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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1912
Page
9
Washington report notes slow progress on tariff legislation with no bills passed after two months. Democrats face accusations of delaying to shape the political campaign while Underwood and Mann offer mixed forecasts about adjournment and summer in Washington.
Mrs J Christopher Marks president of the International Art Society told guests at the fourth subscription dance at the Hotel Astor that the Turkey Trot the Grizzly Bear and the Boston Dip would not be tolerated. The piece warns that Congress faces a heated protracted session ahead of the presidential campaign with tariff issues likely to dominate and lawmakers lingering in Washington through October.
Major Buell faces competition from C B Young engineer who installed precise instruments in the Frost building including a cosmo graph and an aneroid barometer. The article notes the fine measurements and small elevation differences captured on the dial.
National Congress of Mothers plans to convene in Dallas March 20 to 26 to discuss child welfare. Professor J. J. O’Shea of Wisconsin lauds the group as a potent force in developing interest in child life, with a program covering home, school, and state welfare and education reforms.
Laura Kratz of Chicago is sculpting a miniature Davy Crockett sketch to gift San Antonio for the Alamo. She says the project may spark more Texas memorials as cities expand their sculpture programs. The article also notes a new briquetting machine from Germany to test American lignites for briquette production.
Canada’s meteorological service has launched six teen sounding balloons since February. Eight have been recovered so far. The lowest temperature logged was %4 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at about 8.7 miles altitude.
Mayor Callaghan will nominate a successor to Captain Coy and appoint a new city fire marshal after the police resignation and the death of Fire Marshal Ingle. The council will consider the January budget, merchant bills, and street improvement funds as the board of equalization reports.
W T Montgomery of Fort Worth manager of the Texas Building Company arrived in San Antonio on business connected with contemplated highway improvements in Southwest Texas. He predicts extensive road work in the next few months, noting the firm recently completed about $300000 worth of roads in Williamson County.
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