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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
8
The article outlines how William Jennings Bryan and Taft each require 242 electoral votes to win the presidency. It lists states and apportionment figures from 1900, including Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana and others, as the electoral map basis.
At the regular meeting of Golds en Star No 92 Fraternal Champions officers for the ensuing year were installed with ceremonies. Visitors attended, refreshments served, and music and dancing followed. Officers include President Mrs Sarah Me Golick, Vice President Clavin Here ler, Secretary Miss Tula Wilson, Treasurer G F Scharfenburg, Escort Mrs Kate Scharfenburg, Assistant Mrs Melle Keasler, Saner guard H Schleyer, finance committee Otto Hesse Julius Vorpahl, trustees A Huck Hartman, physicians Drs Clavin Gosth. Also noted is a U S Army recruitment appeal for able bodied men 18-36 in Texas.
San Antonio City Council adopts a 1908 ordinance requiring all trolley wires poles to be iron or steel, 20 to 25 feet high, embedded five feet, painted black, replacing wooden poles within a defined boundary. Violators face misdemeanor charges with fines from 10 to 200 dollars and daily offenses treated separately. The measure outlines enforcement, timelines, and city costs for removal and replacement of wooden poles.
The city council prohibits new cemeteries within city limits. No new burial ground may be laid out or used, and violators face fines from ten to two hundred dollars. The health board must remove and rebury bodies buried outside approved cemeteries, with costs charged to violators. Passed July 4, 1908.
City of San Antonio notifies every person firm partnership or corporation owning taxable property within the city limits that the books of the City Assessor are open for rendition of property for taxation. Taxpayers must render by September 1, 1908. Bryan Callaghan mayor. Fred Fries city clerk.
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