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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
1
A nor'easter along the New Jersey coast left wreckage along Seabright beaches. Heavy surf washed away houses and undermined streets. two hotels were undermined. Fishermen faced homelessness as huts near the beach were erased. Tracks were blocked by sand. no deaths reported.
Yonkers businessmen used the Christmas holiday to mow lawns as springlike weather boosts growth. Golfers on Yonkers courses kept moving to stay warm on greens mowed days earlier. Farmers near New York save on winter fodder as long grass feeds livestock outdoors.
In Dallas on December 26 the late summer roses arriving for Christmas were killed by a sharp freeze from the southwest. The region saw temperatures fall to 26 degrees with frost reaching the coast, Galveston reporting 38. Abilene logged the coldest point at 16 above zero.
A night snowstorm paralyzed Rochester street car service and slowed railroad arrivals. Thousands of workers walked to work as country roads remained drifted and impassable.
Temperatures around 30 produced ice and a heavy killing frost this morning in Houston. By midday the weather was clear with a warming trend underway.
Chicago December 26 Mrs Mary Boyd one of the citys ten police women arrested a large man fighting with a streetcar conductor over a transfer She separated the combatants showed her star and had the passenger placed under arrest He resisted and she pulled him from the car held him at a post and summoned a patrol wagon At the station house she charged him with disorderly conduct
A. H. Moegelen brought a large sunflower blooming in December from Adolph Imhas’s ranch near Atascosa 20 miles from San Antonio. He reported many summer bloomers and abundant vegetables on the Jonas ranch, a varied paradise of flowers thriving now, attributing the phenomenon to recent rains.
In New York on December 26, 130 winter bathers, men and women, celebrated Christmas at Coney Island. Water measured 36 degrees while most participants stayed in the surf about fifteen minutes.
Syracuse and nearby areas are buried under heavy snow disrupting telegraph wires and trolley service as the first real blizzard of the season hits the region on December 26.
For San Antonio and vicinity Friday night increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions. Saturday unsettled with changing skies and possible showers.
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures ranging from 6 to 40 degrees across cities. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington show cloudy or rainy conditions with northwest northeast or southeast winds and snow or snow possible, marking the lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours.
Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau says San Antonio will keep, just this kind of weather but warmer for Friday night and Saturday. The first freeze and heavy frost were recorded Friday morning as a cold wave lowers nighttime temperatures. A moderate low central over the Rockies may bring less pleasant weather, while the East faces rain and snow.
Washington reports the agriculture department completed tests on cow rations and milk flavor. Six cows produced fifty opinions with the bran corn milks favored by 25 tasters and 16 preferring oats, while nine showed no preference.
Rt. Rev. Lee Kinsolving bishop of Brazil visiting his sons in Washington denounces rising divorces and remarriages as the greatest scandal of our age. He warns the moral progress of humanity faces a cloud over America.
William and Samuel Muncy, 95 years old, said to be the oldest twins in the United States, celebrated their birthday with about fifty relatives in Babylon New York. They have lived there all their lives, are farmers, and both are widowers.
The San Antonio Light features the AP Leased Wire Day report as its core daily general news service. It notes the AP is the world’s largest reliable source and that the paper adds its own extensive local coverage through a separate special news service.
San Antonio pays expert C D Pollock studies concrete and asphalt macadam as inexpensive paving options for residential streets not on heavy traffic. Mayor Brown seeks council input to extend the $1.5 million bond paving fund, aiming for durable material and broader relief while preserving main artery paving.
The court martial for Maj. Charles B. Hagadorn, military attache at the American embassy in St. Petersburg, has filed its findings and a verdict is anticipated. If against him, a mild reprimand is predicted. Hagadorn, noted for a strong army record, had left his post after permission to stay was canceled and was among Wilson's first appointments.
The State Department lists Phya Prabhakaravonga as Siam's new minister in Washington, succeeding Prince Prabandh who moved to Berlin. The note highlights the diplomat's unusually long name among the diplomatic corps.
Mrs Gertrude Lee daughter of Colonel Philip F Harvey and her husband Richard B Lee Jr were struck by two cars while crossing a rain slick street after Christmas dinner. Mrs Lee died at hospital and Mr Lee was seriously injured. Taxi driver arrested. limousine driver fled. Colonel Harvey witnessed the family leaving dinner and learned of the crash later. Lee was transportation superintendent for the American Sugar Refining Company.
