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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1912
Page
12
Article extols the East Coast of Mexico as ideal for farming with corn and vegetables grown monthly. It notes onions market ahead of Laredo by at least two weeks, and claims sugar cane and cotton are lucrative crops.
The Equal Franchise Society led by Eleanor Brackenridge asks legislators and district leaders to remove the words qualified voters from the San Antonio Independent School District charter. The letter notes past campaigns for women on the school board and urges support for a charter amendment to allow women to serve.
A statement from the hookworm commission of the state board of health calls on every Texas man and woman to support the campaign to eradicate hookworm in Texas. It notes ten other states are running similar efforts and have achieved significant results in the past two years.
A brief item notes a peach flavored ice cream from The Creamery Dairy Co. The product highlights crushed peaches and a creamy texture.
Tax Assessor Albert V. Huth reports Bexar County taxable wealth at 100,112,883 dollars this year, up from 97,088,591 last year, driven by new buildings additions and more personal property. He will present the figures to the state tax board in Austin to aid setting a state rate and county budget.
In Austin on July 13 a certificate lists Caldwell Electric Power & Ice company of Caldwell with 10000 capital, incorporators M L Womack C C Nelms and George M Johnston. Also Galveston Houston Recreation club of Galveston with no capital stock and hunting lodge ventures. Fisher Land company of Fisher county with 10000 capital and incorporators McD High Josh Wood and Eugene Wood. Certificate of dissolution filed by Hudson Cotton Oil company of Hamilton.
The Bexar County Humane Society released a quarterly report summarizing 247 cases, humane methods taught to youths, and aid given to 25 men and 88 women among others. The report notes animal rescues including horses and dogs, placement of four young girls, and a pending consolidation with the Chamber of Commerce due to donation policy.
A man claiming to own a large west Texas ranch was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Dibrell and Deputy Slack at a Fourth Street residence. Officers say two forged checks valued at 8900 and 5000 bore fake endorsements of Major Rolfe Fort Sam Houston. The prisoner said the checks paid him for mules sold to the federal government. Bond set at 1000. preliminary examination scheduled for next Thursday.
Judge D D Woodmansee denied Mrs Mary Beers possession of her 12 year old son Harry Hahn after habeas corpus proceedings. The boy was moved out of Ohio before service, and relatives reportedly took him to St Louis and handed him to his father Carl Hahn, a symphony orchestra director in San Antonio Texas.
Colonel Faulkner of Texas meets Uncle Primus, an elderly Black man, walking to town to buy tobacco for the week. Primus speaks in dialect about feeling well in spring and joking that he senses the low spots in the fence as life wears on.
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