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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
11
Governor Bunn appointed Inder M Smith of Quitman to the district court of the Seventh Judicial District. The selection followed a small field of applicants from eastern Texas, amid reports and local commentary on the appointment and related judicial proceedings.
In Darwin Hall at the American Museum of Natural History a lifelike grass model depicts a Portuguese man of war. The display contrasts vivid color with a flowerlike glow and highlights the sea creature’s translucent tentacles and barbed stinging cells. The article discusses its biology as a colony of specialized polyps and notes its drift and sail as a floating siren in the ocean.
Corpus Christi planners face a proposal by C J Witherspoon owner of lonaire oil and gas to grant a natural gas franchise to sell gas via his mains at a cut rate of a third of current prices. If approved a referendum will be held. Witherspoon called his recent well the largest commercial find in South Texas and plans to drill three more as demand grows. Reeves County Bonds Approved for Road Improvements.
A Texas delegation from railway unions met Attorney General Lowrey over the anti pass law and free passes. The suit claims railroads issue too many passes and that contractual rights of railway employes predate the act. The case remains pending in district court with representatives from the Order of Railway Trainmen and other unions.
A vintage patent style claim describes a simple application to remove hair using a powder and a treatment. The text promises quick results after a short wait and removal of residue, presenting the procedure as harmless and effective.
An inquiry into the Frank lynching moves toward action with a planned meeting among Harris plan supporters and Miewale prison mission members to decide steps for arrest and conviction. Georgia law allows a $700 reward per arrest, with the governor noting intent to proceed.
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