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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
7
A leap year ball hosted by the Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Company employees drew over 400 attendees at Harmony Hall last night. A twelve item program featured extras in two sections with the grand march led by Mr and Mrs Saul Wolfson.
J W Brady assistant attorney general will speak at the St Patrick s day celebration on March 17 in San Antonio. He has been invited before but could not attend because of duties at Austin. The program committee is led by R J Boyle.
Eye ear nose and throat specialist Dr N E Forest relocates from the Frost building to 411 Main Avenue in the city. The move consolidates his ophthalmology and ENT services under one roof, aiming to improve patient access and continuity of care.
Brownsville prosperous Claude Pollard general attorney for the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railroad visited San Antonio yesterday and reported fine crop conditions in the Brownsville area. He departed last night for a coast bound trip. The Carnegie hall lecture by Richard Wyche of New York on The Place of Story Telling in Education has been moved from Thursday to Friday February 9. Laurel Grove Dance rescheduled from January 31 to February 8 at Sad Hall. Diaz Sisters’ music.
A Ottinger general agent for the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company called at all the railway offices yesterday during a nationwide business trip. After completing his visits he will return to San Francisco headquarters.
New Orleans cotton broker Del Vincent is gravely ill at the St Anthony hotel with his condition described as serious. His son Hugh, a Harvard student, has been summoned and will likely arrive tonight. Del Vincent has spent several winters in San Antonio.
Dixie Social Club hosts a social dance at the M W A hall this Saturday with music and dancing opportunities for attendees. Artzt mentioned as organizer or participant.
Major Arthur W. Yates, depot quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, has completed reorganizing the depot and will depart tonight for duty in Portland, Oregon. Quartermaster supplies valued at not specified.
About 500000 dollars have been distributed to other points by Major Yates in the last ten days. Major Yates came to San Antonio when the division was mobilized last March. Negro Soldier Buried Levi Taylor, 70, a retired negro soldier, was buried this afternoon in the national cemetery. He was found Monday afternoon nearly frozen to death and lived two hours afterward. He had lived here many years and was well known about the city.
Candelario Garcia, charged with the January 23 killing of Augustin Casanova near Elmendorf, surrendered to Sheriff Tobin yesterday evening and was remanded to jail after waiving the preliminary hearing. A habeas corpus hearing to fix bond is expected.
Oil in a stagnant pool along the San Antonio river near the first mission caught fire at 4 30 yesterday afternoon. Fire Marshal Jack Lyons responded as Company 13 from Lamm's grocery store sounded the alarm. The flames were put out with no damage to surrounding property.
Inspector Rodney A. Griffin of the federal pure food service departed for Houston, his current headquarters, after several days of tests and specimen collection. He will pursue federal prosecutions if violations of the national pure food law are found through analysis.
The Garment Workers' Union hosted a reception and ball at the Trades Council hall to raise funds for sending a delegate to the State Federation convention in Palestine next May. Attendance was large. A Valentine Ball by the T N Ladies' Auxiliary is set for Tuesday night February 13 1912 at Eagle hall with admission 50 cents.
Francisco Dominguez aged 62, longtime San Antonio resident, was found dead in an outhouse behind 108 San Santa Rosa Avenue. Justice Ameld held an inquest and ruled death due to heart failure. Riley Helfer faces charges of stealing six chickens valued at $3 from Ed Duff of 205 Cevallos Street.
J. McReynolds, a special officer at the Sunset depot, was fined ten dollars by Justice Umscheid for assault on Juan R. Vasquez and has appealed the judgment to the county court.
Drs Garring and Hatcher osteopaths operate from 206 Gunter building with old phone 5828. Bexar County Humane Society office is in Mackay building room 211. Humane officer 3B Collins reachable at day 2409 and night 6877.
A Dutft charged by indictment with bribery faces a habeas corpus hearing this afternoon in front of Judge Edward Dwyer in the Thirty seventh district court. The grand jury adjourned yesterday and will reconvene Monday morning with no report. Sheriff Wright of Floresville was in town seeking a county fugitive and returned this afternoon.
All trees on Main plaza are receiving pruning with shears and spray in preparation for spring. Excess branches are being removed to improve appearance and health of the trees.
Three ten dollar treasury notes of the Chung Haw republic issued with capital at Nanking China arrived in Seattle. The English inscription promises ten dollars gold upon presentation at the state treasury or its agents. Signed by Sun Wen as president and See Glenone Hop as treasurer, the notes feature a blazing sun and a Chinese back with the republican flag.
An old Wayne Indiana advertisement touts Pinex for coughs including whooping cough and asthma. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours and notes a sugar syrup preparation with water and Pinex. The copy promises a money back guarantee and urges readers to contact local druggists or The Wayne Indiana publisher.
An old time hair remedy promises to restore natural color with a single application. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy also claims to remove dandruff and promote hair growth while offering a money back guarantee through W. C. Kalteyer.
Ground breaking for the Franklin road will start early Saturday near Mitchell Lake about two and a half miles north of the Medina river. Forty five teams will begin, rising to 150 within two weeks as construction pushes north and south from the Medina river under J. E. Franklin and A. R. Ponder who returned to San Antonio after arranging equipment transfers.
George W. Loft of Tammany Hall arrives in San Antonio en route to California predicting the next U S president will be a Democrat. He cites Charles F. Murphy stabilizing New York and says Roosevelt and Taft lack strength there while national Democrats, united, will back the Baltimore convention nominee.
Marla H D Flores died at 5:30 AM at her home 516 South Leona Street at age 92. Native of Mexico she moved to San Antonio at 19 and lived 50 years in the same house. Survived by children, funeral set for tomorrow at Shelley Loring Undertaking Co with burial in San Fernando Cemetery.
The St. Petersburg Duma adopted an urgent interpellation to the interior minister seeking why editors faced illegal pressure to suppress Rasputin coverage. It also questions confiscation of editions of Novoe Vremya and Golos mesky and prosecutions of their editors.
Joyriders stole a gray four passenger auto belonging to V Hugo at 319 Richmond Avenue at 11 p.m. Tuesday and returned it six hours later to the same spot without the owner's knowledge. Police watched through the night but did not catch the culprits after the car was taken from Main Avenue where the owner had left it briefly. The theft was reported to police headquarters immediately.
Frank Lewis a city hall janitor was robbed of $35 on Fifth street shortly after 8 pm as he walked home from a street car. He had just received part of his January salary yesterday afternoon. A Black male suspect fled, Lewis’s attempt to pursue failed due to weight, police notified.
Charlie Woods, a soldier, was fined ten dollars after strolling onto City Hall Park grass yesterday afternoon. He spoke to prisoners confined in the building basement, an act officers testified to during the misdemeanor case.
Addie Rose and Annie Watson, white women, were fined $10 each in the corporation court after being charged with assault on Annie Watson yesterday afternoon. The complaint was filed by Mrs. Julia Campbell the police matron. The incident stemmed from a dispute while prisoners in the city jail.
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