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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
13
The National Catholic Educational Association opened its tenth annual convention in New Orleans with pontifical high mass. Over 200 educators attended the morning services, led by Archbishop J. H. Blenk of New Orleans.
A Corpus Christi municipal plan seeks to buy 1638 acres on Harbor Island near Aransas Pass Channel for docks and wharves. The city pledges to start within six months and finish in two years, with land reverting to Texas if it fails. The arrangement links Harbor Island to Harbor City channel access eight miles away.
W L Church of Boston Amursen Hydraulic visits Guadalupe Water Power Co near Seguin to inspect power potential. Eastern capitalists may back a large scale development bringing cheap light and power to San Antonio via a transmission system. Plan ties to Guadalupe Valley Railroad with Seguin and Austin links.
In a Washington scene a suffragette spots a man’s silk hat in the Senate women’s waiting room. A hush falls as a search reveals no man. instead Dr. Mary Walker appears in the mirror adjusting a vest pocket comb and hair.
Mrs. J. H. Hall faced a four and a half foot snake dangling from the ceiling above her while working on a hat in the second floor millinery shop above a dry goods and grocery store in Georgetown. She moved away, summoned help, and the reptile was killed. The incident halted her work briefly as she escaped unharmed.
The Southwestern Passenger Agents' Association may consider reinstating a $20 homeseeker rate from Missouri river points to the gulf coast at its Denver meeting July 9 and 10. W S Conness of the Chamber of Commerce publicity bureau leads the petition with Houston Corpus Christi and Brownsville chambers likely to join. The current tariff is $32.50 from Missouri river points and $37.50 from Chicago, with plans for a single monthly excursion and no stopovers on the outbound trip.
No suspected plague found at Jacmela seaport 30 miles from Port au Prince for ten days. Officials denied earlier reports of numerous cases and sent a scientific mission to confirm an epidemic of fever instead. Also an advertising note about Corpus Beach Hotel describes its European plan and fireproof facilities.
A petition to the city clerk from local residents requests the council remove the “hobby horse” merry go round near San Pedro park due to nuisance and annoyance. Other items note Dust nuisance abated on a street and various notices from the city and local businesses.
The ad promotes Arrow collars in new shapes, Sisle and silk hosiery, summer underwear, and silk shirts, emphasizing refined wardrobe essentials for warm weather.
Lady Sackville and family deny kin claims they influenced Sir John Murray Scott to bequeath $5 million and that Lady Sackville alienated him from relatives. Sir John, famed for donating the Wallace Art Collection, was a noted figure linked to British political and diplomatic circles.
F W Dietert aged 65 collapsed on Santa Rosa avenue while en route to a drug store to buy medicine for chest pains. He died of heart failure before help arrived. Dietert, born in Germany, had lived in San Antonio and New Braunfels and stayed with son in law Frank Zapata. Funeral plans pending with coroner and Shelley Loring.
A funeral service was held yesterday afternoon at the family residence with floral offerings at the Confederate cemetery. Bearers included Dr. C. H. Edwards, Dr. W. D. Hicks, Dr. 4. L. Oxford, Kee V. Huth, J. A. Lossy, and Lane.
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