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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
8
Detectives McGarity nabbed two boys aged 7 and 12 before the owner found his home broken into at 932 Main Avenue. Jewelry and relics were recovered after a rear window was pried open. The youths confessed and also admitted stealing cartridges from a second 1017 Main Avenue building.
The city council plans to enforce a ban on shingle roofs within inner fire limits and, after a forthcoming vote, extend the prohibition to the outer fire limits including parts of Tobin Hill and Prospect Hill. Fire Chief credits this move to curb fire spread, arguing shingles are a chief cause. Builders face higher costs for less inflammable materials, but officials say property owners will benefit from increased safety.
Paris Texas July 2 Special dispatch. A man arrested at Colbert Oklahoma yesterday as Will Hendrix the half blood Cheesar charged with murder who escaped from Paris proven to be the wrong man and released from custody. Sherman Texas July 2 Prink Blake old citizen found dying in his yard yesterday afternoon died this morning death was natural causes. Paris Texas July 2 Southwestern Telephone Co reduces residence phone rates from 2 to 150 per month.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for nerves and blood, claiming they help nervous debility, insomnia, and weakness. It cites Mrs H J Bradford of Santa Ana who recovered from neurasthenia after using the pills, noting improved sleep and appetite. Pills are sold at druggists or by mail, six boxes for $2.50.
In a Santa Racal avenue case Judge Buckley fined 20 after police testified Leal was found unconscious with facial injuries in an alley. The attacker claimed Leal approached with a large knife, while authorities linked the incident to a local grudge tied to a recent crackdown in the tranz San Pedro district.
A large crowd attended the Airdome show last night with Mies Elsie Van Nally, an Indian girl descendant of Pocahontas, delivering solid character work. Efrom Johnson the blackface comedian drew uproarious laughter, while Johnny Mulane sang Ll Am Crazy For a Sight of You. Bell and Lyne closed strong with a lively singing and dancing act featuring sharp imitations. New management promises Sunday performances by Hodgkins, aiming to match last summer’s Lytix standards.
One hundred fifty Texas school teachers and college professors left Fort Worth yesterday to attend the convention of the National Federation association of Denver.
The Associated Press reports Orville Wright piloting the flyer over Fort Myer as thousands cheer. After two earlier failures atmospheric conditions caused oscillation and sudden climbs, but three steady flights prove the machine’s capability. Bishop Milton Wright and his brother Reaghlin witnessed the event.
Crowley Louisiana July 2 crop conditions in the Rice Belt are reported as above average across Louisiana Texas Arkansas and the Carolinas with slight increases in varieties. Planting is complete and reports indicate Louisiana and Texas acreage larger than 1908. Arkansas acreage likely doubled. Carolinas acreage nearly normal.
Lexington Kentucky telegraph says Kentucky now lists only 24 counties where liquor may be sold. At midnight Ashland and Boyd counties became dry when 26 saloons closed their doors for three years.
In New York a professor reports the case of artist Robert Swain Gifford whose spirit, after death in 1905, is said to possess goldsmith Frederick L. Thompson. Thompson, unaware of Gifford’s death, begins painting visions guided by the artist’s spirit, reproducing sketches matching Gifford’s unfinished works. The phenomenon supports Hyslop’s belief in postmortem communication through a living medium.
An Adrian Georgia woman Lena YV recounts suffering from a female weakness and disease and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her. The text promotes the remedy for displacements irregularities backache nervous prostration and other female complaints and invites readers to write to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free advice.
Rev J 13 Cleaver of Central Christian Church argued there is no halfway ground and that high licenses or payment cannot regulate liquor. He urged prohibition as the remedy. Tonight Rev W He Movera leads a children's entertainment with moving picture illustrations at the tent. Location for the tent for the near week was not announced.
The House of Commons appointed a committee to inquire into the censorship of drama following protests over Bernard Shaw plays. The move follows the prohibition of several Shaw works and aims to examine censorship methods and future guidelines.
New York July 2 Alles Holzer nine year old daughter of Mr. Agnes Holzer of St Louis visiting relatives caused a citywide stir by taking a baby from a stroller on the Bronx, crying kidnapping alarms and drawing police and volunteers into a large dragnet. The child was recovered later far from the scene and explained she had always wanted a baby. Mrs Foutiman and son departed for a three month trip to Chicago and Toronto.
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