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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1916
Page
12
Mrs. Johanna Hetterer, about ninety, collected $8,500 for soldiers widows and orphans. She canvasses from eight in the morning for four to five hours daily, touring houses. The King of Saxony awarded her the gold medal for merit.
A group of House members led by Representative Welstead Minnesota proposes a constitutional amendment to give Congress power to define and limit divorce causes. The measure aims to reduce state variation, prevent bigamy by cross border marriages, and void conflicting state laws while allowing states to grant divorces under Congress defined rules.
Vienna May 20. Joseph Hargar ter, an old farmer near Laibach, was informed by the Austro Hungarian war ministry that his seventh and last son had been killed on the Isonzo front. Of the other six, two fell in Galicia, two in Poland, and two in Serbia.
Representative John N Garner of Texas proposes that cities with under 25 000 residents donate land for federal buildings. The plan aims to reduce real estate speculation and pork barrel politics, speed construction, and save government funds by funding sites through donated property and competitive building costs.
Senator Kern of Indiana signals openness to wavering the olive branch to William Jennings Bryan as campaign strategists seek Bryan’s oratory support. The remark sparks rejoicing in Bryan circles and asserts Bryan will back Wilson loyally once nominated.
A string of travelers from Eldon, Cleveland, Kansas City, Driscoll, Corpus Christi, Chicago, Refugio, Atlanta, Topeka, Beeville, Dallas, Ozona and New Orleans are noted as stopping or arriving at the Gunter Menger and St. Anthony hotels. Names include Wr Pearson, A Mason, H Bean, R Driscoll, Olive Ferguson, BE Leigh, Clinton Heard, Alfred Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, W H Miller, YP Ritter, J W Rainbolt, E C Smith, Charles E Davidson, and Joseph Golden.
The list presents fiction titles and authors including Everett Harri the ee seller since Quo Vadis, James O Curwood Hunted Woman Rex Beach Crimson Gardenia Booth Tarkington Seventeen Ruth Sawyer Seven Miles to Arden Kate Bosher People Like That Grace Richmond Under the Country Sky Street of Seven Stars Mary Rinehart Gods Country and a Woman J A Curwood Light of the Western Stars What Will People Say My Strange Life The Call of the Cumberlands by C N Buck.
A reader catalog lists non fiction titles and graduation suggestions with authors and prices. Entries include Efficient Living by Edward E Purinton at 1.25 and The Road to Glory by Alexander Powell at 0.50 as well as Being Human by Woodrow Wilson at 0.80 and The Most Interesting American Theodore Roosevelt by Julian Street at 0.50. Prices range from 0.50 to 10.00.
Advertises Garland gas stoves with three burners and 16x14 inch ovens priced from 9.50 to 13.00 dollars. Highlights a forty nine year reputation as The World's Best and guarantees quality with patterns designed for reliability.
A joint committee representing transportation brotherhoods from all railroads entering San Antonio plans a mass meeting in June to inform the public about working conditions. Governor Ferguson may speak, with executive heads of national brotherhoods invited.
Percy describes his great great grandfather fighting for liberty in the American Revolution. Belle notes that divorce was rare in those days and adds a judge’s reference.
The West Texas branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Episcopal board of missions holds its twenty third annual meeting in Corpus Christi May 31 and June 1 with a missionary session at the Church of the Good Shepherd and corporate communion at the parish church. Officers are listed and recent funds distributed to Public Health Nurse Association and Associated Charities.
A $230 donation, split to $115, was sent Saturday afternoon to Mrs. E. B. Parsons, supervisor of the Public Health Nurse Association. The Bar Association provided the funds to help poor babies stay comfortable during hot summer months by supplying pure milk and ice.
Two hundred exchanged Austrian war prisoners arrived in Vienna from Siberia via Bucharest. Among them are fifty seven officers and men who have lost both legs, nineteen who are blind, forty three with one leg lost, and thirty one with one or both arms lost.
Leading Americans in Tokyo launched a new organization to represent American interests in the capital. The American community here is sizable and the new body is expected to succeed.
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