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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1914
Page
7
The Scobey Fireproof Storage Company opens a brick hollow tile reinforced concrete warehouse with metal doors frames and glass windows. It features a steel time locked safe, trunk storage, rugs and piano rooms, silver vault, packing departments, and house to house removals across the city.
Voter turnout in San Antonio's city schools election was extremely low as four city polling places were barely open. Four trustee at large candidates faced no opposition while Alamo Heights elected Mrs. Dan Leary and two men to join Dr. W. F. Chaplin and Clarence Jones on the independent district board. The Alamo Heights vote took place at the Argyle hotel with Robert O Grady presiding.
Vendor offers nine styles of screen doors in four standard sizes, nine sliding screen window sizes, two hanging window sizes, three adjustable window sizes, sixteen widths of screen wire, various mesh cloth and hardware finishes, plus complete poultry netting in 2 inch mesh and widths from 12 to 72 inches. They handle full homes or single items and provide estimates.
Marguerite Helen Ruhnke six daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Ruhnke died at 6 30 PM Saturday at the family home 217 Lehman Street She was granddaughter of Mr and Mrs George Stark The funeral will be at 4 PM Sunday from the residence with services at St Henrys Catholic Church Burial will follow in the old St Josephs Cemetery
Miss Katherine Stinson, aviatress, plans a test flight Sunday between 6 and 7 am from the Fort Sam Houston maneuver field hangar after overhaul of the Wright biplane. She will ship the aircraft to Bishop, Texas, for engagements, with flights scheduled Wednesday through Easter Sunday and passengers aboard at exhibitions. The notice also records Texas insurance regulations compliance by Aetna Accident and Liability Co. and authority certificate for 1914 1915, signed by Commissioner W W Collier.
Otto Riebe undertaker operates a private chapel at 177 North Tigo with phone number 341 for funeral services.
Saturday morning tragedy at 506 Lovers' Lane left 19 year old Alfonzo Zuniga dead after shooting his wife Nellie Zuniga, 17, then killing himself. Nellie's funeral is at 10 AM Sunday from her parents' home with interment at City Cemetery No. 3. Alfonzo's service is at 3:30 PM Sunday at Riebe Undertaking parlors, burial also at City Cemetery No. 3. The incident, from seven months of unhappy marriage, began when Zuniga shot Nellie in front of her mother Martina Santos, who was wounded in the neck but survived.
Detectives search for a tall negro believed to have stolen about $60 from the safe in a barbershop at 114 Blum Street Friday afternoon. He was last seen after the theft and has not been located in the city.
Auto taxi baggage and messenger service with 1914 taxicabs and motor trucks. Livery touring cars operate day or night with popular prices and quick service. Phones 749. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised for digestion and strength.
About 25 year old Mexican man Decedro Villa real suffered a deep forehead gash when he fell during an epileptic seizure on the 700 block of South Flores Street Saturday afternoon. Police took him to City Hospital for treatment.
The San Antonio Sand Co asserts it has not sold its business and does not intend to sell. It refutes all contrary statements as false and baseless.
The notice advertises a moonlight dance hosted by Mrs Archer Tuesday at Cotillion Hall with music by Diaz.
Grand opening notice for Bluemell's Hall with an April 11 Saturday arts event featuring Artzt music presented as an advertisement.
The page notes special rates for dressmaking school enrollments before April 15 at 604 Garden St. It also lists several local ads including a dog bite incident involving Manuel Gonzales, a city dog ropers wagon driver, who was bitten by a bulldog and treated at City Hospital.
A 28 year old white man was arrested by Detective Green on suspicion of stealing a horse from Adolph Braun near the Helotes settlement northwest of San Antonio. The horse was brought to a local camp yard and two others were reported stolen from Braun recently.
County commissioners authorized Sheriff Tobin to hire a matron for the county jail due to the need for female attendants amid many women in custody awaiting trial. Mayor Brown left for Austin to visit family and signed supply requisitions before departure.
County Judge James R. Davis will not hold criminal court this week and will resume docket on Monday April 13. Settings for the week are being prepared by County Attorney Dan Lewis. The mayor plans a Sunday night or early Monday return. Old jewelry remodeled and repaired at Alamo Jewelry Mfg at College and Navarro Streets.
The Bexar county grand jury will reconvene Monday morning after a three week recess. Monitored by Chief Bailiff Sam Lytle, witnesses were summoned to appear this week. Other misc items include local ads and notices about school tax election planning and church tent meetings.
Bids will be received on reinforced concrete Harmony Club building work. ERNEST P. 7 Architect. iv.
Revival services led by Bishop E D Mouton and Rev C N Guise at Laurel Heights Methodist Church extend for another week with special Sunday services. Mouton topics include Leadership the Church Needs and What It Is to Be a Christian. Guice directs music and addresses the Sunday school with performances at each service. Additional noonday men’s service planned.
The event will be held in the ball room of the Gun ter Hotel with Bishop Mouzon and Mr. Guice as speakers.
Jose Gonzales was bound over to await grand jury action after a ruling ending his examining trial. He faces an assault with intent to murder charge for shooting Simon Garcia in the hip at a Sunday night schoolhouse dance in Bracketville Texas.
Bond's Delicatessen moves to the Arthur Hotel Building on Avenue D behind the post office. It will open Tuesday April 7 with a fresh line of delicatessen offerings.
A fragmented message circulates containing the phrase PERFECTION LARD Th and an apparent quotation about asking for it. The context remains unclear with no identifiable names or locations.
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