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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1912
Page
5
George Anderson a blind resident for fifteen years struggles to earn a living with a peanut and popcorn wagon. City ordinances bar popcorn wagons on streets prompting a police court appearance for endangering public life. Case hinges on whether the wagon sat on city or railroad property.
A Chicago pie maker urged the board of review to keep taxes unchanged claiming pie demand waned as fruit, ice cream, and salad gained lunch hour popularity. The representative said no expansion in the pie industry and voluntary tax increase of 100 dollars was justified. The reviewers were convinced.
United States Internal Revenue Commissioner W R Kemper reported seeing a school of porpoises frolicking beside the Southern Pacific right of way in La Forche parish while flood waters from Hymelia crevasse slowed the train. He estimated one porpoise eight feet long.
Investigating board reports Panama police used unnecessary force in Pa nama city clash with soldiers and marines. One civilian was killed and several service members seriously injured. Colonel Greene telegraphed War Department, signaling a demand for Panama to punish the police.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Villareal sought a plan to move a naked white man from the city jail to the county jail after a lunacy complaint. He resisted clothing and fought restraint, prompting suggestions such as blanket carry, barrel use, covered van, after dark transfer, or a gunny sack with holes.
Texas railroads excluding Sunset Central and Katy reported profits for ten months ending April 30 1912 versus the prior year. Total operating revenue rose by 3 269 427 while operating expenses grew 1 326 224 lifting income from operation by 1 943 203 or 15 38 percent. Katy and Sunset Central lost 779 585 in revenue and 2 576 480 in income. A Collman plumber 416 Main Ave.
Miss Josephine Woodhull hosts a five hundred party at her West French Place home in the afternoon for Miss Laura Winstead of Houston. The Pi Alpha Sigma club hosts an evening dance in honor of Miss Blanche McDonough, guest of Miss Grace McClannahan.
Misses Anna Birdsall Mabel Plum Annette Seifert and Mesdames Mary Whitely and Johnnie Jones travel this afternoon to Kerrville to spend Sunday at the YWCA camp by the river.
Mrs H C Carter hosted a social at her West San Pedro Place home for the Phila thea and Baraca classes of Travis Park church. About one hundred guests attended and enjoyed the evening. Miss Josephine King, visiting her sister Dr Mary King Robbie, departed on a trip through the north and east.
Mrs. E H Wilkinson hosted a miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Mary Johnson whose engagement has been announced. Johnson received linen and silk gifts. Refreshments were served and a hearts game followed. Attendees included Mesdames Maurer Wasson Scoville Wurzbach Martin Alpine Lawrence Perine Browne Wilkinson and others with Misses Black Thomas Breeding Flannery Hoffmeyer Browne Gerhart and more.
The final gathering at Miss Ella Frass’s home featured a program with a piano solo Cavalleria Rusticana by Miss Josephine Lucchese and a recitation My Name Is Tommy by Miss Mary, with the yellow chrysanthemum chosen as the club flower.
The extended yachting cruise organized by the duke and duchess of Manchester broke up near Yokohama. Mrs William B Leeds, widow of a New York banker, and Lord Flaconer were the guests of honor. Leeds left the group with her maids and headed to Paris.
Miss Winnie Converse and Miss Annie Muegge deliver a Whittier vocal solo with accompaniment by Miss Lena Michel for the song When Song Is Sweet.
Miss Gertrude Nelson hosted a Japanese motif party at her Upson Street residence last evening. The lawn lanterns lit games dancing and an ice course followed. Attendees included Blanche Buckley Pauline Scaperlanda Pauline Mareaux Catherine Singleton Sarah Fiery Carrie Lacoste Emma Melendez Stella Nelson Edith Singleton George Mueller Eugene Long Martin Muench Pasco Scaperlanda Tommie Scaperlanda Jack Tracy Joe Caldwell Henry Schmidt Charles Masch and Joe Dolan.
Helen undertakes her first New York courtesy call at the Goldhill on Mrs. Griffin. The visit reveals a luxury suite and a cautious social balance as Warren weighs a potential business dinner with the Griffins. Helen, anxious but hopeful, senses the chance to advance a deal and ease social distance.
A narrator references a girl constantly surrounded by boys at all times, with rivalries and displays of affection, jealousy, and petty conflicts. In moments she may retreat, taking only a coat and ragged doll, moving away from the hills and far beyond.
Miss Leila Tyron marked her tenth birthday with a party at her South Presa Street home. Guests included Louise eas Frances Lucas Mildred Norma Wood Alta Thompson Stauss Pauline Katz Hulda Irene Stefler Kathleen Kane Jine Hall Lavinia Taylor Ruth Duncan Elizabeth Roland Klar Clarence Nordhaus Jimmy Thompson Duncan George Bibert John Cor yell Milton Smith and James Taylor. Helsingfors Finland reportedly tamps footwear with an 800 pair or more production, and a shoe factory adds to a $20,000 project with workers.
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