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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1911
Page
5
Boise reports Roland C. Woodard touring southern Idaho placing pheasants on farms to curb grasshoppers. He cites success in Wyoming and Utah and notes pheasants eat large numbers of the pests, offering a promising alternative to poisons and mechanical nets.
You take no risk we pay for all medicine used in the trial if our remedy fails to relieve constipation. Rexall Orderlies are eaten like candy and said to be gentle and pleasant without diarrhea or nausea. Two sizes 10c and 25c, available only at Wagner's Rexall Store in Hicks Building.
Mrs. E. L. Davies of New York testified before the surrogate that she is the widow of General Thomas T. Eckert, late president of Western Union Telegraph, who died leaving a $3,000,000 estate. She claimed Eckert married her in 1908 after alleging persecution and threats of insanity.
In Kansas farmers faced a Paris green shortage and began seeking new methods to rid their fields of grasshoppers, a shift that started years ago as they sought effective solutions.
Carsonville Michigan April 10. Four months old Clinton Smith Tyler, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Tyler, sits in the arms of his great great grandfather and is flanked by two grandfathers Philo Tyler and Herbert Smith two great grandfathers Horace Smith and August Pittsley two grandmothers Mrs Herbert Smith and Mrs Philo Tyler and great grandmother Mrs Nellie Pittsley all of Harbor Beach with the great great grandfather the eldest at eighty six.
Don Francisco Madero says he will board a special train promised by the Mexican government to reach Chihuahua and meet his son in an unofficial effort to end the war. Officials report no train orders yet and note uncertainty over the route via Laredo and Torreon due to disrupted lines.
A father explains to his son the phrase setting her bonnet for a man. He says if she sets her bonnet she knows the price will scare him to death. Philadelphia Times style.
The tallest and shortest people of Europe, the Norwegian and the Lapps, live close to each other. The observation notes height variation among Europe’s ethnic groups and underscores regional diversity.
William Jennings Bryan is described as a Texas pioneer after clearing 160 acres near Mission. He built a bungalow residence with a view of the Rio Grande and border area. He worked in fields with Mexican laborers, boosting Bermuda onions and tropical fruit crops while promoting community and education.
President Taft may be relieved of approving or disapproving the Arizona constitution as the effort to amend the enabling act proposes Congress alone pass on the document. Flood proposed the change which Taft approved, with the president wary of recalls for judges but preferring Congress handle the constitution.
Pittsburg reports Edwin Blatt held in Juarez Mexico on sedition charges may be released tomorrow. Theo Harris just returned from a Monterey Mexico business trip where he manages land and other affairs.
W. F. Greaves a commercial agent for the Big Four with Dallas headquarters and Charles Eikel a traveling freight agent for the Morgan lines are in railway circles today visiting Dallas and Houston.
A witty remark notes that Augustus stole a day from February and added it to August to ensure the month named after him feels dignified. The quip mirrors classical humor about calendar reform and imperial vanity.
Capt. Joseph Smith keeper of Duck Island lighthouse marries in Stamford after crossing icy Long Island Sound in a small motorboat. He faced towering seas and near-sinking danger to reach his wedding, saying he would not risk the voyage again for anything less than his marriage.
Saloons in San Antonio must close tomorrow for the school trustees election. Chief Newnam says all saloons in city limits are ruled by law to shut during the election and remain closed from midnight tonight until Wednesday morning.
A chicken on the Whitney B Davie country place on the Peterburg turnpike allegedly swallowed a $200 diamond pulled from Miss Mary Davie's ring. She was feeding a flock of 60 chickens when a tug on her finger revealed the stone missing, and the identical stripe on the birds made identifying the thief impossible.
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener will lead the troops at the Westminster Abbey coronation of George V this June. The arrangement assigns Kitchener to active command of ceremonial forces during the royal ceremony.
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