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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1912
Page
12
Special to the Light from Toledo Ohio reports Gifford Pinchot stating Roosevelt could win if nominated but is not a candidate. He backs La Follette and progressive Republicans and predicts a new or reform party will emerge, with the GOP as the likely vehicle.
Boston reports Moses Grant Edmands father of Violet Edmands Richeson’s fiancée pledges aid to Clarence Richeson's defense. Morse and Virginia attorneys prepare to question 50 plus witnesses as the trial set to start Monday approaches amid questions on Richeson’s health and mental fitness.
A spiritualist couple plans drilling on a farm southeast of Massillon after a spirit guidance claim. Mrs Daisy Burd finances the project with a $1200 contract to Ohio Drilling Co to seek oil or gas, targeting 700 feet depth.
Unusual activity marked the last hours of the past week at the Federal District court with pleadings and praecipes filed for subpoenas and commissions to take interrogatories at the January term which convenes Tuesday. Judge T S Maxey sits on the appeals bench in New Orleans and Judge E Foster will preside. The docket lists twenty seven cases with fourteen set for opening day and twenty nine petitions for naturalization hearings along with records showing 243 aliens declared intent and thirty seven petitions for final papers in 1911.
Druggists offer a money back guarantee if the remedy fails to cure a cold. Each box bears E. W. Grove’s signature. Priced at 25 cents.
James J. Hill said there is no menace to the country’s prosperity, only hesitation. He noted business is steady in the northwest and south, though quiet, and added he cannot speak on 1912 as it is not yet here.
A San Antonio committee of cement and concrete contractors plans to urge the mayor and aldermen to require a $1000 bond from contractors, adopt standard sidewalk and curb specs, and appoint concrete inspectors. The group, led by C. E. Miller, George J. Reeder, and W. I. Fegan, met with about a dozen contractors to push regulation to shield owners from inferior work and curb unscrupulous bidders.
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company reports a record year with the Dallas to Austin toll line and San Antonio link completed. The new building was erected over an underground river. The year saw 400,000,000 local calls handled and 3838 hours saved for about one and a half million users.
San Antonio considers forming a municipal art league as interest rises among attendees of free lectures at the Carnegie library. A January 4 illustrated talk on American Painting kicks off a series with topics planned on American Sculpture Whistler's Painting and tapestry.
The Ton family, the largest in the United States with 610 members, will mark the new year at Pythian temple, 1031 Michigan Ave, Chicago. A 16 voice choir will perform and seven members share a birth place today. Cornelius Ton, family historian, will read a Roosevelt letter praising the family.
Charles Haynes and Miss Estelle Caraway, a well known Leesville pair, were married at the Leesville Methodist church on Wednesday at 8 o clock, with the Gonzales pastor conducting the ceremony.
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