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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1911
Page
3
In Buffalo a man named Orth defended his nine dollar weekly pay to support a family of eight after a dog keeping case. He said the wage is enough and that happiness comes not from wealth, drawing a contrast to Rockefeller or Carnegie.
Jeffersonville Ind August 19 John Powling of Johnstown Wisconsin plans to take back his former wife of 25 years and their son to Wisconsin to care for them for life. Powling, age 72, had the son jailed for vagrancy after aiding his former wife and her current husband William Porter.
Morris Ingram died instantly when a hose cart ran into a freight engine’s tender on a dimly lit Paducah street. Three other firemen were hurled over the coal car as horses were killed and the cart wrecked in the crash last night.
Glaze Wood and Coal Co successors to Government Hill Wood Co announce new phone 1811 and old line 6053 for inquiries and orders.
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on August 19 Judge L L Davis ordered surgery to correct a deformed leg of five year old Minnie John. The court heard two physicians testify the operation is simple with low risk and will eventually bring relief and happiness to the child and her parents despite the dramatic scene in court.
O F Jeffries, once found insane after killing his brother at Bumpus Mill in Stewart County, Tennessee, is to be returned from the Nashville central asylum to Dover for murder trial. Physicians report he has regained sanity and can face the courtroom. the killing followed a dispute over 59 cents.
Captain Monroe Chapman praises the San Antonio based Second Infantry after a highly successful encampment in Austin. Two recruits were court martialed and dishonorably discharged for stealing blankets. A Kerrville West Texas Fair special train departs San Antonio August 23 for three days of exhibits racing and amusements.
In Buffalo New York two carriage horses valued at 800 dollars will be euthanized under the will of the late John Bleecher who left instructions to dispose of the animals when no longer needed. The humane society officer urged public sympathy for an act of justice toward aging horses.
A German backed electric trust to cover European Turkey is forming with reported capital of 12,500,000 dollars. Banks in Germany drive the effort to create the new utility entity serving broad regional energy interests.
A cablegram from President Restrepro of Colombia reports satisfactory arrangements between Colombia and Peru to prevent further encounters between frontier troops near Caqueta. The Prussian government lowers railway freight rates on livestock feed by one half due to drought, effective until June 30, 1912.
The cabinet awarded two battleship contracts for the Black Sea fleet at 9,771,036 dollars each plus 4,347,146 dollars for armor and guns. A third battleship contract was set at 9,575,000 dollars. Ships will be 22,000 tons with 13 1-2 inch guns.
Second Lieutenant Theodore Ridge of the Army Balloon company was flying a new military aeroplane at Aldershot when he fell about 100 feet and died shortly after from injuries.
Smithsonian releases Langley memoirs on mechanical flight detailing the five year delay after his death. The two volume set includes Langley’s work through the 1896 steam model flight and Charles Manley’s account of engine design for the war department aircraft.
President Taft John Hays Hammond James J Hill and Walter L Fisher will headline the fourteenth annual Mining Congress in Chicago September 26 27 28 and 29. The organizaton aims at practical mining matters and may draw about 1500 members and 1000 delegates. Taft will attend Naval training station opening nearby and spend one day at the convention.
A historical ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills asserting prompt relief from backache and bladder and kidney troubles. The tonic promises fast action and improved urinary comfort.
RHEUMATISM CONGESTION OF THE KIDNEYS INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER and all urinary irregularities are targeted by a positive boon for middle aged and elderly people and women. KENG PATTISON DRUG CO.
Funeral for aviator William Rh. Badger killed in Chicago was led by Rev. J. M. Gaston at John Goettman’s home. Interment followed at Allegheny Cemetery with hundreds of friends in attendance.
A father who brought his disobedient son to the Chicago avenue police station and asked Sergeant Bart Finn for a stern rebuke was himself rebuked. Finn told Michael Kelly and his son that police protect children and warned the father not to teach fear of police or turn his son into a crook. He urged them to go home and be good.
Mrs Myrtle Reed McCullough left an estate of more than 200000 to be held in trust for the lifetime of her husband two sisters Mr and Mrs Hiram V Reed and their incomes paid monthly. Upon their deaths the fortune to be divided equally among eight Chicago charitable institutions.
United States Marshal W. Lowman acting on orders from Attorney General Wickersham offers liberal rewards for moonshiners responsible for the shooting of Deputy Collector R. F. Henry during a raid at Gilreath near Wilkesboro. Two arrests have been made. Henry is recovering after being shot through the left lung.
A Chicago couple, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ferguson, were killed when their automobile was struck by a St. Paul railroad train at a grade crossing near Waukesha Wisconsin. Passenger W R Cunningham of Lynchburg Virginia suffered a fractured skull. Ferguson was a well known Chicago lawyer.
E M Stewart of Chicago reports relief from hay fever using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He notes strong improvement during hot summer months and suggests others with similar symptoms may benefit from his experience. The King Pattison Drug Co.
Foresters from the New Haven park commission report 1200 chestnut trees in public parks are dying and must be cut down. This brings total killed by foreign growth to about 6000 trees in two years. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound advertised for coughs and colds without opiates or harmful drugs.
In Atlanta on a Thursday night F S Michael a racing car driver outmaneuvered his bride Edith Rogers relatives to reclaim his wife. Married in Atlanta the prior Sunday Edith had been kept at her relatives home until Michael chased a train ten miles to the station and carried her to his car. The pair then returned to Augusta for rest and recreation.
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