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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
3
Dorothy Johnson a 13 year old girl at 812 East Houston street confronted a white man about 40 in her mother's home around 9 am. He fled dropping a bundle of clothing after she ordered him to drop it. Police investigated but found no trace. thefts of this type are reportedly occurring locally.
The fourth annual League of Texas Municipalities convention will meet in Hillsboro October 26 to 28 with a special public health session. Dr W A King San Antonio will discuss city county cooperation in Texas health work. Dallas and Austin health officials and Dr J D Harper will also present papers. A committee report on Texas public health activities and recommended extensions will be read.
A 60 year old Mexican woman and an 18 year old girl were arrested by Traffic Officer Frank Jones after shoplifting from an East Houston street department store. Police found bolts of silk, cloth, and ribbon in their large pocket skirts during a search at headquarters. Detectives traced their recent arrival from Maxie.
Heavy rains and bad roads between San Antonio and Corpus Christi force the 60-strong road boosters to convert the planned auto excursion into a special train trip leaving at 8:30 AM. The schedule remains largely the same with stops at Leming Pleaston Campbellton Whitsett Fant City and Three Rivers. Marshall and Taylor will accompany the delegation to discuss the Puget Sound to Gulf highway and federal highway funds.
Advertises kindergarten cloth at 25c regular price 19c yard for children's wear. Cotton, thirty inches wide, fast colors. Apron checks three yards for 25c, twenty seven inches wide. Unbleached domestic 40 inches wide at 11c per yard. Second Floor.
The store offers trimmed hats at five dollars praised for fashion and novelty. Hats come in various sizes shapes and colors in velvets and plush with new additions almost daily. Located on the third floor.
Various stamped embroidery items offered including 50c pillow tubing at 39 cents, 35c Turkish towels at 27 cents each, 35c luncheon sets at 27 cents for fourteen pieces, and 50c nightgowns at 39 cents. Pink or blue borders and neat designs on cotton and nainsook fabrics. First Floor.
Advertisement describes white galatea Middy smocks and blouses with attractive trim in colors priced at 1.95 and 2.25 dollars. It notes new assortments of regulation Middy blouses at 1 dollar, made from white jeans, offered for girls and women, first floor.
An advertisement details a semi annual sale of household linens with specially priced damask items. It lists napkins at 95 cents per dozen, table top covers from 89 cents to 1.35, and table cloths from 89 cents to 1.25, noting German union linen and satin finish options. It targets hotel use and highlights durable finishes.
The group will depart George West at 10 o clock Saturday morning, hold meetings in Mathis and Oden, and decide if they continue to Corpus Christi. If not, the special returns to San Antonio Saturday night. If yes, it stays in Corpus Christi Sunday and returns Sunday night, arriving Monday morning.
The First Kansas infantry is set to depart Camp Wilson on Friday afternoon in three train sections for each battalion. After months in Texas they served at Eagle Pass and San Antonio with the Second Kansas to join the Twelfth division. The Third District of Columbia infantry has settled in the camp vacated by the Eighth Illinois. The regimental members expect to remain through winter as drills begin Wednesday.
A post luncheon exchange reveals Blanche and Barbara discussing Blanche’s fiancé Dasher who returns tonight. A line about Blinks notes his modest salary while his wife governs it, reflecting domestic humor in a social setting.
Major Cheney, an army engineer with range-building experience, arrived to supervise the new San Antonio rifle range. He proposed innovations to prevent bullets from leaving the bluff area, including a high board fence and safer firing booths. Mayor Brown and Commissioners Lambert and Kearny welcomed the offer and planned to use the municipal range for mornings.
An eager young Brooklyn Sunday school teacher tests Moses lesson with a Bush that burns without being consumed. A pupil answers, saying the bush burned up but did not burn down, illustrating a clever observation from the class.
CORPUS CHRISTI Tex Oct 12 W C Wright former Illinois newspaper man and Texas Biulithic Company attach has been chosen as secretary of the Corpus Christi Commercial Club succeeding E N Farris who resigned to take a similar post in Charlotte NC
Kleberg County Commercial Club prepares an elaborate exhibit of county products for the State Fair. One carload of fruits vegetables grains palms citrus trees and mill and dairy products has been sent to Dallas for display with a prominent space assigned in the building.
A professor of medicine asks a student how much medicine to give a patient. The student initially answers with a measure but quickly changes his mind. The doctor reveals the patient has been dead forty seconds.
Mrs J M Gaskill of Etna Green Indiana reports severe backache with sharp pains and urinary trouble. A single box of Foley Sidney Pills relieved her symptoms and she praises them highly. The remedy is described as safe for swollen ankles and rheumatic pains.
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