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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
8
Women with any form of illness are invited to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts where letters are read and answered only by women. The firm guarantees confidentiality and asks nothing in return beyond the reader’s goodwill and potential benefit from her experience.
A Harmon rally at Beethoven hall Friday night is anticipated to draw a large audience. Col R M Johnston and Jake Wolters will speak, with local speakers and a growing Harmon club, now over a thousand members, backing the event as the 1912 Democratic standard bearer gains momentum in major cities.
Row Wilson appears as the only other candidate with any following in Texas. He says the state convention fight will be between supporters of the two named figures acting as friends.
A man described as Charles Walker was arrested early yesterday after grabbing a purse containing 120 dollars from Mrs. James Ellison on North Olive street. Miss Kate Schuch identified him later as the robber of her purse on River avenue, and a street car conductor linked him to another purse theft on South Presa street. He may be transferred to county authorities tomorrow as investigators seek further identifications.
Santiago Bolado a Matamoros resident was killed at the Pule ranch horse race. Jesus Cisneros was wounded in the abdomen and believed to die. The shooter fled by carriage and swam the river to Brownsville. Investigators pursue leads as Judd B. Holt visits on business at the Maverick Bebles & Boelhauwe firm.
Delegates from southern cities gather in Memphis on October 9 for a conference sponsored by the Southern Commercial Congress and Panama Pacific exposition groups. The agenda centers on promoting tourist travel via the southern route with aims of better rates, stopovers, and accommodations. Colonel Collier and Mr Dawe plan to attend San Antonio discussions ahead of their arrival.
Federal deputy marshals toured several towns north of Beaumont in the lumber region after the closure of thirty Texas and Louisiana mills. They aim to prevent clashes between Timber Workers' Brotherhood members and non-members, while union officials report ongoing organizing and growing membership.
United States District Attorney Lock McDaniel denied knowledge of federal deputies being assigned to the lumber mill district. He said there is no jurisdiction or reason for deputies and could not see any benefit from such action.
A Montreal dispatch reports Gustave Meurling a Frenchman who died leaving between one hundred thousand and one million dollars to Montreal’s poor. The will was arranged in London after he praised Canada and criticized France. Mayor Pr Guerin travels to England to confirm the legacies and vows the funds will aid charitable causes. He previously considered hospital gifts in London but chose Montreal instead.
With Governor Colquitt's appropriation bill approved, Bexar County tax officials expect the state tax rate from Austin once the state tax board meets. Delays in withholding the rate hinder tax roll completion for collectors statewide, and rolls may not be ready by November 1 as required by law. The assessor's office awaits the rate before beginning work.
The article reports a man bequeathing all English and French property to the Montreal corporation for its poor. It notes $100,000 in British property is recoverable, uncertain French assets, and reveals Meurling’s Montreal arrival aided by Senator Forget who advised profitable investments.
In Warren Connecticut the Rev W W Blackman ventriloquized from a fireplace causing a boy to cry for help and a mob to dig out a non existent occupant. Neighbors feared a suffocated man while Prof Stone defended the odd tale citing stranger things in the world.
Members of the Commercial club oil committee report to Mayor Pease after a conference with R. A. Johns attorney for the Texas company. They propose amending the franchise to shield the city from bay spillage during barge unloading and to protect the bay front.
Thomas Hope, a railroad mechanic in St. Louis, housed a down and out stranger who he later hired and fed. The man stole Hope’s clothes and money from a locker, leaving only the ragged suit as a match to identify the thief. Police were asked to pursue the workman-turned-robber. Meanwhile the article notes extensive Chinese match production and local monopolies in several cities with Hankau employing 360 workers producing fifty to sixty tons daily.
Dr J Harvey Moore formerly head eye surgeon in St Louis claims widespread cures across the region since moving to San Antonio three years ago. He treats curable eye diseases with the Oscillator method, offers free consultations, and runs an up to date office suite at 2 Suite 204 Gunter Building corner Houston and St Marys Streets.
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