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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1913

Page

23

Ban on Free Speech Sparks Duma Prosecutions

The council of the empire sanctioned the Prosecution of socialist deputy Koznetzof for slander over a Duma speech. A preliminary inquiry was ordered for 348 signers of an interpellation arguing that speeches deemed libelous would ruin parliamentary immunity. The senate upheld a lower court verdict convicting a Polish Warsaw editor for printing a stenographic Duma report.

ST. Petersburg Duma Council of the Empire Koznetzof Lation Russia Senate Warsaw

Gimbel Delicatessen Sells Goose and Oysters on Crockett Street

The Gimbel Delicatessen offers a roasted Milwaukee goose today with fresh shell oysters at 25 cents a dozen. Ladies and gentlemen served. Located on Crockett street opposite the Grand Opera House. Miss Talbot coaches pupils, on trial, via Crockett 3449.

Gimbel Delicatessen Milwaukee Crockett Street Grand Opera House Miss Talbot Phone Crockett

Thirty Patients Escape Death in Fire at Big River Hospital

Thirty patients were carried from a burning hospital in Big River Saskatchewan last night as walls collapsed. Several suffered exposure as the thermometer registered 15 below zero. The escape occurred just before the building failed.

Big River Sask Zere

Foochow Governor Captures Would-be Assassin

After a bomb killed twenty bystanders the civil governor of Foochow pursued and with citizen help arrested the would-be assailant in Foochow China.

Foochow China

Dr J Honey Moore Advertises Eye Ear Nose Throat Help

A notice from Dr J Honey Moore invites readers to call his San Antonio office at 204 Gunter Building to learn how to be cured. The advertisement promises clear advantages to calling immediately and says the doctor will explain why by phone.

J. Honey Moore Gunter Office Building San Antonio

Locals Attend Socials and Visits Across City

Lieut and Mrs Brice T Disque and two children arrive from Cincinnati to visit Lt and Mrs John H Reed Jr at the New Post. Mrs H P Drought leaves for Austin. Laurel Heights Circle hosts a 3 to 6 pm reception at Mrs A J Moore’s. Miss Tillie Weiss heads to New York for several weeks. Mrs B F Nicholson travels to Roswell NM to aid ill mother. A birthday bridge party honors Mr Halff. YWCA hosts a Valentine event Friday Feb 14. Mrs John T Wilson and Miss Ethel Wilson entertain for Mrs Al Yancy Hayes of Mexia with a lavish reception. Floral decor features yellow, red, violet tones and a violet dining room. Guests include Miss Norma Bonner of Tyler and Miss Claire Lucas. The Storto family guests at the Gunter Hotel. Children of Mary of St Joseph’s Parish host a card party. Mrs Floyd Mize of Warwick Boulevard hosts dinner for her guest Mrs Webb of Wyoming on Feb 5. Mrs M Adelman and Mrs E G Wolf host card games for Miss Lena Adelman of Waco. Mrs W C Silliman’s West Craig Place home hosts Surprise Club auction bridge with refreshments.

John T. Wilson Ethel Wilson al Yancy Hayes Mexia Lorena Wilson Mrs. Wilson Miss Wilson John H. Moore Florence Avery A. S. Dascomb E. F. Boyle George Harris

Surprise Party Honors Ned A Zoeller With Bunco Prizes

A Monday evening surprise party celebrated Ned A Zoeller with Bunco as the main game. Prizes went to Miss Honorine Reich George Deussen and Miss Frances Wilson. Attendees included Camille and Edna Cohen Ella Frick Elsie Friederich Elsie Fries Anna Heinich Clara Koerps Edna Koerps Vera Kypfer Margaret Lacey Lillie Muegge Eleanor Mullins Edith Raybould Honorine Reich Pauline Schulz Agnes Way Frances Wilson Pauline Zizelmann Barbara Zoeller Joe Baetz George Deussen Alvin Frick Charles Frick W L Geyer Frank Gittinger Arthur Heye Frank Judmeier G W Kurtz Harry Raybould G H Swan Louis Tengg Kurt Wahrmund Clarence Wegel Ned A Zoeller and others.

Ned A. Zoeller Bunco Honorine Reich George Deussen Frances Wilson Camille Edna Cohen Ella Frick Elsie Friederich Elsie Fries Anna Heinich Clara Edna Koerps Vera Kypfer Margaret Lacey Lillie Muegge Eleanor Mullins Edith Raybould Mhonorine Reich Pauline Schulz

Card Party Hosted by All Merry Club at Miss Jourdan’s

The All Merry Club held a Sunday card party at Miss Emma Jourdan’s Cincinnati Avenue home. Many members attended and enjoyed refreshments served during the gathering.

