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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
1
The crew fielded a stock car manned by amateurs and won at all stages of the race. A professional driver led the thousand mile trip with no engine work beyond a spark plug change, showcasing speed and endurance.
Two negro representative bodies passed resolutions praising Governor Deneen for his firm handling of rioting. They called for cooperation with the chamber of commerce and the Business Men's association to prevent further rioting and punish offenders. Meetings were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist church and St John’s MM. church.
Workmen complete the loop on the Sunset Line near New Braunfels crossing as a temporary route while the New Braunfels Avenue viaduct is built. A. Welley, head of maintenance for Galyea lon Harrisburg and San Antonio, rushed in from Houston to oversee plans. Viaduct construction awaits material delivery. traffic will shift to a temporary track and Nolan Street subway work proceeds rapidly, due for completion on schedule barring unforeseen issues.
An advertisement describes catarrh as a blood disorder affecting the mucous membranes. It claims external remedies offer only temporary relief and that true cure comes from cleansing the blood of impurities. It promotes a book and free medical advice from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta, Georgia.
A fragmentary San Antonio column recalls 242 West Commerce Street optician Mr Rees and his skill in testing eyes. It notes a blind man fitted with glasses and a joke about an optician being like a long seen friend. The piece also mentions Vollrath the South Flor street blacksmith and a fly escaping table scene.
Local notices detail multiple lodge meetings and union gatherings tonight at venues including Elks hall, G A R Woodmen hall, Temple Beth El, K P Lotus lodge, Pythian hall, Royal Arch Masons temple, and Masonic temple. Also listed are Union Labor and carpenters' unions and international barber union, with varied lodge numbers and council halls.
A. C. Bartlett of Chiexga traveled with wife and daughter toward Dresden when his car struck and killed an eight year old boy in Schontdygrg, twenty miles away. Villagers demonstrated against Hartlett party members, who sought refuge in a nearby hotel. Authorities later declared the chauffeur Cummings homeless and Bartlett offered to support only the boy's family.
Taken up and in the city pound at Trinity and Rutz streets on August 29 1908. Describes a bay horse about 16 hands with wire cuts and branding 76 T, a bay mare with no brand, a sorrel or paint mare branded MS with a bar under on thigh. If not redeemed by 11 am sale to the highest bidder for cash. Marshal Gus Maulermann. City Clerk Fred Fruss signs.
Mrs 3 Buta seeks a four room addition on Avenue C for 2400 dollars John L Chure files for a six room dwelling on Seva sbreat priced at 2000 Ed Moriarty proposes a three room dwelling on Colt Street for 700 J F Gembler plans a three room dwelling on North Commerte Street for 600 L A Sneers lists a five street project at 400 dollars Note readable items reflect permit activity with names and amounts in a historical local record.
Special to The Light Fort Worth Tex Aug 24 seven of twenty four prisoners confined in the city jail made a successful break for liberty through a lidle in the celilug early this morning three faced penitentiary sentences The escape was not discovered for two hours and then a search was futile
New York August 24 Dr Maxing Romm calls East Side residents to aid Jana Pouren a Russian refugee facing deportation to Russia United States Commissioner Shields ordered removal The appeal argues Russia seeks to classify Pouren as a criminal to deter revolutionaries and urges President Roosevelt to intervene with a petition of 100000 signatures
An Old Standard GROVE S TASTER ad touts less chill tonic for nursing mothers and malaria prevention. It claims to drive out malaria and build up the system for grown people and children.
Fifty homeseekers travel from Jows and Tiiania aboard a car from the north and return southward to Port Lavaca country. Ex cursionists travel under Allison-Ritchig Land company auspices and seek lands along the smihenat souat. The itinerary includes Port Lavaca and Gavara points between Corpus Christi with a San Antonio stopover on return. Contact A Nordmann 420 Goliad for repairs.
Mason Brooks, a Somerville area Negro clergyman, proclaimed in a Zion AME sermon that he is 188 years old and recalls holding General Washington's horse on a road near Somerville and Starllan. Born in Cuba in 1770, Brooks says he was brought to New Jersey as a child and has preached 70 years, claiming long life and witness to salvation.
Notice to taxpayers within the city limits that the city assessor’s books are open for rendition of property for taxation. All owners must render property by September 1 1908. Signed Bryan Callaghan Mayor Attest Fred Fries City Clerk. New hay new alfalfa new Johcheon hills Hee meal M Martcheau.
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