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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
11
A public appeal urges citizens to donate musical instruments to be tagged with the donor’s name and address and forwarded to soldiers and sailors at home and abroad. If not ready to buy now, a cash credit is offered for any instrument brought in, usable at any time.
Waukesha Wis May 21 Grace Lusk teeters on collapse awaiting her testimony in her trial for the slaying of Mrs Mary Newman Roberts as the prosecution rests its case Dr Roberts testified to threats and meetings with Lusk in Chicago and Milwaukee detailing hotel bills money paid and rail fare while denying some payments The judge ordered action toward prosecuting Roberts in Chicago despite Wisconsin limits and the courtroom drew crowds as the drama continued
Reports from The Hague quoted by the Daily Mail say Chancellor von Hertling and Foreign Secretary von Kuhlmann oppose the Germany Austria Hungary alliance. They reportedly object to how the military terms were devised by Ludendorff, who insists the pact be signed at once binding each to aid the other with all forces. The notice then shifts to a 1913 San Antonio tax deadline, urging payment by May 31, 1918 to avoid penalties, signed by Commissioner Andres Coy. Also included is a humorous Boston Transcript exchange about math anxieties.
Beginning Wednesday morning the Victory Market on Alamo Plaza will open twice weekly to meet demand. It will operate from 7 to 9 a.m. with produce from San Antonio gardens on sale and is seeking surplus home and truck garden goods for sale. Vendors must place goods on the market before 4 p.m. each day.
The article compares nerves to a front line telegraph system and explains blood nourishes nerves. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s iron tonic called Frontic or Trontic from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. A trial offer asks readers to send 10 cents for a sample.
Children will be free from school, and it is thought that the market with its opportunities will be supported even more largely than on the opening day by children with back yard gardens.
In Dallas City Hall Auditorium overflow crowd hears former Governor James E. Ferguson and lieutenant governor candidate John R. Moore speak for re election. Ferguson is introduced by Frank V. Lanham who condemns University management and backs Ferguson’s push to reform it.
Lansing rumors claim Henry Ford will enter the Republican race for United States senator with the aim of serving briefly before seeking the Presidency. Insiders cite Ford’s long term goal against Wilson or the Democratic nominee, though the plan may be mistaken and Ford has not yet confirmed.
The Atlantic City felt hat convention declares the wide brim must go to conserve felt for soldier hats. The change signals a move toward practicality over fashion and hints at broader wartime economy.
A fragmented clipping recalls a scout or cowboy figure with long hair and a sombrero, once a boyhood delight, now unlikely to return as health authorities clamp down on wealthier living costs. The note hints at tobacco and medicine peddlers, London fines rising for ordinary offenses, and a stray remark about gardeners and the Romanoffs.
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