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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
8
St Louis couple David Beverly Means and Gertrude A Dabney were married yesterday afternoon at the Savoy hotel by Rev Arthur Jones of the First Presbyterian church. They plan to reside in Gloucester La after the ceremony.
Amid a notice of services by Drs Garring and Hatcher at 266 Gunter building and old phone 5828, the piece lists events: Spanish War Veterans installation at Turner hall on Monday February 19. civil service exams in March for Indian service teaching posts and Arlington experiment farm supervisor with deadlines March 2 and March 6-7. Also mentions a Owls dance at Owls hall on Saturday February 17 and a bank directorate shuffle at Alamo National bank with William Green elected succeeding William Negley.
The snippet lists Halff J N Brown J B Martindale George C Vaughan William Green C C Gibbs Ernest Steves Joseph Cour Otto Meerscheidt and notes Green as a prominent stockman with holdings in the Panhandle. It advertises an Air Gas Burner and events at Golden Leaf Leap Year Ball Feb 16 Turner Hall Diaz Sisters Anniversary Ball Feb 15 plus dancing and mask balls. It also reports a divorce suit by B G Irish against Eva R Irish in Thirty-seventh District Court and local notices from the Bexar Humane Society, musical events, a population production discussion, and road work authorizations in Alamo Heights with a March election plan for School District 19.
Justice Joseph Umscheid investigates Otto Rapp death after coroner says injuries were self inflicted. Rapp’s brother says a good job offer mitigates need, inquiry unfinished. L B Smith of Lester Lumber Company unable to return to Torreon Mexico due to unsettled conditions and railway destruction. staying at St Anthony hotel after trip to San Antonio.
Bexar County Highway league directors meet at 11 in the Real Estate exchange auditorium Bedell building to finalize plans for attending the Port O Connor good roads convention on February 26. Agenda includes league affairs and a pending election of officers on February 20 with J W Warren presiding. Warren, just back from Mexico, will present tentative projects and the group will decide on travel by auto or train in cooperation with the San Antonio Automobile club.
Texas quarantine service acquires a boat named Alice for the Galveston port and a launch named Eleanor Cameron. Comptroller approves warrants totaling 12 500 for the boat and 1 868 for the launch as part of a 15 000 statewide appropriation.
An advertisement touts Sirolin a Swiss preparation imported to the country claiming it treats consumption boosts weight by twelve to fifteen pounds in months aids digestion and strengthens the weak stomach without harmful habit forming drugs endorsed by European specialists and distributed by druggists.
A New York resident reports sudden facial blotches and intense itching eased by Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after trying many remedies. He used the products for about three months with complete clearing and urges ongoing use for skin and scalp care. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold widely with samples available by mail. Tender-faced men advised to shave with the Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.
Governor Colquitt met with a regional press committee at the St. Anthony hotel to outline plans for a bronze statue of Stephen F. Austin. Pompeo Coppini to draft designs, graves near Austin to be moved, and a follow up meeting planned within months.
The Mexico Texano Bank and Trust Company announced in San Antonio to aid Mexican farmers and business across Latin America. Chartered in Arizona with 500,000 capital, it will have branches in Mexico City Guatemala and Panama and aims to lend to Mexicans on low interest while stock proceeds stay with stockholders if plans fail.
A long hotel arrivals page lists guests including R L Barnes Washington D C G C McCabe Austin J J Lang Chicago Dan Ochoa Laredo H H Emerson Cuero G C Danforth Kansas City F O Bustrum Cleveland R W Hartwell Chicago G W Donaldson Dallas A M Ramsey San Marcos and many others from Dallas Houston Chicago St Louis Los Angeles New Orleans Mexico City and more with accompanying names and origins. The roster features Mr and Mrs Gaylord Goodson Condolences not noted.
The charter of the Melvin Land & Irrigation company of San Antonio was filed in the state department. Capital stock is $60,000. Purpose is irrigating and stock raising. Incorporators are W. R. King, F. G. Hillie and T. F. Mangum, all of San Antonio.
The Gunter Hotel offers a club breakfast from 6 30 to 11 A M with prices starting at 30 cents.
Chamber of Commerce stock campaign for the San Antonio to Rockport and Mexican Railway is paused until the budget is ready and O R Mounsey and E Cowper Thwaite return from an inspection trip. The delegation began the route survey from San Antonio toward Crowther, with lunch at Pleasanton, and a general passenger agent will arrive next week to arrange traffic for expected immigration. The agent’s name is not yet public.
A committee led by Hugh B. Rice met Mayor Callaghan at 11 am to seek backing for opening Houston street through to Starr street. The mayor declined to state support, urging a formal petition to be submitted at the next city council meeting.
Marriage licenses listed include Natividad Rios with Manuelita Lo pez Francis Pascarelli with Annie Luc chese R. M. Monroe with Ella Hahn Martin J. Klockenkemper with Georgie Wilson Robert L. Bowen with Clara Fieman Staacke Bros promote their delivery wagons as best lines in San Antonio Theo Artzt's Orchestra is noted with both phones provided.
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