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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1911

Page

7

Katherine M. Joseph Editor Contact Dialtones

Katherine M. Joseph is listed as editor with office and home phone numbers 176 and 2862 respectively for contacting the newspaper staff.

Katherine M. Joseph

Social calendar notes wedding and club events

Kindergarten class and builders of Christchurch meet at 5 PM to assign parts for a church ladies play. Linda Cardenas and John Rawlins wed at 10 AM yesterday at 520 North Flores. couple to reside in Austin. Various society meetings and visits listed with dates, places, and hostesses. Turn Verein to entertain with a watermelon feast at Turner hall on Wednesday, July 12.

Christchurch J.T. Cardenas North Flores Street Linda Cardenas John Rawlins Austin Mission Thomas Hart Summit Place Dubuque San Antonio Turner Hall

Dr Lauter Returns From California Trip

Dr W E Lauter returns after a month in California where he attended the meeting of the medical society in Los Angeles.

W. E. Lauter California Prea Medical Society Los Aneles

Local notices and upcoming events in town

Humane OfficerGeorge L McCauley contact details. Wanted German girl for housework. Garden Stables services. Osteopathic Dr Chas K Garring office hours. Dixie Social Club shirtwaist hop at Fest hall. Important meeting of all saloon Monday night at Scholz hall. Tanenbaum vacation to Estes Park for YMCA conference. various phone numbers and addresses listed.

Ladies of G. A. R. Meet at General Stanley Circle No 3

The ladies of the G A R General Stanley circle No 3 will meet at their hall at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon. There will be important business and the officers request full attendance.

Stanley Circle No. 3

Mrs. Nixon of Gonzales Dies at 36

Mrs. Robert F. Nixon, 36, wife of ex county attorney Robert F. Nixon, died at the family home in Gonzales. She is survived by her husband and two children. Funeral plans await a message from her mother Mrs. Pfeuffer, en route from New York to Europe.

Gonzales Tex Robert F. Nixon

YMCA pioneer aims for Rocky Mountain summer break

The man recalls his efforts teaching city boys to swim and organizing Y M C A baseball teams to ensure summer recreation. He expects to derive great enjoyment from a vacation in the Rocky mountain country.

Rocky Mountain Country

Anti Prohibition Club Plans July 11 Meeting at Scholz’s Hall

The San Antonio Anti-Prohibition club will meet Tuesday morning July 11 at 10 oclock in Scholz hall on Losoya street. President Ben Mauermann and Secretary Ed Lyons have called the meeting. All antis are invited.

Anti Club San Antonio Anti-Prohibition Club Scholz Losoya Street Ben Mauermann Ed Lyons

Hotel Men May Visit San Antonio

F M Swearingen manager of the St. Anthony hotel and Mrs Swearingen returned from a six week east trip. He attended the National Association of Hotel Men convention in Boston with 600 attendees and says San Antonio could host the 1912 meeting with proper effort. The trip included Chicago travel and comments on heat levels during the journey.

F. M. Swearingen St. Anthony Canada Boston Swearingen San Antonio New York Mr. Swearingen Chicago

Engineers begin long cross Texas highway mapping trip

Three automobiles led by Robert J. Potts of A and M started from the Red River at 6:30 AM to map a trunk highway to the Gulf. A Maxwell 80 and a Buick followed with J Fred Smith of Celina driving the third car. The party aims to arouse each community along the route to support good roads with Galveston as the return base next Sunday.

Associated Press Denison Tex Texas Red River Gulf Redriver Buick Robert J. Potts A. and M. College Maxwell J. Fred Smith Celina Galveston

Heat wave returns to New York with deaths and higher prices

A renewed heat wave grips New York City as temperatures climb. Two deaths occurred overnight amid extreme heat, while demand for milk and ice spikes, making both scarce and driving up prices. By noon the temperature reached 94 degrees.

New York

Beer keg hoisted on church flagpole shocks Highland

In Highland a beer keg was raised to the top of the Methodist church flagpole after last week's boat races by oarsmen and friends. The pastor is away and church officers refuse to retrieve the keg, saying the act should teach the village youths a lesson. A beer glass was also thrown through memorial windows. The keg remains visible for miles.

Highland Poughkeepsie New York World

Seizure of German Steamer Justified by Madrid Dispatch

Madrid dispatch reports German consul general states seizure of the Gemma at Corujeubon by Spanish authorities was justified. Cargo confiscated amounts to 154 tons of ammunition bound for Portuguese royalists.

Associated Press Berlin Madrid Gemma Corjeubon

Textile mill workers return after New England curtailments

In Boston on July 10, more than 31,000 operatives in textile mills across New England resumed work following production curtailment policies by mill owners. The piece then shifts to an observational remark on astronomy noting numerous double stars and the idea that every star is a sun with satellites, highlighting the unseen vastly outnumbering the seen.

Boston Mass New England

Dallas bid to lure 1912 National Advertising Convention

Texas delegates to the Advertisers' Clubs of America convention in Boston August 1 to 4 will be entertained by S. A. Hopkins and J. Frank Davis of Dallas. The Dallas hosts plan a city tour and a Boston City Club banquet for about 100 Texas delegates as they work to win the 1912 convention for Dallas.

