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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1912
Page
11
The store announces a 300 item sale ending Saturday January 13 offering fine cups saucers plates and glassware at prices from 15 to 50 cents per item. Additional items include hand painted china hair receivers powder puffs hat pins and vases with discounts on cast iron heaters and other stoves.
Harry Brosey Rayburn, 39, died Saturday at his home 314 Dallas Street from pulmonary tuberculosis. A traveling salesman born in Springfield Ohio, he came here a week ago seeking health. his widow survives. His body, prepared by Pearce Robinson, was sent to Springfield for burial. William Rogers, 33, a bartender, died at 1911 Avenue D and was a Missouri native who moved here four months ago for health reasons. Survived by a widow, his body, prepared by Sloan Hagy, goes to St. Louis for interment.
W G Hall and his three daughters were poisoned after eating pancakes in Lancaster Ohio. Ruth died this afternoon, the others are in serious condition. The family moved from Whistler Pickaway county about three years ago and Hall ran a Lancaster fruit store. Samples of flour and syrup were sent to Columbus for analysis.
Detective Green filed two affidavits in Justice Umscheid's court alleging theft. Lewis Willis is accused of taking lumber valued at $2 from George P. Mockert of West End on about January 4, 1912. Alice Cloud is charged with stealing a gold watch valued at $25 from J. H. Palmer of 624 North Flores street on December 24. Both defendants remain under arrest.
L C Price filed for divorce against Ada Price in Seventy-third district court citing abandonment. Bexar County humane notices list officer BE M Collins and old contact numbers for day and night service. San Antonio Produce Co. to close briefly due to illness. manager J L Worsham aims to resume business soon.
Grand prize masquerade ball hosted by Vineta lodge No 15 Order of Hermann Sons at Beethoven hall on Saturday January 13 with Theo Artzt contributing music. Dr Mary L Burnham returns from Mexico and Wm Klappenbach listed as expert piano tuner. Residence of Carter F Sommers at 302 River Avenue ransacked Friday afternoon. jewelry and valuables stolen. sheriff's office notified. Spirella Corset Parlor in Swearington Building. Political activity predicted as Texas politics rise. N V Dittlinger reports from New Braunfels after touring Laredo and other Texas towns. Tourists resume travel in Mexico. I J Cirilo notes revival of travel and hotel study in Monterrey. Fancy skating exhibition at Electric Park rink Sunday afternoon.
George Anderson a blind craftsman and Aubin Martin urge public support for a workshop that would employ about two dozen blind men and women. They request roughly $300 to buy machinery and offer a vendor's lien, arguing a shop would provide independence and prevent begging.
A group of female physicians dissents over their names being used in Mrs. Belmont's Beauty Parlor project tied to suffrage work. Dr Elizabeth Haton resigns amid announcements that others will follow. Several doctors say they were not consulted about their names in weekly lectures. The move denounces the association as an insult to the profession.
Daysey Mayme Appleton tries a daily China lesson for her father Lysander John, but the readings overwhelm him. The scene mixes news names like Sun Yat Sen and Yuan Shikai with comic wrong turns as the daughter faints while pronouncing tangled events.
An excerpt notes a judge’s library line about fishing near pleasant places away from the crowd. It then shifts to Uncle Pennywise claiming parents rarely deserve credit for efforts, with a Washington Herald reference to a self‑styled sect member.
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