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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
6
The text highlights the chief superiority of Royal Baking Powder. It states that unlike others, Royal contains no alum nor phosphate, distinguishing it from competing powders. This single feature is presented as the decisive factor in its superior quality.
In the Uhr versus Brown injunction suit San Antonio City Commissioner Robert F. Uhr sought to block wage payments to seven men he discharged. Judge S G Tayloe took the matter under investigation and indicated a Thursday decision. McMillan warned Uhr could topple police if his claims upheld. Uhr’s counsel argued he does not intend to depower the force, noting his nominations once included 119 officers.
Captain Kyle Rucker of the Fourteenth Cavalry, formerly acting judge advocate at Fort Sam Houston, has been appointed major in the judge advocate general s department. The promotion will relieve him of line duties. He has many friends in San Antonio and had served here before joining his regiment at Laredo last November.
A Philadelphia letter-wag notes a sharp exchange between two landladies about boarders. The first boasts longer stays, while the second quips they stay thin so they seem lighter than they are.
Seguin Texas September 27 Fifteen hundred people attended the Guadalupe County Fair opening with local officials praising the exhibit halls and live stock. A special San Antonio train will run tomorrow for Seguin Day as the fair aims to continue through Saturday amid ideal weather and strong agricultural displays.
In Society notes, St Anthony Hotel hosts the season's first indoor dinner dansant. St Gerards Church Sanctuary Society holds a social at 8 pm in the parish hall. The marriage of C A Finney and Miss Ruby Gafford is at 8 pm in Travis Park Methodist Church. Moth ers' Council meets at 2 pm in the St Anthony oak room. regular meeting at 3 pm in the tapestry room. Miss Victoria Herff hosts a luncheon for Miss Lolita McCulloch in Wolff & Marx tea room. Ursuline Alumnae banquet and reunion at 7:30 pm at the academy on Romana Street.
The Alamo Mission Chapter DRT met in the Alamo to plan a social meeting October 10 at Mrs O M Farnsworths home. They also voted to raise at least $60 to repair leaks from recent rains and fund other events like bazaars and teas if donations fall short.
The Wednesday tea at Marx Tea Room honored Miss Ruth Pennybacker of Austin. The table featured Cluny lace and tall cut glass vases with large yellow daffodils, connected by yellow satin streamers. Eleven covers were laid. Guests included Miss Elizabeth Hutchings of Dallas, visiting Miss Lucile Wright, with Olive Erkel returning to Rice Institute in Houston for sophomore year. Lucius Lamar also returned to Rice. Edwin McMullen went to Austin to enter the State University, accompanied by Clyde Warner of Del Rio.
The newly formed Laurel Heights Methodist Sunday school orchestra will perform at the rally day exercises next Sunday morning at the church. Leader is Miss Peggy Bliss on violin with Hugh Mc Amis on piano Lamar Raby on saxophone Clyto Rigg on cornet Miss Eunice Gray Robert Kile on violin Lloyd Jackson and Ben Duggan on mandolins.
Charters granted in Austin Texas list multiple companies with capital stocks from 2,500 to 50,000 dollars. Republic Oil & Gas of Granbury with incorporators C C Merritt A J Howard A M Gantt. R Blaine Jordan & Company of Sonora with Sutton county stock 20,000. International Realty & Investment Co of San Antonio with L E Cartwright A J McKean A C Dauchy. J W Keenan & Sons of Galveston with 25,000. Aiken Trading Co of Fioco Floyd county with 2,500.
The list includes Bryan Country Club and New York Buyers Association of San Antonio with capital stock details, Co operativo de Obreras Mexicanos of El Paso with incorporators, Bagwell Farmers Union Warehouse Company amendment, General Oil Company capital increase, proof of final payment filings for Aransas Stevedores Company and Commercial Securities Company, and dissolution certificate for Dilley Farmers Union Warehouse Company.
A lecturer recalls abroad sights and muses on spectacles one never forgets. An elderly audience member jokes she is always forgetting hers and asks where to obtain a replacement.
A new shoe store will open at 222 East Houston Street on Saturday morning to sell exclusively W. L. Douglas Shoes. D. D. Saunders will manage. The store offers women men and boys styles in a cream and white interior with dark mahogany furnishings and opera style fitting chairs. This is the fourth W. L. Douglas store reopened in Texas. Douglas shoes have a national reputation from founder Mr. Douglas who began shoemaking at age seven.
Advertisement notes a 60 cent fare from Sutherland Springs every Sunday at 8:15 a.m. by Southern Pacific Lines.
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