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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1911
Page
9
Philip Nickerson, 26, a shoe machinery salesman, said he tried to kill himself after his wife's constant kissing and hugging at their Vernon Avenue home. He told doctors he loved his wife but needed relief from the repeated embraces.
A digest lists events from August 20 1911 including Columbus Day plans by the Italo American club, extreme heat, a $50 000 fire in Goliad, attacks on E C Moore in Charco, Taft’s fall trip and speeches, damaging wind in North Dakota, aviator records in New York and Chicago, Arctic and European news from Taft era, Mexican conflicts and politics, Mona Lisa theft, Morocco disputes, British labor strike probes, anti Jewish outbreaks, and Zapata troop movements.
Local election developments include redistricting in Bexar County and the addition of six new precincts. A forced street improvement project proceeds as property owners coordinate with the highway league. The Medina Irrigation Co begins dam site construction and a railroad line from Dunley toward the Medina dam. Jacob Wolters and Thomas Love clash in Austin over election probes. The legislature considers sixty proposed measures as Governor Colquitt adds thirteen subjects.
Summary of severe weather across North Dakota with eight fatalities and more than one hundred injuries reported. National leaders discuss Congress adjournment while Postmaster Hitchcock designates twenty first class offices as postal savings banks. President Taft praises naval crews and announces statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. Arbitration treaty debates continue in Senate foreign relations committee. Investigation of Dr. Wiley to end soon.
Strikes end or ease as railroad employees resume work and accept a commission to hear grievances. unions demand recognition and pay raises, while France shows patience in Morocco talks. Four dead and four injured in a Toluca line wreck near Dos Rios. Togo sails to Vancouver. Visevar de editor departs amid Cuban press backlash against President Gomez.
San Antonio Ad Club is entertained at luncheon by the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co. at a Medina City event marking the river's historic dryness.
State figures and lawmakers figure in a tangle of accusations and actions. J F Wolters and Senator McNealus clash in an Austin hotel lobby. Hawkins testifies on ballot fraud in the Lower Rio Grande. The House passes a 10 218 670 appropriation. Railroads gain support in a favorable report. Abbott urges vigorous enforcement of pure food laws. McDonald launches anti Lyons campaign. Senate approves congressional redistricting. Drymming congress delegates arrive in Uvalde.
Congress adjourns sine die at 3 02 p m Aviator Atwood reaches Eastern New York Life insurance companies are severely arraigned by Joseph Baton of Virginia president of the State Insurance Commissioners association assembled in convention Milwaukee fraud and trickery is charged Announcement is made that thousands of employees will be dropped by the Harriman rail roads two thousand of them to be lopped off this week John Kirby Jr head of the National Association of
Gen Joseph W Duncan reviews the Fort Sam Houston garrison while city council approves July payroll for municipal employees. Other items include a legislative deadlock, a mass meeting in Wilson County for highway cooperation, and various national and international notes from weather to politics and crime.
Police say they captured a firebug amid a soldier from the Twenty second Infantry. Attorney General Lightfoot reports the electrical trust has no illegal combination. Ely Nevada mine shaft disaster kills seven. Purcell Oklahoma burns a Negro alive. Socialists post $5000 reward for George H Shoaf. Atwood lands at Nyack for repairs. Oklahoma antis seek state dry. Arriaga elected president of Portugal. French police chase Mona Lisa thief to Bordeaux. Madero says Zapata forces musters out. Enrique Villasenor released after six days in jail.
Health board to fine doctors for not reporting contagious diseases Aransas Pass residents urge county cooperation on a San Antonio to the Gulf speedway Friends of Will Woods seek pardon for banker Woodrow Wilson club starts in San Antonio Sunset closes shops for a week leaving 175 idle Jacob F Wolters antis leader jailed then released on bond Public lands penalty may trigger fall land sales Sawmills close at Beaumont 30,000 workers affected General Rudolph Gunner buried in Dallas Texas Dry Farming congress to meet in Uvalde Kerrville fair ends with surplus Heavy rains hit Guadalupe hills Lehigh Valley No 4 wreck kills 37 injures 60 Atwood completes record flight to New York Vilhjalmur Stefansson reports Arctic people of Scandinavian stock North New York census makes New York the world’s largest city.
In London the population is listed as 4,983,386 while London refers to another city as 4,622 to 4,628. Peonage and slavery are reported in Southern Louisiana by federal secret service men. France instructs Ambassador Cambon to convey to Germany terms for Morocco talks as both nations prep for possible war. A suspected cholera case is found near Munich Bavaria.
A scrambled note shows August 26 as a marker for fair management in Docal. The text hints at international scope and volunteer involvement, suggesting organizers plan events and coordination across groups to run the fair smoothly.
Bexar County Highway League starts an active campaign for oiling streets in San Antonio as part of a citywide effort for better roads. The push emphasizes street maintenance and municipal improvements led by local transportation advocates.
The House passes a congressional redistricting bill amid opposition in the Senate. Corpus Christi plans a 500000 dollar investment in new hotels. A large Beaumont lumber mill is destroyed by fire, one of the few not affected by the lockout.
A collision on an automobile race track in Elgin Illinois led to numerous miraculous escapes with no fatalities reported. The incident spurred investigations into track safety and emergency response.
France waits for a German response on the Morocco question with sentiment against the reciprocity treaty with the United States growing in Canada. Fifteen people die in a powder explosion at Port Limon Costa Rica. Andre Jaeger Schmidt, a French journalist, sets a new world circumnavigation record of 39 days 19 hours 43 minutes 37.45 seconds. The previous best was 68 days.
S M Billingsley of 35 East Fifth Street leaves the income from 50000 to his pet parrot Poll in trust after his death. The Cuba born bird has traveled across the United States with the family for twenty years and is treated as a child. The couple has no children and expects Poll to benefit from their fortune.
COLLEGE STATION Tex med Dr G S Fraps state associate professor of agri chemistry at A & M college is expected to arrive in Boston from Europe September 6. He has been touring Europe with a party of scientific agriculturists.
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