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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1911
Page
7
A political advertisement accuses the 1905-Administration of gross extravagance and misused public funds. It cites an overdraft of 593,045.92 and totals spent on streets near 586,112.27 over five years nine months, urging voters to back Judge J. E. Webb and the Citizens' Ticket.
Eight year old Martin Garcia drowned at the Gonzales Water Power Co dam in Gonzales Texas after reaching for a floating stick. The river is high hindering the search and the body has not yet been recovered.
Mrs Mary Wade left Utica on a New York Central limited train and her 700 dollars saved over years disappeared from a shoe box in the station waiting room. Messages from Albany and Poughkeepsie prompted a search but no trace by morning. Police investigate the loss and the shock to the prostrated woman.
An old advertisement offers Hall's Texas Wonder as a 60 days' treatment for kidney and bladder issues or rheumatic trouble. It claims quick and permanent relief and urges writing for testimonials. Dr. E W Hall in St Louis provides the remedy, sold by druggists.
Dr William Osborne McDowell president of the Journal of American History and Hague conference member was struck by buckshot from a boy gang’s Indian game on the East Side. He was grazed behind the right ear as the pellet was deflected by skull bones. Physicians say a fraction inch higher could have been fatal.
The new Missouri Pacific president is a Gould man who defeated David R. Francis former Missouri governor and Kuhn Loeb candidate. He also serves as president of the Western Maryland railroad and hails from the Pacific Northwest, with a rapid rise in railroading and finance.
Christine, Tex April 24 brief personals note travels and visits. Mr and Mrs R E Burke of Beeville return from Campbellton after ten days with family. Mrs BE N Andrews and daughter visit Jefferson City Mo. W T Courtney and wife and Riley Smith travel to Excelsior Springs for summer. F L Bailey of Havelock Neb returns. Mrs G J Jourdan and two children visit Cooper. Easter egg hunt at J M Fant home. Edith Fant ill until move to her parents. Polly Henry visits San Miguel with Minnie Newman and Rafe Crain. Beatrices Peeler returns to San Antonio for school. Mrs C J Beavers and children move to Alvin. Imogene public school closes. Rosa Lee Dollahue visits before Jefferson return.
Smithville Texas April 24 special report lists resignations and transfers at the round house and locomotive department. E C Fortune and L M Pierce quit and moved to other cities while D M Armstrong and F A Grispin also left for Beaumont and Houston respectively. Several foremen and mechanics are noted visiting relatives or on assignment in San Marcos Waco Houston Dallas Forest City and Red Rock.
Valerian Von Loga, curator of the Berlin museum, reports the discovery of two hitherto unknown Goya portraits in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts collection. The works are believed to date from 1769, Goya's prime, signaling a major addition to art history. The report confirms the paintings as authentic works by the Spanish master.
New York April 24 Volunteers are sought to guide three hundred blind men on sightseeing tours of New York this week. Paid guides handle transport to hotels and the Metropolitan opera house where Taft will open the blind workers exhibition. Volunteers will explain sights through hearing smell and touch to give a comprehensive sense of the city. Henry Baum a blind upholsterer has built a large chair as a seat of honor for the president. The exhibit spans work from over forty cities.
The Swedish Methodist church in Taylor moves from West Eighth and Howard in Westside to Hackberry street in Murphy's addition to serve more members. Francis H. Welch spends 10000 remodeling his East Sixth and Main home with a large new porch and stucco exterior. G A Richter completes a two story residence on West Celilia and Howard and will move in this week.
Farmers in western New York face another poor corn yield as wild geese, protected by game laws, devastate fields after a century high population. Tens of thousands of birds roost in swamps and lake shores, compounding losses from last year’s unseasonable snows.
Boston April 24 former Representative Myron Pearce legislative counsel for Massachusetts Milk Consumers association states more than 10 000 babies under one year die annually in Massachusetts and cites an economic loss of 170 million dollars with at least 40 percent due to unclean milk He argues the state loses 1700 per child and that prevention costing 50 000 a year could save more than 2000 lives.
An advertisement touts fifty cent dinners at Elite Cafe offering good service and meals. The copy invites readers to stop by daily or Sunday from noon to midnight for a trial.
In Lincoln Park Chicago 600 school children laid flowers at the statue of Shakespeare in a ceremony attended by actors literateurs and dramatists. Thousands of roses carnations and lilies adorned the statue base with wreaths from across the country a rosemary from Stratford On Avon sent from Shakespeare birthplace.
Citizens from San Antonio and across Texas gathered for the funeral of Charles W. Ogden. Knights Templar officiated at home services at 519 San Pedro Place with Rev. Hugh McLellan, then escorted the body to the grave with ritual observances and a long list of active and honorary pallbearers.
A conference of leading efficiency experts and New England businessmen will be held in Hanover October 12 to 14. The event, sponsored by the Tuck School of Administration and Finance at Dartmouth College, marks the first such gathering in the country after months of preparation.
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