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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
12
The article notes authorities condemn a location as unsafe and outlines Holy Week observances. Palm Sunday processions begin before high mass at 7:00 and 7:20 AM, with Lenten devotions, Holy Thursday Mass and procession, Good Friday prayers and Way of the Cross, and Easter Holy Saturday services at 7:30 AM.
Clean up day set for April 14 but organizers have not finalized details. Dr H D Barnitz president of the city Board of Health says full plans will be published within two days. He notes weather conditions affected previous efforts and officials are awaiting a better forecast.
Bailey campaign committee will meet this afternoon in the Book building headquarters. Reports from the finance and other committees will be discussed and plans likely made for a large Bailey rally in the city next week.
A civil service examination will be held in this city on May 6 for the position of fireman in the bureau of standards, department of commerce and labor in Washington DC. The job offers a salary of 720 dollars per year.
Mayor Gallaghan instructed City Clerk Fries to advertise for bids for a narrow strip of land along Ley street, a parcel the council authorized him to dispose of at a recent session. The strip abuts private property and is described as a narrow passage in the city’s property inventory.
The wothers club of De Zavala school will host an entertainment Tuesday April 14 at Beethoven Hall. A stereoptical lecture titled Arqued Historie Boston will be given by Dr W L Beinghuret of the High School.
The debate on whether the Philippines should be retained by the United States has been postponed due to illness. It will be held Saturday, April 18, at the YMCA building.
The city of Austin records the marriage of John Shettald of 106 Rogers Street to Ming Tang Walte. The ceremony was held at First Baptist Church with Dr J A Franch officiating. The couple will reside in San Antonio after a statewide honeymoon.
The primary department will be entertained Saturday afternoon from 4 to o'clock at a town party hosted by Mrs. Frank Pascial at her home 21 West Cyprus Street.
Marriage licenses issued by the county clerk list Alfonso Lopez and Mana Hernanias, J H Kuykendall and Ida L Plies, with details including a White Shirtwaist dance and Turner ball on Saturday April 11. A 12-year-old boy, Mergquiades Gonyales, was sent to the county jail this morning to await a hearing.
A long history of stomach trouble is attributed to weak digestion and gas pressing on the heart. The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a safe, effective tonic that strengthens digestion, enabling the body to convert food into nourishment, with testimonials from A. A. J. Highby and a Mrs. H. describing relief after use. The text urges readers to obtain a free booklet and purchase pills at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50.
A boy was taken into custody today on the complaint of Andrew Meyer a South Larando street merchant who says the boy broke a window with the butt of a whip yesterday. Decorations for the battle of flowers and city storefronts were described as festively decorated with flags and bunting as the community prepared for events.
Postmaster John J. Stevens, president of the Texas Game Protective Association, urges sportsmen to refrain from shooting plover near the breeding grounds as birds migrate. He notes last year’s compliance and praises the excellent sportsmanship shown by Bexar County shooters.
Jan Overton faced a corporation court for reckless driving after a wild horse pulled a delivery wagon through West Commerce Street. Officer Will Green captured the animal, which Overton had recently bought and resold at a loss of $15 after a string of runaways. Judge Buckley released Overton after he promised to buy a gentler hack for his wagon.
The annual cotton exchange board of trade elections selected A. L. Nelms as president J. H. Adair as vice president W. S. Chem as treasurer and W. O. Ansley E Busby A G Garrns Dawson H Garrow J W Sanders C P Shearn B W Taylor W V R Watson as directors in Houston on April 11 19XX.
Oscar C Gehrems of New Braiofels arrived for business at the county clerk’s office. After leaving the depot crowd near the Southern hotel corner, he checked his hip pocket for his purse to pay fees. The hag vanished with $19 and papers as detectives take up the case.
Mrs John A Cogan notes the Shoreditch Technical Institute in London has started a school to train wives. She highlights plans in Washington by Mrs Justina R Hill to create a domestic economy program. The aim is to equip young women for all life roles with practical housekeeping, market, dining room, and bedroom management, alongside social and educational growth.
The Dutch steamer Ocean reported extraordinary phenomena after a meteor-descended fireball struck the sea off Nantucket on March 4. A heatwave-like gas filled the atmosphere, brown powder settled, and a shower of blazing meteoric fragments and greenish phosphorescent clouds dazzled the crew for minutes. Captain Benkert noted the danger and filed a report with the Maritime Exchange.
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