Veterans 10 Receive Pensions September 1
Special to the Light. Austin Texas August 23 On September 1 the comptroller department will mail 12000 pension warrants to Confederate veterans and widows drawing state pensions Each pension is 1050 for the quarter June July August 1912 About 300 totally disabled pensioners receive 24 per quarter Clerks work overtime to issue warrants on schedule. The article also reports a separate local death and funeral notice for James Wefing aged 37 from San Antonio.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller’s Department
Life burdened by loss and self-inflicted gunfire tragedy
Emil Wefing, a stenographer, was found dying in his brother A. H. Wesing’s room at 525 San Pedro Avenue after a bullet from a 38 caliber revolver lodged in his brain. The death followed his mother’s death, as his brother believed.
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Fredericka Wefing
Germany
Wefing
A. H. Wefing
Main Avenue
Pitt
Emil Wefing
A. H. Wesing
San Pedro Avenue
Woman scales Mount Blackburn first female summit in Alaska
Miss Dora Kean of Philadelphia led an expedition to Mount Blackburn reaching the summit May 19 and removing it from Alaska's unsealed peaks. She also traversed Skolai pass and descended White River to the Yukon becoming the first woman to complete the trip. Kean claims the peak stands about 17 500 feet, higher than maps show. The party noted a massive Canadian side peak near the summit.
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Seattle
Wash
Dora Kean
Philadelphia
Mount Blackburn
Alaska
Skolai Pass
White River
Yukon
Kean
Tragic Palm Grove Picnic Drowns Keltie Family Members
A San Benito family and friends died at Palm Grove on the Arroyo Colorado when three children and Mrs. Keltie drowned after being pulled into deep water. Mr. Keltie narrowly escaped. Leonard Robinson, 14, helped rescue him but could not save the others. Bodies recovered and funeral arrangements announced in Harlingen and San Antonio. Charles Meyer, visiting from San Antonio, survived, mother Mrs. Carrie Meyer notes.
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George Keltie
San Antonio
San Benito
Sarah Robinson
Ida Keltie
Charles Meyer
Carrie Meyer
Keltie
Palm Grove
Harlingen
Tex
Arroyo Colorado
W. H. Brown
Kentucky Avenue
Gospel Hall
Garza Street
City Cemetery No. 6
Robinson
Zieglar & Mallory
Hutchings seeks 10000 for Camp Mabry arsenal
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings urges a 10000 dollar appropriation to build a reinforced concrete arsenal at Camp Mabry for storing state military property. Currently the basement of the statehouse houses most property and half the basement space is used by the military department. The plan would consolidate storage, save freight costs, and strengthen Camp Mabry as a mobilization site.
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Austin
Tex
Henry Hutchings
Camp Mabry
Capitol
Two Cent Fare Bill Planned For Thirty Third Legislature
Major H P Jordan of Waco says he will introduce a two cent railroad fare bill in the Thirty third legislature. He notes railroads promised fare reductions after the anti pass law but have not complied. If the bill fails he will push liberalizing the anti pass law. The issue was not in the San Antonio Democratic platform.
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Austin
Tex
H. P. Jordan
Waco
McLennan County
Major Jordan
San Antonio
Lakeside Sanitarium Charter Filed In Texas
The Lakeside sanitarium of San Antonio received a state filing in Austin on August 23 for a $20,000 capital stock, 200 shares of $100 each. Incorporators listed are Dr. M. A. Forbes, Dr. Thomas M. Dorbant, and A. J. Bell.
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Austin
Tex
Lakeside Sanitarium of
San Antonio
State Department
M. A. Forbes
Thomas M. Dorbant
A. J. Bell
San Antonio Police Dept Sees Second General Shake-up
A morning upheaval releases the entire day shift of 41 officers under Chief Lancaster and First Assistant City Marshal Charles Stevens. The list includes 28 footmen and 12 mounted officers with many applying for reappointment as the department prepares to swear in new personnel likely on Saturday or Monday.
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San Antonio
Charles Stevens
Lancaster
Day Relief
Appointment to Fill Day and Night Police Shifts
Yesterday afternoon the police department added J. H. Long C. K. Gravis Joseph Harris as mounted men and J. R. Sims D. F. Roberts W. F. McGleason A. P. Martin J. W. Patterson Robert Taylor and R. B. Henry to complete the night shift staff. City hall blank applications, once near a thousand, are exhausted and future applicants must write on ordinary paper.
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Police Department
J. H. Long
C. K. Gravis
Joseph Harris
J. R. Sims
D. F. Roberts
W. F. McGleason
A. P. Martin
J. W. Patterson
Robert Taylor
R. B. Henry
Jones
San Antonio Police Job Draws 300 Applicants
Three hundred men and possibly more applied in four days as the San Antonio police department undergoes reorganization. Charles Stevens cites Chief Lancaster’s file pile of roughly three hundred applications. Officials will review names and test fitness this afternoon, as many applicants provide humorous or dramatic claims.
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San Antonio
Charles Stevens
Chief Lancaster
Stevens
Saxo Salve Claims Quick Eczema Relief
Mrs E P Hook reports her child’s hands healed after using Saxo Salve for eczema, claiming two tubes cured the condition. The ad touts immediate itching relief and skin healing, with a money back guarantee from A M Fischer in San Antonio.
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E. P. Hook
E.ith Street
Connersville
Ind
A. M. Fischer
San Antonio
Local Drugstore Endorses Dodson’s Liver Tone
A Fischer Drug Store statement proclaims Dodson’s Liver Tone a purely vegetable liquid that replaces calomel and relieves biliousness. The ad offers a fifty cent bottle with a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied and warns against counterfeit imitations at Fischer’s.
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Dodson
Fischer Drug Store
Fischer's
Governor Approves Warrant for School Repairs
The governor approved a deficiency warrant for 2566.99 for the Colored Deaf Dumb and Blind Institute to fund general repairs and improvements after the regular appropriation was exhausted. Repairs will be made at once.
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Austin
Tex
Colored Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute
The First and Original Tasteless Chill Tonic
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to be tasteless so sugar does not dissolve in the mouth, yet dissolves in stomach acids. It is promoted as suitable for both grown people and children and priced at 60 cents, presented as the standard for 30 years.
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GROVE
Texas aims to test eight hour law in court
Austin officials announce the labor department will vigorously pursue penalty suits against contractors over alleged eight hour law violations to test the law's validity in state courts. Commissioner Starling says the department intends full compliance and seeks a state court ruling on the statute.
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Austin
Tex
Commissioner of Labor
Starling
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