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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1911
Page
4
Anne John Edward Paul Geraghty and his Newport New York bride were remarried by a Roman Catholic priest to satisfy both sides. Geraghty said his wife has not renounced the Episcopal church and will continue as a member.
Miss Madéline Force fiancée of Colonel John Jacob Astor is seriously ill at her home after collapsing yesterday under nervous and physical strain since the engagement was announced August 1. She will rest quietly for several days and, under doctor care, is expected to recover. no further excitement is anticipated for some time.
Glaze Wood and Coal Co successors to Government Hill Wood Co announce new phone 1811 and retain old 6053 for contacts and inquiries.
Lynn Massachusetts police adopt paper billys after wooden clubs shattered in fights. Officers say clubs are harder and tougher, but enforcement remains strict as the police commission reviews future methods.
A committee of the Central New York diocese and about thirty Episcopal Cornell students provide a club house to house thirty students this fall with a large social hall. If successful a larger Episcopal dormitory may follow. The plan echoes a past Catholic proposal by Bishop McQuaid that faced opposition.
In Marseilles on August 16 the St. Pierre asylum reports 55 cholera cases with 30 deaths among inmates and staff.
A Chicago Aug 16 report says pickpockets emptied wallets from visitors near the lake front as they watched airplanes. Post office clerks received a dozen wallets after being dropped in nail boxes containing currency from $200 to $1800 each, totaling $4000. The total taken before deposit is unknown.
In New York on August 16 the Producing Theatrical Managers Association plans a standstill fight against the Musicians union. The union seeks higher road allowances from $10 to $14 weekly and a berth per musician in sleeping cars rather than two per berth as currently provided.
Newton Connecticut reports a four year agriculture program to start with the fall term aimed at a farming community. the course is expected to be popular and useful. In Frankfort Germany cashier Herr Niedermobau of the Credit Savings Bank is missing with a shortfall shown in the books.
The local weather bureau reports 1.17 inches of rain from the storm. Traffic delays were noted after the weather event caused slick roads and visibility issues in Albany.
The San Antonio school board inspected six new school buildings ready to be turned over. Two four room and four half-size structures will join Beanville South Alamo Westfind Rock Quarry Riverside Park and Carr Hill. The Prospect Hill schoolhouse bid was postponed to September with a $40 000 cost. The board discussed dropping Greek and Latin and planned regular school visits this coming year.
County Judge Shook and the Gil County commissioners approved expanding oil treated dustless roads from five and a half miles in the city to seventy five to one hundred miles county wide by year’s end. Demonstrations with asphalt base oil impressed officials and motorists.
A $25,000 fund was subscribed yesterday by the United Mine Workers of America in Seattle to aid striking coal miners in the Crows Nest Pass fields of British Columbia and Alberta.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop and Rear Admiral Osterhaus boarded the battleship Michigan in Provincetown Massachusetts to award the blue silk battle efficiency pennant for target and other practical tests. A letter of commendation from President Taft accompanied the award.
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