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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
5
Central Trust Company announces J. O. Terrend as President with Otto Koehder Charles Schreiner J. J. Stevens B. G. Barnes and W. P. Roth serving as vice presidents and secretary indicating a structured executive lineup.
The Banking Department will take deposits and pay interest on them. Loans will be made on approved collateral. Interest is 4 percent per year, payable semi annually.
The Safe Deposit Department advertises steel safe deposit boxes for securing valuables at rates from $3 per year. It also offers burglar and fireproof storage vaults for large items.
A real estate loan agency offers to finance real estate purchases and to advise clients on investments. It promotes real estate serial notes and discusses the advantages of such notes for investors seeking long term returns.
The Foreign Exchange Department announces travelers' checks available globally. The service enables payment and security for international travel in all parts of the world.
Captain Ree of the Dutch steamship Phecda reports a large tramp vessel sank December 26 during a hurricane off southwest England. The crew perished. the ship’s name unknown, likely the Ivar of Copenhagen. Phecda offered help but received no reply as the steamer vanished beneath high seas.
Berlin telegram notes Admiral Von Hollman former imperial minister of the marine from 1890 to 1897 died today at age 73 in Berlin.
Mme D Mille offers home remedies and affordable beauty tips. She promotes Mother’s Salve for headaches neuralgia and pains and advocates a magatone witch hazel complexion lotion, dry shampoo from root and sex mix, lash growth with pyroxin, and delatone paste to remove facial fuzz with careful timing.
The San Antonio Elkminstrel show drew a full Grand audience for its opening performance. Walter Napier led as Interlocutor with a cast including Max Blum Jack Burke and Joe Walsh delivering witty bits, ragtime songs and blackface comedy. The program featured a lines of skits songs and a finale titled On the Old Plantation with Mae Wood and Forest Wood, ending with My Old Kentucky Home.
At the Grand Thursday night the role of Kid Burns the pugilist in Forty five Minutes From Broadway is played by Mr Leigh. He is remembered locally for his work at the Airdome theater several years ago.
San Antonio's leading society women frequent Harlandale hot sulphur baths for rest amid social duties. A beauty parlor is connected to the facility. Take Love Flores street car.
Austin tex Jan 21 bids for safe keeping of state funds under the state depository law will be opened on the second Monday in February. The state depository board will select sixteen depositories one from each congressional district and award two year contracts to one bank in each district. Maximum deposit per depository is 50000 dollars total 800000 dollars.
El Paso Mayor C. E. Kelley secured approval from the attorney general's department for three bond issues totaling 400,000 dollars. The planned issues include 200,000 for waterworks, 50,000 for street improvement, and 150,000 for sewer bonds.
Frank Madia owner of a Michigan Avenue garage tied to a gang of automobile bandits surrendered today as police hunted for Robert Webb the gang's chauffeur who yesterday killed Detective Hart. Webb fled after shooting officers and had escaped multiple times while Madia's lawyer advised full cooperation.
The Gimbel Delicatessen at Crockett Street opposite the Grand Opera House offers lunches sandwiches oysters and refreshments for ladies and gentlemen.
Hardware retailer Hofheinzg advertises all stores at cost locating at 219 Losoya Street. The note highlights a city area sale and urges shoppers to visit the store location for discounts.
Governor Tasker L. Oddie urged the Nevada legislature to require a one year residency for divorce instead of six months, to limit rounds in prizefights, and to ratify an amendment granting women the right to vote in Nevada. The message cites regional suffrage trends and calls for policy changes in Reno Carson City.
The War Department will establish a service school for small firearms at the abandoned infantry post at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Col Miller, commander of the School of Musketry at the Presidio Monterey California, is relieved and ordered to Fort Sill to organize and lead the new school.
Rome authorities probe the January disappearance of Mrs. William Mansfield from Salo on Lake Garda. All inquiries have not confirmed the report she is held by brigands, as investigators search for clues.
An old promotional notice touts Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues, diabetes, rheumatism and more. It promises a two months treatment per bottle, mailed for $1.00 if not carried by local druggists, with testimonials from St. Louis.
The Cohan musical comedy pleases audiences Thursday to Saturday with its sparkling humor, bright costumes, and a lively chorus. Standout numbers So Long Mary Popular Millionaire and Forty five Minutes From Broadway draw encore after encore from a strong cast.
All railroads within 150 miles of San Antonio authorize low round trip rates for Henry W Savage's Everywoman engagement at the Grand Opera House. Five nights start Sunday January 26 with matinees Tuesday and Thursday. The 150-person company with a full symphony orchestra tours nationwide and attracts large crowds from Austin.
The Plaza Theater opens with Billy's Tombstones a one act comedy and adds features planned by manager Spencer. Thursday guests include De Lloyd Thompson Andrew Drew and Co and M Vought aviators from San Antonio. Friday hosts a shaving contest among San Antonio barbers William Tullos H M Spangler and Gideon Lane with surgeons on standby for dramatic outcomes.
At Wigwam Theater No 2 the same Indians who were a hit at Wigwam No 1 present full Indian ceremonies songs and dances. Chief Dark Cloud a Carlisle graduate and Squaw Dove Eye perform stories and marriage rites with Dove Eye and Prairie Thorne providing songs.
Paris January 21 French scientist M Dussaud has announced details of a new cold light arc lamp. The device concentrates light on a single point, handles 2000 candle power, uses 32 volts in an 8 volt lamp, and emits no heat while drawing far less current. It can be powered by a small battery or by water jet or a squirrel powered cage.
Two battered sleds travels from polar expeditions find a home at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Capt Roald Amundsen donated one sled from his South Pole voyage and it sits beside the North Pole sled used by Admiral Robert Peary.
The new parish house of St. Mark's Episcopal Church will be opened tonight for members of all San Antonio churches and friends. A house warming marks the end of dedication exercises with a program of cello and vocal solos, readings, duets, and many dances including Swedish, Danish, Hungarian, Russian, and German numbers. Entertainment committee members are listed, and the St. Mark's Men's Club was hosted last night with addresses by church leaders. The piece also notes Professor Louis Hirsch, a federal rat catcher and chemist, who rose from poverty after fleeing to the United States.
John Muir argues big sequoias seem immortal aside from accidents. He contends leaves renew yearly while main structures endure, and most Sierra trees die from disease or pests. He notes many ancient sequoias were toppled by lightning, claiming the sequoia can "wait" to be struck by lightning.
Fiesta San Jacinto executives convene at 8 pm in the Chamber auditorium to review a special committee report on parade planning. Atlee Ayres, Fred Hummert, and John Fentiman led a New Orleans Houston visit to gather Mardi Gras methods and secure designer Soule for Fiesta.
A comic exchange pits Mr Comrox as he mulls side whiskers for renewed fashion and social effect. The quip links wife’s callers' timidity to deference shown to a butler, reflecting lighthearted social satire in era dialogue.
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