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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1914
Page
2
Don’t fear Vitalitas it has no alcohol and it won’t intoxicate. It claims to boost the body daily by putting your system in perfect condition and providing lasting vitality. Readily available at Wagner’s Drug Store 407 East Houston and at other druggists.
The YWCA began ten minute noonday services at 12 10 with sessions at 12 10 12 40 and 1 10 pm to suit different lunch hours. Devotions in the auditorium include prayer song and short talks by association secretaries. Easter vesper planned with Miss Mildred Gates in charge of music and Rev. H Burgin as speaker.
The jury found Sance Y Arro guilty of murdering Deputy Sheriff John Davis in San Marcos. He received a 99 year penitentiary sentence in Lockhart Texas.
April 6 1930 Dallas Texas prospects for county Democratic conventions to select delegates for the Fort Worth constructive convention on April 14 were weak. Antis may hold local meetings, but such county gatherings are not required for attendance at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Texas April 6 report that Tarrant county constructive Democrats held no convention today and no decision on party slate was announced.
There was no convention of constructive Democrats in Galveston county as the precinct primaries announced for last Saturday were called off.
No constructive Democratic conventions were held in this section of Texas so far as learned on April 6.
Beaumont Texas April 6 antis held no county convention today.
Austin April 6 No county convention was held by the antis in Travis County today. Will H. Foltz, chairman of the Travis county antis, said there were no precinct conventions Saturday and there could not be a county convention today.
A 25 man signal corps section from Fort Leavenworth arrived at Fort Sam Houston to improve border communications. The unit will split with one group heading April 8 to Laredo for distribution along the Rio Grande and the rest to Eagle Pass. A portable Marconi radio station has been active between Laredo and San Antonio.
Colonel Sharman-Crawford was returned unopposed to Parliament as Unionist member for East Belfast to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert James McMordie. He is vice commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club and represented the club at Sandy Hook during Americas Cup contests.
Stockholders of the Dallas Cleburne and Southwestern Railway Company elected CC E Schaff as president W A McDonald as vice president S B Norwood as secretary treasurer John M Bryson as general counsel and C H Beavers as auditor The road was leased to the Katy system.
Mrs Clara Sevier and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas discuss delaying further Alamo improvements until after the state elections and a new governor is chosen. They note past improvements at the Alamo Mission and potential plans to meet April 19 at the Menger Hotel.
The county in the Seventy third District Court filed its answer to the hospital injunction suit led by C H Florian and others. County Attorney Dan Lewis and Assistant W S Anthony said the matter should go to trial Wednesday to settle the validity of the 125000 bond issue and its transfer to the W R Compton syndicate. The filing asserts county discretion in buying Physicians and Surgeons Hospital and quotes orders for bond issuance while denying illegal bonds. A second item notes B N D Delicatessen moves to Arthur Hotel Building reopening April 7 with fresh delicatessen selections.
Steven Enger of 226 Starr Street endorses Plant Juice as a modern medical marvel. He credits it with curing constipation, liver and kidney troubles, claiming decades of suffering ended. The ad-promoted tonic, described as a blend of medicinal plant juices, is available at Fischer's Drug Store.
A fire at the premises of Mrs. E. Rusk at 22 West Poplar street burned the garage, a servant’s house and an electric automobile, with total loss around 2000 dollars covered by insurance. Another touring car was saved as seat cushions ignited. origin undetermined. Firemen used chemical lines to halt spread to adjacent buildings.
President Wilson told visitors that editorial expressions and correspondence from observers nationwide show support for repealing the Panama tolls exemption. He said he did not expect the issue to become a campaign flashpoint and expressed confidence in an administration victory in the Senate.
Alex Chaner a 50 year old African American man was brought to Brownwood from Erath County for safekeeping. He is alleged to have attempted a criminal assault on a white woman wife of a tenant on Chaners farm near Stephenville Saturday.
The special meeting of Asherton stockholders scheduled for Wednesday April 8 is postponed to April 13 or 14 due to absent principal owners. Business includes charter and by law amendments, new by laws, and granting authority to place a mortgage on railroad property to secure bonds for improvements, with bond amount to be set at the meeting.
The text presents a puzzling dialogue about fashion and illusion with a judge’s remark. It mentions lotion lard, spores, Celeste Grace, and Mons Wurthe, implying a sewing or garment context. It lacks clear event or reporting structure.
Ramon Duenez a 23 year old Mexican was shot by City Policeman I M Johnson during a call to disperse Mexicans and negroes gambling when the men fled on seeing officers Johnson says he aimed to fire in the air but likely fired into the air and the bullet pierced the man wounding him in the liver Johnson surrendered to authorities
General Flora Drummond rose in the London police court during arraignment for suffrage disturbances at the Unionist Hyde Park demonstration. She shouted that magistrates and police were doing the dirty work of the premier and insisted on speaking herself, requiring removal from the enclosure.
A frustrated speaker hurled verbal volleys at the court prompting the magistrate to adjourn the proceedings for later in the day. The aggressive exchanges occurred as the session continued.
Official notice from Adjutant General Hutchings lists the Texas National Guard officers schools. Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston May 3-13. Infantry at Camp Mabry May 11-20. Medical at Fort Sam Houston May 17-23. Artillery at Fort Riley June 1-15. Schools taught by regular officers. Boothe jury fails to agree in federal case.
Waco Texas April 6 The Baptist general convention of Texas educational board will hear a request to appoint a man to lead efforts to raise a maintenance fund of 100000 within five years. A later plan calls for an endowment of 250000 for the same institution.
The Women's Presbyterian Missionary Society of the district held its semi annual meeting in Dallas on April six. Dallas speakers led the program with guests including Mrs. W. B. Preston of San Marcos Mrs. A. M. Blakemore of Paris Mrs. W. B. Paslow of San Marcos and Mrs. W. L. Yarbrough of Greenville.
Robbers entered the Orange Grain Company store in Orange Texas blew open the safe and escaped with about 60 dollars last night. Police conducted initial investigations at the scene and searched for suspects.
Burial permits record multiple local deaths including Jerman Maldonado 56 died April 5 Obraje Street David Hamburger 48 died March 30 South Presa Street Mrs A G Farwell 77 died April 5 Richter Street Edward Kelley 55 died April 4 Bexar County Hospital William Haley 84 died April 1 Margaret Ruhnke 6 died April 4 217 Rehman Street Maria Cruz Garcia 62 died April 4 611 El Paso Street
Wabash Continental Limited derailed when a bridge over the Wabash River west of Attica collapsed after a prior freight wreck. Three men died J. L. Miller of Peru, engineer Timothy Howe of Peru, and Harry Thomas of Huntington. About 75 others injured were hauled to a Lafayette hospital. the accident followed a prior freight wreck that weakened the structure.
Santa Anna massed uniformed troops at Alamo plaza and began a siege while defenders fired back from within the mission. A moving picture crew captured every detail for a reel to join the Alamo story, directed by H C Matthews with P D Rogers. Also reports on American Chemical Society meeting in Cincinnati and Scottish Rite reunion in Galveston with over a hundred Masons attending.
The event lists degrees conferred and notes the reunion extending through the week until Friday, with participants gathering to mark alumni achievements and campus milestones.
Builders at Norwell are urged to buy often, with an offer to haul lumber from the railroad end to site free of charge until trains reach Norwell. Purchasers building a residence within six months receive palm trees at no cost, under horticultural supervision. Prices rise after May 4, and Norwell is described as a new Texas town on the Artesian Belt Railroad, 11 miles from the terminus and 55 miles south of San Antonio.
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