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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
6
A recognition service for old and new members is planned for Sunday afternoon at the YWCA. It concludes membership week and resumes Sunday evening services, with Mrs. A W Green presiding. Miss Ida Jontz will talk at the event. all members are invited.
The London Sporting Times recounts a humorous exchange in a small French village where two old men debate gender in fancy outfits. One insists they cannot be men due to skirts while the other cites moustaches. The punchline: they are misidentified as the famed Middlesex regiment.
Max and Emil Blum return from New York market with notes on latest styles. They plan an entire store reorganization centering on Hickson models and Rose Windsor designs. Fur, net gowns, large fans, turbans, spangles, and metallic textiles dominate evening wear amid post strike collections.
Judson C. Clements proposes a legal obligation for transport workers to refrain from leaving or joining strikes after entering service. He favors a statute requiring timely notice and public arbitration or tribunal review before any dispute over conditions or pay is acted upon. He spoke at the Grain Dealers National Association meeting in Baltimore.
Those who engage as employees in the public service of transportation companies are just as much engaged in interstate commerce as are the companies themselves.
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company announces an exclusive store at 222 E Houston St San Antonio to meet rising demand. The shop will offer men women and boys lines with prices from 2.00 to 6.00 dollars and promote Douglas as a world renowned maker of reliable value guaranteed footwear for over thirty years.
San Antonio business automobile squadron will tour the Gulf coast to promote highway bonds and good roads. Charles R. Tips of Three Rivers praises recent highway efforts and notes Three Rivers has twice defeated road bond elections while seeking bonds for local improvements. He predicts strong farm banking and crop prospects for Southwest Texas this fall.
An ad extols Cuticura Soap as a pure neutral solvent for impurities clogging pores and pimples. The Cuticura Ointment is a creamy emollient soothing reddened rough or itchy skin and preventing crusts and scales. A mail sample offer with a 32 Nook 20 cents and a postcard is included.
A British pilot reportedly shot down a German aircraft after竟 taking the enemy prisoner in the air. The German attempted to escape, but the Britisher continued the pursuit, opened fire, and forced a crash landing in German territory. The incident ends with the German plane wrecked and the prisoner held aloft in the air.
Social calendar lists Catholic and missionary society meetings at the Catholic Woman's Club and other venues. Wedding preparations for John Dewees Howard and Lola Beatrice McCulloch include multiple attendants and pre nuptial events across October with notable guests from Eisenhower, Herff, Leadinghaus, and McCulloch circles.
A committee of eleven San Antonio businessmen appointed by the Chamber of Commerce will work with Maj. E. N. Johnston and government engineers in Galveston on the San Antonio river navigation study and flood control. They will collect data on probable river traffic and property damage from recent overflows. The Tuesday meeting names Fred W. Cook as chairman and includes W. B. Tuttle Clinton H. Kearny Jake Wolff Clinton G. Brown James R. Davis J. J. Hart J. M. Bennett Jr. L. B. Clegg Franz C. Groos and Hane Helland.
NEW REALTY COMPANY AUSTIN Tex Sept 26 The charter of the International Realty Company of San Antonio was filed in the State Department with capital stock 10000 Incorporated by JL E Cartwright AJ McKean and AC Dauchy There was also filed the charter of the New York Buyers Association of San Antonio with capital stock 5000 Incorporated by George J Roark W J Daly and HM Clark
Miss Marguerite Wise entertained at a birthday party last week at her Virginia Avenue home. Bunco prizes went to Elizabeth Heuck, Erna Schoenfeldt and Elizabeth Black. Musical numbers were by Elizabeth Black and Hazel Muckenfuss. Attendees included Elizabeth Heyck, Marguerite Le Laurin, Stella Stricker, Hilda Lieck, Emilie Baetz, Julia Wise, Mrs F Black, Mrs WJ Wise, and Victor and Roland Lieck.
Special Wednesday bargains offer best hams at 28c breakfast bacon 23c and creamery butter 30c cash sales only Nichols Grocery Company advertises low prices with contact in Ay Cr 51 209.
The Uhr vs Brown case in the Forty fifth district court continued Tuesday afternoon with Commissioner Uhr seeking to stop payment to seven discharged policemen. Arguments began Monday afternoon and were expected to finish late in the day, with the case likely to be taken under advisement.
Denison residents mm Parene and J H Harshaw visit Dallas hotels while other locals from Encinal Elgin Dallas Waco Wharton and Wharton lodge at the Gunter St Anthony and Menger hotels. Notables include Pratt McBride Miller Burley Torres Bain Hall and Hudspeth among guests and registrants.
GOES TOURIST HUNTING V. B. Oneal plans to rally San Antonio ticket agents to back a drive. The effort targets more than 20 agents to gain support for a local promotional push.
W B Oneal M E and T traveling passenger agent and association district deputy will attend the American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents meeting in Philadelphia. He plans to urge fellow agents to promote San Antonio as a winter tourist destination and then tour the North and East to advance the Texas rail lines.
An exchange highlights suburban life with a man commuting from 6 to 7, then spending two weeks at roof gardens in town. The lighthearted note contrasts urban leisure with daily patterns.
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