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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1912

Page

5

Notable Guests and Arrivals at San Antonio Hotels

A stream of visitors checked into city hotels including Maxwell Kilvert Mexico City at the Menger Lee Lytton Fort Worth at the Crockett and J W Long Guadalajara at the Bowie. Others: Taylor Whitsett Campbellton at the Bexar Tom Cowden Dallas at the Gunter J A Shaffer Victoria at the Savoy and more registering at St Anthony Crockett Gunter Bowie and Bexar with guests from Dallas Houston Tyler Corpus Christi and Mexico City.

Maxwell A. Kilvert Mexico City Menger Lee H. Lytton Fort Worth Crockett J. W. Long Guadalajara Mex Bowie Taylor Whitsett Campbellton, Tex Bexar Tom Cowden Dallas Gunter Thomas A. Shaffer Victoria Savoy Co. J. Judd St. Anthony R. B. Killough Wacd H. L. Page St. Louis Co. F. Walton Jourdanton C. B. Anderson Austin A. F. Haynes Huntington W. Va W. Crow Houston Cone Johnson Tyler Corpus Christi San Antonio GC. C Spahr J. E. Beissner Jr Miss Beissner Galveston W. W. McCrory Edna, Tex A. M. Wiggin Bowie Co B. Udell Jim Kerr Sanderson G. A. Schley Sulphur Springs Phillips H. A. Pittman Ingleside J. ©. Lewis Hearne O. Gerrard Houston la

Public Schools Overcrowded in San Antonio

San Antonio public schools face crowded conditions with talks of permanent and temporary relief. The school board meets Wednesday to discuss extensions, transfers, portable classrooms, and mother club actions at Bonham, Burnett, and Roberts Beacon Hill schools.

San Antonio Lukin Committee of Buildings and Extension Mothers’ Club Bonham School Burnett School Roberts Beacon Hill School

Laurel Heights Golf Club Grows Rapidly

The Laurel Heights Golf Club, organized just weeks ago and not yet chartered, nears forty members after a morning executive committee meeting. New members added to the honor roll include R. H. Wester, F. W. Maule, Capt. George Schreiner, J. W. Brogan, G. Coulter, and others reflecting San Antonio golf enthusiasm.

Laurel Heights Golf Club San Antonio T. N. Smith Graham Dowdell J. F. Carter R. H. Wester F. W. Maule Capt George Schreiner J. W. Brogan G. Coulter Herman Bergmann A. H. Danforth Allen Merriam Earl McCloud B. J. McLean Oscar Mcllheney G. A. C. Halff W. F. McManus A. J. Greiner J. M. Eskridge Frank Richardson

Whitaker elected surgeon general of the Grand Army of the Republic

San Antonio members celebrate the national encampment in Los Angeles electing Dr. L. L. Whitaker as surgeon general. He previously led the Texas division and was a former department commander. Day of Prescott, Ariz., opposed him. Other officers were named to top G A R posts. A note on India’s population and missionary ratio follows.

E. O. C. Old Post San Antonio Los Angeles L. L. Whitaker Grand Army of the Republic Whitaker Texas Warren E. Day Prescott Ariz Alfred B. Beers Bridgeport C. D. R. Stowit

Pyramid Pile Remedy Promises Relief Without Surgery

A testimonial backed appeal offers Pyramid Pile Remedy sample by mail from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan. Readers are urged to request a trial package to avoid surgeon’s knife and doctor bills, with a 50 cent regular box available at druggists.

Pyramid Drug Co Pyramid Marshall, Mich

Obituary Inez Caswell Dies in City Apartments

Inez G Caswell 28 died last night at Fifth Street apartments after coming to the city five months ago for health. She is survived by her mother several sisters and a brother. Sloan Hagy Undertaking Co prepared the body for interment and will send it tonight with Ruth Greenleaf to Bloomfield Iowa for burial. Miss Margaret Kelley named assistant director of the United States Mint after fifteen years of service in Washington rising from stenographer to assistant director with a 3000 salary.

Caswell Inez G. Caswell Fifth Street Sloan-Hagy Undertaking Company Ruth Greenleaf Bloomfield Margaret Kelley Portsmouth N H United States Mint Public Schools of Boston Kelley Washington

Sage Tea Recalled For Hair Color And Shine

Grandmothers used sage tea to preserve hair color and vitality. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy offers a ready to use scalp tonic that combats dandruff germs, cleanses the scalp, and promotes hair growth with color and luster. A 50 cent bottle available from druggists with money back guarantee.

Wyeth

Interurban Charter Approved in Texas

The attorney general's department approved an amendment to the charter of the San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban railway, changing its name to the San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway Company. The amendment was filed in the state department.

Aus Tex Attorney General’s Department San Benito

Train schedule fragment shows multiple routes and timings

A scattered timetable lists departures and routes for trains from various origins including Mexico Palestine Laredo and locally. It includes northbound southbound and express options with times such as 1:60 pm, 6:35 am, 6:30 pm, and 9:55 am, indicating a partial schedule fragment.

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