Murder charge in Aubrey Williams case shocks Leon Springs
Aubrey T Williams a 38 year old plumber working at Camp Funston was found murdered May 21 on the Alazan Creek bank in San Antonio. A 34 year old chauffeur is charged with murder after the grand jury investigation and affidavit filing.
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Aubrey T. Williams
Leon Springs
Alazan Creek
Captain Caruthers
City Detective Bureau
Justice Fisk
Williams
Kentucky
San Antonio
Camp Funston
J. N. Badgett
Soledad Street
San Marcos
Kerr Streets
Caruthers
Obituaries for Emma Pullen and Ed Weimer
Emma L Pullen 30 died Wednesday at 6 PM at 230 Denver Blvd San Antonio. Survived by husband O T Pullen son Richard mother Mrs C M Phelps brother Burney Phelps. Funeral Friday 10 AM from residence with Rev Stevens St Mark's Episcopal Church. interment Cemetery No 4. Ed Weimer 37 died Wednesday at 1820 San Fernando St San Antonio resident 20 years. Survived by mother Cecile Weimer sisters Mrs Paul Dobrowolski Mrs August Zimmerle brothers John Charles Weimer. Funeral Thursday 2 PM from residence with 2:30 PM services at Sacred Heart Church. interment St Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma _ Louise Pullen
Denver Boulevard
Ed. Weimer
San Fernando Street
Dallas
San Antonio
Cecile Weimer
Paul Dobrowolski
August Zimmerle
John
Charles Weimer
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Jacobi
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Shelley-Doring Undertaking Co. Automobile Equipment Ad
Carter White Lead special sale at 12.00 per 100 pounds with smaller sizes at usual advances. Ed Steves & Sons advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Doring Undertaking Co
Carter White
Steves & Sons
Prominent local ads and notices from San Antonio area
A collage of wedding invitations, jewelry ads, and business notices crowd the page. It notes a Moose Dance with Homen Bros. Union Orch, boating at West End Lake, and preferred loan services. Railroad offices close early Saturdays while a Navy recruitment update and a prisoner transfer headline appear.
Get-It Corn Remedy Promises Easy Removal
An advertisement touts Get-It as a simple corn remover. It claims two drops loosen the corn from the toe without harming surrounding flesh and suggests customers will take pleasure in removing the corn.
Gets-It corn remedy advertised in old notice
An advertisement touts Gets-It as a quick corn and callus cure sold for 25 cents a bottle. It claims no cutting is needed and warns against blood poisoning from knives. Names distributors and San Antonio retailers are listed along with Chicago company contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
San Antonio
C. Friteche
W. C. Purne & Co
Dolphin
H. Whisenant
Hughes Model Pharmacy
McElroy's
Mrs. Lula Johnson Credits Tanlac for Health Improvement
In Galveston Texas Mrs Lula Johnson says Tanlac cured long running rheumatic swelling headaches and digestive troubles after a bout with paralysis like weakness She reports restored appetite sleep and energy and plans to continue Tanlac as she shares her experience sold in San Antonio by Wagner Drug Co and E J H Meier under a Tanlac representative.
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Lula Johnson
Avenue G
Galveston
Texas
Tanlac
San Antonio
Wagner Drug Company
E. J. H. Meier
Five Years Sentenced for Killing at Arsenal to be Taken to Federal Penitentiary
William Burger was killed at the Arsenal on May 6 1916 and a defendant received five years in the federal penitentiary to be taken there Friday by John L Dibrell division deputy marshal. Two other defendants convicted this term will accompany. The federal petit jury was discharged Thursday by Judge Duval West signaling end of term. Court adjournment expected Friday or Saturday.
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William Burger
Arsenal
Federal Penitentiary
John L. Dibrell
Federal
Army Orders List Transfers Medical Corps and Engineers
Army orders announce transfers within the medical corps at Fort Sam Houston and the Presidio of San Francisco. Captain Royal Reynolds moves to Leon Springs while Captain Forrest E. Baker and First Lieutenant Claride N Arutenant await assignments for engineer officers reserve corps.
