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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1911
Page
7
The Press club proposes a midwinter festival with lodge nights for secret societies. Elk night, Woodman night, Odd Fellows night and others would admit members free via main entrance during December 28 to January 6. Owen’s Island chosen for the event with rail access arranged to draw out-of-town visitors.
A moving picture company staged a melodrama during a noon blaze in New Rochelle. A gasoline can exploded behind H Schned's tailor shop at No 8 Rose street with $1200 in bills in the safe destroyed. The Leopold Magnus building suffered $18000 in damages as fire crews battled the blaze and a three-camera troupe filmed three rescues and a dramatic upstairs exit.
Beaumont merchant F. W. Stephens is stopping at the St. Anthony hotel, according to current city notices. He is noted for his local business ventures and regional connections.
E W Dolman of Battle Creek Michigan is listed among recent arrivals at the St Anthony hospital or facility, indicating transfer or admission status. The item notes the person by name and city of origin.
Cresson told the Bexar county commissioners that a four teen mile continuation of the Culebra road from Helotes to the county line will join a Bexar county road near the Gallagher ranch. The plan aims to link the Medina irrigation project to San Antonio and create an 85 mile loop, with over 200 laborers already at work in Medina county. The court signaled strong support and pledged Bexar county's share.
Jourdan Campbell of Jourdanton Texas, Hayden of Houston tied to Sunset Central route, Judge and Mrs T M Milam of Uvalde guests at the Gunter. G Whitnock and his mother Mrs M Whitnock are guests at the Menger.
A Seguin burglary suspect was arrested by Seguin officers and transported to Seguin after a haul of garments traced to Seguin. Two trunks containing men and women clothing, silk belts and related items were found in a western city house. A negro man and woman at the Seguin inquiry were also detained. Sheriff Middleton notified Seguin officers of the burglaries.
Fred A. Sims of the state board of tax commissioners recalls a doctor using a weighing scale trick to flatter new mothers. The physician explained tweaking a spring could exaggerate a baby’s weight by two or three pounds to cheer the mother, leaving Sims wary of overstated claims. Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Stine of Mexico City are guests at the St. Anthony.
A compact verse tracing elopements from horse drawn flights to bicycles and aeroplanes. It contrasts old romantic calls to flee with modern escapes by public transport, noting the shift from hoofbeats to wheels and the fading romance of the getaway.
Notable figures gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for the annual Pennsylvania society dinner honoring the ways and means committee of the Sixty-second Congress. The Seventh regiment band escorted 31 guests in, pennant flags from thirty Pennsylvania cities and counties were paraded in, and Governor John K. Tener presented a silver loving cup to Mr. Thompson, as Colonel Thompson presided.
Thompson is recognized for his services connected with the erection of the William Penn monument. E. C. McCune of Decatur Illinois is registered at the St. Anthony. Mrs. E. B. Glazier of Victoria is a guest at the St. Anthony.
In Austin at the Ben Hur Temple annual meeting, officers were elected including W. C. Franklin as potentate and George Fiegel Jr. as chief rabban. San Antonio representatives to the imperial council were W. G. Bell, R. J. Briggs and A. W. Houston Jr., with J. M. Strayhorn.
Engineers worldwide await completion of tests on Nikola Tesla's new steam turbine. Preliminary experiments show ten horsepower per pound of weight, suggesting a compact, lightweight engine with enormous potential. Experts caution that only larger units will prove feasibility as tests proceed.
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