Henry W. Rheiner 21, credit man, shot Arthur Smart 20 in Enterprise Hardware on East Commerce Street during a rehearsal of a prior killing. The inquest found the death accidental. Rheiner was released on $500 bond after facing murder charges.
Charles A. Shurr aged 56 a longtime Austin contractor and builder died at Seton Infirmary after an extended illness. A native of Austin he built many business houses and was among the oldest members of the Austin hook and ladder fire company. He leaves his widow a son Lewis and three daughters Mrs Emil Emmert Houston Miss Helen Shurr and Miss Mary Shurr. The funeral was this morning.
The message promotes a fifteen word Light Want Ad for ten days at seventy five cents. Ads can begin on Saturday or Sunday and run through two Sunday issues, helping you place wants in many places.
The Paid Home Circulation of The Light in Southwest Texas is stated as the greatest of any newspaper in the region. It also claims The Light in San Antonio has double the paid circulation of any other local paper.
Calumet Michigan December 26 four investigations continue into the Christmas tree disaster that killed about 72 people, mostly children. Peace advocates push to end the copper mine strike as burial costs are debated and funds are raised.
Secretary of Labor Wilson ordered John B. Densmore to Calumet Michigan to aid in resolving the copper strike dispute. He called the Christmas Eve disaster a state matter and said it may be a statutory crime under police jurisdiction while expressing sympathy for victims.
Grace McArron of Calumet Mich arrived in Chicago and stated she knows the stairway story at Italian hall was false. She said the alarm was given indoors and not by a man at the head of the stairs, amid the deadly trampling in the hall where over 70 people died.
In a hall a small Christmas tree fire triggered a panic with cries of fire. Miss McArron reports a mad rush toward exits while the Houghton County judge investigates a copper mines strike. She heads to Lansing to meet the Michigan attorney general regarding the matter.
Annual report by I. Kimball shows 1743 sea casualties in the year ending June 30, all-time high. Only 69 vessels lost and 73 drowned. vessels and cargo saved valued at 13.86 million. Crews aided 1364 vessels worth 6.30 million and 5168 people carried. Night warnings to 1230 vessels. 288 more aided with pilots and shore transfers. Small motor boats caused 68 percent of risks. power boats rescued 2748 of 4059 endangered.
George Hill an employee of the San Antonio Machine and Supply Company narrowly escaped death in a Wednesday evening accident on East Commerce Street. He fell from a bicycle in front of a moving street car and was rescued by the automatic life saver attachment beneath the car. He sustained only minor bruises as he was lifted to safety.
Following a long standing custom Governor Colquitt and Mrs Colquitt were presented with a three karat diamond ring and a diamond dinner ring respectively by his appointees. Ex Governor Joseph D Sayers spoke during the presentation.
Martial law declared in Los Angeles Plaza district after a riot of about 1000 unemployed men left one dead and multiple injured. Police raided nearby bars and lodging houses, questioned the Mexican quarter, and found weapons at I W W rendezvous while patrolman Harry Koeninheim admits firing on the crowd after a Mexican man allegedly pointed a revolver.
A month old pair of face to face Siamese twins arrives in Paris for surgical separation. Radiographs show no shared vital organs. The twins are vigorous, clothed in wooden vests with arms confined to prevent injury from movement.
Capt. William F. Roberts who served as orderly to Generals Grant and Meade during the Civil War died last night at the National Soldiers' Home in Bayton. He was 66 and formerly did business in Pittsburg. Roberts was Meade’s orderly during the Gettysburg campaign and later served Grant when he led the Army of the Potomac.
The Sofia correspondent reports 200,000 refugees across Bulgaria facing destitution and privation. The government has limited means, with one district of 5000 fugitives seeing 30 to 40 dying weekly.
In Gulfport Mississippi in December 2000 President Wilson halted a fire at Mrs. J. H. Neville’s home. He stayed with her until firefighters arrived and the blaze was put out using White House car extinguishers. The Neville home, a Gulf Coast landmark, remained unscathed as Wilson relaxed after a round of golf.
President Wilson outlined a recreation plan for his Pass Christian visit in late December. He aims for nine hours of sleep daily, a golf game at the Mississippi Country Club with Dr. Cary T. Grayson, time to handle letters, a beachside walk, and evenings devoted to reading. He will do limited official work, with two priorities: selecting members of the oral reserve board and drafting a special address on government business relations and trusts.
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