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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1911

Page

7

Remedies for Law's Delay at 34th American Bar Convention

Legal leaders from coast to coast gather in Boston for the American Bar Association's 34th annual meeting at MIT. A key special report proposes remedies to curb delay and cost in litigation via trial practice appeal equity reforms.

Boston American Bar Association Massachusetts Institute of Technology Congress Committee On Judiciary House Senate Simeon E. Baldwin New Haven Conn Comparative Law Bureau Edgar H. Farrar New Orleans William B. Hornbrower New York

Legal minds meet for annual Chicago conference events

Law figures from Chicago and other cities gather as the Blackstone students' locale hosts visitors. Beyond policy talks, an annual association dinner at the Hotel Somerset, car trips to historic Boston sites, a steamboat trip to Salem Harbor and North Shore, plus numerous social functions are planned for attendees and families.

Lawson Buys Ranch In Colorado For Breeding Animals

Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson is negotiating to purchase 80 000 acres of ranch land 45 miles northeast of Greeley Colorado. He plans to breed and raise fancy cattle and horses for exhibition and racing, with transfer expected in a few days according to a local real estate firm.

Associated Press Greeley Colo Thomas W. Lawson Boston

Benefit for Soldiers at Fort Sam Houston Chapel

Under G. W. Rogers direction an entertainment for the Enlisted Men's club at Fort Sam Houston will be held Tuesday night in Gift Chapel at 7 30 with dancing to follow. Program includes piano solo Corporal Banks Eleventh cavalry vocal solo Miss Annis Mueller burnt cork features Fred A. Smith violin solo Miss Emma Corning violin solo Robert Underwood reading Miss Claudia Smith kunner comedian I L Kaufman and vocal solo G W Rogers.

G. W. Rogers Fort Sam Houston Corporal Banks Eleventh Cavalry Annis Mueller Fred A. Smith Emma Corning Robert Underwood Claudia Smith I. L. Kaufman

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad

The First and Original Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to dissolve in stomach acids rather than in the mouth, leaving sweetness undetected by taste. Marketed as suitable for both grown people and children, it is presented as the standard for 30 years and priced at 50 cents.

GROVE

Woman Robbed Near Yoakum

A woman traveling home from Yoakum was robbed of a purse containing $1.50 by a young white man about 16 to 18 years old. She returned to town to report the crime and officers have not yet apprehended the suspect.

Yoakum Tex John B. Benys Here

Cotton Receipts Break Record at Yoakum Market

Special to The Light Yoakum Tex August 28 A larger number of bales of cotton were marketed here Saturday than any other day this season and both weighers were kept busy through the day It is reported that about two thirds of the cotton crop in the country has already been gathered.

Yoakum Tex

Traveling Engineers Meet in Chicago for 19th Annual Session

The Traveling Engineers association opens its nineteenth annual convention at Hotel Sherman in Chicago with speakers noting attendees bring over thirty million miles of travel. The four day meeting includes a live exhibit by the Association of Supplymen and will cover issues such as the union question.

Chicago Traveling Engineers’ Association Sherman Knights of the Steel Rails W.C. Thompson East Buffalo N. Y Association of Supplymen

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Patent Remedy Ad

An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a safe teething remedy used by millions for sixty years. It claims to soothe the child soften the gum alleviate pain cure wind colic and diarrhea, priced at twenty five cents a bottle. It warns to ask for the specific syrup and avoid other binds.

New Bank and Offices Planned for Yoakum Building

Green and Welhausen have awarded Bailey Mills of Victoria the contract to build a two story brick structure on Lott street and Grand avenue beside Weymouth. The $30,000 project will house four store rooms and a lower floor bank with white stone entrance and marble interior fixtures. Construction starts August 29.

Yoakum Tex Green & Welhausen Lott Street Grand Avenue Weymouth Bailey Mills Company of Victoria

The Summer Health Drink Horsford's Acid Phosphate

An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a wholesome refreshing tonic beverage, claim it is more cooling and refreshing than lemonade and suitable as a summer health drink.

Horsford

Artesian well taps new belt in Wells Thompson pasture

Bay City Texas August 28 An artesian well brought in by B F Powell flows eighty gallons a minute in the Wells Thompson pasture opening up a new artesian belt for the area.

Bay City Tex B. F. Powell Wells Thompson

Postal Savings Bank Opens Sept. 22 in Bay City

BAY CITY Texas August 28 The post office here has been designated a postal savings bank opening that department September 22.

Postal Savings Bank Bay City Tex

Revival at Taylor Led by Vaughan and Williams

Revival services began in Taylor Texas under Rev W H Vaughan presiding elder of Georgetown district Central Texas conference with local pastor Ray E P Williams aiding. The meetings will run two weeks or more continuing from today.

Taylor Tex W. H. Vaughan Georgetown Central Texas Conference Ray. E. P. Williams

Physical culture plan for Princeton students outlined

Princeton will require all undergraduates to pass rigid physical tests this fall including swimming and first aid in drowning. The program, led by Dr Joseph H Raycroft formerly of the University of Chicago, mirrors Annapolis and West Point standards and may result in mandatory gymnasium courses or removal from the roster.

Associated Press Princeton N. J Annapolis West Point Joseph H. Raycroft University of Chicago

Panama-Pacific Exposition Names Eleven Architects

The architectural commission for the Panama-Pacific exposition will comprise eleven architects to be appointed by the exposition company president. The board announced that at least three members will be chosen from the United States at large.

Panama Exposition Associated Press San Francisco Cal Exposition Company United States

Train Schedule Fragments for Houston Galveston Dallas and More

Fragmentary timetable notes list train numbers and routes to Houston New Orleans Dallas Fort Worth Waco Galveston and coast towns with assorted departure times and prices. some entries appear corrupted and unclear.

Aston New Orleans Houston Galveston Dallas North Fort Worth Waco Fror Galvyeston

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