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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1911
Page
4
Bethlehem Pa August 22 Charles M Schwab president of Bethlehem Steel denies a report that his firm would merge with Lackawanna Steel and Republic Iron to oppose United States Steel Corp.
Dallas Clements, 34, fatally shoots his wife Fay Clements and then shoots himself, in Des Moines. Authorities report the incident as a domestic tragedy with both victims deceased.
Clasping hands the couple leaped from a height in Columbia City on a day in August. Police investigated the double tragedy as family and neighbors mourned the loss of the man and his wife.
San Francisco reports at Southern Pacific offices that 6000 men will be dropped from Harriman railroad payrolls before September end. Two thousand layoffs occur this week. The note mentions a boat and Earl Deeter and his wife ending their lives in New Lake.
Mexico City reports Lord Cowdray has arrived in a special car from New York to oversee oil property interests in Mexico. In Rouen, Edith Rosenbaum, an American, sustained serious injuries in a car crash en route from Paris, with the German driver Pare also injured. In Ecuador, the Guayaquil garrison repelled an assault by fifty rebels near Chone, killing one and wounding two.
Lawrenceville Ga Aug 22 reports Merritt C Camp 48 a respected Bay Creek farmer killed by his 15 year old son Hubert in a remote county area details say father died from injuries after an apparent family tragedy sent shock waves through the community with authorities investigating the case and the boy placed in custody pending further inquiry.
R W Davis was killed and George Mills seriously injured in an automobile exhibition incident at the Louisiana State Fair Grounds in Shreveport.
Glaze Wood and Coal Co successors to Government Hill Wood Co. report new phone number 1811 and retain old line 6053 for existing inquiries and service. The update reflects ongoing operations in timber and coal distribution.
Ontario premier Sir James Whitney denounces the reciprocity agreement from his Morrisburg home, delivering a pointed critique against the policy and its implementation.
In Tredegar a wave of anti Jewish violence strikes again with eighteen Jewish shops wrecked and looted by a savage mob. Police and authorities struggle to restore order as injuries and fear spread through the community.
DALHART Tex Aug 22 Pete McAdams of this place was killed by lightning last night at Vaughn NM. Collman a plumber also injured. A separate item reports Joseph N Fagan a prominent stockman of Victoria Tex was thrown from his horse and is seriously injured. extent unclear.
W F Hunt aged 75 died in Kyle Texas Saturday morning and was buried in Kyle cemetery Sunday at 10 a m. He had lived here twenty years.
Advertising copy promotes a remedy for rheumatism kidney congestion bladder inflammation and urinary irregularities. It targets middle aged and elderly people and women as the main beneficiaries. The ad discusses the drug brand Keng Pattison Drug Ou.
The Texas general appropriation bill, over ten million dollars, moves toward the governor who has twenty days to veto items. A automatic tax board meeting will set the rate likely at 12 cents per $100 value with a possible school tax rise. Reapportionment legislation progresses with a committee substitute expected to satisfy both sides.
Rev. E. R. Chappell of Nashville editor of Sunday school literature was hosted by friends in San Antonio after addressing the Methodist Pastors' association. A seven course luncheon at the St. Anthony hotel followed a city drive honoring the traveling guest from the Epworth encampment.
C EB Sears of Dallas at the National Association of Master Bakers convention in Kansas City declares modern baking machinery has displaced the traditional negro mammy as cook. He notes bakery products now dominate pastry and bread, corn bread and biscuits aging in digestion due to labor costs and machinery gains, with Texas and southern states sharing equal quality with the East.
In a special message to the legislature Governor proposes fifteen topics for discussion. Key items include power for towns to condemn private property for water works and sewers, allowing railroads to issue bonds for improvements, and funds due to Spanish-American War volunteers. Also measures on coroner inquest costs and lunacy inquiries. Foley Kidney Pills ad mentions kidney health products.
State Health Officer Steiner reports free anti-toxin distribution reduced diphtheria deaths but the supply is exhausted. He advises local health officers to obtain the drug at slightly above cost, and they have begun to follow the suggestion across the state.
A Pound Wisconsin woman Mrs Herman Stets reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for dyspepsia and female ailments. She praises the remedy linking decades of use to cures for displacements inflammation ulceration and related symptoms. She offers the testimonial for publication and notes free advice from Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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