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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
2
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the product digests food, prevents sour belching, gas, headaches, and stomach discomfort within minutes and promotes a hearty appetite with no need for laxatives.
The Supreme Court ruling dissolving Standard Oil of New Jersey also dissolves its pension fund serving more than 72 000 former employees widows and children. The fund will be split among new companies but kept alive. The plan offers retirement at 65 after 25 years service with one quarter of the average salary.
Representative J C Mason of Deport advocates supreme Texas jurisdiction over both incoming and originating freight shipments. He spoke at the Maverick hotel during a Southwestern tour and eyed a run to replace John L Wortham, planning an announcement within ten days. Mason will consult allies before deciding to enter the race.
Taylor lodge No. 240 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows elected officers Wednesday night with Fred I. Fisher as grand and financial secretary, T. T. Timmons as noble and W. P. Slagle as vice grand. G Glendening became treasurer and M. B. Conoley recording secretary. Charles trustee and representative to the grand lodge with H. F. as alternate delegate. The lodge, one of Williamson county’s oldest, owns a two story concrete block building.
Ad for Foley Kidney Piles Tonic touts quick results and cures for kidney or bladder disorders. Promoted by Edwards King Drug Co in The Bedell Building, with note on attractive entrance visibility at night.
Starting December 11 the Silver King Market will sell fish and oysters at set prices. Local listings indicate new rate adjustments though exact figures are unreadable in the fragment.
Market prices list fish at per pound dressed costs and snapper at 10c per pound dressed. Oysters priced at 4 dollars per thousand, with shipping add on per pound and 0c per hundred for oysters.
Assorted fish priced at 10 cents per pound. Be a beers at 1 cent per pound. Oysters offered at two dozen per hundred.
Texas farmers respond to a $10,000 gold prize at the Texas Industrial congress in Dallas with 11,000 entrants, creating 11,000 experimental farms statewide. The prize rewards best 1911 cotton and corn yields, promoting rapid spread of experimental farming and raised profits. results to be summarized at the December 20 convention.
A bill to expand American cotton trade in South America, Japan, and China was introduced by Rep Heflin of Alabama. It calls for eight agents to study trade relations and display cotton samples. an appropriation of $100 000 would be spent by the secretary of agriculture.
D J Price general passenger agent of the International and Great Northern visited Medina for the Texas General Passenger Agents Association meeting. He called on the Chamber of Commerce and praised Medina Irrigation Company operations and the Medina project. He forecast lasting prosperity and growth for the city upon completion.
Twenty five members of the republican national committee will meet in Washington Monday night to oppose the old threat to cut southern representation in the Republican National Convention. National Committeeman Cecil Lyon of Texas will present a resolution banning federal office holders from serving as delegates.
The Corpus Christi area reports no damage to citrus trees from the recent coast freeze. Farmers say tsuma oranges are bearing abundantly and trees show no evident cold damage despite the severe cold.
Dr Fielding specialist genito urinary skin blood and nervous diseases located on the 4th floor Hicks Building. Office hours are 9 to 12 and 2 to 4 with Sunday service until noon.
Washington December 9 The Wiley McCabe dispute in the agriculture department returns to prominence as the House committee on expenditures prepares its report. It is expected to urge changes that would further ease Dr Wiley's administration of the pure food laws, including the abolition of the Remsen referee board seen as hindering his activities in benzoate of soda cases.
Alexander Boynton clarifies to the editor that annual audits are unnecessary for city books and public service corporations. He proposes audits of city administration every two years and more frequent reviews for public utilities as warranted by growth and business volume, aiming to save money and improve municipal affairs.
Texas Daughters of the Confederacy officers direct the president and secretary to transfer the aged woman's home to the state. A minority faction vows legal resistance, but no court action has begun yet.
Bishop A W Wilson of Baltimore and the Methodist Episcopal Church South is severely ill at F B Brawner's home in Pensacola Florida He is advanced in years and very feeble with fears for recovery after attending the M E conference in the city
J B Witty a Waco barber who killed Lula Osment a rooming house owner last year was found legally sane by a district court jury today though previously sent to the asylum and sentenced to forty years for second degree murder
Corpus Christi, Texas December 9. The death of Mrs. Dan Darby longtime resident occurred in this city Thursday. She is survived by her husband and one daughter. Funeral services were held at the family residence Thursday afternoon.
