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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1911
Page
11
San Antonio saloonkeepers weigh the value of free lunches with drinks. Some insist the bite is essential for digestion and customer retention, others fear costs outweigh benefits. Hotels and restaurants report varying impacts, with many arguing a simple cracker and cheese suffices.
The article reports a dispute about whether free lunch at saloons should be abolished. Restaurant owners argue free lunches reduce business and accuse saloonkeepers of overstepping by interfering in another trade. Saloon proprietors defend the practice and claim their rights are being challenged.
An early 20th century notice touts Dr Moore at 204 Gunter Building San Antonio offering painless eye corrections for cross eyes cataracts and related conditions. It claims prior cases of success including Mr Bosshardt Mrs Lee and others and advertises free consultations.
The Chilean minister of war denied plans to occupy Ticaco in the Tacna and Arica region. Rumors in political circles had suggested a move could trigger hostilities with Peru.
Washington experts say within a year the United States will lead in aerial defense with a planned army fleet of about twenty airships. Congress is urged to fund purchases and train forty to fifty aviators as manufacturers bid for government contracts.
The firm Behles and Boelhauwe, architects, located at 228 West Commerce Street is noted in the Washington area directory. The entry identifies the architectural practice with a street address as listed.
Mrs May Choat, wife of LaFayette Choat, surprised Liberty Missouri residents by announcing she will work to secure his release on bond and acquittal at his upcoming trial after previously asking others to intercede. Choat had been bound over on a cruelty charge for tying his wife to mules and driving her around a field.
Washington Aug. 5. Senator Lodge offered an amendment to place rice on the free list, triggering a chaotic scramble among southern Democrats. Vice President Sherman briefly ruled the amendment adopted, provoking loud protests from Louisiana and Arkansas lawmakers and a mixed vote among southern senators. Republicans laughed as free trade advocates faced opposition from their ranks.
The Doukhobors in British Columbia rebel against the census and refuse to be counted. Officials estimate the colony exceeds a thousand, and the census commissioner has telegraphed Ottawa for instructions.
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