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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
5
Readers are invited to a July 23 picnic and dance at Madraz Park with a 40 piece band and a 26 piece orchestra, 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission one dollar, ladies and refreshments free. Offices and phone numbers listed for local doctors and listings. Also an Eagles Picnic at the Fair Grounds on July 22 starting 7 p.m. with dancing and refreshments.
Grants final discharge in bankruptcy to Berty Ford a Kerrville merchant with liabilities of 9769.06 and assets listed at 4451 household goods exemption 250. Also notes local offerings and services including Dine Crockett Hotel Cafe and an upcoming excursion to Houston via the Southern Pacific from San Antonio with return Monday.
New York reports continued activity in the cotton market with sharp price breaks in old crop months. August and July contracts fell, old crop prices slumped by up to 14 per bale since weekend highs, while new crop values declined less. Dealers note heavy selling by old crop bulls and widespread losses among leading market players.
Druggists King Pattison offer to pay for Samose if it fails to make thin, pale, undernourished people gain strength and flesh. The ad claims the flesh forming food aids digestion and nutrition, promising rosy cheeks and robust health for those who use Samose.
About 100 cooks and waiters in San Antonio met at Owl hall on Soledad Street and adopted a resolution opposing statewide prohibition. They argued prohibition would ruin jobs and harm the restaurant trade, pledging to defeat the proposed amendment on July 22, 1911. The meeting also discussed the potential unionization of restaurant workers.
Surveys for the Brownsville road are nearly finished with two crews running eastern and western routes toward the Texas-Mexican railroad line. Solicitors to raise bonuses for construction will be named after August 1, engineer C O Young to report to the executive committee by month end, and completion is hoped within ninety days. Residents along the route show strong support for the project.
State Game Warden Emmett Smith finds a drafting error in the new game law that bans killing shatter deer instead of fawn deer. He plans to ask the governor to urge an amendment at the next legislative session to avoid enforcement problems.
Corpus Christi Texas July 19 Judge John J Guion of Ballinger and his family on vacation received a telegram from Rawlins M Cilquitt manager of the anti prohibition speaker bureau in Dallas asking if he could cover the amendment for the rest of the week He agreed if the itinerary could keep him near Corpus Christi and the precise route has not been learned from Dallas
A. S. Lowe county commissioner was severely injured internally after being thrown from his buggy in Snyder Texas last night. He was reportedly in a critical condition as emergency crews moved him to a local hospital for treatment.
In Belton Texas on July 19 Pete Wiseman Mant shot his brother-in-law Frank Palmer in the arm after a quarrel. Palmer then slashed Mant with a knife causing a slight wound to the heart and cut his own arm four times before being seated for questioning.
Exposition park hosts the Sins stock company led by Richard Mandell with strong laughs from George Hanna as Lord Amerstorth in Sex Against Sex. Fort Sam Houston officers and maneuvers camp guests, invited by Major General Carter and Brigadier General Duncan, expected in large numbers.
A heat wave swept Alaska with Valdez recording 80 degrees as glaciers melted and streams rose. Teams of men worked to protect bridges leading to nearby mines from flood risk.
On July 19 Washington reported that American ranches in Lower California face threats from Mexican liberals. The United States asked the Mexican government to provide adequate protection for the ranchers and their property.
Charles M Schwab president of Bethlehem Steel corporation denied at New York July 19 that an effort was made at the Brussels steel conference to form an international accord to control steel prices. Schwab said he had just returned from Europe and had no knowledge of such a plan.
Jennie Passmore a small 17 year old girl is detained at city hall in the custody of Police Matron Julia Campbell while efforts are made to place her in a home. She testified against a white man accused of abusive conduct and says she worked for him for two years earning 1.25 weekly.
New Orleans July 19 A resolution calling for a congressional investigation into Secretary Meyer policy alleged to subvert Congress by closing southern naval stations and yards was adopted at a conference of New Orleans mercantile leaders. Another resolution urged Louisiana's representative to push a bill making the city a home port for several warships to protect government property at the Mississippi river mouth.
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