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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
8
Senator Burrows travels to Washington to implement tariff legislation planned for the sixty-fast Congress but will not press forward uninterruptedly. He pledges support to Chair Haw Hitchcock in the Republican campaign, targeting Vermont and Maine for large majorities. Vermont votes September 7 as part of his adjusted strategy.
A political figure pledged to deliver at least two speeches in the state before the specified date. He aims to accelerate his schedule by spreading the speaking tour between early and midmonth and hopes to finish preliminary work on time to proceed without delaying further duties.
A. F. Vallehn, motorman on the Dallas Sherman urban line, was arrested in Dallas by Sheriff Cox on the charge of stealing railroad property. He was brought into the city and jailed, with the sheriff departing for Stephensville with the prisoner.
Dr Antonio Lagorio founder of the Pasteur institute and conquerors of hydrophobia contracted hydrophobia after inoculating a rabbit in his Chicago laboratory. He remains under care at his institute with Dr Bruno assisting. The incident followed last Wednesday's experiment, the rabbit dying days later. Lagorio had a sharp bone fragment under a nail discovered during brain dissection.
Patricio Vasvig, a Mexican cotton picker, was stabbed at a Mexican Tandango last Monday. He died at 11 o clock at the city hospital after wounds were dressed at Waelder by Dr. Brookes and attended by Drs Withers and Burke. Physicians said organs were ruptured and operation unlikely to save him. Vasvig denied knowing the assailant.
A test run on the Pittsburg Port Wayne and Chicago line carried Prof F Ture neauré of Bricht Ban and Prof C B Raphell of Cornell along with F 41. Graham of Pennsylvania. From Pierceton to Warsaw nine miles the train reached 100 miles per hour while another run hit 82 mph and stopped within 700 feet after steam shut off.
Kerrville Tex August 22 The Kerrville fair closed yesterday evening after a large attendance and strong exhibits surpassing prior years The races were successful Yesterday San Antonio day drew many Alamo City citizens including J M Vance secretary of the International fair who praised exhibits and arranged to take several for the San Antonio fair
A fragment from a San Antonio column recounts local scenes with a young schoolteacher urging effort and a late student, Tilly Jones, recalling a 20 horsepower vehicle purchase. The piece also notes a barber shop price of 15 cents and a comical exchange with a stubborn customer challenging the charge.
A telegram from Longview reports Leroy Trice former manager of the T&G. N. railway and his wife Miriam escaped serious injury when their carriage was struck by a Cannon Ball train near a Texas & Pacific track on High street. Mrs Trice and Miriam were unharmed the child remaining in the carriage. Leroy Trice suffered severe injuries with wheels passing over his face and neck. The scene caused extensive damage but the child survived unscathed.
Pearl, 11 month old daughter of EB F Jackson, drowned in the Colorado river at Ballinger Texas on August 22.
A collage of church schedules from San Antonio congregations detailing services at First Baptist Fourth and Taylor. First Presbyterian with MC A building. Madison Square Presbyterian on Camden Street. Utica Presbyterian on Utica Street. Pine Street Presbyterian. Westminster Presbyterian at Garden and King William. Travis Park Methodist. several other Methodist Episcopal, Episcopal, Christian and Nonconformist churches. Includes Sunday schools, morning and evening services, midweek meetings, and special events. additional notices include a U.S. Army forage bid solicitation and a school tax levy delay for the Pearland Heights district.
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