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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
6
Frances L. Garside presents a humorous sketch of Lysander John Appleton, a town influencer whose big city ambition collapses to a mere fly in a screen door. The piece contrasts his home life and public persona with his private, penciled notes on receipts and witty word definitions revealing his minimal domestic voice.
A meeting of the Charities Fund association is expected early next week to hear a special committee report on which humane society will receive credentials in the charity amalgamation plan. The committee has made a decision, but details will be revealed after the general committee reviews the report.
Social notes describe Miss Anne Powers hosting a dinner dance at her Carson Street home in honor of her sixteenth birthday. The column also covers the Walker Luke wedding at First Presbyterian Church, attire details, attendants, reception at the Luke residence, and plans for the newlyweds moving to Chicago and then Berlin.
M. E. Mistrot reports at the Savoy hotel that Panama Expo work draws many applicants in San Francisco and San Diego, causing traffic jams in job markets. He warns that even with plentiful oranges, hunger forces practical limits and vows not to seek California work again before 1915. He plans to stay in Texas, avoiding San Francisco in the future.
In Tarrant County Texas a jury imposed a second death penalty in three days. Ernest Harrison 17 was convicted of murder in the attempted holdup of Robert Knetsch. His accomplice Paul Fowler received the death sentence earlier. Both confessed but recanted on the witness stand.
The Luling public schools reopen September 2 for a nine month term under Superintendent J. W. Peeler. An eleventh grade is added this year as part of the new schedule. Old furniture has been refurbished by Carter Mullaly Transfer Co.
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