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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
9
In Eatonton Georgia on April 14 Associated Press report states Fanny Warren presumed dead suddenly revived at her own funeral. The coffin lid was broken by the noise and mourners fled in panic before the undertaker freed her. She is now under medical care.
Washington April 14 Rangers in national forests will receive portable telephone sets with a flexible ground wire to reach isolated areas. The system aims to prevent repeats of last August's northwest fires and follows experiments with signal corps style sets. Behles Boelhauwe architects and A Collman plumber listed as local contacts.
Yale faculty and alumni approve a campus housing overhaul to abolish private dormitories and create four distinct class centers. Seniors will live in university owned halls, ending private apartments and fostering class unity and equal knowledge of peers. Connecticut Hall regains central status as Yale life centers on campus.
Dr. Svento Arrhenius president of the Nobel Institute Stockholm is in New York for public addresses at Columbia University. He will meet Dr. Jacques Loeb of the Rockefeller Institute and visit other local research institutions before traveling west for further observations.
A meeting is scheduled at Joe Kneitz’s corner of Wyoming and Plum streets on Friday night April 14 at 8 o’clock. All qualified voters of Precinct 33 and others interested in the Citizens ticket campaign are urged to attend. Alexander Boynton and other candidates will address the gathering.
Berkeley Cal April 14 William Keith the artist died yesterday at his home after several weeks illness. Keith came to California in 1859 and earned international fame as a landscape painter. He was born in Aberdeenshire Scotland in 1839.
A hunter notes abundant deer in the region but a shortage of guides, explaining his focus on filling his bag rather than finding a guide. He expresses independence and determination in pursuing deer rather than relying on guides.
A congressional subcommittee report led by Representative A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania exposes wasteful positions in the U S House. It highlights an example where the 13 year old daughter of Chief Doorkeeper Lyons was paid 1300 dollars yearly as clerk of the doorkeeper plus a vacation gratuity, though no defined duties were found. The document recounts other anomalies from telegraph operators to night watchmen and lists savings by abolishing posts and committees.
Consul George B. Schmucker, fearing bodily harm, was barred by Ensenada authorities from traveling to Alamo where American women and children are reported to suffer abuse from rebels. The American embassy protested to the Mexican foreign office and urged Schmucker be allowed to proceed.
Madison April 14. Students desiring to matriculate at the University of Wisconsin will have to take a pledge to abstain from intoxicants. If a legislature plan is carried out action on the Ellingson bill creating a dry zone around the university will be postponed and the Hanson bill requiring a temperance pledge from students will be taken up for consideration.
The House passed the Rucker resolution for a constitutional amendment to elect U.S. senators by direct vote. The 296 to 16 vote drew protests from Republicans who argued the form endangers congressional control over state elections. Former Speaker Cannon and Republican Leader Mann opposed, saying the measure risks federal overreach.
Captain De Chambrun, French military attache, says conditions at Fort Sam Houston are excellent and morale is high after observing the mobilization. He returned to Washington from his tour of observation.
Paul Felix former mayor of Kenner La and W W Stiles Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff were fined 1000 dollars each. Stiles to serve eleven months and Felix six months in Parish jail at Convent La after the U S circuit court of appeals refused a rehearing on charges of interfering with a federal election. On election day in November 1908 they assaulted Colonel A O Sullivan during a melee in which O Sullivans beard was clipped.
An old advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for all ages, avoiding harsh purgatives. It claims gentle action for digestion and offers a free trial bottle by mail, with reader letters praising its effectiveness across families and ages.
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