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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1911

Page

5

Alabama Cotton Crop Will Be Small Says Entomologist

Dr. E. W. Hinds Alabama state entomologist forecast a cotton worm outbreak will cut Alabama’s crop by 30 to 50 percent and warn that eastern states will soon feel the pest. He said rains ruined the middle crop, worms threaten the top crop, and the bottom crop will drive the harvest.

Associated Press Montgomery Ala E. W. Hinds Alabama Mississippi River Mississippi Hines South

Glaze Wood and Coal Co info update

Glaze Wood and Coal Co successors to Government Hill Wood Co announce new phone 1811 and old number 6053 for contact.

Glaze Wood and Coal Co Government Hill Wood Co

Taylor stable on Missouri circuit nets wins at Fayette and Marshall

Taylor, Tex, stable in charge of Lycurgus Nelson competes on the Missouri racing circuit. At Fayette track last week the stable won one first and four third prizes. Last Friday Mack Noble, a pacer owned by N B Turner of Taylor, finished third in 2 13 on a heavy track.

Taylor Tex Lycurgus Nelson Missouri Marshall

Oklahoma Merchant Detained After Disruptive Episode

Samuel W. Lew, a merchant from Oklahoma City, was taken into custody at the LaSalle hotel in Chicago. He was held pending examination by the city physician after acting strangely and disturbing guests. efforts to quiet him failed.

Associated Press Chicago Samuel W. Lew Oklahoma City Okla LaSalle Hotel Lew

Washington to Play Seven Games This Season

Washington University announces a seven game 1929 football schedule with the final clash against Arkansas on November 25 in St. Louis.

Washington Associated Press ST. Louis Washington University Arkansas

Cotton Deteriorates In Taylor Texas Area

Cotton has deteriorated about 40 percent in the Taylor region over the last thirty days with heavy shedding. A better yield than last year is expected though the bumper crop may not fully materialize. Local receipts reach 3260 bales with 300 bales ginned yesterday. The First National Bank of Taylor was named city depository, offering 4.12 percent interest. The Democrat and Texan is official city organ. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised by King & Pattison Drug Co.

Taylor Tex First National Bank of Democrat and Texan

Mass concert invitation by local Männerchor orchestras

Invitations issued by Beethoven Maennerchor under Carl Hahn for a grand mass concert Saturday night at 8:30 in Beethoven hall with the San Antonio band directed by William Zimmer. Program features Frohsinn, Liederkranz, both Männerchors, and the Deutscher Maennerchor with pieces by Wagner Bach Strauss Angerer and Wallace among others. Transportation arranged with hacks and cabs to all trains from Palace Livery Stable. phones 693.

Beethoven Maennerchor Carl Hahn Beethoven Hall San Antonio William Zimmer Frohsinn Liederkranz Deutscher Maennerchor Wagner Seitz San Antonio Liederkranz Otto Hilgers Palace Livery Stable

Democracy in country: Underwood blasts tariff vetoes

Oscar W. Underwood, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, denounces the president’s tariff vetoes. He says five major tariff bills were vetoed, including wool and iron schedules, and pledges Democratic support if relief and honest revision are offered. He warns the issue will go to the people at the next election.

Associated Press New York Oscar W. Underwood Ways and Means Committee House of Representatives National Democratic League Ways and Means Underwood United States Dominion Canada Republican Party Payne Democratic Congress

Young man arrested for misuse of United States mails

William A. Lewis an 18 year old was arrested in Kingsville by a United States deputy marshal on a charge of sending prohibited matter through the mails He waived an examining trial and was remanded to Sheriff Wright to await action by the federal grand jury in Laredo in November His family is said to live near El Campo Texas.

United States Corpus Christi Tex William A. Lewis Kingsville Lewis Corpus Southgate Wright Federal Grand Jury Laredo Reformatory el Campo

Hitchcock to Attend National Postmasters Convention

In a letter received in Omaha Frank B. Hitchcock Post master General announced he will attend the National Association of First Class Postmasters annual convention in September running from the 12th to the 14th.

Hitchcock Associated Press Omaha Neb Frank B. Hitchcock National Association of First Class Postmasters

Relief for Rheumatism and Urinary Ailments Boosts Elderly Health

A remedy claimed to ease rheumatism and kidney congestion as well as bladder inflammation and urinary irregularities. Marketed as a positive boon for middle aged and elderly people and for women.

