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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1916

Page

5

Dr Kurt Sorge Heads Berlin Home Army Plan

In Berlin Dr Kurt Sorge the new technical chief of staff to General Groener heads the industrial department in the war ministry and will lead the home army project to support field forces. Sorge said the plan and organization are still largely unknown to him and he will work with the neutral press to learn and explain details when ready. The dispatch notes Sorge’s surprise appointment and his role in the proposed scheme as Germany seeks to bolster home defense and wartime production.

Berlin London Kurt Sorge Groener Department of Munitions War Bureau War Ministry Sorge Associated Press Magdeburg Big Cruson Works America Dr. Sorge

Reichstag May Meet Rumored Amid Draft of Industrial Army

The article notes a rumored Reichstag gathering on December 6 as the draft of a proposed law for a home industrial army is pushed by the imperial government. It says the measure has been laid before German state governments and discussed by political parties, though the December date remains unverified and doubted by many.

Reichstag

Labor Federation Defies Injunction Across Nation

Baltimore Md Nov 20 The American Federation of Labor unanimously adopted a resolution rejecting any injunction dealing with employer employee relations as usurpation The move follows the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that anti trust and injunction laws wrongly classified labor as property and unconstitutional action.

Baltimore Mad American Federation of Labor Massachusetts Supreme Court

Khorassan Knights Celebrate with Parade and Banquet

The Khorassan Knights plan a Tuesday celebration with a parade, ceremonial sessions, and a banquet at the Menger Hotel. Events include a 2 p.m. candidates report, 4 p.m. parade, 7 p.m. ceremonial session, 8 p.m. Oriental divertisement, and 11 p.m. banquet. organizer names listed.

Knights of Khorassan Turner Hall Temple Mahedi Mokanna Menger Hotel A. Saladino W. H. McCoach William L. Schlesinger G. W. Lowther Paul Friesen John H. Wharton Jr Louis Wegel Nat Villareal

Catholic civic center urged in San Antonio by Father Garesche

Father Edward F. Garesche plans to urge a Catholic civic center in San Antonio at a Gunter Hotel talk Monday night. He cites Alamo plaza property owned by the Catholic Women's Association as ideal HQ for a sodality union. The effort has bishop approval and aims to unite Catholic youth groups along Y M C A style lines. He will also address Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella meetings and edits The Queens Work.

San Antonio Edward F. Garesche Gunter Hotel We & A Father Garesche Catholic Women's Association Alamo Plaza Sodality San Alfronso Shaw Knights of Columbus Y. M. Cc Frederick Garesche Texas

Fortune Teller Sends Woman Toward Royal Path

A New York Times item reports a beautiful woman consulting a clairvoyant who predicts travel to foreign courts and conquest of rivals, with a future husband described as tall dark and aristocratic and very rich. The woman then asks how to remove her present husband.

New York Times

A Congressman’s Private Fortune Attracts Speculation

A passage satirizes a congressman admired for public service while implying his private fortune of about 15990 raises questions. Observers struggle to explain why he accepts a $7500 yearly salary, with some concluding he is a patriot driven by duty.

Scott's Emulsion Promises Winter Health Boost

The ad asserts winter sickness rises from cold air and that taking a few bottles of Scott's Emulsion strengthens blood and throat membranes and builds body warmth to resist illness. It notes soldiers use cod liver oil for strength and credits Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.

Scott Scott & Bowne Bloomfield N.J

Obituary notices from San Antonio deaths and a jury bribery acquittal

A sequence of obituaries from San Antonio list Charles F Place 68 of 221 West Park Avenue his U S Army son and daughter in law and interment at Mission Burial Park. Frank E McKee 42 of Rushville Indiana survived by wife and two daughters sent to Rushville. Charles C Elliott 43 of San Antonio died in a sanitarium with funeral at Shelley Loring. Marguerite M Walsh 30 of 501 North San Saba survived by husband and children with services at St Marys. Caroline Schult 67 died in a sanitarium funeral at Shelley Loring and interment in South Side Cemetery. Sophie Vinck 62 resident of 204 Lavaca Street survived by children and grandchildren with funeral at home then City Cemetery No.1. pallbearers named. Also report of not guilty verdict for Albert C Frost Oliver W Bourke and Bert D Wing on jury bribe charges in Alaska land fraud case.

Charles F. Place West Park Avenue New York San Antonio Captain O. Place U. S. Army Wilbur Place Asherton Josephine Place Order of Railway Conductors Mission Burial Park Frank E. McKee Indiana Rushville Ind Grace Alta Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company Charlies C. Elliott Charles C. Elliott Illinois Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company City Cemetery No. 1 Marguerite M. Walsh M.molyneaux North San Saba Street M. M. Walsh Edward Martin Eileen Marguerite Caroline Schult Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company South Side Sophie Vinck John B. Vinck Jr Lavaca Street Hanover Germany Kate Joe John B, Jr A. Wolff St. John’s Lutheran Church Arthur Gerard Storms Erhard R Arthur W. Guenther Chester Edgar Basse Chicago Albert Co. Frost Oliver W. Bourke Bert D. Wing Frost Bourke Alaska

Captain Willborn 97 Dies at Home in Millett Texas

Captain Richard Willborn, 97, died at 7 p.m. Saturday at his son's Millett home. He arrived in Texas 93 years ago, once lived in San Antonio, and spent 65 years in Amphion, Atacosa County. An Indian fighter and veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, he survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alvin Hobrecht of San Antonio and Mrs. Max Hobrecht of Pearsall, and five sons: George Willborn of Millett, Fate Willborn of Derby, James and John Willborn of Poteet, and Tom Willborn of Portland, Oregon.

Richard Willborn Millett Texas San Antonio Amphion Atacosa County Willborn Alvin Hobrecht Max Hobrecht

Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment

Local business listing for Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment and related supplies with contact number 971 patented in the directory.

Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co

Dollar Holmes Logging War Closes Serial Chapter

Helen and Little Bear paddle to the recorder’s office to beat Holmes’ agents who crash in a forest land dispute tied to timber rights. Holmes’ men survive a bridge plunge, while Helen’s filing is nullified then rebuked. The log drive ends with a daring switch and a taunting telegram: Logs at mill. First blood.

Helen Little Bear Holmes Rac Corder Dawson Yosemite California Recorders Recorder's Office Holmes Corporation Ashe Stephen Deci Holmes’ Railroad Thatis Road

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