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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1918
Page
9
The letter questions Wahrmund about being advised by county and state committees that his legislative candidacy was repudiated and whether he pledged to resign if elected. It asks if he is aware a resignation would trigger a special election costing taxpayers three to four thousand dollars, and requests a public reply through the press for Bexar County taxpayers.
The first norther hit San Antonio Saturday with a sharp fall in temperature from near 60s to 40s, then rose to the 60s by Sunday afternoon as brisk winds gusted up to 68 miles per hour. Overcoats came out and pedestrians enjoyed the bracing air while forecasters predicted cooler days ahead before warming again later in the week.
Washington reports two new wartime currency types in circulation the RL and two dollar Federal Reserve notes replacing silver certificates as the treasury melts silver reserves for export to allies the one dollar note features George Washington and an eagle on the reverse the two dollar note shows Thomas Jefferson and a battleship as part of wartime mobilization. also notes on training schools in Camps beginning on a Monday with Major H V de Verity and Captain GU Steele leading staff and senior lieutenants from the 5th and 6th regiments attending the School for Platoon Manders.
The San Antonio health department reports a 75 percent drop in influenza spread compared with early last week. Dr W A King says the epidemic is rapidly checked and under control due to strict regulations and public cooperation, with the danger point expected to pass soon.
Three African American women were taken into custody by city detectives early Sunday on suspicion of involvement in stealing 270 dollars from a stranger Saturday night. A 25 year old woman was also arrested for stealing a valuable watch. A horse and buggy belonging to J J Dixon was reported stolen Saturday night, while a Mexican man seen at 426 South San Suba Street Monday morning is linked to missing coats and a blanket. Police have not recovered the money or items.
The Box, John T. De Saulles home in Mineola, was foreclosed and sold for 1445 to Thomas H Bowles of Kiowa. Former owner Emily Ladenburg sold in 1916 for 28000 with an 18000 mortgage. De Saulles leased the property amid his contentious death. Motoring exports to Teeland rise sharply from 1912 to 1917 in New York World report.
Amsterdam reports a flood of German deserters and Belgian French refugees crossing into Holland. Officials plan to shelter about 200000 refugees while internment camps receive arrivals. Brisk relief work continues as Brussels and King Albert loom large in forthcoming celebrations.
General Pershing's brother James F Pershing Jr tours Camp Travis visiting his son in the medical department after a Pacific coast trip. Another Pershing son serves in France under Gen John Pershing. The visitor, guest at the Menger Hotel, plans to depart Monday night for Chicago with Harry Miller as guide during duty hours.
The Washington Food Administration cafeteria set a sugar use record of six thousand meals with only 50 pounds of sugar, about one pound per 120 meals, serving 60 people at noon while avoiding wheat and using cornmeal bread and substitutes like honey and syrups. Meals rotate with fish twice weekly, desserts limited, and fruit and vegetable peels used for juice or chicken feed. surplus waste goes to a city plant for grease and fertilizer. The operation is self supporting for agency staff with affordable menus using substitutes to keep costs down.
The court martial for Privates Samuel Williams and Daniel Evans of the 360th Infantry 90th Division on charges of desertion and murder is postponed due to Williams illness. The trial, initially set for Monday, will resume Tuesday if Williams is able to stand trial. Nine others, including Williams and Evans’ fathers, face related espionage act charges in Beaumont and San Antonio.
Obituaries list Kirk Seabury a 30 year old resident of San Antonio, and multiple others including Mrs Lena Wahl and Anita Drego with survivors and interment details. Names, ages, origins, and funeral arrangements are noted for several individuals in Schertz New Berlin New Braunfels and Stockdale.
Multiple death notices list survivors in San Antonio and surrounding areas. Names include Gertrude Kleinpeter, B C Smith, Willie Hartwig Jr, John A E Schott, Woodrow St Koster, Y B Barfield, and Gertrude Parkhurst with families in New Orleans Austin Junction Pleasanton and Missouri. Interments planned in St Marys Cemetery Austin and local undertakers will handle bodies.
Monday reports list Capt. McCrocilin Kercheville of Company D Ninth Texas Infantry missing in action while on a business trip in Nashville. Also, R. E. Swenson, 29, died at home. Mrs. Ethel Pridgen, 37, died in hospital with extended family named. C. S. Warren, 25, died in Hatsfield Arkansas after Spanish flu pneumonia while visiting his parents. Details include hometowns Devine San Antonio Thomaston and Camp Travis. Funeral plans pending in several cases.
An obituary-like notice lists Porter Loring Funeral Directors at 206 Jefferson Street with affiliated undertakers ambulances and services. The fragment also mentions Hazy and McCollum and a Cr 104 address in a terse classified style.
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