Texas Advertisers’ Clubs of America Boston S. A. Hopkins J. Frank Davis National Association For Dallas Dallas Messrs. Hopkins Davis Park Square City Club Mr. Hopkins Mr. Davis San Antonio Advertiser’s Club St. Anthony Hotel Jake Wolff Benno Kayton J. H. Kirkpatrick A. Hopkins W. J. Bagot

Sunday Night Fire Causes Ten Thousand In Loss

A kerosene lamp explosion in Albert V. Huth’s home at 302 West Florida Street caused $10,000 in damage to a two story brick structure and furnishings. Neighbors and soldiers aided evacuations before the fire department arrived after receiving a wrong box. The Huth family was away but returned as the house burned.

Albert V. Huth West Florida Street Commerce Street Mr. Huth Robert Lucas

Aged Flatonia Woman Dies at 74 in Flatonia

Mrs. America Tennessee Robinson, aged 74, died Saturday at her niece Mrs. M Caldwell's home after a several year illness. She was a Methodist church member and is survived by many relatives. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. R. Keathley.

Flatonia Tex America Tennessee Robinson M. Caldwell Methodist Church W. R. Keathley

Fort Worth Negro Death Sentence Pardoned by Governor

In Austin on July 10 Governor Colquitt commuted a Fort Worth black man's death sentence after his mother described him as an "old-fashioned negro." The governor, unaware of the inmate's name, said the case would be spared the gallows. Earlier a Mexican girl sought her father’s pardon from a 25-year term, and a blind girl pleaded for her brother. The governor called the morning’s pleas the most unique of his tenure.

Associated Press Austin Tex Fort Worth Colquitt

Grocer D. W. McCarty Dies of Heart Disease in San Antonio

Passersby find 56 year old grocer D. W. McCarty dead in his buggy near La Vaca Street at 7 this morning. Coroner orders delivery to Riebe morgue. funeral will be at St. Mary's with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Survived by wife and two brothers. McCarty a Vermont native, 20 years in San Antonio.

Lavaca Street D. W. McCarty Ben Fisk Riebe McCarty South Pine Street Florence Charles McCarty Aransas Pass Vermont San Antonio St. Mary’s Church St. Mary's Cemetery

Mrs Barbara Guehring Dies In San Antonio Home

Mrs Barbara Guehring a longtime San Antonio resident since 1854 died Sunday afternoon at 112 Burnet Street. A native of Germany she came to the city as a child and is survived by relatives here. Funeral services will be at 5 pm at her home with interment in the Lutheran cemetery conducted by Rev O Hartmann.

Guehring Barbara Guehring San Antonio Burnet Street Germany O. Hartmann

Miss Hattie May Pawly Dies at 26 in Austin

Miss Hattie May Pawly died in Austin Saturday at age 26. She is survived by her parents and one brother. The funeral will be held at Zizik chapel at 6 o clock and interment in the Alamo Masonic cemetery.

Pawly Hattie May Pawly Austin Zizik Chapel Alamo Masonic Cemetery

John Bower 67 Dies in San Antonio

John Bower aged 67 died in San Antonio Sunday afternoon. He is survived by his widow. The Zizik Undertaking Co prepared the body for burial and will transport it to Brenham for interment.

Bower John Bower San Antonio Zizik Undertaking Company Brenham

Wire Manufacturers Plead Not Guilty in Anti-Trust Case

The 83 wire makers indicted June 29 under the anti-trust act pleaded not guilty today and obtained a delay to September 1 to file demurrers. Each defendant was bailed at $1000.

Associated Press New York

Gambling raid shocks Paris with seven arrests

In Paris Texas on July 10 police using fire department ladders raided the Mayers building early Sunday. They reached the third floor and broke down doors with bars. Seven arrests were made in the first gambling house raid here in years.

Associated Press Paris Tex Fire Department Mayers

Exposition Park Opens New Vaudeville Concession Tonight

The Casa de Loco interior was not dry enough to open last night but a new concession will open tonight with two vaudeville shows at 8 and 9 30 featuring Archer and Burke Miss Margaret Mayo and Mrs Archer plus a one act comedy One Dollar a Week The show includes parking arrangements and band concerts by Rogers orchestra At 6 this morning Swing Reicherzer and Hermann D Reicherzer wed at St Patrick s church in San Antonio They will travel to Peoria Illinois then return to Texas to live

Exposition Park Casa de Loco Archer and Burke Margaret Mayo Archer Nehf Rogers’ Orchestra Swing-Reicherzer Barbara Swing Hermann D. Reicherzer St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Father Pinell Albert W. Bitter J. A. Bitter Missouri, Kansas & Texas Peoria Ill Andren Illinois

Delegates From San Antonio Head To German Catholic Convention

Delegates from the St Joseph society of German Catholics left San Antonio for Shiner in La Vaca county to attend the annual state convention. Joined by delegations from Fredericksburg D Hanish Devine Castroville New Braunfels Selma Seguin and New Berlin the group traveled on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad. Read lists of St Josephs delegates including Joseph Courand president Benjamin Schwegmann secretary Rev Willam A Fuhrwerk and others.

State Association of German Catholic Societies San Antonio Shiner Lavaca County St. Joseph Society San Antonio and Aransas Pass Fredericksburg D’hanis Devine Castroville New Braunfels Selma Seguin New Henry Sievers George Stuedden John C. Dielmann Benjamin Lange Insurance Department the Society

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