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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1912
Page
9
Council allocated 8000 to repair the Market Street station No. 11 fire house, but only 800 was spent on supports. The 42 year old building leans with cracked walls, fallen plaster, no drainage, and stables washed with dirty water, endangering firemen who sleep in the damaged structure.
An advertisement touts Electro-la as a revolutionary hair remover affecting all body hair in three minutes with no skin irritation. It claims safe, permanent results and offers a liberal trial package upon sending name, address, and a stamp, with a full size package priced at one dollar and a money back guarantee.
The San Antonio club advances plans for a new home with a building committee to be appointed at the next meeting. Members favor a streamlined, cozy tower design and seek competition among top architects. Membership has risen, with several new names added at recent meetings as the club renovates its current quarters. The project may take a year or more, following paint and new furnishings enhancements to the clubparlors.
Notable state figures paused in their busy schedules to visit the club, using its facilities for a short spell of leisure. The gatherings highlighted continued public engagement by leading politicians with community spaces.
The August grand jury issues its final presentment criticizing police raids on vice districts as a failure and harmful to business. It accuses an unwholesome alliance between vice operators and police, and calls for reform of weights and measures amid a claim of $5,000,000 yearly public losses. It also faulted nonresident appointees in city positions.
Special today from Crheamery Dairy Co. offers Italian bisque ice cream and pine apple ice cream. Phones 871.
The origin of life tops the agenda at the British Association for Scientific Research annual meeting in Dundee starting September 4. Prof Schaefer will give the presidential address on life origins, with botany and zoology sections meeting jointly to discuss artificial life creation and recent plant life discoveries guiding animal life study. Delegations travel from Texas towns to Laredo for related good roads talks en route to Monterey and Mexico City.
Automobile groups from the High way league division of the Chamber of Commerce, under secretary D B Colp, prepare to attend the San Antonio Laredo Highway league meeting.
Special train to the Hill Country during the West Texas fair runs August 21 to 23. Sap depot service departs daily at 8 a.m. Round trip fare is one dollar.
Calvin H. Bullard once a postoffice inspector lies near death in the county hospital after a sacking needle entered his right temple. Found yesterday in Newhall cemetery with signs of a struggle and torn photo fragments reading from your Bakersfield sweetheart. Police seeking a young woman seen with him two hours prior. Bullard’s wife is in Bakersfield and his parents live in Winfield Kansas. Aeroplane flight advertised at Kerrville fair August 21 to 23 with good train service and low rates.
A short advert urges finishing today’s dinner with pineapple ice cream from Creamery Dairy Co. and provides the phone number 871 for contact.
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