Clerk J F Garner shoots rival after quarrel over democracy

In Atlanta on August 24 J F Garner a cotton mill clerk shot and killed J T Smith a Western and Atlantic railway office clerk after a dispute over democratic affairs.

Atlanta J. T. Smith Western and Atlantic Railway J. F. Garner

Auto Plunge Kills Woman in Jersey City Viaduct Crash

An automobile plunged forty feet from the Mercer street viaduct in Jersey City last night. Mrs. Sarah Burnett, wife of Bayonne paper bag manufacturer James Y. Burnett, was killed. Her husband and their son Clifford were seriously injured.

New York Mercer Street Jersey City Sarah Burnett James Y. Burnett Bayonne Clifford

Plans for $500000 school for stewards debated

Chicago Aug 24 Plans for establishing a steward training school costing 500000 were discussed at the International Stewards association convention. About 200000 has already been pledged for the project.

Chicago School For Stewards International Stewards’ Association Washington Charles D. Chandler Army Aviation Training Grounds College Park Wright Aeronautical School Dayton Ohio

Italians Die In Bonham Wisconsin Steel Plant Blast

In Middlesboro Kentucky two Italian workers were killed and six others likely fatally injured in an explosion at the Bonham works of the Wisconsin Steel company. The blast damaged the facility and prompted a major emergency response.

Middlesboro Bonham Wisconsin Steel Company

Charles F. H. Senff Sugar Manufacturer Dies at 74

Charles F. H. Senff a director of the American Sugar Refining company and former president of Havemeyer and Elder Sugar Refining died at 74 in New York.

New York Charles FH. Senff American Sugar Refining Company Havemeyer and Elder Sugar Refining Company

Army appropriation unchanged for next year

Washington August 24 estimates for the army show the total next year about the same as this year. Congress appropriated 94,210,400 dollars for the military establishment in the current year.

Washington Congress

Taft Suggests Amendment to Pure Food Law

President Taft's message proposing a revision of the Pure Food and Drugs law in its relation to Prepared Medicines does not refer to Foley's Honey and Tar Compound or Foley Kidney Pills. These remedies have long been standard medicines, carefully prepared with recognized medicinal qualities. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has been a leading remedy for coughs and throat and chest ailments for decades, and Foley Kidney Pills are noted for their merit.

Taft Foley

Two Burn to Death in Ontario Fire

Douglas Clark aged 17 and Everett Davenport aged 9 were burned to death when the Clark residence burned in Ontario California early today. Mrs James Clark mother of Douglas and grandmother of Everett leaped from a second story window with her clothing aflame and was fatally injured.

Associated Press Ontario Cal Douglas Clark Everett Davenport Clark James Clark Douglas Everett

See Sees at Various Times and Times

Fragmentary notes record times 6:00 am 9:55 am and 10:46 pm with no clear context or event.

Palestine Mexico Laredo Isxpress H'Or Mearico Tor Houston New Orleans Siouston Galveston Dallas Port Worth Wcccesssee North Dallas, Fort Worth Waco Coast Kerrville el Paso West Cuero Victoria East G. A Santa Fe

Fleet of battleships gathers for Atlantic maneuvers near Norfolk

The battleships Missouri Mississippi and Maine from Philadelphia passed the Virginia Capes and anchored with other Atlantic fleet vessels in Hampton Roads. The hospital ship Solace followed to join the gathering for the upcoming war game maneuvers off the coast.

Associated Press Norfolk Missouri Mississippi Maine Philadelphia Virginia Capes Hampton Roads Capes Solace

Women to aid McNamara in LA Times bombing case rally

Women and girls in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will raise funds for John J. McNamara secretary of the Structural Iron Workers Union confined in Los Angeles on dynamiting charges. Representative Frank Buchanan of Chicago spoke to the group and read McNamara’s denial letter.

Associated Press Washington, D. C Bureau of Engraving and Printing John J. McNamara Structural Iron Workers Union Los Angeles Cal Los Angeles Times Frank Buchanan Chicago Buchanan McNamara

Measles Epidemic Causes Many Deaths in Samoa

Reports from Tutuila Samoa say an epidemic of measles in American Samoa had 219 deaths by July 23. Mortality, including deaths following measles, neared 10 percent in towns reporting. The outbreak, Samoa’s first serious one in 19 years, affected most south sea islands where medical aid was scarce.

Associated Press San Francisco Cal Tutuila Samoa American Samoa South Sea Islands

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