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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
4
Federal food inspectors conducted a silent probe in San Antonio, condemning over 30 000 oysters and seizing several thousand pounds of fish and shrimp. The action followed findings that Louisiana shippers violated seal shipped methods by shipping oysters in bulk with ice contact.
Boy upbeat wagon wreck leaves him unconscious yesterday afternoon. He is son of Mr and Mrs Harles Ward of 717 Porter street. Conductor T C Noble and Motorman A Braden on an S P car took him to a drug store on East Commerce street. He regained consciousness this morning and shows improvement. Footlights omitted from new German theater lighting device noted.
Donations flood the Christmas Cheer headquarters as Mrs. A W Houston oversees endorsing checks. About 1364.50 has been raised for 20 000 people, with gifts to Salvation Army Rescue Home orphan asylum and poor house. Baskets distributed starting tomorrow with autos to arrive by 11 Saturday.
New York designer and Elizabeth Cady Stanton granddaughter Mrs Lee De Forrest quits leading the drafting department of a major firm to focus on suffrage work. She says the 8 to 12 hour days in engineering left little time for activism and she will resume drawing in 1915.
Lawton gives $5 and 50 cents is noted along with a $1 gifts to a friend from J B Henyon and another $1. Committees at work at the Christmas Cheer headquarters today include the Alamo Heights committee at large and the Needlework Guild group finishing baskets for tomorrow’s distribution.
K A Love promoter of the Fredericksburg railroad mailed the charter to Austin for filing. The charter sets 30000 dollars capitalization. Four town sites likely along the line between Fredericksburg and the Sap. Cain City may be the largest town named for C M Cain. Another town may honor R T Pruitt. Love plans to travel to Kansas City next Sunday for holidays.
The public utilities committee will tour the Frio road with Mason Williams to review a proposed franchise by the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad. The plan would acquire a right of way and deed adjacent land in exchange, pending condemnation cases, to avoid two grade crossings, contingent on grading the new road.
Evangelist Minges urged sincerity and the cleansing of conscience during a large evening sermon on the sin within. He warned against dancing and card-playing and urged confession as many convert during the service, with a strong afternoon session led by Mrs. Minges for young girls and women. Minges heads into a youth-focused sermon on Home tonight. Separately, D E Colp and George D Marshall visited Kerrville for talks with locals on Kerr County road improvements.
W D Williams of the Texas railroad commission and J S Peters of the Sap railroad met in San Antonio to speed local freight handling on the Yoakum division. They discussed Houston cotton facility losses, sidetracks, and enlarged traffic. Peters has ordered ten new locomotives and 100 freight cars, to be delivered in a few months.
Bern Pa reader explains years of nervous distress and stomach trouble. After bread and beef tea she improved only when taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Claims restored health and strengthened nerves through purified blood. Pills and liquid form promoted.
Commissioner Williams returned to Austin on an afternoon train. The sap is to handle the traffic originating on its lines, additional equipment will be necessary.
Policeman John Henderson was seriously ill yesterday after eating oysters. He grew unconscious for nearly three hours and was removed to his home at 119 Theo Avenue. His condition today was reported much improved by Dr. J. R. Cunningham.
Three hundred dollars worth of silk goods stolen from a box car of the Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio railway at Withers station near San Antonio were recovered by Detectives Massey Miller and Starvey. A 40 year old suspect was jailed and faces burglary and theft charges likely this afternoon in the justice courts.
San Antonio society women frequent the Harlandale hot sulphur baths for rest amid social duties. A beauty parlor is connected, accessible via the South Flores street car. The item appears as a society note from the era, reflecting leisure and wellness trends in the city.
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