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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1916
Page
5
A garbled narrative mentions a restaurant cashier claiming fatigue and recovery. A proprietor questions an age reference while lines hint at aging bricks and furnace dye from German inventors. The text is incoherent and contains multiple unclear phrases.
A Monday Labor Day crowd at Koehler Park praised organized labor and honored Miss Elsie Pankratz as First Lady and F. W. Stenger as First Gentleman. A parade, speeches, dancing, and a baseball game followed the procession, with cash prizes awarded to unions for best appearance. The event featured remarks on labor laws, unity of labor and business, and praise for President Wilson’s eight hour stance.
Miss Elsie Pankratz of the United Garment Workers' Union won First Lady and Frank W. Stenger of the Beer Bottlers' Union won First Gentleman, each receiving diamond rings valued at two hundred and one hundred dollars. Other prize recipients included Mrs. Felix Bonnemaison, Mrs. V. Rambo, and John Rothman with varying vote tallies. An Electrical Workers team defeated Brewery Workers 5 to 0 in a post event baseball game, with fans cheering and a fifteen dollar prize awarded to the winning team. The day featured multiple athletic events and cash prizes for winners across events.
President Wilson seeks a complete neutrality code to enforce international obligations but Congress will not act until the next winter session. State and Justice departments must operate under existing, limited laws while lawmakers contemplate more than a dozen bills covering offenses against statutes nations and treaties.
Congress and the incoming session prepare to review measures granting the president near unlimited authority over ship movements, including stop and search of vessels leaving U S ports. One bill requires foreign government representatives to register and obtain presidential permits. Another seeks to regulate interned belligerent subjects.
One hundred national guardsmen from Camp Cecil A Lyons and one hundred San Antonio girls will meet at 8 o clock Tuesday evening in the Youth Council cafeteria. The entertainment includes music recitations and perhaps dancing. Invitations were sent to guardsmen through the Army Young Men s Christian Association and to 100 Womans Christian Association girls. Names will be on cards to ease introductions and chaperones from YWCA workers will oversee the event.
Sufferers of catarrhal deafness and head noises can be cured at home with Parmint double strength, hot water, and granulated sugar. Take one tablespoon four times daily. many hear a watch tick again and other symptoms improve as the system is invigorated. Nearly ninety percent of ear troubles are linked to catarrh, making this remedy widely applicable.
The exact valuation for taxation in Bexar County is 111 154 024 dollars, with state and county tax rates at 1 dollar per 100, split 45 cents to the state and 65 cents to the county. State taxes total 495 918.63, county taxes 606 114.01, and district school taxes 46 264.71, plus poll taxes 23 291. The assessment covers real estate, livestock, vehicles, merchandise, machinery, bonds, stocks, bank shares, railroad assets, and other property totals.
Petrograd reports the resignation of S D Sazonoff after six years as foreign minister and A N Naumoff resigning as agriculture minister, to be replaced by Count Bobrinsky. These shift the cabinet to only Bark and Gregorovitch remaining from the 1914 lineup, marking the nineteenth ministerial change since the war began. The piece notes Russia’s evolving, fragile parliamentary tradition, with ministerial turnover occurring in months or weeks and largely within party lines.
London report says Lt Robinson earned the Victoria Cross for bringing down a Zeppelin near London on Saturday night after two hours in the air. The official notice notes the act showed conspicuous bravery and involved attacking the airship under extreme danger. Robinson had earlier attacked another airship before the doomed crash.
Miss Vera Schafer of Cleveland arrives in San Antonio to assist Miss Ernestine Friedmann with Ene Young Woman's Christian Association work. She brings diverse social work training from Western Reserve University, juvenile courts, a girls camp near New York, and the New York Reformatory for Women. The team aims to establish a permanent industrial worker in San Antonio.
Voters in the first and third judicial districts cast ballots in a Democratic run-off for state supreme court judge nominations. In the first district incumbent Clayton D. Potter faces George Ethridge, and in the third district incumbent E. O. Sykes faces R. H. Knox. Democratic nomination equals election.
A compressed air locomotive has been installed at a major Cuban station to eliminate any risk of sparks. The move aims to enhance safety amid aging infrastructure and dense passenger traffic. Local authorities report no disruptions to service.
Adolfo de la Huerta, Sonora governor, signals intention to ignore Carranza orders to enforce his currency in all transactions. Miners at Cananea Nacozari and El Tigre hold meetings to resist changes to the local monetary system with strikes possible. Also a civic note: 60 cents Sutherland Springs Sunday service at 8 15 a.m. on Southern Pacific Lines.
A fragmented note from the Buffalo Express discusses a “Sympathetic Friend” as an actor and the Chronic Invalid remarking on lending support after months of use. The text hints at performance opinions and ongoing illness references without clear dates or full context.
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