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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1912

Page

5

Obituary notices for Epp Whiteley Schmidt lead city deaths

Charles Julius Epp 50 dairyman and stockman died at his home on Ceralvo street. Daisy Belle Whiteley 30 died at 127 Poplar street after coming here for health. Edward Schmidt 50 carpenter died at his home on 922 Delgado street. Surviving family and funeral details follow, with Hermann Sons affiliations and local burial plans.

Epp Charles Julius Epp Ceralvo Street Hermania Lodge No. 1 Hermann Sons Alfred Walter Ben Armstrong Edna Annie Alma Edwina Epp John Epp John Epp Jr Edward Epp John Wilkens Henry Kelisky Hubert ‘Uhl

Roatsch Man Dies After Long Illness at Mother's Home

Herman Roatsch aged 49 died at 3 pm yesterday at his mother's residence 309 12 Fountain Street after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Amelia Roatsch and a sister Mrs. A. B. Schiefelbein of Dallas. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon with interment in the old Lutheran cemetery.

Ters Bertha Cadena Emma Sherman Sophie Richter Ella Schmidt Herman George Edward Schmidt Jr John Adolph Louis Schmidt Simering Lodge Order of Hermann Sons Hermann Sons Carl Saenger

Kla bundle matriarch dies in Bulverde home

Mrs Johanna Kla bundle age eighty six longtime Bexar county resident dies at 2 30 yesterday afternoon at her son Fritz home in Bulverde She was born in Germany and came to the United States as a young woman Funeral set for 2 this afternoon Rev W Lempke Lutheran church Bulverde survivors include five sons Ferdinand Fritz Carl August and Henry Kla bundle and one daughter Mrs Caroline Schmidt

Klabundle Johanna Klabundle Bexar County Fritz Bulverde Germany W. Lempke Ferdinand Carl August Henry Klabundle Caroline Schmidt

Time Granted Auto Entries For San Antonio Light Run

The San Antonio Automobile Club extends entry time for The Light reliability run to midnight next Thursday. The event, classified as grade three non stock reliability, begins Saturday at 7 am from The Light offices with pilot car Carr. Fourteen entries listed including Chalmers, Pierce Arrow, Stutz, Hudson, Packard, Franklin, Buick, Marmon, and others. two new prizes for first-aid to injured were donated by Johnson and Burnett of Aetna Life Insurance.

W. A. Hering San Antonio Automobile Club William Schiff New York American Automobile Association San Antonio Dr. Hering Johnson and Burnett Aetna Life Insurance Company Hering Office of the Light Carr Chalmers The Auto Sales & Supply Company Pierce-Arrow George Zadek Stearns-Knight Charles Cresson Hudson Fred P. Warren Packard Carter-Mullaly Company Stoddard-Dayton W. E. Milligan Stavers Metz Chabot Company Courier Fraser & Scott Company Murray Truck

Post Office Sees Record Mail Volume Amid Optimism

In San Antonio the mailing department handles over one million letters monthly with March totals at 1 178 660 and April 61 680. post office receipts for the quarter exceed any comparable period. A Dallas woman reports a separate incident where Mrs E M Thomas was attacked by a negro intruder wielding a butcher knife before neighbors intervened.

San Antonio Theodore Krause Dallas Associated Press Tex E. M. Thomas

Deputy Constable Shot at Pauls Valley Dance

Ardmore Oklahoma April 3 Deputy constable Lee Shiveman was killed by a gunman at a negro dance in Pauls Valley. A Black man was arrested but seized from officers by a mob and shot twice in the chest and left for dead. Posses scoured the area but could not locate him. If found violence is feared.

Associated Press Ardmore Okla Lee Shiveman Paul's Valley

Bernstein Family Plans San Antonio Home

Mr. and Mrs. V. Bernstein and family, formerly of Marshalltown Iowa, have located at 426 Baltimore Avenue and will make San Antonio their future home.

V. Bernstein Marshalltown Iowa Baltimore Avenue San Antonio

Peculiar After Effects of Grip This Year

Doctors report widespread grip illness with kidney strain and back pain. ads claim Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root restores kidney function and offers free sample bottles by mail, with regular sizes 50 cents and 1.00.

Grip Bright Kilmer

Saloon Closures for Election Days in Bexar County

Saloons must close on Saturday April 6 and Tuesday April 9 in Bexar County as election day for county and city school trustees approaches. Sheriff reports enforce closure. county trustees and district trustees are elected that weekend. city school trustees vote Tuesday with saloon closures required.

Bexar County F. L. O'Brien Charles Seidenschnne T. P. DeShiel Joe Campbell Carlos Bee

Chief in Ultimatum Fire Chief Promises Zero Mercy

Fire Chief Bishop pledges strict enforcement against drivers racing with fire department apparatus and against anyone driving over fire hoses. He announced after a $10 fine was handed to a motorist for crossing a hose line at the Clark Printing House fire last Saturday night. He ordered arrests for all violators and instructed crews to enforce two ordinances.

Bishop Clark Printing House

Settlement Reached in Boiler Explosion Claim

In a Seventy third district court session this morning the first claim from the boiler explosion in the Southern Pacific yards on March 18 was settled. Francita Montiel widow of victim Roberto Montiel and his family agreed to a $5000 cash settlement with the Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio railway. The court order allocates $1500 to the widow, $3000 split among three children, and $500 to the dead man’s parents.

Southern Pacific Francita Montiel Roberto Montiel Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway

Hopper pines for vacation then keeps Pinafore role years later

De Wolf Hopper explains he has played Pinafore for eighteen months without seeing the show. He recounts accepting a revival at the Casino, touring, and nearly postponing, while joking about Casey at the Bat. He also notes a study on cotton industry promotions and social mobility.

de Wolf Hopper The St. Anthony Pullman Europe

First Bath Sparks Pneumonia Fear In Lille

A quip from Harper's Bazar notes Lille's lego seem thin and possibly cause illness. A related remark observes a fast train using twenty five to fifty gallons of water per mile, highlighting quirky trivia from the period.

Robert Lille Harper’s

San Antonio Seen Moving Ties for Fowlerton Railroad

Eighteen cars of hard cypress ties pass through San Antonio toward Fowlerton for the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf extension. Forty one cars of rails follow, with contractors aiming to complete the line to the Frio river by week’s end. A. R. Ponder notes 2000 tons of steel to arrive from Pennsylvania Steel this week. Creosoted ties from Texarkana ordered for the project.

Franklin San Antonio Fowlerton San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Louisiana International & Great Northern Frio A. R. Ponder Pennsylvania Steel Company Texarkana Gulf

Arrest of Harold Clifton on Texas theft charge in El Paso

Howard Carrier alias Harold Clifton was arrested in El Paso on a $1200 currency theft charge from C. A. Benner. He is expected to be brought to San Antonio Thursday night. Detective Stowe departed El Paso with the prisoner to continue the case.

Howard Carrier Harold Clifton el Paso Texas C. A. Benner San Antonio Cording Stowe

Hood's Sarsaparilla Boosts Mrs Bruce Health

Mrs Marion Bruce of Cumberland Maine reports long use of Hood's Sarsaparilla improved her health after a winter of weakness and poor appetite. She credits the tonic with restoring vigor and appetite and notes she now feels well. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today in chocolate tablets.

Marion Bruce Cumberland Hood

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