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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1914
Page
7
J C Nagle chairman of the state board of water engineers leaves Austin for Denver to join a western governors irrigation conference set April 9 to 12. Maj John Wilson and E B Gore depart for Goldthwaite for an April 7 water diversion permit hearing, then to San Angelo for a similar proceeding next Thursday.
Vienna reports a new government accord with Austro American and German shipping firms bans emigration of Austrian males aged 17 to 25 to prevent evading military service.
A Kingsville meeting of the Gulf Coast Press Association discusses establishing a state normal school in the Gulf Coast Rio Grande region. Professor J N Bigbee urges a committee to educate the public and press, noting funding inequities and the need for industrial and Mexican education focus. Committee named: Alvin F Jones Rivera Journal, R C Mecklin Kingsville Record, A E Stephenson San Benito Light.
Ben S. Pillow, a 35 year veteran telegrapher in Austin, becomes the first local man placed on the retired list with a life pension by the Western Union Telegraph Company. Parker notes a $10,000,000 fund for employee benefits. It also reports the Navy League 1915 convention set for San Francisco in March due to the wartime naval grand assembly.
Dr. W. B. Riley leads daily revival sermons at the First Baptist Church with Dr. E. J. Porter assisting. After a Sunday of multiple services crowds fill Alamo Plaza and venues, with topics including the Millenium and Resurrection. By Tuesday Riley conducts three services daily, drawing large attendances and about 50 men professing religion after the morning and evening talks.
Austin reports the convict labor plan shows success as convicts work on county roads under an honor system and partial wages. Governor Colquitt's earlier lease idea expands with Lindale, Gregg county, state railroad, and Tyler road district participation, drawing more county requests while reducing prison costs and boosting parolable prospects.
An advertisement touts 8.8.8 as a natural blood tonic that quickly revitalizes the body by clearing waste, claiming it boosts repair through cellular nutrition. It promises fast, non stimulant relief and urges readers to obtain a bottle from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta with a free book offer.
The program promises a 375 dollar piano for 257.50 with 30 day trial and a full year to decide. Buyers receive two free tunings, a stool, a scarf, and a paid-early-discount schedule, plus payment relief through 200 weeks.
Governor Colquitt postpones naming a successor to J Abbott as pure food commissioner. He has several applications but requires a candidate who pledges strict enforcement of the pure food laws. The urgency of enforcing the laws is high, yet no satisfactory applicant has appeared.
Bids will be received on reinforced concrete Harmony Club building. ERNEST P BEHLES is the Architect for the project. Advertisement.
A fragment from the Pittsburg Post presents a chatty vignette with lines about gender roles and suffrage, a casual confession after drinking, and a quick travel aside. The dialog imitates upper crust humor as characters exchange polite, slightly ironic remarks.
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