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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
14
Social dance event at the Dixie Social club hall located at 1429 South Flores Street featuring live Artzt music. Saturday social date noted as the 25th with dancing and local club ambiance.
The combined Sunday schools of St. Mark's St. Paul's and Christ Church plan a picnic on Saturday at Sutherland Springs with a 9 am Sunset depot train. Evening activities move to Exposition Park in San Antonio with many concessions and amusements. The notice also lists a beauty and massage booth and notes E M Collins as humane officer contact.
Members planning the annual Sunday school picnic to Sutherland Springs are asked to assemble for departure at 7 30 instead of 9 o clock next Saturday morning.
Exposition Park opens with a family friendly program featuring free band concerts and solos by a famous soprano. Admission is free for a ten day run with two Sundays included and word rates at one half cent per word per insertion. A refund is allowed on unused periods. Telephoning for ads with billing by mail is encouraged.
Drs Garring and Hatcher Osteopaths 205 Gunter building old phone 5828 Dr Baldwin rectal genito urinary and skin specialist 312 Gunter Bldg Lieut Palmer Returns Lieut Resolve P Palmer returned to San Antonio this morning resumed duties at Fort Sam Houston after having accompanied the body of Brigadier General Joseph W Duncan to Washington DC for burial Yellow taxicabs Alpones 234 Dancing every night Electric Park Crescent Theater 223 East Houston street vaudeville and pictures 5c admission 5c Dr B G AtLee dentist 814 Gibbs Bldg dla 5757 new 160 San Antonio Humane Society Officers George T Botsford and Fred Davison 324 Hicks Bldg Old phone 71 Nights and Sundays 2341 and 2782.
The Santa Fe head traffic officials in Chicago wired General Agent W. S. Farnsworth in Mexico City on May 17 to deny rumors that other U S lines with offices in Mexico would close or remove representatives, stating that such actions were not planned.
Seventy troopers of Troop I Third Cavalry arrive at Fort Sam Houston after a 153 mile march from Laredo. Capt. George B. Comly leads the unit which travelled in easy stages. Tomorrow they head to Leon Springs for target practice lasting a month or more.
Four men FE L Bain Jesus Morin N Aguilar and Edward Pena were fined ten dollars each in police court for sleeping on park grass in Milam park. They were arrested yesterday by Policemen Brady and Ogden under the park sleeping ordinance. A Juneteenth celebration planning meeting at Crockett and Walnut prepared the emanicpation anniversary with Andrew Spencer president and Sam Napier arrangements head. The event is expected to be the largest Juneteenth in San Antonio at San Pedro park.
Monterey ranchman H. H. Reeder, cattleman of Monterey, Mexico, is registered at the Menger hotel en route from New York. He says business has suffered from internal troubles and Monterey remains unsettled awaiting the outcome of the clash between the government and Orozco followers.
Fernando Ancira, Monterey entrepreneur and owner builder of the Gran Hotel Ancira, checked into the St Anthony hotel in San Antonio on Wednesday night. He is noted for his prominent role with the Reyes movement in Mexico and his prior bid as a vice presidential candidate on the ticket with General Bernardo Reyes.
Alice Nevill denied any plans to run for county clerk as any candidate or independent. Rumors circulated that Mine Nevill might enter the race. friends said she was well qualified for the duties. Mrs M Bishop of Columbus Kansas praised Foley Kidney Pills for back pain relief then cure. Edwards King Drug Co.
Seventy five cents buys a 15 word Light want ad to run ten days including two Sundays if started on Friday Saturday or Sunday.
The southern Presbyterian general assembly in Bristol rejects a plan to attack Catholicism and fund converts. It adopts a pamphlet publishing approach while committee members resign over power shifts and debates on church political stances. Delegates are named to the pan Presbyterian council.
Senator Fletcher as president of the Southern Commercial congress formed a committee to study dividing large southern plantations into small holdings. Members include L. C. Irvine Mobile Harvie Jordan Atlanta T. F. Peck Tennessee E. J. Watson South Carolina and George W. Dean Waycross Ga. The group was named at the congress in Nashville after a decision to investigate the issue.
Anna Barbara Stucke widow of Charles Stucke longtime Texas resident died at her East Commerce and Bowie home after a brief illness. Funeral set for Friday at 4:30 p.m. at home with Lutheran church clergy officiating, burial in old Lutheran cemetery. Surviving are seven children and fourteen grandchildren. Other notices include Grimes and Dubose obituaries from Bastrop and Saturn areas.
Sister Melanie, a Brittany France native, died after several weeks of illness at the San Antonio Theological Seminary. She had been in residence seven months. Funeral services will be held at the seminary chapel at 8 30 Friday morning with interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Bertha Rasemunsen died at 2 AM in her Cameron street apartments after an illness. She is survived by her husband with funeral plans not yet set. J L Shelly, 35, proprietor of a local barber college, died yesterday at 316 North street. He leaves a widow and two children. body moved to Refugio for burial.
The San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf railroad extends beyond San Jose, over five miles from the city, with track being laid at about one mile per day. The end of the week should bring the line near the Medina river, with San Jose as the next station. A temporary piling bridge is needed for crossing, and shorter piling is awaited. Vice President A. R. Ponder warned a brief delay may occur upon reaching the Medina river.
Staacke Brothers announce arrival of a carload of delivery wagons for bakery, laundry, and other uses. Emphasizes best quality and low prices. Also notes Trivino Trio and White Horse Tavern with A Collman plumber and contact phones.
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