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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
4
Poliun Officer Golden reports a fatal incident on Ila Main avenue in the afternoon. Readable fragments indicate a dog attack occurred with uncertain details and no clear outcome released.
The Schuernevere Park band concert tonight begins at 7:80 rather than 3:30 due to county judges and commissioners ban quet. Program lists marches, overtures, waltzes and selections by Thomas Jefferson Santemann, Suppe, Strauss, and others amid a lively evening of high grade music.
The funeral for Ruth Lyles was held after her death in a boarding house room. Coroner Umsehetda led the inquest with County Physician Beriwox, verdict: death by heart failure. Interment followed at Cemetery No. 3. Moran Piano Co. relocated to 238 Lasoya St near Ehongtou opposite Avenue C.
This morning C C McManigle, on the long view Laredy run, is promoted from Iron class 20 to class 3 with a diary of $100 a year. M J Connell, on the Houston Brownsville run, is promoted from class 3 to class 3 with an increased salary of $100 a year.
A list of marriage license records including Augtat Hansen and Mary A Horl sen Chnfdaud Martinghams Maris Blanco James 3. EUG and Ava Na Mier Georgy W Durban and Prida Yodeman Hvatista Gorgales and Se rejimia Hernunden.
Fort Worth area officials met with the County Judges and Commissioners association to discuss juvenile offender statutes and the full rendition law. A. E B. Amerman Harris county led the session with Dallas Hunt Jones Guadalupe counties represented. resolution drafts urged juvenile reform and new tax, public health, and enforcement measures for Texas counties. The group selected Fort Worth as the next meeting site, with sessions to address tax equity and smallpox quarantine authority.
San Antonio residents Herrerae Tuan Jose Herrera and Ray Herrera are noted in a mortuary notice with details of their deaths and surviving relatives. The report covers W. G. Rendel, a Missouri native and furniture salesman, and William M. Brex, buried after a funeral at San Ierman Cathedral. It lists Wells, a snow mechanic, and others with funeral plans and interment locations across city and county services.
Little Rock Aug 7 A rushed wreck report states Briscoe a bound passenger tramway rider died after colliding with a train. Engineer Cooper and Fireman Booker both from Memphis were killed as the engine plunged over a 12 foot embankment. A flat car and mail car burned with its contents as the fire shot through the line. Firefighters and a gallant crew fought the blaze.
Fragmentary report mentions clerks Chamberlain Hornbeck Water and others, with injuries or bans implied. Details are garbled. unable to confirm names, actions, or context from the readable text.
A runaway wagon on Gaerlen Avenue toppled an elderly woman, Mrs. Ra ging Avigin, who was thrown to the hard pavement. She suffered a concussion but survived with minor injuries after the accident as she was en route to Elmendorf to visit a relative.
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