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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1911

Page

4

Mayors Work Praised At Endorsement Meeting

About six to seven hundred attendees at Beethoven hall ratified the People's Party ticket led by Mayor Bryan Callaghan. Speakers praised his administration, touted city finances and ward improvements, and urged continued support to win re election.

People's Party Bryan Callaghan Beethoven Hall Callaghan Présen Ban Trust George R. Stumberg W. W. Burnett C. M. Chambers T. D. Cobbs J. F. Onion Chamber Campaign Committee San’ Antonio New Braunfels Avenue Brackenridge Park Fourth Ward Burnett Co. M. Chambers Stumberg Judge Webb Chambers

Compass points swallowed by Cornell instructor

Ithaca New York April 5 Sixteen steel compass points were removed from the stomach and intestines of T J Williams an instructor at the Cornell College of Civil Engineering yesterday. The points had pierced the intestinal walls but surgeons expect his recovery. Williams had placed the capsule in a container for safekeeping and swallowed it Sunday thinking it was medicine.

Associated Press Ithaca N. Y T. J. Williams Cornell College of Civil Engineering

Why Is Sugar Sweet Taste Without Dissolving

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims the bitter ingredients remain undissolved in the mouth but dissolve in stomach acids. It asserts strong efficacy for both adults and children, branding itself as the first and original tasteless chill tonic and the standard for 30 years, priced at 60 cents.

GROVE

Kern Holds Sherman’s Chair Five Minutes

Vice President Sherman extended courtesy to Senator Kern of Indiana who sat in the vice president’s chair for about five minutes after being sworn in. The brief gesture followed Kern’s recent contention with Sherman for the vice presidency.

Kern Sherman Associated Press Washington Indiana

Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria

Touring cars and cut rate offers mark a confusing ad blend with a new phone number 449 cited alongside taxicab references. The readable fragments imply a product promotion mixed with transportation services and a call to contact via the listed phone.

Scalp ers to combine theater ticket stands in hotels

Chicago forms a theater ticket scalpers trust with hotel stands as members. They plan war on street agents while maintaining a 60 cent commission and deny aims to raise ticket prices. H N Waterfall is among incorporators.

Associated Press Chicago H. N. Waterfall

Six-Story Building Burns in Broome Street Fire

A three-alarm blaze swept a six-story loft building on Broome Street in New York early today, gutting all floors above the first two and causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Firefighters contained the flames after a lengthy effort, while nearby residents were moved outside in minimal clothing as a precaution.

Associated Press New York Broome Street

Gaynor Responds To Criticism Of Police In New York

Mayor Gaynor defends police for arresting women and enforcing excise law. He notes only twenty seven violations in 10,775 saloons last Sunday and 1,439 arrests with 1,357 convictions among street vice cases. He cites strict enforcement since his term began and recalls a biblical parable.

Associated Press New York New York Police Gaynor McAdoo Cropsey Jesus

Women Garment Workers Seek National Wage Scale

In Cleveland on April 5 the executive committee of the International Association of Women Garment Workers of America debates a national standard wage scale, hours regulation, and workshop hygiene. They expect to decide within ten days, affecting about 125000 workers.

Associated Press Cleveland, O International Association of Women Garment Workers of America

Socialist ticket ratification meeting at Scholz's hall

Socialists plan a Sunday meeting at Scholz's hall Losoya street at 3 o clock to ratify their slate. A platform will be drawn and committee reports acted upon. The ticket includes Deck Gross Klassing Gilbert States Putnam Buchannan Horner Parker Shipp Maddox Moynahan Berry Crier Jackson Pfannkuche Bailey Arehart with unions listed for many posts.

Scholz Losoya Street San Antonio Lee P. Deck Beer Bottlers' Union Bernhardt Gross The Bottlers’ Union Fred Klassing Brotherhood of Railroad A. F. Gilbert Coopers’union Tom States Coopers’ Union P. W. Putnam Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Corporation Court W. W. Buchanan John T. Horner

Illicit distilleries destroyed in regional raids

An official revenue district report for March shows seventy one illicit distilleries destroyed by raiders in Eastern Tennessee Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina.

Knoxville Tenn Revenue Tennessee Virginia North Carolina

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