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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1911
Page
6
Bel-Bon guarantees peroxide of hydrogen in its facial and toilet cream and offers a free souvenir with every 25c jar purchase. The ad touts peroxide as antiseptic purifying and slightly bleaching to whiten the skin and invites customers to try the product through participating dealers.
The Kaw tribe of Indians in Kansas and Oklahoma will be disbanded this year as full blood members manage their own affairs. A. R. Miller oversees winding up accounts and dissolving tribal records, marking the end of a once-great nation whose lands were divided among remaining members.
Thousands of Asiatic man eating sharks crowded a thirty mile by eight mile area off the Oregon coast. The American Hawaiian liner Falcon steamed through the mass from 7 to 10 and passed ten miles per hour. Sharks appeared about thirty feet long and extended four miles both sides of the vessel.
The London Brighton and South Coast line becomes the first major English railway to be fully electrified. Work will be completed by 1916, extending from London to the south coast over 479 miles.
General Dun Can reshuffles field stations to deter neutrality law violations between Eagle Pass and Presidio. Troop F moves to Candelaria with detachments at Valentine. Troop E station shifts to Terlingua and Marathon. Troop F of the Fourth Cavalry relocates to Double Wind Mills with a Sanderson detachment.
Major Buell promises good weather for a grand procession through San Antonio with 5600 soldiers forming a long column. General W H Carter leads the march from New Braunfels avenue to Alamo Plaza and across to Military Plaza, with engineers, infantry brigades, artillery, cavalry and signals units participating. Public streets will close during the one hour parade and streetcars will halt.
Buchanan Michigan April 17 A dying man Hudson Burton told his lawyer that he buried a large sum of gold and recorded its exact location on a phonograph record to be kept hidden for five years. After his death the record was found but the lawyer accidentally smashed it, destroying the clue to the buried treasure.
A child Mary impresses her mother with wit while the father, a traveling salesman, is away touring year round. The tale recalls a quirky family dynamic as the daughter jokes about her father’s profession and presence.
Geo Haven of Sharon Pennsylvania fell onto the boards of an abandoned well while for a late night shortcut. He grasped a cross beam and dangled for two hours before his arms slipped. He dropped only six inches as the top five feet had been filled. He prayed, grew weak, and was unnerved by the harrowing moment.
A local theater offers three votes per coupon with purchases through Saturday April 22. Details explained by the contest manager as part of a standing list update, with specific vote values for 20, 30 and 50 cent coupons and books.
The note urges candidates for a city at large seat to include the term Marx on X social media profiles. It underscores branding steps for campaigns and public recognition in local elections.
The San Antonio Real Estate Exchange held its second auction sale this morning with strong attendance at 10 o clock. A. D. Powers company oversaw bidding led by Col A W Thomas auctioneer. Sales included Beacon Hill lots on Fulton street and Coffman street with prices from 27 50 to 1556. The exchange expects higher turnout at the next sale on May 1.
Rosa Van Stritter, a woman reported from Gonzales, was found in her room at 109 Matamoras street suffering from poison by fellow inmates. A physician administered antidotes. she is now out of danger and the motive remains unknown.
The Union Pacific Railroad will install soda fountains this summer in the dining car on all through trains west from Omaha and on the Kansas branch. Assistant General Passenger Agent Murray says the demand for ice cream sodas and other soft drinks should be met on trains as in cities.
Ernest Cook of Kyle Texas died Friday at his brother's home in McNeil and was buried there Saturday. Also reported Alice May Marks three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Marks of 106 Hays Street died this morning of typhoid fever. Funeral services from the family residence at 8 30 tomorrow afternoon with interment in the K P cemetery.
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