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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
13
A nationwide group of 96 tailor shops claims access to its own world class woolen mills and hundreds of patterns from fashion centers. They boast the ability to supply made to order suits with world style at half the cost of a single tailor, urging customers to choose their one price system this spring.
W B Tennent, jailed in Atlanta, said he was happy at the prospect of being transported to Marseilles, Indiana, to face murder charges in the August fatal stabbing of Clarence McCutcheon. He described mental relief and recalled the confrontation that led to the death.
Poultney Bigelow the writer is announced to wed Miss Lillian Pritchard of Malden On Hudson librarian of Malden’s new public library and daughter of a Worcestershire England post office official. Bigelow is son of John Bigelow former US minister to France. Wedding date not disclosed.
A Greenville jury ruled against D. Lewis Derroh in a one cent damages suit against the Ell Telephone Co. The plaintiff sought a connection to the Country Club and could not find the listing, since the club was listed as San Souci Country Club. Central refused to ring without the exact name. The verdict favored the telephone company.
Elizabeth Heasly Maxon Smith Baumgardner, aged between 70 and 83, confirms plans to wed Carl Neumeyer within two weeks. The fortune holder, divorced last October from A. G. Baumgardner after a brief honeymoon and spicy depositions, says Neumeyer loves her and insists the marriage is not for money. Her past union to Baumgardner began in Washington in 1909, ending after a $15,000 divorce settlement amid a thunderclap at the ceremony.
In Billings Montana on April 7, Cliff Roots a longtime stockman killed his father-in-law F A Rehder his stepson James Bridges his wife and neighbor Mrs W S Thompson then shot himself Roots fired through a door killing Rehder and injuring a companion before continuing to the Bridges ranch to commit the remaining killings.
The New York will for Adelaide Yerkes, widow of Chas. T. Yerkes, leaves one ninth of the residuary estate to each of her eight siblings and the other ninth to a nephew and niece from a deceased sister. Seven servants receive $1000 each while a longtime confidant, William Lavery Lower, gets $5000. No charity bequest is made. the estate is described as considerable, with the widow’s share of the late husband’s fortune estimated around $3,000,000.
Mayor Reyburn's report to Philadelphia's city council shows the city spent more than it received in the municipal year. Receipts totaled 41 914 029 dollars while expenditures reached 47 755 049 dollars with an assessed taxable property valuation of 1 517 851 880 dollars.
In December 1905 A M Williamson of Brewton Alabama suffered severe kidney pains and sleepless nights. After trying doctors and remedies he used Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a last resort and after three months passed a gravel stone. A year of treatment left him cured and healthy, with thanks to the remedy. Notarized statement dated July 14 1909.
An advertisement invites readers to send for a sample bottle of Swamp Root from Dr. Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York and to request a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It claims the product will convince any reader and notes available bottle sizes and drugstore availability in San Antonio Light listings.
Warren P. Wheeler and Stillman Shaw of Wheeler & Shaw were arrested in Boston on charges of using the mails to defraud the public of large sums. They were formerly fiscal agents for the North American Rubber company of this city and Hyde Park.
The old sloop-of-war Portsmouth, last of her line, will soon depart for Cape Horn on its final voyage. The frigate has served as a training ship for the New Jersey naval militia and now lies at the Brooklyn navy yard awaiting orders.
The captain has orders to man the vessel with 100 sailors and depart New York Harbor soon. The trip to San Francisco is reported though no formal sailing order has been issued yet, and it may be the last time New Yorkers see the old ship sail with canvas spread.
A peace dinner in New York on Saturday night will feature Sir Robert Perks, linked in Britain to the anti war cause, joining Andrew Carnegie. President Taft has sent a letter for the occasion, giving the event an international character.
Washington April 3 moving pictures help clean up villages in the Philippines. Officials use film to teach natives better huts streets and hygiene and report improved sanitary conditions as 1910 ends and 1911 plans unfold under health authorities guidance.
A report received from Dean Wor cester, secretary of the interior of the Philippines, details American officials and their roles in the administration. The document outlines governance structure and administrative actions undertaken by U.S. authorities.
Mr and Mrs Peter Bennett of 427 North Tenth Street San Jose Calif gain a surprise bequest of 40000 from Thomas Jones a wealthy aged man who died unmarried leaving nearly 50000 in estate. Jones had no known relatives in the city except distant kin. The will named the Bennetts for the bulk of his estate citing kindness shown to him in his last years.
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