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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
5
Readable lines show prices for coffee blends 40 cents for 5 pound pails Nelley Blend. Fresh roasted Java and Mocha. Tea selections include Gun Powder English Breakfast Oolong and Mixed teas with varying per pound prices. Baking powders and ketchup brands appear with small price tags.
The sun will be eclipsed by the moon this afternoon if skies clear, lasting over an hour and a half in San Antonio. Viewers are advised to use smoked glass and note the moon will pass between earth and sun in a near total occultation with annular eclipse possible later in October.
Promotes a swim product with “Rosenthal's Special” smoking items and wholesale pricing. Claims thousands of customers daily and directs readers to locations at 514 1-2 and 400 East Houston Street.
Royal A. Ferris, president of the American Exchange National Bank of Dallas, is at the Menger hotel in San Antonio. He has played a prominent role in state politics and finance and is active in the Knights of Pythias. He plans to return home tomorrow.
The board of health held a regular session yesterday afternoon focusing on reading and filing the weekly inspection reports. No new actions or policy changes were noted during the routine business portion.
Judge Will Masterson, named by Governor Colquitt to succeed the late Judge W. P. Mblen, began duties today in Houston. The appointment fills the Fifty-fifth district court seat.
The fishing schooner Clara M Littlefield captained by Cossari arrived in Galveston after a storm off the coast 75 miles from the city. The crew is safe and damage to rigging and spars required entry for repairs and cargo protection. In Texarkana Emma Nelson, a Negro woman, was arrested on suspicion after a boarding house fire at Mrs Holman’s establishment.
McKinney Texas April 28 Louis Coffman released on ten thousand dollar bail after his death sentence for alleged murder of his wife was remitted last week and a new trial ordered.
The city has purchased the distribution system of the light plant from private ownership following the water system purchase. The trio of acquisitions plus a new power plant to operate them cost about 75 000 dollars. The April 28 Bryan Texas dispatch notes the move.
German representative says all American interests will join the Hamburg talks aimed at settling the potash controversy. The conference is expected to resolve the whole matter.
A London Guildhall meeting led by the Lord Mayor, with Premier Asquith and former Premier Balfour, endorses President Taft’s arbitration proposal. They assert the pact would replace war with arbitration between Britain and the United States, without forming a formal alliance or immediate armament cuts.
Advertising men of San Antonio will meet at the St. Anthony hotel next Wednesday at 12 o'clock to discuss reforming the Ad Men's club once dissolved after the Press club formed. William Moore ite, former president, calls the meeting with Colonel Wynne of Dallas attending to urge a Texas push for the national ad men convention in Boston and hope for a 1912 Texas site.
Karl Hoblitzelle of Interstate Amusement Co says state suit to block Sunday openings and permit revocation will not stop a new San Antonio theater or Dallas operations. He notes Missouri incorporation and vows to press ahead, citing prior Dallas wins. A gasoline stove accident caused minor fire damage at 208 South Leona Street. An abusive language case ends with a $15 fine for A Haslem over a dog dispute.
Prominent Mexicans registered at the Gunter hotel include Senor Cipriano Guerrero congressman from Durango and his son Senor R Guerrero also Senor J M Arizpe a Saltillo cotton manufacturer. Colonel C Gibbs hosted sculptor Frank Teich who traveled from the region.
Tom Taylor, described as a negro, received a twenty five day jail term after detectives Rubiola and Miller arrested him on vagrancy charges. The case followed the disappearance and recovery of a grip from 218 River avenue later found in a pawn shop. Taylor denies pawning the item.
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