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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
7
A promotional pitch touts the Frio Valley Winter Gardens project near Fowlerton with 100000 acres of level land and eleven flowing wells. It claims a model city plan, guaranteed improvements, and lucrative 10 acre farm sales with a free town lot to attract agents across Texas.
A young woman, dressed in the latest fashion, visited a naval recruiting station seeking enlistment as a sailor and manicurist. She argued women are employed in barber work aboard ships, but recruitment officials said Uncle Sam would not accept her. The officer promised to take the case to the Secretary of the Navy.
LOCKHART Texas August 25 Special to The Light the following will serve for the ensuing year as board of directors of the farmers union cotton warehouse company F M Branyon J M Wright T F Clark L D Powell J L M Linham and T J Burdett Much cotton of excellent quality is this year being stored for better prices Terms on which it is taken will be announced later and a meeting will be held to look into other matters brought before the board.
Police say they are sure a single fire bug set multiple blazes over five weeks in San Antonio. George Boyle positively identified the suspect as the man who attempted to burn Dr. Frederick Fielding’s barn on Nolan street. Detectives plan to file charges after more witness interviews and evidence are reviewed.
Voters cast heavy balloting but the standings remain stable as Miss Georgia Satterwhite of Hackdrivers' Union holds a wide lead with 7018 votes. Second is Miss Lena States of the Telephone Operatives Union with 6430, followed by Maggie Richenthin 4023 and Dora Hermann 3791 amid a count by G. J. Wild and others.
Funeral services for James A. McCurdy, a longtime county settler and prominent farmer and landowner, were held yesterday morning. Interment followed in Lockhart city cemetery. He died at his home near Lockhart.
Three thousand people attended the Kerrville fair as a heavy shower disrupted the program. Exhibits in the women’s building and school displays drew praise while livestock winners included Ward on White Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, Lathrop on Brown Leghorns, Wallace on Buff Cochins, and Prentice and Lacey among sheep and goat victors. Baseball saw San Antonio beat Kerrville 11 to 3. Races on a heavy track produced several winners, and a horse named Nila suffered a fierce fall injuring its jockey. The event closes today with optimistic notes for Kerr County’s fair.
The Real Estate exchange auction sales committee met to plan resume dates for winter property sales. They aim to advertise widely and publish catalogs a month before sales to attract homeseekers and northern and eastern buyers. W A McDuffee chaired with S T Howard and A D Powers attending.
Gilbert Jenkins a 16 year old schoolboy is dying at home in Edwardsville Alabama from injuries suffered in a boxing bout on the steamer Keystone State last month. Two doctors say his life is despaired of. Jenkins fought Bobbie Brendle in a curtain raiser, was finished in the second round by a blow to the left abdomen, collapsed, and never regained his feet.
An employee at Alex Garcia’s poultry shop found a chick inside a can of eggs from Kansas City. Four more chicks emerged from pipped eggs warmed in sunlight, believed to be Plymouth Rock hens.
We express sincere gratitude to neighbors for comfort and floral offerings during our baby's illness and passing. Special thanks to Bartenders' Local No. 12 for kindnesses shown. Jake Ahr and family.
An overnight deluge flooded the Casino courts in Newport delaying the fifth round of the national tennis tournament. Rain stopped at dawn but soggy turf kept players off the courts until drying out.
Fearing bandit attack, Colombres inhabitants flee across the Rio Grande to Santa Maria Texas. Women and children moved last Friday, and Monday the men also departed as rumors of an impending raid spread. No bandits have appeared.
Sam A. Robertson of San Benito deposits 1000 dollars with Brownsville to guarantee the start of a street car system within four months and operation within a year. He aims to have track laid in the paving district by the time paving starts, within sixty days.
Rice Mills in Bay City Texas are operating full day shifts after starting last Wednesday. T Walker and family of 211 Adams Street have returned from a month long vacation to Corpus Christi.
Thirty saw mills laying off about 9000 workers, payrolls near half a million dollars monthly, with closures spreading through Southeast Texas and Southwest and Central Louisiana. Mill owners blame Timberworkers Brotherhood agitation while unions seek higher wages and better conditions. no violence reported, fight expected.
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