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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
10
Testimony unveils letters and a suicide note tied to Miss Graham and Miss Conrad. Witnesses recount visits, alleged motives, and a plan to help Graham escape abroad as police suggest both defendants claim responsibility.
London readers learn that cab drivers report tips shrinking to about two pence in the shilling, down from earlier larger gratuities. Drivers blame changing perceptions as motor cabs shift from luxury to business travel, with public generosity following the cited dip.
B H Meier sue as next friend for Edward H Meier against B H Blount doing business as Alamo Sash and Door company in the Seventy third district court for 1500 dollars damages. Edward allegedly hurt while changing machines at the defendant factory when unfamiliar with an ill maintained machine, resulting in two fingers lost and left hand impairment.
The article argues for a single world script to replace India’s fifty alphabets. It endorses Roman, Arabic, or Chinese as possibilities with Roman favored as the best chance for universal convenience.
A playful Puck quip muses on love and premeeting life as the smitten man declares affection and asks if his beloved is the one. The wit contrasts romance with past self seeking only a good time.
In a compact exchange, Eddie asks about money in goats while Bobbie confirms value in this particular one. The line hints at a domestic or humorous note from the Chicago Daily News.
Vincent Rechene faced jail after calling singer Miss Josephine Genze a fat head in a letter to a friend. He was forgotten in jail for 51 days until court officials found the oversight and sent the case to the grand jury where costs were dropped and he was freed.
In East Burlington New Jersey William Southwick the yardmaster refused to move freight car 68967 despite four requests to clear the car He saw a thrush nest with six eggs and delayed the move until the fledglings could fly Audubon supporters praise Southwick for protecting the birds and potentially reducing pests and crop damage from the railcar's next visit.
Oske's The Big Store advertises all day hours tomorrow with Thursday closing at 1 pm. It promotes women's silk gauze lisle hose in black with garter top and spliced heel and toe, three pairs for 67 cents, and gauze lisle hose in Onyx black with garter top and spliced heel and toe, also three for 67 cents. The store touts dependable stock and extended shopping until 10 pm for less than true value.
A large stock of fancy ribbons priced at 19c a yard, with many pieces marked to 19c. Includes checks, plaids, block patterns, stripes, warp print taffeta ribbons up to 5 inches wide. Vast collection valued above 25c per yard, offered tomorrow until 10 o'clock.
Black lace veils full 1% yards long and white Shetland veils also 1% yards. Chiffon veils 2 yards long in white and colors with hemstitched borders. A large selection with strong value, many items priced at 93 cents tomorrow.
Leading makers set prices but Joske Store undersells with 19 cent sales on 25 to 35 cent toilet preparations. List includes Gossamer Face Powder Houbigant Rice Powder Freckleater products Artesia Woodbury Sozodont Sanitol Centacura and other tallied items and brands. Local shoppers gain value with discounted toiletries and personal care items across the display.
A store advertises free perfect portrait medallions from any photograph when purchases total ten dollars. The ad emphasizes faithful likenesses with no name or advertising on the medallion to suggest non store origin, as part of a strategy to attract new customers and reward regular patrons.
A fragmentary TRE article notes a young musician, with references to Jack’s Ward, Mark Mason, and Vic Bok, mentioning an event dated or tied to 2A pace. The readable text hints at a local feature or profile without full context or details.
A Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa banquets must be dry after a Sioux City district court decision in Sawyer v Frank. Hotels stopped sending waiters for intoxicating liquor and patrons must bring their own if they drink at the cafe. Hotel managers say the rule is hard to enforce but may curb liquor service at banquets.
The article recalls Lebanon’s ancient cedar grove praised by Hebrew writers and used in Solomon’s temple, with trees over 1500 years old, 100 feet tall and 50 feet in girth, nicknamed the trees of God by Arabs, where clergy sometimes hold mass. It also notes President Taft approving patent No. 1,000,000 for an American inventor, to be recorded August 1.
The United States government will grant its one millionth patent for an invention on August 1, with the donor going to an inventor designated by President Taft. Commissioner of Patents Edward remains unnamed in the available text.
Paris reports Dr. Lucien Jacquet identifies a connection between dental health and hair loss. He states about one fourth of premature baldness cases originate from dental problems.
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a line: organized charity is an effort to condense the milk of human kindness. The remark frames charitable work as a deliberate, collective act to amplify goodwill.
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