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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
11
A clerk notes a customer paid for a novel and contemplates a return after the buyer reveals finishing the book while waiting for change. The exchange hints at a possible dissatisfaction or desire to return the item.
San Antonio hosts a Red Cross fundraising week with street sales, medicine wagons, and four minute men in theaters. Shriners parade Saturday with 50 novices, collect donations on Alamo Plaza and downtown streets, aided by Judge Seeligson as parade banker. Willie the bootblack shone as a small hero, donating his dime to the Red Cross.
A Red Cross fundraiser on Alamo Plaza, with C A Davies as chief seller, will auction donations including pianos, real estate, paintings, and coins. Notably, a 1812 five-franc coin donated by Col G S Starr via Mrs Joseph B Dibrell, tied to three wars, is expected to fetch a good price. Shriners parade at 3 pm precedes private evening celebrations at the temple.
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals acting quartermaster of the army has not left Washington for a planned swing around the country and no start date is known. The San Antonio Chamber had urged him to attend the aeronautical demonstration at Kelly Field as a Red Cross campaign event, but dispatches indicated only that he would visit Texas camps soon.
Julia Reagan was convicted by a jury in the Thirty Seventh District Court for the April 27 killing of Henry Hahn at a rooming house on Buckingham Avenue. Hahn died from a breast wound after a confrontation over rental affairs. Reagan claimed self defense. A motion for a new trial will likely be filed Friday.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a speaker in a crowded venue questions why money remains scarce while men gravitate toward excuses. A tired woman remarks briefly, criticizing the crowd for wasting time and chasing cash rather than productive work.
London dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm meeting U-boat commanders in Kiel with Karl Rosner praising the admiralty and noting 12,000 tons sunk in the Channel. Rosner cites Poland’s a fine day for the German war effort while hinting at more ships missing. Public safety: St Louis traffic cops to be reassigned to six foot policing standards.
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