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Transfers Medical Corp
Royal Reynolds
Fort Sam Houston
Presidio of
San Francisco
Engineer Officers Reserve Corps
Forrest E. Baker
Wills
Leon Springs
Y M C A Building to be Dedicated at Camp Funston Friday
The new Y M C A building at Camp Funston Leon Springs, first brigade type in the region, will be dedicated Friday at 7 30 p m. William E Adams execut ive secretary Southern Department Army Y M C A presents structure to Col W S Scott commanding Officers' Reserve Corps training camp. Rev Harris Masterson Jr religious work secretary Camp Wilson will give the invocation. Third Field Artillery band performs with La Marseillaise sung by G M Bates. A program includes Miss Mary Aubrey and a quartet led by Carl Whiteman Lawrence Wilkins Fred Gibbons and L Anderson. Staff officers listed include W A Smith C H Horner G E Stock and H M Fristoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Leon Springs
William E. Adams
Southern Department
Army Y. M. C. A
Army
W. S. Scott
16Th Cavalry
Harris Masterson Jr
Camp Wilson
Third Field Artillery Band
la Marseillaise
G. M. Bates
Mary Aubrey
Carl Whiteman
Lawrence Wilkins
Fred Gibbons
8. L. Anderson
A. Sachs
Schiller
Joan of Arc
W. A. Smith
C. H. Horner
G. E. Stock
H. M. Fristoe
NURSES TO BE GRADUATED AT SANTA ROSA TRAINING SCHOOL
Commencement exercises for the Santa Rosa Infirmary Training School are set for 8 p m Saturday evening June 2 in the training school auditorium Invitations have been issued to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word A program with music and addresses will include conferring of the faculty medal and class pins by Bishop J W Shaw and diplomas by Dr T T Jackson The graduates listed include Sister M Lucillian Irene M Poteet Mara B Schwenkenberg Mabel C Mansker Clotilde Silva Hedwig C Jacobs Myrtle E Mansker Mary J McGuffin Juanita B Montalbo Freda M Knegendorf Minnie Haley Cora G Neale and Marie M Bargas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
J. W. Shaw
D. D
T. T. Jackson
Sister M. Lucillian
Irene M. Poteet
Mara B. Schwenkenberg
Mabel C. Mansker
Clotilde Silva
Hedwig C. Jacobs
Myrtle E. Mansker
Mary J. McGuffin
Juanita B. Montalbo
Freda M. Knegendorf
Minnie Haley
Cora G. Neale
Marie M. Bargas
Pastors Asked to Help Sell Liberty Bonds in San Antonio
San Antonio pastors will be asked to give three minute Sunday sermons urging Liberty Bond purchases to aid the war effort against Germany. County Judge James R. Davis and J. W. Hucker will coordinate a request to ministers after which local banks will continue to aid bond subscriptions. A countywide canvass resumes next week following military registration.
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San Antonio
United States
Germany
James R. Davis
J. W. Hucker
Hucker
Hotel Guests and Stays Across City Lodgings
A list of visitors and guests at San Antonio hotels includes O H Bowers of Dallas at the Gunter and W G Krauss of St. Louis at the Menger. Others from Weatherford Eagle Pass Cincinnati and Houston are registered or stopping at the St Anthony Lanier and Lanter with several staying in apartments.
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J. Huffman
Fred Huffman
Weatherford
Gunter
W. C. Morris Jr
Eagle Pass
St. Anthony
H. C. Phelan
Phelan
Tex
Menger
H. van Sickle
Denver
Lanier
O. H. Bower
Dallas
F. G. Forrest
Kansas City
Manifesto Prevents Mine Workers Walkout at Phelan
A Spanish language manifesto dictated by telephone Thursday morning to Phelan in Bastrop County was published and circulated, convincing about 4000 Mexican employees of the Independence mine to stay at work rather than quit.
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Phelan
Tex
Bastrop County
Independence Mine
Why Society Women Wash Their Own Hair
A period voice adises women to wash hair with a home made canthrox mix. It claims best results come from a shampoo prepared only for that use and cost about three cents per shampoo. The remedy dissolves dandruff oil and dirt and leaves hair fluffy lustrous and soft.
Consul Beltran Averts Mass Desertion Of Mexican Miners
Consul General T. R. Beltran issued a manifesto by telephone from Phelan to calm Mexican miners at a border area mine. The note reassured workers that they were not being drafted into the American army, prompting a mass return to work after fears spread via a local job office.
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T. R. Beltran
Phelan
H. C. Phelan
Mr. Beltran
Blame the Bootleggers Arrests In Uniform Liquor Probe
Seven intoxicated soldiers were arrested since Sunday as authorities enforce a law banning liquor sales to soldiers in uniform. Police traced sources to bootleggers rather than saloonmen. Three suspects were taken on the West Side Thursday night by Captain Brown and sergeants and corporals of military police. One arrestee who had lived in San Antonio prior to enlistment was identified. Another soldier in civilian clothes was detained Thursday night for violating the new military order.
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West Side
Brown
Ogle
Tree
Corporal Bannon
San Antonio
Ante
Allen's Foot Ease for the Troops in War Time
Allen's Foot-Ease offers relief for soldiers and civilians, reducing shoe friction and foot fatigue. Widely used in communities and households for military preparedness. stores stock it at 25 cents with no substitute preferred.
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Aubrey 7
Rees
Charles Rees
Hetabtieh
Houston ST
Gunter Hotel
Emma L. Pullen
Early
Alamo Plaza
Center
Culling Printing Company
Homen Bros. Union Orch. ' Adv
West End Lake
O'Connell Loan Co
E. Houston St
Railroad City
Horace E. Wilson
State Bank
Oe Jewelry Co
Adv
St. Louis College
Landa’s Park
New Braunfels
International and Great Northern Railroad
Main Ave
Jeffery
F. Binz
Lone Star Auto
Jeffrey
Nettie Edson
W. Houston St
Crockett
Navy
C. O. Evans
Evans
Randolph Walker
Federal Court of the
OT Wells
Gustave Beraud
Crockett Ravelers
Mrs. Johnson
Dan Lewis
Travis
Dixie Moonlight
W. O. W. Hall
Willett’s Orch
A-Bar Plumbing Co
Lindley M. Keasbey
University of Texas
Carlos Bee
Trades Council Hall
Committees of the
Trades Council
C. H. Erington
Grove Place
J. H. Withers
St. Mary's
Romana
Erington
Meindler
Palm Beach
Hummels Clothing Store
West Commerce St
Nage
West
Y.M.C. A
Wolfson’s
Saul Wolfson
Allen
You
Carlie Wilson
Camp Funston—yYou
City—Society
Mammy Hannah Plantation
Elizabeth Walde
Ethel Lee Buxton
H. Dybwad
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