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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1911
Page
7
Suffering women are urged to write Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for confidential medical guidance. The offer promotes a free eighty page Text Book and emphasizes that letters are read only by women and never disseminated.
Governor Colquitt faces a tight schedule as invitations pile up from across Texas and beyond. He will speak on anti prohibition topics through July 22, then handle the Thirty-second legislature and later attend banquets and fairs. Notable invites include a Taxation Association conference in Richmond September 5 8 and Kansas State Fair centennial events September 18 25 with President Taft expected.
Snyder Tex July 11 The Western Union general inspector will recommend establishing an additional wire here to satisfy growing telegraphic service demand. The first wire was opened three months ago.
Snyder Texas city council ordered collection of all back taxes since incorporation four years ago. The amount due totals 3000 dollars.
The San Antonio Anti-Prohibitionists club met at Scholz hall to push a dry Texas agenda as Alderman Mauermann outlined profits for outside brewers and distillers in a wet state. Speakers including Ray Lambert Dan Breen and Paul Steffler urged turnout for July 22 with committees formed. Police court notices noted seventeen drunks from Monday morning after saloons closed for the Fourth of July.
In a speech to San Antonio saloon men, Sheriff John W. Tobin condemned the assertion that 95 per cent of saloons violate the law. He vowed to resign if even one per cent were proven guilty, and said he would revoke permits of offenders. He warned he could shut down clubs and would repeat the claim at a statewide sheriffs meeting. Alderman Mauerman Richter Wickeland voiced support for licensed saloons over prohibition.
Senator Sutherland of Utah denounces including judiciary in Arizona recall and argues referendum should apply only to general laws. He says the public won t fully study legislative problems and calls progressives utopian. Chairman Smith notes amendment to remove judiciary recall and warns of a Taft veto.
Practically two regiments of the maneuver division will have been moved within twenty four hours by six this evening. Sections of the Fourth field artillery left San Antonio for Fort D. A. Russell yesterday afternoon with the Fifteenth Infantry to entrain for Fort Douglas Utah today. The Third battalion of engineers heads to Fort Leavenworth tomorrow. Major Normoyle expects to supply the eighteenth infantry Thursday. By midweek all units ordered home should have left Fort Sam Houston. General Duncan's annual report to the war department awaits acceptance and pamphlet printing. Lieut. Col. Mallory and Mrs Mallory plan a lake region visit before his War College course in August.
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The Esperanto society of Philadelphia attended a special meeting of the Christian Endeavor convention in Atlantic City. They explained how the universal language could aid Christianizing the world. Rev. R. P. Anderson of Boston presided.
From ancient practice sage and sulphur darken hair and treat dandruff and shedding. Modern druggists offer Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, produced by Wyeth Chemical Co New York, sold with a money back guarantee and priced at fifty cents a bottle. W C Kalteyer 408 East Houston Street.
Refugio Guerrero, a Mexican convicted of criminal assault on a minor in Maverick county, fled to Mexico and hid in Coahuila. Extradition papers were sent to Coahuila's governor, but Guerrero resisted. the indictment was found defective for not proving the girl’s age, leading to his release in Mexico.
A 23 year old Memphis woman, masked as a negress, was arrested in Greenville while searching for her former sweetheart whom she says married another woman in Memphis. She claimed to be hunting work. The suspect traveled via Dallas and worked there for weeks before arriving in Greenville. Her identity remained unknown at arrest.
Cc W Tubbs arraigned in police court on assault and battery. A soldier from the army maneuver camp testified he was beaten by Tubbs in July and that Tubbs took several dollars from the soldier’s pocket. Tubbs pleaded guilty and said only the fare money was taken.
The Southland Guards, fifty officers from Southland Life Insurance in Dallas, spent the morning in the city as they traveled to the organization’s semiannual convention.
A home remedy using mercolized wax from a druggist is touted to remove lifeless skin and blemishes. Applied at night and washed off in the morning, the treatment allegedly reveals a fresh, youthful complexion and reduces freckles tans and pimples.
An Oakshore Texas pleasure outing near Rockport at a gulf country club featured company officers who spoke optimistically about state business. J. O. Smith predicted 1911 would be highly successful for Texas firms and that they would expand resources to support Texas enterprises.
Reports from San Juan say ex-president Zelaya seeks to trigger a revolution in Nicaragua with help from a former ally who heads a South American republic. A rep of that ally allegedly met Zelaya and Castro in Europe to plan an invasion of Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Daily prayer services for rain are in progress across Scurry county after a proclamation by County Judge Smith. About a third of the county has already seen good rains.
Prof R G Hall superintendent of Cleburne city schools and state board of examiners will inspect Baylor Female College at Belton to determine if it is first class. If accredited its graduates will qualify immediately for first grade and permanent teachers certificates without further exam.
A Texas highway pathfinders team arrived in Waxahachie from Dallas to survey an eight mile road improvement stretch. They plan to stop at West tonight as Theo Artzt's orchestra is noted alongside.
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