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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1913
Page
15
Boston manager’s letter shows Ford with 796 registrations and Buick with 309 in six weeks starting October 11, totaling 3 583 deliveries for New England. Buick accounts for 8.6 percent of the region’s auto trade, with local dealers calling the showing excellent.
Guarantee Motor Car Company expects two carload shipments of King cars during the week. A prior shipment of Cole models arrived last Wednesday and Friday. W. E. Lowry of Citizens Auto Co returned from Lansing after pushing REO shipments. E. H. Labadie of Labadie Auto Co praises the Maxwell 25 after a test ride. He reports a 30 inch water depth on the scenic loop but crossed it with the car self powered after securing air intake and magneto with a handkerchief.
The Verein der Deutschen Schueler, a German student group at Main Avenue High School, aims to boost German interest by speaking only German at meetings and studying German cities and history. Officers include Dorothy Hensel president Edwin Lange vice president Leonie Kleck secretary Mil ton Berger sergeant at arms Mildred Meerscheidt reporter with E Gutzeit as sponsor instructor and Kieserwetter as penance member.
Firemen under Chief Wright and Mayor Brown washed mud from downtown streets during a Monday shift. Crews along plazas Houston and Commerce improved traffic, while street flushers cleaned many roads and laborers filled washouts on West Commerce between Military Plaza and Santa Rosa Avenue with gravel.
City plans immediate start on two new fire stations at South Heights and West End with $25,000 allotted for land and construction. The first $500,000 bond issue funds will pave East Commerce and Houston streets, build sidewalks around parks, and fund sewer work with about $100,000 for drainage and maps prepared by Samuel Gray in New York. Construction likely to begin by January pending plan approvals.
Calumet Michigan December 2 a non union worker's home at the Quincy mine was badly damaged by dynamite early today. Family members were thrown from their beds and escaped injury.
About 50 saloon operators in Bexar County face trouble as Worth Ray chief clerk to Comptroller Lane plans an injunction hearing to challenge license cancellations. He may investigate which saloons have posted the required new bond, with county judge to decide bonding timelines.
Harvard University will send a geological expedition to Europe in April led by Professor P. E. Raymond to study the formation of the American continent relative to the old world. Professor Twenhofel of the University of Kansas will meet the party in June in Europe. The group will travel from St. Petersburg and conduct summer investigations in Russia, Sweden, and Norway. Also noted is a forthcoming 1200 page treatise on coal, with nearly two hundred maps.
County tax collector John Bitter reports about 700 poll taxes paid so far, far short of an expected 2,000. He urges immediate payment to speed processing for voters in gubernatorial, legislative, county, and city races. Silk output this year tops 54.2 million pounds, down from last year. Egypt flour imports rise from 2.5 million to 4 million dollars in similar periods year over year.
An old time remedy touts Podolax as releasing the bile to purify the bowels and blood. It references May-Apple root history, claims reduced griping, and promises weight gain with nightly use and a 50 cent bottle guarantee.
A San Antonio letter from a former island resident details a sweeping shake up under Governor General Harrison. It cites resignations of top officials, reassignments, and a push to give Filipinos power on the commission, with salaries cut and a move to civil government signaling possible independence.
The American Automobile Association elected officers at its annual Richmond convention. John A. Wilson of Pennsylvania was named president, H A Bonnell of New Jersey treasurer, John N Brooks of Connecticut secretary, and A G Batchelder of New Jersey chaired the executive committee. The next convention will be held in Boston.
An advertisement notes many young women suffer weak back, dizziness, nervous spells, dull headaches and weariness caused by kidney and bladder troubles. It claims Foley Kidney Pills relieve these issues promptly when taken as directed, without habit forming drugs, and credits Fischer's Drug Store. Ad by A. Collman, plumber, with phones 397.
Main Avenue High School students from the debating clubs push to add a department of oratory to the curriculum. A joint interclub banquet will be held next week with invitation extended to the school board and Mayor Clinton Brown to discuss the proposal. Over 100 students are involved, and a petition to the school board is planned.
Twelfth Cavalry units after subduing Navajo fortifications on Beautiful Mountain New Mexico will reach Gallup station Wednesday. Quartermaster Coal C B ordered to arrange transport and rations for the troops from Gallup to El Paso.
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