This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 53 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1912
Page
10
Retail buyers are urged to call two ninety two for attractive prices on hams bacon lard and compound. The ad asserts the product is home made and claims the Union Meat Company offers the best standards with no other on par.
Readable fragments claim Union Meat Company promotes meals eaten at home instead of dining out. References compare Chicago Kansas City and Omaha, suggesting options for consumers to cook at home.
The Gimbel Delicatessen will roast a Milwaukee goose tonight on Crockett Street opposite the Grand Opera House. Local readers are invited to attend and sample the featured dish.
State game warden Jeff D. Cox said game laws are being obeyed better in Bexar county than ever before. He anticipated proposing a comprehensive game law to the next legislature, not a partial measure like the current statute.
Mrs Archer and Mr Higginbotham attend a Sunday dance at Beethoven Hall with Diaz Sisters providing music.
A Bexar social club hosts a prize masquerade ball at Beethoven hall with Artzt music. Gents 50 cents and ladies 25 cents. Hermann Sons Jr hosts a dance at Hermann Sons hall on Wednesday December 18.
Dr Campbell of Tampico reports Mexico is peaceful and progressive near Tampico. He visited the north and east buying fox hounds for hunts around Tampico and expects northern friends to visit after Christmas for hunting and fishing.
Turkeys given away at a community event by Kohr. Dr W Hering dentist at 21 Hicks building offers dental services with two phones. Leonard Smith Auto Livery provides day and night car service with two phone lines.
Pure Apple cider offered at 75 cents per gallon. Short notice with broken contact details and unclear location.
Dr. O E Hicks dentist operates in room 212 of the Gunter building. Old telephone number 1170 listed for contact.
Bad weather and a misunderstanding of the date caused a further postponement of the Ad club illustrated lecture. It was to be held in the Chamber of Commerce on Friday night but will be rescheduled after the holidays. Members will receive notice by letter.
Franklin Taxicabs listed with phone contact. Drs Garring and Hatcher Osteopaths are located at 206 Gunter building. Residence at Travis club.
One thousand pounds of three sixteenths cotton per acre were produced on three test acres at Anguilla under scientific planting and cultivation led by J P Hearst of the U S Department of Agriculture. He noted boll weevils appeared early but were burned and asserted intensive cultivation can overcome pests. Hearst planned further demonstration meetings.
Dr. W. M. Wolf announces his office has moved to the Bedell building at 223 24 Bedell. The change affects patient access and appointment scheduling.
Theodore M. Plummer former manager of the American Rio Grande Land company at Mercedes arrives in San Antonio for the winter with Mrs. Plummer. They are visiting his parents at 228 West Magnolia Avenue.
An ad listing L. A. Brustad of 399 Moore Building offers electric treatments of all kinds. It asserts that no watch or clock is too complicated to repair and mentions Friedman.
Dr F Hadra specializes in skin genito urinary and rectal diseases at 314 Gibbs Building.
The Ursuline Academy pupils present a concert and country fair this evening from 4 to 8 o'clock to benefit the St. John’s orphanage fund. The program includes unique musical features and other attractions.
Humane officer E Collins lists office at 211 Mackay building in Bexar County with day and night contact numbers 5877 and additional Sunny night line.
Dr Littrell of Conroy Building is listed as a chiropractor specializing in nervous and chronic diseases. Appointment information and office location are provided in the directory-like notice.
Detective Shiraz placed 29 year old Will Ward under arrest yesterday afternoon on a theft charge worth under 50 dollars. Ward is accused of stealing a canvas awning from the home of W A Bedell at 439 West Mistletoe Avenue several weeks earlier.
Dr. Ferdinand P. Herff of Yale Dentists reports relocation to 223-24 Bedell Building with new contact numbers 1629 and a Monday through Friday hours from 2 to 3 30 p m. The prior address was 211 Hicks Building and the firm remains at Bond's.
Miguel Juarez reported last night that he was robbed of 45 dollars. The suspect was arrested and fined 15 dollars in police court today for vagrancy. Local detectives continue to investigate the theft.
The San Antonio Humane Society provides contact details for officers George T. Botsford and Fred Davison located at 324 Hicks Building with old phones 71 for general hours, and 5771 and 2782 for nights and Sundays.
Diaz Sisters perform at Olive Grove dance in Turner Hall with gents charged 50 cents admission.
Garden Stable provides cart or cab rides for shopping needs at $1 per hour with phone contact at 212.
A false alarm from box 38 at San Pedro avenue and Warren street at 8:45 last night sent Chief Wright and about six fire crews racing through muddy streets. Several similar calls have originated from this box in recent months, and authorities believe youths are responsible.
Dr Byler, a dentist specializing in diseased gums, practices at 207 Gibbs Building.
Dr Vollman informs patients that treatments will begin December 16 at 523 Hicks Building with hours from 10 to 12.
