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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1916

Page

12

Heard Returns to Duty After Mayo Clinic Visit

Colonel J W Heard assistant adjutant of the southern department returned to Fort Sam Houston Sunday night and resumed his official duties. He had been at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn for stomach and liver trouble and is still weak but greatly improved. A Mexican prowler was captured at 4am near 104 Olympian Way after a barking dog alerted City Detective Harvey and was booked on vagrancy charges.

Heard J. W. Heard Southern Department Fort Sam Houston Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn Harvey Olympian Way Central

Record car endurance feats and strains exceed everyday driving

The article notes a 24 hour foreign car record of 1581 miles, not a stock car, with the Super Six surpassing it by 15 percent. It argues these records reflect the greatest strains a motor car faces, while many engines fail under far lesser stress, suggesting years of normal use wouldn’t test them.

Ralph Mulford Daytona

Notable Visitors Fill San Antonio Hotels

A string of guests checks into hotels around the city with arrivals at the Gunter Menger St Anthony and related hosts from Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Gainesville Duluth and St Louis among others. Names include J SN Alexius J R Childress Colonel Co F Hunt W N Fulkerson W E Dill Harry Sea W H Rankin Beasley Merrett Wardell Maxon Jr. and others.

J. SN. Alexius New York Gunter J. R. Childress van Horn Tex Menger W. B. Clint Brownsville St. Anthony R. H. Chatham Dallas Co. F. Hunt el Paso M. W. Bahan Fort Worth W. N. Fulkerson W. E. Dill Harry J. Sea W. H. Rankin Houston W. E. Brickenkamp St. Louis W. J. Drury C. Beasley Gainesville E. T. Merrett Duluth W. E. Maxon Jr

Remount Depot to be Established at Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston will host a remount depot to supply horses and mules for the expeditionary force and militia. Lt. Matt C. Bristol will command the station, with sheds and corrals to be built near the old target range three miles north of town.

Fort Sam Houston Mexico United States Matt C. Bristol Third Cavalry Fort Sam Houston Military Establishment Fort Reno Okla Fort Royal Fort Keogh Mont

Alfred Kilgore Seen as Carnegie Medal Candidate

A petition seeks a Carnegie medal for Alfred Kilgore a St Anthony hotel clerk who rescued two men last August. The notice highlights his courageous action and calls for official recognition.

Alfred Kilgore St. Anthony Hotel

Sewer Connections and Plumbing

W G Schuwirth Co advertises sewer connections and plumbing at 231 W Commerce St with phone Crockett 641 services.

W. G. Schuwirth & Co W. Commerce St Crockett

Packard Auto Livery Ad Details Rates

An old advertisement notes Packard Auto Livery offering services at two dollars per hour with cross-reference numbers Cr 155 and New 165. It emphasizes best of many and car hire options.

Packard

Horace E. Wilson Listed in State Bank Blog Ad

Horace E. Wilson, a lawyer, appears in an advertisement referencing the State Bank Blog and Cr. 8281, with a street address at 516-17 State Bank Blog.

Horace E. Wilson State Bank

Burglary Reports Spread Across City Streets

Burglars active with L C Cole reporting a rear window entry at 423 Oakland and theft of a grip, children's clothes, a woman's cloak, shoes, a handbag, and other small items. Paul Laundry on 424 South Flores was broken into the same night, with two suits and many hose stolen. Police also recover a bunch of 15 keys found on Houston street and unclaimed. One bootlegger arrested by Officers Pecha and Moore on Buena Vista street after daytime searches.

L. C. Cole Oakland Street Paul South Flores Street Pecha Moore Buena Vista Street

Slashed Laborer Gives No Suspect in Morales Street Case

Leonardo Ortiz, 26, a laborer, was slashed on the cheek and left shoulder after an argument with another Mexican in the 600 block of Morales street. He refused to name his attacker and was taken to the city hospital as police investigate the Sunday morning incident.

Leonardo Ortiz Ortiz Morales Street

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