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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1911
Page
11
City officials propose a summer swimming program for all San Antonio boys. The Y M C A would district the city by schools and bring boys to its natatorium for daily instruction. Fifteen to twenty volunteers would help ensure thorough training for every participant.
Mrs. Allen G. Wood, a New York clubwoman, argues that fashion asserts authority beyond czars and popes. She contrasts 200 pound blondes in similar gowns with brunettes and gipsies to illustrate fashion’s pervasive power.
Dr. Sarah F. Herdmann osteopath based in the Gibbs building lists contact numbers for residential and professional inquiries. The entry provides a residence on N. P. 3055 blue and indicates a practice location in the Gibbs building.
H B Scharmann retired New York brewer, searching for sixty years, locates his mother buried near Oroville in California after crossing the plains in 1849. He travels with his two daughters and is linked to the Association of Pioneers of New York.
Delegation from the Chicago Chamber of Commerce dines with the International Club at its roof garden. The Western metro politan group tours Texas to boost Chicago Texas trade and heads next to Galveston Houston and Beaumont. Toasts honor San Antonio as gateway to Mexico and a center for Mexican trade. Menu includes mescal chile con carne mole poblano tamales tequila and cerveza.
Chicago business men arrived in New Braunfels at 10 yesterday and were hosted by local merchants. About fifty businessmen greeted them at M. E. T. station, then toured Landa's Park where a Dutch lunch of Wienerwurst and beer was served. Mayor Jahn welcomed the visitors. Vice Chairman Mann spoke in reply before the delegation left for San Antonio at 1.
An election contest in the second ward for the council aide arouses unusual interest. Harrynda, long serving on the council, has resigned and three candidates vie for the seat P F Sussdorf Gd Rothe and Otto Vogel participate in a open race with the outcome awaited.
For centuries Mt Athos forbids women and even female animals from its peninsula. Monasteries have housed monks since Christian emperor days in Istanbul. Condensed milk is imported from Switzerland to spare eyes from cows. No woman has set foot there for about 1500 years.
Charles Potchernick of the Maverick Apiaries on Pleasanton road is shown holding a swarm of bees by twigs between his teeth. He calmly faces bees crawling over his face and arms as wind blows, a feat few would attempt.
Funeral services for Charles W. Ogden will be held at his home at 2:30 pm conducted by the San Antonio Commandery Knights Templar with the Masonic burial service read at the grave. Rev. Hugh McClellan will officiate and a quartette will sing. the San Antonio Bar association and many notable pallbearers will attend. Traction company cars will suspend service for five minutes at 2:30 to honor him.
John Hinch 66 a resident for fifty years died at Santa Rosa hospital after two days of treatment. Interment set for Sunday in Schulenberg Texas. Eva Tomayo nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ameal Tomayo died at home after a three week illness. Funeral this afternoon with burial in San Fernando cemetery.
The Royal presents a Sunday matinee with Ward and Barton The Actress and the Yodger headlining a comedy singing and talking act. Forrester and Lloyd perform Patter Clatter and Chatter while Al Allen offers a mixed musical act. Sydney and Worthy close with a blackface singing and dancing sketch.
The Star expands to a larger circuit with two weekly showings on Sundays and Thursdays. Acts from Austin and San Antonio rotate, with two comedy teams Rivers and Rochester and Norwood duo, plus color hand-colored Colombo pictures. Soprano Florence Hinkle praised for Verdi and classic pieces in Canada and New York circles.
A young man and his companion visited Exposition park last week and while resting in a dark swing area his cigar sparked a fall into a freshly watered flower bed. He recovered and quipped about the abundance of flowers. The park’s attractions continue to grow popular with new features opening.
A Saturday matinee features tableaux vivants set to eighteenth century fetrogram and coronation dances. The program, once including art life, is condensed due to a crowded social calendar. The display highlights court life peasant life and nature as imagined by Breen Millet and others.
The Beta Tau Zeta girls present Thompson of the Varsity at the Grand on April 29 with Chow Chow boys as male leads. Ned Holland plays Phil Thompson. Moss Slater is Fatty Merrill and George Paschal is Addison Hornblower. Proceeds aid a high school rest room. Miss Faye Nickerson directs.
Florence Hinkle is referenced in a short local item noting her connection to a community event or role. The compact note highlights her involvement and identifies her as a named local figure within the page's small notices.
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