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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1913
Page
12
Large yellow bananas, once selling at two for 5 cents, may be bought in San Antonio for about 8 1 3 cents per dozen. Fruit houses flood inventories as ripening fruit must be disposed of at low prices. Galveston cargoes arrive, weather slows shipments, and warm days push rapid ripening driving demoralized Texas prices.
In market ads, Union Meat Company offers top quality hams bacon lard and compound. Call two ninety two for a price and shop confidently with the Made at Home article as a reassurance rather than a restriction.
Fort Sam Houston Texas February 14 1913 sealed proposals for construction plumbing electrical wiring and fixtures of a Telephone Exchange Building due March 19 1913 at 11 a m. Bidders must name manufacturers and plans may be viewed in the office. Proposals to R H Rolfe Constructing Q M.
A collage of items includes a San Antonio school board meeting at 8 pm, Humane Society details, new business ads, medical and dental listings, a grand ball at Turner hall on February 22 with Eugene Artzt, and a Moose Hall psychology lecture by Fra Lucius. Also includes dances, plumbing ads, and an evangelistic mission tonight by Rev. T C Long at South Side Baptist church.
Promoter touts Harbor City Terminal Corporation chartered December 21 and a rapid sale of stock and lots. He claims two for one hundred dollars with stock will rise to five thousand dollars in five years, citing past Aransas Pass profits and urging readers to request details via a post card to 333 Alamo Plaza.
Mission at Santa Rosa Avenue and Dolorosa Street tonight at eight features the South Side Baptist Church choir. Past gatherings at the mission have drawn large crowds and led to several conversions.
James K E Hussey former NYPD captain is found not guilty of fighting in connection with the Walsh confession episode. Walsh admitted graft from illegal resorts in his precinct over three years while Martinez testified Ortiz knocked him down before one punch. Fire alarm gong at police HQ replaced by modern device. Manning of Texas University to lecture on Spanish life at Travis Park Methodist Church. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised as interior remedy for rheumatism and blood acidity. Riverside Restaurant advertises a big chicken dinner tonight and tomorrow.
More than 40 residents joined the new Sixth Ward Improvement Club at Government Hill Methodist Church. A. B. Weakley chaired briefly, A. H. Muir kept minutes, and a by law committee was named. A February 25 meeting will finalize the permanent group and start a sidewalk cement campaign.
J P Wayland was acquitted in a theft case in the criminal district court. City officials announce strict enforcement of the furniture van drivers reporting moving of household goods. Local Merchants Association delegation says the requirement is not being complied with. The San Antonio Humane Society cites George T. Botsford and Fred Davison at 324 Hicks Blay, and Dr F E Young moves to 6056 Moore Building. Musicians plan third annual ball at Beethoven hall on February 20 with 50 in the orchestra. A blaze in a new dwelling on Olive street caused minor damage with unclear origin. Dr W R Norwood found guilty of practicing medicine unlawfully, faces appeal. Lone Star Brewery worker Frank Diaz shot. assailant at large. Ortiz and Martinez each fined five dollars for a street altercation.
City officials consider building a dam across the San Antonio river at the mill bridge to beautify the stream. City Engineer Pancoast prepares cost estimates for the project for the next council meeting as Atlee B. Ayres lobbies for the dam. City Planner Myron W. West is due to arrive to study the area and gather data for plan preparation.
An advertisement claims Vinci cod liver and iron tonic builds strength for rundown conditions caused by malassimilation or illness. It cites a West Baden case of a young woman who recovered after using the product and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to help.
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