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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1907
Page
4
An advertised home treatment promises to cure various female ailments without a doctor. The letter from Mrs M Summers offers a ten day treatment free, then about 34 cents weekly, with a free copy of Woman's Clinic Medical Advisor. It targets mothers and daughters, claiming cures for menstrual issues, uterine and ovarian troubles, and general weakness.
New York July reports inspectors from the United States Guarantee are searching for HJ Wilson who vanished after collecting cash and checks totaling over 341 723 as part of a bank robbery. The bank suspects he acted as the central thief, with a note suggesting pickpockets relieved him of cash and checks leaving him to decide on his future.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires the famed likeness of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. Scholars believe it may be the original study for multiple replicas, linking the portrait to the father of his country and shaping public perception of Washington’s appearance.
In Rumimarve Wisconsin a dedication service will honor the cornerstone laid for the first Catholic cathedral in the United States. The project, begun with a July 7 anniversary, faced delays due to funds, finally funded in 1819 after a community effort. The completed church stands as a milestone in early American Catholic building.
A romance begun in Paris and nurtured in New York and Mexico will culminate in a San Antonio wedding. Dean D Drion, attached to a Mexico City newspaper, will wed the French capital’s beautiful daughter, once a neighbor’s child, as Mexican law delays the union. The exact date remains undisclosed.
San Antonio orphans planned July 15 mobile ride to view concessions at Electrin Park. Traction company to provide transport, but new anti pass law forces date change. Meeting to decide new date held at Mack building. next Thursday expected for final decision.
A decipherable fragment reports medical experts from St Paul and Texas warn cows may spread typhoid through contaminated milk. Dr Hubert Koch argues the sole transmission path is ingesting infected milk, urging actions to protect the dairy supply and control infected cattle. Multiple doctors issue caution as public health officials monitor the situation and consider livestock culling or milk treatment.
A vast crowd of 25 000 pedagogues gathers in Los Angeles for the fiftieth anniversary convention of the National Education Association. Visiting teachers expected from all parts, with many speaking at services across city churches. Clergy include Rev Rahers Burdette and Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage, among others, shaping a tone of educational unity while Shrine Auditorium and Pompe Auditorio m host sessions and adjoining halls provide space for meetings. Milburn Gros and undertaker A Burnett Co listed in city notices.
New York reports Jersey City will build the biggest playground in the world on sixty nine acres along the Hackensack river west of the city. It will be six times larger than Athens Stadium and larger than the parade ground near Prospect Park with many baseball diamonds tennis courts cricket grounds and lawns. The site will include an immense swimming pool recreation piers refectories a wooden esplanade and a central field house for players with a winter skating rink available to all.
The Kaiser in London denounced Japan in a formal address. He warned that the Anglo Japanese alliance was a grave mistake and claimed Western powers should avoid copying each other’s methods. Philippine rumors rise amid world events and American support for actions against Japan.
From The Wight July 11, 2456 reports two arrests by Captain Hughie in relation to the murder of J. Brauer, an exo ter, with a chase and loss on the Bhiico road. A large crowd gathered for a land sale on McDonna express, while community events and a railroad through service to Gorong Gheistt were noted. Twenty-one deaths were listed for the week, with regional undertakers D. W. Moki VOY & Co and J. T. Buragh & Co involved.
A garbled dispatch reports police suspect tying a priest murder to a suspect in transit from New York to Montreal. Investigator McCafferty details indicate a motive linked to the Armenian priest Father Vartarina’s death. The account notes fear and pursuit as authorities press for answers and arrests.
Representatives of major West Coast live stock exchanges with pork packers met to back a victory that reduces the packers demand for universal postmaster examination of cattle. The plan now applies mainly to dairy cows, not beef cattle, and could raise receipts at the stock yards. Exchanges from St Louis, St Joseph, St Paul, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Omaha participated.
In Warsaw Bryan criticizes Roosevelt cabinet unity and Japan relations while urging religious awakening in Japan. He argues for a lasting pact with Washington to avoid conflict and comments on world affairs from his around the world trip. Engineers from the United States and Canada arrive in Mexico City for the American Society of Civil Engineers convention with tours planned for delegates.
A thorough motor vehicle contest for business purposes will begin tomorrow under the auspices of the automobile guild Boviginis. European manufacturers are expected to show strong interest as the event attracts attention.
Chicago July 6 Rev Johnston Myers will use a five piece brass band for evening services at Immanuel Baptist Church with three classical selections. Ragtime and popular tunes will be avoided on the first night of the new feature. The Graham School band led by William Watt will perform with a crippled girl as soloist.
Monk Giheon convicted and given sentence at Cuero in a Redey case. The family and defense denied a new trial by a judge before an appeal in the Court of Criminal Appeals at its western session. The case was passed upon by the court.
A fragment notes the ending of a land grant period in a reserve near Winniper Manitoba. It mentions July 6, crowds at a Yorktown event, and a wave of applicants from the United States amid religious groups and forfeitures related to a sunatics reference.
Hundreds of Kentuckians attend Blue Grass Day at the Jamestown exposition. Veterans, politicians, and local boosters celebrate Kentucky heritage with speeches and a parade amid horse shows, whiskey talk, and festive pageantry.
Sea Girl reports the first of eleven state soldiers arriving for the annual encampment at Sea Girt. General Edward A. Campbell of Newark commands the First Brigade. Undertakers T. Garnett & Undertakers are noted among the camp links.
The Lone Star conference of stone cutters met in Austin with seventy five delegates. Officers named include President W M Shannahan of Fort Worth and Vice Presidents George McKenzie of Dallas Henry Burns of Austin. Secretary treasurer H H McFarland of Boerne and assistant secretary treasurer Brest Gates of Dallas.
A Paris item notes a historic house linked to Benjamin Franklin is for sale near the ministry of the interior. The owners claim Franklin pondered plans there and named the site in his honor with a medallion portrait, marking it as a museum candidate.
Montreal is hosting the annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Ste. Anne du Beaupre. Led by leaders, a large group of women and children travel with singing and prayers as parades of healing are reported along the route. The shrine is expected to see a record number of pilgrims today.
President Roosevelt issued a wartime holiday order affecting all mechanics laborers and other employed workers in arsenals depots and offices under the War Department including the army engineers. The holiday remains in effect through July August and September.
A series of birth announcements lists a boy born on Ady 3 to Mrs and Mr, Thos Buel at 68 Chacavatt avenue. a girl born Tinly 5 to Mrsme Mrs, 7 Witnol, 10 atulbarry avenue. a boy born July 3 to Wr. and Mrs. %, 610 Bavall street. a girl born Fily 3 to Mr. and ys, WIN Thomas, colored, at South Frio street.
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