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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
5
John Andy, a roving printer, murdered Joseph Gill, former foreman, in a Chicago saloon after reviving a ten year old dispute stemming from a Cheyenne discharge. Gill died at a hospital the following day. Andy is jailed awaiting coroner’s verdict.
There were no new developments in the boilermakers strike at the Houston and Texas Central shops this morning. Workers remain out and no serious effort has been made to replace them. The men demand a 3 cent per hour raise.
Ridgefield Connecticut August 1 80 year life of thrift ends in lavish burial for Mrs John Spadow. A forty piece uniformed band leads the parade followed by children with flowers two hundred men four hundred friends in carriages. Parish priest condemns the display as improper for missing regular services.
The government announced that John Ridgely Carter would be acceptable as United States minister to Argentina. Carter, former secretary of the embassy at London and current U S minister to the Balkan states, arrived in New York July 27. No transfer negotiations have been reported.
In Austin Aug 1 1929 pro and anti factions contend as the House moves toward a general appropriation bill and redistricting. Rep R B Humphrey proposes a plan setting 31 senatorial districts based on 19 250 poll tax receipts per district detailing district composition from Bowie to Dallam including Dallas and El Paso areas. Crescent theater shows Mexican Joan of Arc at the theater.
Foley Kidney Pill offers prompt relief from backache kidney and bladder trouble rheumatism and urinary irregularities. Marketed as a boon to middle aged and elderly people and women by King Pattison Drug Co.
Judge J B McKenzie of Pecos says increasing the Supreme Court from three to five or seven members would better relieve the court. He favors a constitutional amendment and plans to move to El Paso when the Eighth Court of Civil Appeals opens its term. Also notes Foley Kidney Pills advert trade.
Lino Rocha aged about 30 was arraigned before Judge Buckley on a peace disturbance charge after objecting to dancing in a room where his late father’s picture hung. A five dollar fine was imposed as the dispute led to the dance being halted and Rocha removing the portrait from the room. The incident occurred Saturday night at a house in the city’s southwestern area. Rocha was arrested following a complaint by his father in law.
A Dale Texas man, Perry A Pitman, credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with curing kidney and bladder trouble and gall stones after four months bedridden. The advertisement urges readers to ask for the medicine via King Pattison Drug Co.
A fragmented timetable lists departures and arrivals for several lines, including Houston coast routes, Kerrville weekend and Sunday services, Cuero Victoria connections, and El Paso westbound trains. The garbled OCR preserves many numbers and station names, showing varied times such as 8:30 am 8:30 pm 7:45 am and multiple No. designations.
Charlotte faces a severe water shortage as reservoirs run dry. Water is being hauled in by tank cars from the Catawba River ten miles away and a Briar Creek connection aims to supply about two thirds of normal. City crews expect to restore regulated supply by tomorrow night. The drought affects nearby towns including Wadesboro and Greensboro, with forecasts predicting showers.
The American Red Cross cabled $1000 to Montenegro for relief of Albanian refugees and wounded. Reports indicate widespread suffering among those fleeing Albania in revolt against Turkey.
Health article extols pre natal preparation for mothers to avoid health issues. It promotes Mother's Friend as a key remedy easing ligament strain and breast inflammation, promising quicker recovery and strength to rear a child. Advertises free book and Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
Advices report the German commander in Southwest Africa has departed with a punitive expedition against the Okarango tribe in Bechuanaland. The attack responds to the massacre of a German detach ment including District Commissioner Von Frankenberg two whites and 34 natives. News of the massacre reached Berlin July 19.
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