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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
7
An advertisement extols S S S as a lasting remedy for contagious blood poison noting it strengthens the stomach and digestive system while purifying the blood. It contrasts it with mineral treatments like mercury and potash that merely dry symptoms and can weaken the stomach or wreck nerves.
Train schedule lists arrivals and departures with numbers and times for routes to and from Houston, Galveston, Kerrville, El Paso, Victoria, Cuero, and the north. Local, mail and express, and east and west bound services appear with morning and evening departures and special Sunday notes.
In New York a ten round bout features Adolph Wolgast, the lightweight champion, and a prep bout with “One Round” Hogan at Johnson’s road house. The event promises a clash that could reshape the pugilistic map and draw Manhattan chatter.
Rep Fordney of Michigan introduces a bill to have charges on ships passing the Panama Canal paid from the U S treasury with vessels available to be leased or purchased by the government as army and navy auxiliaries. The American Red Cross wired $2500 to Shanghai for famine relief, bringing total disbursements to $60,000.
Police report Rose De Ger a cook was killed by strangulation with a tight collar in the home of a former employer. The body was discovered by the former mistress with marks on her neck from the restraint.
Icebergs and field ice cling to the Gulf of St. Lawrence delaying navigation. Halifax remains the terminal for several Atlantic steamship lines longer than usual.
New Haven officials report the contamination of water supplies by sewage costs the United States more than 500 million dollars annually in economic losses. Representatives of the national sewage commission presented the figures here on April 26.
Father Carroll, rector of Wallingford Catholic Church, must pay 4000 dollars to William Hassett of the Wallingford school committee for slander. The suit grew from a sermon in which Carroll claimed the public school house was unsanitary and unsafe. He admitted delivering the sermon, saying he believed the charges were true.
Washington April 26 Senator Pomerone announced the committee that will press Governor Harmon’s 1912 Democratic nomination candidacy.
Judge Grimm overruled a motion to quash the habeas corpus writ requiring Richard B. Stack of Escanaba Michigan to produce his son John King Stack in court.
Attorney General Wickersham will appeal to the supreme court to sustain the corner counts in the government indictment of James A. Patten Eugene V Scales Frank B Hayne Wm P Brown and Robert M Thompson charged with leading the May cotton corner of 1910 on the New York cotton exchange.
At the twenty-ninth church congress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States held in Washington on April 26, discussion centered on how woman suffrage would affect religious and educational institutions.
The second international congress on child welfare began a seven day conference in Washington on April 26 with reports from officers and department chairmen.
Washington April 26. With the turning of water into the Panama canal between September and November 1913 the southern states acting unitedly as hosts will commemorate the event with a series of conventions in various cities affecting inter est in the south according to an announcement by the Southern Commercial congress which will direct the movement. Louisiana will arrange a series of land and water pageants and excursions to the canal will be provided for business men attending the conventions. No exposition features are to be included in the celebration.
Phillips' team defeated Haubold's team at Turner alleys but forfeited both games after failing to field the required number of players at the end of the second inning of the first game. The contests were only friendly and do not count toward percentages. First game 277 to 273. second game 269 to 273.
Jokers athletic club will play the Boerne White Sox on the White Sox home field next Sunday afternoon. The Jokers will field a strong lineup and travel roster includes J Seng J King EB Rothwell J Bell D Diver C Anthony W Hummell R Muntriff N Wiechline M Melcher T Anderson H Erhardt K Cuels R Anderson E Cook and W Erhart.
San Antonio patrons praise the 50 cent dinners offering good service and meals. A local cafe advertises daily or Sunday hours from noon to midnight and invites patrons to try. The note also mentions clothes cleaning results and New York Star Dye Works with Theo Artzt's orchestra and two phone numbers.
The State Osteopaths association transportation committee designated the Katy and Chicago and Alton railroads as the official route for the state delegation to the national Osteopaths convention in Chicago next July. Delegates may travel by special train or cars. Texas points will use Katy to St Louis, then transfer to Alton for the Only Way to Chicago. Co E Schoff of Chicago, NY Central vice president, arrived at Brownsville to survey land interests and stay several days. Hitchcock Sees Penny Post Possible as Post Office Deficit Shrinks.
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