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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1925
Page
16
San Antonio lumbermen plan permanent headquarters at the St Anthony Hotel with lounge and dining rooms, built from the old grill room and a joining space. Preparations include comfortable chairs, magazines, and English style decor, with the initiative aiming to foster daily use by members. A potential 70 members may join this week as rooms are readied for occupancy.
Greenwich May 12 Larry Sky pianist of a hotel orchestra found a dusty whiskey flask wrapped in a New York newspaper dated April 20, 1895 inside the hotel piano. The clipping recalls a bygone era with the Spanish American War as the big news of the day.
Ey lumbermen and their guests with hotel support establish the Lumbermen's Club. Albert Steves serves as president, Ralph F. Davis as vice president, C. J. Jen gs secretary-treasurer, and RK R Witt and R M Middlebrook as directors alongside the key officers. Membership will be by invitation only and include wholesale retail and mill representatives of lumber organizations.
Delegates arrive as Ameri can Railway Development Association holds a two day session at the St Anthony Hotel. President D F Jackson will preside at the Tuesday night committee meeting with a roster of officers and chairmen from railroad interests. Officials say 125 delegates, representing about 85 percent of U S railroad mileage, are expected to attend the convention opening Wednesday. Fertilizer talks note nitrate use in cotton belts and rising imports as Texas soils seek renewed fertility.
Airplanes of the Third Attack Group at Kelly Field will simulate an air attack on marching columns of the Second Division along Fredericksburg and Babcock roads on Thursday. A radio-equipped ship will locate the enemy and guide the strike to the head of the column, then the group will attack. The exercise continues Friday with a regrouping and further movement, ending with the Second Division training hike completion.
In federal court Judge Duval West cleared a heavy docket Tuesday. Manuel Guerra pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years. Ventura Rodriguez received a year and a day. Several dismissals and nominal fines followed, and one defendant was found not guilty in a brief trial.
Prohibition agents confiscated 41 pints of beer in a raid Tuesday on South Concho Street. The haul was described as fermented and ready for consumption, and an arrest was made in connection with the operation.
The Rev M H Harris spoke before an audience of girls at Temple Israel arguing for a single standard of morals and contrasting women’s responsibility for moral lapses with men The sermon touched on changing restrictions and women’s status in society.
An advertisement claims Dickes Old Reliable Eye Water strengthens the eyes of children. The promo cites trusted efficacy and urges purchase, typical of early 20th century medical patent medicine marketing.
Major Joseph King of the Cavalry reports for duty at the Eighth Corps Area headquarters as assistant to the assistant chief of staff for military intelligence.
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