasson School
Menger
Ethel Holmgreen
Ilse Haarmann
Louise Wasson
Florence Wasson
Alice Denike
Aurora Brooks
Emma Bunton
Edith Pancoast
Marie Schuhardt
Helen Heberer
Enid Schroud
Cecilia
Grand Court Country Store Tonight At 8 45
The Grand hosts the Country Store tonight at 8 45 with a long list of handsome prizes for patrons. Displays of all gifts are in the lobby and the show includes a three reel drama titled Shackered Souls. Keystone Day at the Royal features two reel Keystone Mabel Norman in Caught in a Carabet along with a Majestic one reeler Cigar Butts. The Mutual program offers The Monster and the Girl four reel Solax and Wednesday The Mutual Girl. Thursday to Friday Hearts Adrift with Mary Pickford.
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Grand
The
Keystone
the Royal
Mabel Norman
Keystone Mabel
Famous Players of
France
Mutual
Famous Players Film Company
Mary Pickford
Delegates Named for National Retail Merchants Meeting
Named as delegates are Dele W. A. Achilles of Austin Phil F. Meyer of Palestine August Briam Jr. of San Antonio and State Secretary W. J. Edgecombe The convention of the National Retail Merchants Association will be in Louisville Kentucky on May 17 18 and 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dele
W. A. Achilles
Austin
Phil F. Meyer
Palestine
August Briam Jr
San Antonio
W. J. Edgecombe
Retail Merchants’ Association of Texas
National
Retail Merchants’ Association
Louisville
Fletcher's Castoria Ad and Beef Market Note
An advertisement for Fletcher's Castoria is cited with the children’s cry line, paired with a market tidbit showing Swift and Company’s fresh beef sales in San Antonio averaged 10.47 cents per pound for the week ending May 9. The excerpt also includes a Punch magazine dialogue about a wife’s holiday and a Caribbean destination.
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Swift and Company
San Antonio
Tag Day Preparations Extend Across San Antonio and County
San Antonio club women organized district stations and appointed chairmen for a state wide tag day on May 23 to raise funds for the Texas building at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Departments cover streets from Alamo to La Ve rch, with chairs leading stations at churches schools depots and hotels. The drive will extend into smaller towns of Bexar County under Mrs. Herbert D. Linscott and Mrs. Linecott.
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Texas Commission
Texas
San Antonio
Covn
San Antonio Club
St. Anthony
Woman's Club
J. R. Sprague
S. P. Station
Alamo
Daughters of the American Revolution
K. J. Larkin
Laurel Heights
San Antonio de Bexar
John J. Stevens
D. A. Leary
St. Anthony Hotel
Government Hill
Stowers’ Corner
Woman's Auxiliary
City Hall
W. C Linden
Houston Street
Swearingen Building
Losoya
Alamo Plaza
Sprague's
Beatrice Till. Hicks
Stanley Winters
Navarro
A. Sachs
Gunter Hotel
Daughters of Isabella
Hugh B. Rice
Grand Opera House
Council of Jewish Women
E W. McCamish
Commerce Street
Navarre
Bridge
Phoenix Club
W.S. Anthony
Soledad
St. Mary's Street
Civic Club
A. L. Ellis
Conrad Schasse
Courthouse
Market Street
Dau Htery
The
Confederacy
Mabel Mussey Bates
Gibbs Building
Round Table of
Reese Wilson
Travis Club
Gibbons Literary Club
W. Dd. Williams
Chanpa’s
Frug
J. J. Hart
Aransas Pas
A. Wagner
Alamo Street
Plaza
Smmaller
Bexar County
Herbert B. Linecott
San Antonio High School Class of 1914 Honor Graduates
Robert Field and Carlos Smith were named honor graduates of the 1914 San Antonio high school class. Field topped with 94.6 average and first honors, Smith second with 93.9. The class has 149 students, 96 girls and 53 boys, and February’s graduates featured two leading girls.
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Robert Field
Carlos Smith
San Antonio High School
W. D. Williams
Austin
Senate Literary Society
Virginia Wheat
Auto Ride for Visitors in Honor of Two Women
Mrs. L. H. MelDaniel hosted a pleasant automobile ride for visitors followed by supper on Saturday evening. The event paid tribute to Dr. Elizabeth M. Hooper of Port Huron Michigan and Mrs. Laura B. Hart, both notable in Maccabee circles, with Dr. Hooper, Mrs. Hart, and several others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. MelDaniel
Elizabeth M. Hooper
Port Huron
Mich
Laura B. Hart
Hooper
Hart
Annie D. Millett
Laura Lowe
F. M. Ripley
Birthday Party for Mr and Mrs Alexander Ward
A Sunday birthday party honored Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ward. Ward is 81 and Mrs. Ward 75. turkey dinner followed by music and ices. Attendees included H L Ackermann, J P Powers, Frank Ward, Herman Rhode family, Mayme Ward, Gus Rhode, and several Ward relatives. England spends four times more on naval com posed in the last four years than Germany.
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Alexander Ward
Mr. Ward
Ward
and Ward
H. L. Ackersmann
J. P. Powers
Frank Ward
Herman Rhode
Ernest Rhode
James Ward
Mayme Ward
Gus Rhode
Olston Ward
William Ward
England
Germany
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Washer Bros. Co
Voile & Ratine
Anna McDowell
Richmond Avenue
Bess Mitchell
Gladys Mountjoy
Jennie Huggens
Henrietta
Bessie Bowers
Rose Collinsworth
Isabel Hans
Lucile Fancher
Willie Frame
Habel Samuels
Iola McDonald
Messrs
Lindsey Smith
Claude Elkins
Roy Law
Hertzberg
House of Hertzberg
E. Hertzherg Jewelry Co
Houston and
St. Mary’s Sts
Rence
Ray Samuels
Russell Davies
Ben Clark
Richmond Biering
Norris Williams
Will Kotch
David Hunter
Palmer Jennings
William Herring Jr
Ric Willinger
Alex A. Singleman
Barbara A. Myers
Carlos G. Garcia
Lizzie Rose
Jose Fuentes
Antonia Rodriguez
Nadine
Cin
National Toilet Company
Paris
Tenn
Boot
Cansante
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph CO
Dept
É-S
Baltimore
C.O.D
Carrio
Gabriel Carrio
Mexico
Ganado
Zizik Undertaking Company
Tolston
Will F. Tolston
Tennessee
Denison
Houston
Loeb
Charles Loeb
Florida
Company
Mision Burial Park
Uneeda Biscuit
Graham
National Biscuit Company
Im Society
Eleanor Barclay
Mulholland School
Russell Caffery
Tobin Hill
First Baptist Church
A. C. Dauchey
Broadway
Alamo Heights
A. J. Vick
New York
Pearl Wilkinson
Atlanta, Ga
New Orleans
Vida Vick
Atlanta
Mrs. W
Ethel Coutret of
Charco
Ruth Birdsong
Miss Pearl Poyle
Victoria
Alamo Heights Methodist Church
Fletcher
MacBull
West Indies
Caring Smith
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
M. D
She
Alamo Auto Sales Co
Ladies Sample Suit Co
Crockett Street
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