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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1908
Page
6
District Clerk Coy records January receipts of 174 dollars in stenographers fees and 20 dollars in duty fees, totaling 194 dollars for the month. Also notes job opportunities for telephone girls at Mayo Island with Uncle Sam.
The hearing of the robbery charges against Frank Melbsut Julius Schwartz Tom Denny Will Clark and WH Strittmatter was set for Monday February 17 though Maibaum was absent. The case concerns thefts of two iron safes one from Alamo Saloon and one from Plumimer’s Grocery. No trace of Pranit Mewapm who forfeited bond was found.
Navy yards examination for telephone operators set for March 4 at the federal building. Salaries span 1500 to 224 per day across jobs including junior engineer in reclamation service and statistician in the geological survey. Other posts include draftsman in the ordnance bureau and supervising road construction official. Highland Gun Club masque ball noted. Pell tax receipts figures delayed at county collectors office with full statement expected later in the week. Two marriage licenses issued to Andras Zapata with Sarah Martinez and Jesse J Hare.
The Fifty- eighth district court selects a jury for the current week naming jurors such as Refer Dunham Nelson Zimmermann Canon Kiolbassa Carnal O'Brien Liebenstein Nentwig Gurkich Craven Elddee Anderson Salispury Words Polschincky Durham Moy Weber Gugert and Young Men's Dink Ball. Secretary Orynski of the International club is recovered enough to return to work and plans a mid month trip to Lower California to manage mining properties. Mose Harris, internal revenue official, reports the death of his daughter Essie Pollard in Olupine Oklahoma on January 21 leaving six grandchildren and a funeral in Muslee.
August Limburger, Propriety Metropolitan Bar, corners Main Ave and Malin Mall, Edgewood and Mount Vernon brands cut to $1.25 per quart for Old Crow and others, $1.00 per quart for full quarts like Parker Rye and Jackson Club, 78c for Daily’s Malt Whiskey. All sweet wines eight summers old at $1.52 per gallon. Rhine wines and French clarets 0c per quart. Mall orders promised promptly. Nearby retailers urged to trade.
Miss Constance Clark’s friends plan a round of entertainments in San Antonio and at Fort Sam Houston. Dinners, dances, and a luncheon are arranged, with Miss Bertha Rowalle hosting post girls and officers. Community clubs discuss juvenile training school progress as individuals recover from illness and visitors arrive.
The Self Culture Club met at Miss Clesvie Jarrell’s home with Miss Hessie Long presiding. After a Bible session led by Mrs. R. G. Callahan, Mrs. W. E. Anderson gave a sketch on Washington Irving. Members read papers on Knowsy books The Life and the Sketch Book by Mrs. W. J. Dooley and Miss Jarrell. Miss Jarrell and Miss Paulina Dietrich were elected delegate and alternate to a fifth district convention in Georgetown in April.
Extensively, a list of local hotel guests and visitors includes Lockhart Parsons Walker Pallan Hinder Moores Revil, and international names from Mexico City to Laredo. A separate dispatch from Washington reports Manila insular delegates instructing for Taft at the Chicago convention.
A collection of reader questions and responses on beauty culture health and household management. Advice from Mme D Anjou and various contributors covers eating habits, exercise, managing a husband, nursing children, nail care and skin care recipes. Includes promotion for Foley's Kidney Cure and local shop offers.
The Russian czar rejects Finland's 60,000 mark war fund, taking military finances under state control. He orders the grand duchy funds turned to the state bank, signaling political strain with Governor General Gerhard amid tense Finland-Russia relations and a strengthened Russian force in Finland.
Bob Evans, described as a large African American man, was charged in the county court with aggravated assault after allegedly striking Kissie Mead, a Black woman, and cutting her eye. Capt. McCabe notified Gonzales County authorities, who had Evans previously escaped from the county convict farm.
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