All night rains covered the Texas Panhandle from Clarendon to Rhome and the Wichita Valley from Wichita Falls to Abilene. Wheat and cattle ranges are expected to benefit significantly as precipitation continues through the morning in Fort Worth reports.
Heavy rain that began yesterday and continued for 24 hours has broken the drought in western Oklahoma. Many regard it as the most beneficial rain in two years and likely to ensure bountiful spring crops in 1912. Reports indicate precipitation was general across the region.
Rain spread across the state with Oklahoma reporting a general rain last night. Much of Texas has endured three days of mist that benefited crops and stock overall.
Rain began yesterday noon and continued all night in Sweetwater Texas with about two inches measured. Heavy rainfall occurred to the west of the city.
General rain swept across the Wichita Falls region with over three inches recorded by 10 am. A steady downpour began at midnight and was widespread and heavy across the district.
Members of the Doctors' Lunch club met at the St Anthony hotel at 12 30 today for luncheon and discussion of professional topics. The club, presided over by Dr Malone Duggan, holds meetings every Saturday to foster friendly relations among local physicians. The luncheon was well attended.
The New York Times reports Mrs. Theodore Kane Gibbs plans a summer ready home in Middle Town called Bethshaw in the Woods. A bungalow with sanitary facilities will house fifteen convalescent women for two weeks, with a living room on the lower floor and verandas. Shade trees dot the spacious grounds.
A San Antonio city steam roller, No. 657, slipped into a cess pool as it passed over an underground water reservoir on Gebhardt Chili Powder premises at 1318 West Commerce. The operator escaped injury. A derrick is clearing the submerged machine while Frio Street access to the site remains blocked by a “Keep Out” sign.
The Light reports Colquitt claims Gomez leads a revolution while others debate if he headed to Washington or crossed into Mexico. The Reyes household at 701 San Pedro avenue remains tense as telegrams, visitors, and secrecy swirl amid urgent talks of forthcoming developments in two days.
The Publicity league considers a new plan to raise 20000 dollars for the winter advertisement of San Antonio in the north and east. Directors meet Monday night to discuss ways and means to complete the fund within the coming week. The plan is not public yet but likely to be adopted if approved. Contributions still fall short by several thousand dollars.
Residents await news as authorities report more than one hundred workers trapped at Cross Mountain mine. The Knoxville Iron Company promises full effort to rescue, with officials and medical staff aboard a federal train headed from Knoxville expected at noon.
J. J. Rutledge mining engineer at the arsenal station of the bureau of mines received word of the Briceville Tennessee explosion and was ordered to leave by the first train to lead rescue operations. Federal rescue car No. 7 with William Burke is in Eastern Kentucky en route to Briceville.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer account recalls a life insurance agent’s attempt to push a sale on a hard customer at an iron works in Youngstown. The boss demanded the salesman explain himself and the meeting ended with the man fleeing the scene. Also noted are Texas-area locals: Brock Jr. and others traveling to Brownsville, Dr. E. C. Clavin’s recovery, and a Fort Worth clerkship update along with residents at the Mav erik and Crockett hotels.
Count Vay de Vaya, titled Lord Abbott of St. Martin's in Hungary and famed as the "Shepherd of the Seas," recently arrived in New York. He donates income from two Hungarian estates to the church and seeks to travel the world as a priest ministering to sailors at sea. He has journeyed for many years and covered vast distances.
A Garden Academy of San Antonio cadet unit is to be chartered as a state militia company. Col. Ed R. York will inspect the cadets to form part of the national guard with D. K. Lansing as captain and Harold M. Christie as first lieutenant.
Obituary notices report Elizabet Maude Campbell 37 died at home 104 Bois D Arc Street after three years in the city seeking health. She leaves husband Lloyd and daughter Irene plus mother Mrs Willi Wright and sister Mrs Turner. Burial planned in Mexico Mo after services by Alamo Hive No 22 Maccabees. Also reported is the death of John McSorley at El Paso, third in the family in three weeks. father James McSorley and sister Mrs Horace Richardson and brother Tom McSorley survive in the city.
A notice directs readers to Saratoga Restaurant for oysters on half shell as part of a Ladies of Maccabees event or promotion.
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