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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
10
Mrs Archer places electric fans in the dancing pavilion at Exposition park. An advertisement notes a case of Degen's bottle beer with a new phone number 863.
A fire department gathering occurred at 2 o clock this afternoon at the central fire station on Travis street in front of a large turnout of firefighters. Other items note civic notices, court actions, and community events including venire drawings and a vagrancy fine in local courts.
The school board and Superintendent Charlies J. Lukin urge voters to approve a bond issue on July 18 to add thirty six rooms for 15,000 students and nearly 400 teachers. Overcrowded schools push classes to over fifty per room with only six minutes per pupil in some rooms.
Jose Moore 50 a former Medina county farmer swallowed cyanide mistaken for medicine yesterday afternoon. He died at 9 45 after emergency efforts failed. Native of Texas, Moore had lived in Medina city for years seeking treatment. Relatives in Medina county survive. Body to be taken to Devine Texas by the ighelley Loring Undertaking Co. for funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Bonnie Forrest 17, says she was playing when she slashed Clemence Hilliard 17 with a pocket knife at a Walnut Street dance. Judge Lowther fines Forrest $15. Hilliard’s attack unclear, case against him dismissed. Crowd chaos noted by officers amid Hilliard’s severe forehead wound.
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