The postal service will boost staff with added clerks and assistants to handle heavy loads. During Christmas week most routes will run as double headers, easing distribution. Remote routes welcome dry weather as mud dries, reducing impediments to mail delivery in San Antonio.
Greenville plans municipal improvements pending attorney general approval for a proposed 75000 bond issue. If approved the funds will pave at least six to seven miles of streets, on top of more than 10 miles already paved, with additional civil projects contemplated.
The Gimbel Delicatessen promotes itself as a popular food shop for ladies and gentlemen with service after theatre hours. It notes open until 12 p m and refreshments at moderate prices near the opera house.
Texas announces final prize winners in the Cleanest Town contest. Gonzales wins 300 dollars in Class B, Memphis takes 200 dollars in Class C. Class A results are incomplete with a three-way tie of Brownwood Gainesville and Hillsboro at 89.5 percent. Dr. M. M. Carrick of Dallas performed the grading.
Turin reports Angelo Sarto, brother of the Pope, was awarded 385 by Italy's minister of posts and telegraphs as part of a long service recognition. The ceremony occurred yesterday in Rome with official praise for his tireless public work.
Eleven recruits enlisted at Dallas for the United States Navy passed through San Antonio yesterday evening heading to their assigning station in San Francisco. The party included seven apprentice seamen one baker one coal passer and two seamen under Otto Schmitt first class baker U S N.
Sarto, postmaster at Grazie in Mantua province, sought a daily fifty cent raise in recognition of long service. He visited his district deputy who took him to the minister of posts and telegraphs. The request was favorably received and a compensatory grant of $35 followed.
A fragment outlines an installation for a Russian railroad to aid travelers, mentioning tr usage and a laundry facility at a field site. Details are unclear due to damaged text, but the note indicates plans for passenger conveniences and service amenities along the rail line.
District judges meeting in Austin end two day session with recommendations to abolish murder and manslaughter degrees replacing with felonious homicide, require proof of illegal possession for stolen goods, and curb liquor sales by social clubs. Proposals include allowing felony prosecutions on information, deposition rules, civil jury sizes, and stricter trial procedures. Memorials will be prepared for the Thirty third legislature.
Washington December 14 The house money trust investigating committee was not in session today Hearings will be resumed Monday.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs for children with fever, stomach issues, or lethargy. It claims the fig senna preparation cleanses stomach liver and bowels without nausea or griping, promising a well and happy child after use.
In Birmingham today directors of the Southern Baseball association opened their annual session. The key issue is imposing an individual salary cap with smaller cities pushing for 250 dollars and larger cities demanding 400 dollars, a figure believed to be the minimum likely to be adopted.
The body of J B Whitefield age 60 was found in a barn on his Terrell home with a bullet wound to the head. His wife discovered him after he said he would go to Elmo for his rock quarry. Financial troubles are suspected as the cause.
Beaumont Texas December 14 Deputy W U Baughn who served under Dupont B Lyon and was marshal for the district has been reappointed as deputy by Phil Baer the new marshal It is understood Baer has reappointed all deputies who served under Lyon at the time of his removal
Fort Worth dispatch reports state prison board members arriving to purchase mules for plantations and to gather material for the annual report to Governor Celqutt and the legislature.
Paris Dec 14 Leon Bourgeois former premier and labor minister in the current cabinet has told friends his health prevents any bid for the presidency in the upcoming election.
Lockhart Texas December 14 county commissioners decided to support Caldwell county girls canning clubs by paying half the expense for a state agricultural department organizer to lecture to the clubs.
Washington December 14 report from the public health service says pellagra has claimed at least 30 000 victims in six years with a fatality rate above 40 percent.
After fourteen days of rain, Lockhart Texas reports renewed threats of rain. December rainfall here exceeds totals from the previous ten years, underscoring one of the rainiest spells on record.
The civil service examination for postmaster at the San Jose post office was held this morning at the San Antonio federal building. Mrs. Helen A. Milhan was the only eligible applicant, out of a dozen or more, as the law requires residency in the city. Her appointment will follow if she passes, with results due in the next few days. The San Jose office is fourth class and the exam was conducted under a recently enacted congressional law.
The attorney general's department approves a 279000 bond issue for Brazo ria county drainage district No 6 bearing 5 percent interest payable in 24 annual serials. The bonds were presented by W T Williams of Angleton and registered in the comptroller's department.
Lockhart Texas December 14 A surplus earned at the ninth annual live stock show will be donated to local Women’s clubs for a public park project seeking community support and funding.
A promotional notice touts a guaranteed cure for eczema and invites readers to write for a free trial. Dr J E B Cannaday is named with a Sedalia Missouri address and a Seladia nagena Bank reference appears garbled. The ad urges sending the notice to sufferers to prove the claim.
An old advertisement promotes Blackburn's Casea Royal Pills as a fast permanent cure for constipation biliousness and digestive troubles. The pills claim to aid stomach liver and bowel problems and are sold by druggists for 10 cents and 25 cents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.