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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1911
Page
8
The Light announces final preparations for its Southwest Texas voting contest closing at midnight Wednesday. Subscriptions and votes must reach the Contest Department by then and will be counted only if in the sealed ballot box or mailed in before the deadline under judge supervision.
In a regional campaign note readers are urged to push subscriptions in three months to three years range. For every $24 subscription, supporters receive 100000 extra votes on top of the standard tally. The message emphasizes grand and district prizes and urges fulfillment of promises in closing days.
A mass meeting of Wilson county farmers at Floresville opera house approved a county cotton growers association with an executive committee. State Senator W. O. Murray urged taking advantage of opportunities. Solicitors will recruit members and push reduced cotton acreage next year. A follow up meeting is planned for Stockdale next Saturday.
The Fra ternal Brotherhood of Taylor elected officers for the new term. Officers include Mrs. W. S. Goff past president, Mrs. J. P. Ballerstedt president, C. H. Ames vice president, Frank Harmon chaplain, Miss Bess Dolan secretary, Mrs. N. E. Riviere treasurer, Louis Rohde master at arms, Miss Amelia Ziegelbauer mistress at arms, Dr. Edmond Doak physician, Miss Emma Dolan inner door keeper, J. P. Ballerstedt outer door keeper, Md Stabenow and Louis Rohde trustees, Frank Harmon and Wilkie auditing committee.
In Corpus Christi Texas Lee Blanchette of Beaumont and Kathleen Jones plan a prominent Southwest Texas wedding this Saturday at the home of W W Jones on South Broadway. Blanchette is a noted Beaumont businessman and Miss Jones is the daughter of Captain W W Jones a leading ranchman.
Will Ram mel suffered a severe accident while operating a circular wood saw in Taylor Texas. His hand slipped and was drawn into the blade splitting flesh and bone halfway across the hand.
An old remedy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as eradicating humors and curing both inward and outward effects. The ad claims it acts as a great alterative and tonic with universal merit.
Cypress Camp No. 58 W W elected officers including W A Fawcett as captain of the guard and L A Leinweber as advisory lieutenant. Modern Woodmen of America Kerrville local camp chose L A Mosty as consul and W W Noll as clerk among others in a December meeting.
Henry Noll banker and J C Baxter are joined by doctors P J Domin guez and W G Williams and watchman Albert Peschel in a formal advisory. Louis Herman sentry Henry Stoudt R A Holland and Alvin Dillie named as trustees.
J J Sullivan named county chairman by Governor Colquitt has called a mass meeting in Flatoner Texas on December 22 to discuss plans for reducing cotton acreage and boosting prices.
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