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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1912
Page
11
A prose fragment argues aeronauts can improve the race by lifting public eyes from street litter to the sky. Upward gazes spark hope in crowds, with a skyward adventurer inspiring courage and selflessness as a boy reimagines play. The piece promotes looking up to make the race and society better.
Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission argues that the traffic manager of large railroads shapes rates, growth, and daily life, effectively acting as an economic autocrat whose decisions influence fuel, land values, and consumer meals across regions. He praises regulation but warns rates must remain fair and non discriminatory to protect investments and communities.
H O Skinner secretary of the Travis club reports the St Marys street building nearing completion and expects the club to open and operate by April 1. Fixtures supplies and furniture are en route to San Antonio and will be installed soon. Five new directors—T A Coleman T L Conroy C B Diehl R J Boyle and Otto Koehler—promised to advance the club’s interests.
V E Stires will speak on Dishonest Advertising Its Remedy at the Advertisers association luncheon next Tuesday. The topic was delayed from last week and many members are expected. Doings the association paper shifts from weekly to monthly with March issue covering roster constitution and by laws.
Judge W M Key chief justice of the court of civil appeals Third district announces he will run to succeed himself His name will appear in the Democratic primary next July He has earned a strong reputation and broad support across the district with no prior opposition
Idaho exhibitors at St Paul show boast a side head of a bison insured for 2000 dollars. The description notes the cost of the animal once required a morning gallop and a shot from a large pistol, illustrating how swiftly the species has declined.
Pittsburg conducts a campaign against dishonest measures with November 1595 inspections finding 254 condemned scales from 1425 tested and 224 false weights from 1638 tested and 296 false measures from 1732 tested. Overall about one in five items found false.
J B Nitschke state inspector of masonry heads the San Antonio restoration project visiting Austin to coordinate with Governor Colquitt. Excavations planned on the Hugo Schmeltzer site aim to reveal the original convent footprint measured eighteen by one hundred fifty seven feet as restoration proceeds.
Mrs. C. M. Combs failed to recover $900 worth of jewelry after a seal skin purse containing a $500 diamond lavalliere a $300 watch and other pieces vanished at a hotel dining room. She turned the matter over to Sheriff John W. Tobin whose detectives began work but doubt the outcome due to elapsed time.
A woman reports her purse disappeared after dining and suspects a passerby slipped it under their coat. Police were notified immediately but have not located the wallet yet.
Special to The Light reports Rudolph and C A Spreckels settled a suit against John D Spreckels A B Spreckels and Union Trust by receiving 700350 dollars, equal to the par value of 609 Oceanic Steamship bonds held by the plaintiffs. The case dated from 1909 contends Oceanic actions depreciated bond value.
A German process converts nettles into a fiber that can be Lombek carded and spun like standard textile threads. Separately, three thousand passenger trains for the continent departed London stations in a single day just before the holidays.
The Burrell Oates murder case returns to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals from Ellis county for the fourth time. Oates, a Black man, received a death sentence after a district court trial on a venue change from Dallas county and has been tried seven times for the same offense. first convicted in November 1904.
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