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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
4
A jolly Christmas pitch extols Red Ball oranges and lemons as the perfect holiday treat. It emphasizes seedless, sun ripened fruit and hygienic handling with white cotton gloves for pickers and packers. The ad promotes a free booklet with orange and lemon recipes and offers a selection of silverware sets.
Regulations issued by Postmaster General Hitchcock outline the January 1 start for the parcels post system covering almost all mail routes. Merchandised parcels up to eleven pounds may be mailed to any address with five cent first pound, three cents per extra pound, eight zone rates, and optional ten cent insurance for up to fifty dollars. Distinctive stamps in twelve denominations will be issued and parcels post maps sold at cost.
More than 200 residents of the Library apartments on Pittsburgh's North Side fled into the cold as a spectacular blaze destroyed the building. Citizens and several firemen were injured by falling walls but no fatalities were reported. Rumor said eight women were trapped. a policeman rescued fourteen women from the fourth floor and by ladders the victims were led to safety. Property loss estimate not yet available.
A 49er style mining camp, colorfully staged, is planned as a principal attraction for the 1915 Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. A procession project costing about 100000 was approved for Sam Davis, linked to Twain Flood Mackay and other early bonanza leaders. Historic stagecoaches including the Greely ride coach will transport visitors to the camp.
Robert Dunbar the four year old son of Joseph Dunbar of Opelousas is believed foully dealt with by captors. Edgar Hooks is jailed on kidnaping charges as investigators trace a trail to a cabin on the Alabama river near Lucedale Mississippi where stolen goods indicate an organized gang used the site. A $6000 reward stands for the boy’s recovery.
Flatonia Texas December 13. An art exhibit of paintings will be held at the high school December 20 21 and 22 to raise money to buy pictures for the school.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a cure for dandruff and hair loss, claiming one bottle will double hair beauty, dissolve dandruff, and prevent scalp itching. It urges purchasing a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters for immediate results.
Oscar Olsen, aviator at the War Department's aviation field near College Park Washington DC, survived a crash-landing attempt after his engine failed. He glided toward a fast express, grazing the train and plunging into a fish pond where bystanders rescued him.
Horticulturists are urged to join the April exposition in St. Petersburg. John Snodgrass, American consul general at Moscow, conveyed the invitation. The czar will personally present top awards and the event marks the Romanoff dynasty's 200th anniversary with exhibits of flowers fruits bees and silkworms.
Governor issues requisition on Governor Dix of New York for the extradition of Peter Pravata. Pravata, an escaped convict, held at Yonkers, New York. He escaped Rusk penitentiary on December 23, 1911, while serving a life term for first degree murder.
The railroad commission will meet Tuesday January 14 to consider establishing rates for fluid disinfectants in jacketed tin cans or kegs. The proposal would set a third class rate for less than car loads while keeping car load rating and minimum unchanged.
Charles B. White chief clerk of the comptroller's department returned from San Antonio where he attended the annual meeting of the State Tax Assessors association. He expressed high gratification at the meeting's success and the royal treatment accorded the assessors in San Antonio.
Justice Clarke announced a policy to seat a woman jury in every case with non embarrassing testimony. Deputy Wadman reported subpoenas to six prominent women for the Jim Blue case were nearly impossible to serve as many employers shielded their absence. Clarke urged that the women be in town to fulfill jury duty tomorrow.
Seventeen additional stations began selling eggs at 24 cents a dozen in Philadelphia today. The Housekeepers' league now runs 59 stations in the drive against high egg prices, with more than four million eggs sold so far.
Thieves hurled a brick wrapped in a newspaper through a window of M. Wiegand jewelry store at 1448 Addison Road last night and escaped with a tray of diamonds valued at 2000 dollars. They wedged the door shut and fled after a chase of several blocks by witnesses. several customers were in the store during the robbery.
In Munich on December 13 Bavarian clerical and liberal papers push for Ludwig IIIII to take the throne, warning constitutional changes will be needed and stressing the need to communicate the popular will to the regent. The Nachrichten calls for vigor in Bavaria’s constitutional life through sovereign rule. Text Book Board Meets Thursday in Austin Texas to finalize contracts worth about 12 million dollars for six years of schoolbooks. Mrs Clara Harwood Stacy’s will filed in Austin probate court leaves estate worth 40 thousand dollars to General William Stacy and their four children with executor husband.
A brief feature questions persistent fatigue and distraction that hinder productivity. It suggests a need for strategies to regain energy and concentration during work sessions.
Pearsall Texas reports ground thoroughly soaked after two days and nights of slow rain. Weather conditions hinder outdoor work as moisture persists across the area.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Tutt's Pills when the liver is sluggish, suggesting sugar coated or plain varieties available through local druggists.
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