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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
27
A guide detailing how to mark ballots to support educational farm and asylum needs in Texas. It outlines voting options and how to indicate the preferred measures on election day. The notice emphasizes civic participation and clarity in marking choices.
A political advertisement outlines votes for and against multiple Texas constitutional amendments. It supports state bond authorization within constitutional limits, district court structure changes, officer salary amendments, and bond issuance for UT and related public projects, while opposing these amendments in alternate provisions. The piece is issued under party or committee labels and lists chairmen Frank H. Bushick and D. O. Terrell.
J A Bumgardner entered his home at 9 30 last night to find a burglar fleeing through a rear door carrying jewelry worth about 50 dollars. The crime follows recent prowler activity around Locust streets, blamed on a marauding gang. Police notified. The second item notes early oyster farming in Japan dating back to 1720.
W E Ford is in Santa Rosa Hospital not expected to live after a high speed crash near Hot Wells. Miss Gertrude Campbell of 1718 North Pine suffered a dislocated shoulder while eight others were injured as two autos collided while returning from a picnic. Police hold H Achterberg and H L Thorp for reckless driving. charges may also be filed against Ford.
Miss Campbell sustained serious hurts yet was bruised but aided quickly and sent home after temporary treatment. Ford Achterberg and Thorp were detained. Charges were filed in Justice Fisk's court alleging violation of the 18 mile per hour speed limit beyond the city line. Affidavits by H. J. Lamm. Hearing set for 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Gen Roy W Hearne of San Antonio, brigadier general of the Texas National Guard, resigns his post to the governor. Col Oscar Guessar of San Antonio is named to fill the vacancy. Guessar has served in the guard since 1908 and holds ranks in the ordinance department and governor’s staff. Col H E Townsend of Corsicana waives his right as next in command.
Charles Mellen's resignation as president of the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad is accepted with the timing of successor selection left to a special committee. Possible successors include Howard Elliott of Northern Pacific and Daniel Willard of Baltimore & Ohio. Directors, including Rockefeller and Morgan, attended the meeting amid mixed reactions to his leadership. Mellen, since 1903, oversaw massive consolidation and expansion, but stock declined and an anti trust indictment looms while a reform committee studies the railroad's affairs.
The Cotton States Carnival Track Meet at Galveston on August 2 is shaping up as a landmark event with many amateur entrants. Events include sprints, distance races, jumps, pole vault, shot put, and relays for juniors and YMCA college groups. Entries close July 29 with requirements on AAU registration and age rules, medals awarded in all events and a trophy for the top individual points winner.
The Southwest Texas Odd Fellows Association neared the end of its semi annual convention as 25 visiting delegates prepared for the encampment degree tonight. Grand Secretary W H Walker of Dallas presented the banner won by Miriam Rebekah Lodge No 24 and announced his afternoon talk on Odd Fellowship. Meetings last night focused on initiating new members and conferring degrees with a banquet in Monroe hall. Officers attending include Marcus W Davis Grand Master and S W Porter Sherman along with Grand Secretary Walker and Grand Deputy H W Francis.
The piece contrasts male and female tinder habits as it notes the propensity of smokers to light outdoors on windy days by scraping toward themselves. It reflects on the discomfort of stray sparks and the author’s preference to avoid the habit. It then shifts to a historical note: twenty years ago New York had about nine thousand telephone stations with seven central offices in Manhattan and one in the Bronx, compared with today’s vastly larger network of over 350,000 stations in Manhattan and the Bronx.
New York July 18 Old time athletes gathered at Travers Island NYAC to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of its opening. Pop Garter led a spry return to form testing the 352 foot track while 74 year old Harry Buremeyer joined the celebrations with a few shot puts. The event featured Ed Carter in a rolling chair and a banquet with commemorative medals. The day ends with a baseball game tomorrow. Tasmania lies south of Australia with 26200 square miles and 191000 people.
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