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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
8
A cottage at Romana and Augusta streets was robbed of plumbing fixtures in the early week while occupants were away. The page lists multiple ads for loans, services, and legal notices as well as a false fire alarm near Walnut and Dawson streets at 7 20 Friday.
State troops ordered to Camp Wilson are expected to reach San Antonio by Sunday. The Twelfth Division forms up for border duty as arrivals include Third West Virginia Infantry and a Florida field hospital. Virginia engineers and signals arrive Saturday night, with a New Hampshire signal company due Sunday. Maryland artillery mustered out, leaving a short battery. First Mississippi Infantry settles at Camp Wilson. Second Kansas Infantry to begin homeward Tuesday.
Short classifieds note states a Dressmaking School will reopen November 6 at 504 Garden St. An earlier fire alarm box was found opened but no suspect was located. Also advertised is cash for men's second hand clothing with Travis 3550.
Funeral arrangements are planned for Gus Dumke who died Thursday morning with services at 10 Sunday from Riebe parlors and burial at Hermann Sons' cemetery. A San Antonio Krieger Verein delegation and Brewery Workers' Union members will attend. no relatives in this country are listed. Robert Coombe, who recently arrived from Mexico, died Saturday morning in a San Antonio sanitarium. Sloan Hagg Undertaking holds his body pending word from relatives.
Shelby Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment with contact numbers 971 and Adyv. for inquiries.
The report lists multiple thefts from homes and stores during a cold snap. Items stolen include clothing, coats, dresses, suits, a pistol, jewelry, and cash. Notable losses include a $250 gold watch from East Houston street and a $200 haul from A. B. Dascomb on Shook avenue.
A Washington dispatch lists medical reserve detachments with days served and names including Arthur Jones Harold Cochrane Thomas Savage James Mattison Hubert Greene Will Merrill and others. It notes resignations for Weisener Kirkman Williams Waters Burchett and Fite Aken Head Buck and detachment of Bre tts officers and reassignment of Garrett to southern department and Arnold to Fort Sam Houston with Sixteenth Cavalry.
It is announced that the cornerstone of a 50000 dollar Confederate monument to be erected on Shiloh Battlefield by the Daughters of the Confederacy will be laid with Masonic ceremonies on November 4.
Advertisement notes a complete line of builder's hardware from Sam Speir Hardware Co. with emphasis on a complete assortment and quality.
Milwaukee report on rural health says infant mortality from birth to age one is higher in the country. Elizabeth Kelley urges improved home economics and mechanization to support farm wives, calling for running water appliances and labor-saving devices as patriotic duties.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 21 Twelve hundred employees in a tobacco company's plug department walked out after the firm refused a 10 percent wage increase. The strike follows the...
Workers seek to organize with an employer protective association as the strike expands. The action aims to pull in 2300 additional plug department employees to join the walkout.
Mrs J M Gaskill of Etna Green Indiana says a single box of Foley Kidney Pills relieved severe backache sharp pains and urinary trouble she could not stoop or rise without aid. The remedy is advertised as safe for backache swollen ankles and rheumatic pains.
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