All Merry Club Emma Jourdan Cincinnati Avenue

Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Attract Health Seekers

Hundreds visit Harlandale for the curative waters as afflicted individuals praise the bath's benefits. Take the South Flores streetcar to reach the site and hear testimonials from patrons. Miss Emma Witmer buys spring millinery for the Witmer Crane Millinery Co at 107 Avenue C Hicks Building.

Harlandale South Flores Street Emma Witmer Spring Witmer-Crane Millinery Company Avenue C Hicks Building

Eye care notice for Dr J Harvey Moore address

If you have weak or inflamed eyes headache dizziness and nausea consult Dr J Harvey Moore located at 204 Gunter Building for evaluation and treatment.

J. Harvey Moore Gunter Building

Adelaide Thurston in The Love Affair at Grand Opera House

Adelaide Thurston stars in Frederick Paulding's The Love Affair at the Grand Opera House tonight. Under Francis X. Hope's management the comedy promises merriment and bright lines with a strong company as Thurston tours the south and middle west before bringing The Love Armen to a New York stage.

Adelaide Thurston Frederick Paulding Grand Opera House Francis X. Hope Lady Babbie Polly/ Primrose Miss Ananians

Officer 666 Opens at Grand Opera House This February

The three day run starts with a matinee on Saturday February 8 and features a gallery of Meissonier Reubens Rembrandt Gainsborough Reynolds Liley and others. Travers Gladwin funds the show with about ten thousand dollars spent on replicas and the art display. Cohan and Harris report record interest in the production and tickets went on sale today.

Grand Opera House Cohan Harris Travers Gladwin Messrs Meissonier Reubens Rembrandt Gainsborough Reynolds Liley Carol

The Prince of Pilsen at Grand Opera House

Pixley and Luders musical comedy The Prince of Pilsen plays at the Grand Opera House Thursday night and Friday afternoon and night. It has survived many seasons and remains popular with its fresh story and dainty songs. Henry W. Savage keeps the company up to standard.

Jess” Dandy Hans Wagner Grand Opera House Henry W. Savage

Women End Catarrh With Hyomei In Easy Home Use

Advert says refined women reject catarrh and endorse Hyomei as a cure. It promotes a pocket inhaler kit for $1 with extra bottles for 60 cents, claims simple directions and no stomach dosing, and offers prepaid mail orders from Booth's Hyomei Co. in Buffalo. Booklet on catarrh provided free.

Booth Hyomei Co Buffalo

Local Theatre Cast Promises Strong Vocal Performance

The company delivers one of its best vocal shows yet with Jess Dandy returning as Hans Wagner using splintered speech. Lottie Kendall plays the widow, Norma Brown the Sidonie, and Fred Lyon appears as the lieutenant in a notable stage production.

Jess” Dandy Hans Wagner Lottie Kendall Norma Brown Fred Lyon Leutenant

Klass and Bernie Play The Plaza Theater This Week

Klass and Bernie, musicians, headline at the Plaza Theater with expert violin and organ accordion work. They invite audience requests spanning classical to ragtime and popular tunes, while six other acts on the bill also receive strong praise. Mrs. Sarah F. Bond to lecture on white slave traffic at Wigwam Theater No 1 tomorrow. Temple Telegram lauds her direct, forceful method and prior role as Oklahoma City police matron.

Klass Bernie Plaza Theater United States Spencer Wigwam No Sarah F. Bond Temple Telegram Oklahoma City

Railroad Men May Strike

Vote counting by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers on 54 Eastern railroads will be finished by Saturday night with results announced Sunday T. C. Shea said. Reports from other sources indicate about 80 percent favor a strike unless railway concessions are granted.

New York Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Eastern T. C. Shea W. S. Carter Brotherhood

American Tobacco declares 15 percent extra dividend

New York February 5 More than 6 million dollars will be distributed to common stockholders of the American Tobacco Company as an extra 15 percent dividend declared today. The move, linked to the Supreme Court dissolution of the old company, follows proceeds from treasury securities sales and brings total extra dividends to 14. The firm also approved a 5 percent quarterly dividend, lifting the annual rate to 20 percent.

New York American Tobacco Company Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Dend Supreme Court Treasury Old American Tobacco Company

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