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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1914
Page
2
A local pitch urges Fiesta visitors to invest in Norwell Texas lots before May 4 price increases. The ad highlights Norwell on the Artesian Belt Railroad, 11 miles south of Christine, as a new McMullen county town with lots priced at 75, 50, and 25 dollars and notes imminent raises of 10 to 35 dollars.
Townsite Department at 229 East Houston Street San Antonio Texas issues a public notice related to land plots and local planning procedures. Details specify address and department contact for property inquiries and filing deadlines.
San Antonio hosts a special Homeseekers Day on Thursday April 23 with a large guest turnout expected. A homeseekers train will arrive from Kansas City and other points Thursday under control of G H Langston Missouri Kansas Texas Railway immigration agent.
The Rockport Marine Band, about eighteen months old, will perform next week under Bandmaster Woodward. The group recently thrilled Fiesta audiences and previously played summer concerts in Rockport with a 30 piece lineup plus two skilled women musicians in white sailor uniforms.
The Philippine government awards an English firm a twenty year right to develop hardwood forests marking the first concession to foreign capital. A new adjustable car lock patent protects lap robes by securing them over a rail on the back of a front seat to deter theft.
Students rehearse for Shakespearean comedy Twelfth Night under Knights of Columbus at the Grand Opera House in San Antonio. Lena Budd Powers directs Viola with Claude Hargis Duke Orsino and others, Knights of Columbus Orchestra provides twenty pieces, boxes booked, matinee for city schoolchildren.
A four day Spring Festival organized by the Academy of the Incarnate Word will begin Monday at 107 East Houston Street to raise funds for a new academy building. Prominent city women will run booths including Punch, Mexican, Ice Cream, Candy, Novelty, Japanese, Dutch, College, Fish Pond, and Lunch Counter.
Important to members note limits on non accompanying immediate family witnessing Carnival events from the club gallery. Directors cite prior abuse of privileges and require identification cards to protect entitled members. Also quoted are figures on navigable inland waterways of several European nations.
Seaboard and Gulf Steamship Company rejects accusations of backing Texas railroads in export advantages disadvantaging Port Aransas. E M Warfield argues charges unfair and cites named directors while litigation proceeds in Corpus Christi federal court with 16 railroads joining to challenge ICC export rules.
Final arrangements for Fiesta Week travel events will be made at a Sunday meeting of traveling men associations at the Gunter hotel. The group plans a Saturday parade during Traveling Men's Day on April 25 with a late night program and a dansant reception for visiting cowmen.
Special commissions named by Governor Colquitt appoint Mrs Sadie Haley secretary of the Associated Charities and Miss Gertrude Bailey registrar to represent Texas at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections and the Southern Sociological Congress in Memphis Tennessee from May 8 to 15.
Obituaries report Stephen Elliott 87 and Thomas Rafter death in San Antonio with services by Riebe Undertaking Company. Billie Myers 27 and infant Joseph Gibson also die with funeral plans and City Cemetery interment. Wind mill claim notes a 60 foot diameter steel structure installed in Holland for drainage.
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