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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
3
In Chicago on December 7 the jury selection for ten packers charged with Sherman anti trust violations began briskly. Government challenges used. eleven jurors seated including six farmers. Defendants Heyman Meeker and Tilden appeared. seven others work at the stock yards and will attend only during juror examination.
London obituary notes the death of Sir George Henry Lewis born 1833, senior member of the solicitor firm Lewis & Lewis, in London at age about 91.
Countess von Bernstorff wife of the German ambassador to the United States is noted for loom work and is among the few women in America who master tapestry weaving.
The wedding linked two wealthy Mexican families in a ceremony at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in New York. Jose F. Godoy Jr., Mexican embassy secretary in San Jose, Costa Rica, married Angela Ludert, daughter of financier Frederick Ludert, with proxies from notable relatives and Mexican officials. The bride, famed in Mexican society, and the groom, a decade in diplomacy, met at a 1910 diplomatic ball and announced their engagement amid high social and political ties.
Dr. Lynott announces a thousand dollars worth of free medicine for kidney bladder rheumatism and related diseases. Sufferers reply with a coupon to receive a box at no cost and a free copy of his detailed medical book. The program cites 26 years of practice and global translation of the book.
Madame Mathilde Kechessinska, famed Russian dancer and czar’s confidante, visits London with royal scrutiny. Despite her fame, British royalty has ignored the appearance, though she is noted as nearly the czar’s sole non-empress confidante. In Russia she dances only by czar’s command.
A Mexican couple, after a three month leave, will wed quietly on arrival in New York. Mrs Godoy Jr. with her father and sister attended a reception at the Victoria Hotel as wedding plans and a bridal tour were arranged. The couple will then visit Havana relatives before returning west.
Numerous travelers and officials check into prominent hotels including St Anthony Gunter Menger Crockett Savoy Bexar Losoya and Maverick. Visitors come from Mexico City Washington Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and South Carolina. several seek land investments and housing plans in Texas while others engage in Knights of Pythias circles or theater work.
Washington December 7 House Special Committee investigating the sugar trust heard testimony today as part of its inquiry. Details from the session were not released.
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