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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
11
New Haven shows six months of municipal garbage collection at 54000 dollars yearly with most costs spent on pig upkeep instead of collection. The pigs were bought to feed on waste and yield profit after fattening, but results are poor and little profit is seen. King Pattison Drug Co. promotes Foley Kidney Pills within the copy.
Hartford July 20 One of the session’s notable laws grants eminent domain to the Connecticut College for Women to build at New London The private corporation will obtain land to secure the site as prices for seven acres soared from 1200 to 90000 due to the college’s selection.
Albany July 20 Adjutant General Verbeck head of the New York State National Guard advocates military education for high school students. He urged the state department of education to inform principals to use a new law allowing under 18 year olds to bear arms and join cadets companies and battalions.
A large marble rock collapsed at the Carrara quarries in Pisa, Italy. Rescue teams recovered six dead and four fatally injured workers. two more are missing.
A Bavarian paper reports the arrest of a Japanese army officer attached to Bavarian troops. He was caught at night observing the new field guns with a dark lantern on the Hammerburg maneuver field. The incident suggests close scrutiny of Bavarian artillery by foreign officers.
Berlin reports Baron OswaldVon Rich tofen convicted for the May 10 duel murder of WilhelmVon Gaffen and sentenced to two years in a fortress. Ottawa notes a House of Commons session dominated by conservative opposition to the Fielding Knox trade deal with government silence on the matter.
In Mexico City striking bakers gain many recruits and the strike is expected to widen. The report notes Theo and Artzt's orchestra as linked mentions with unclear details about phones.
John and Peter Cheesman were each fined 100 dollars and costs by Justice Fisk for disturbing the peace at Gus Barry’s residence four miles south of the city on the Corpus Christi road. State alleges they cursed and abused Barry’s family about 2 AM and tore down fence panels and a rural mail box. Deputized marshal Dibrell attended. a complaint charging mail box molestation was filed with the US commissioner, who waived examination. Failure to pay fines could send them to county jail.
Three masked robbers halted North Coast Limited near Buffalo, N D, took about $500 from day coaches and searched passengers. Engineer S P Olson of Fargo was wounded by two shots but train continued to Fargo where he rests at home. Express and mail cars were left untouched as the trio fled by auto.
Nicaraguan consul Juan J. Zavalet reports a cable from Bluefields describing a disastrous fire that wiped out a block of buildings. No further details or losses were provided.
Following Israel Davis's arrest in Boston for stealing Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's necklace, police recovered the necklace and several small items in Rufus Davis's Providence home. The items were turned over to Boston police. Rufus Davis denied knowledge of the case.
A failed black hand demand led to a dynamite blast at Vin cent Lacognata's South Clark street grocery. The front was wrecked, families on the upper floors were tossed from bed, and nearby buildings were shattered drawing hundreds of Italians to the scene.
President Taft’s message on amending the Pure Food and Drug Law does not reference Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound or Foley Kidney Pills. The items are described as true medicines, long established for coughs, colds, throat and chest ailments, with Foley’s remedies claimed to retain pre-eminence and merited recognition by medical professionals.
Sixteen year old William Hibbs was struck on the head by a pitched ball at Burlington Island park and fatally injured. He continued playing until the game ended, then collapsed and died after skull fracture was discovered at a Philadelphia hospital.
Albany July 20 The state moves to a direct tax for the first time in ten years a six tenths of a mill levy expected to raise about six million dollars to cover deficits and create a working surplus Governor Dix and legislative leaders agree the bill will be introduced immediately and urged to passage before adjournment.
Isaac Bledsoe of Austin and Dr. S. Robinson of Stockdale are guests at the Gunter and Bexar respectively. Del Rio visitors Mrs Toglerbue and Miss Rosa Toglerbue with Mrs H Walker and D B Beven stay at the Maverick. Albany Tex J W Casey registers at the Crockett. Lumbermen T L Hackney and C B Hackney in town at the Menger. Pingenots from Cline stay at the Bexar. W D Green, landowner from Seguin country, at the Maverick. Condit of Austin spends day in city at the Menger. Warren of Dallas at the Crockett. J P Isabell of Dallas on a business visit staying at the Gunter. Troxell from Amarillo registers at the Bexar. Graves family of Houston visiting San Antonio this week staying at the Menger.
Mr. Perry A. Pitman of Dale Texas says he was bedridden four months with kidney and bladder trouble and gall stones. One bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him. Ask for it at King & Pattison Drug Co.
An old advertisement touts a one dollar bottle of Hall's Texas Wonder as a fifty day cure all for kidney bladder and rheumatic ailments. It claims quick and permanent relief and invites readers to request testimonials while listing Dr. E W Hall in St Louis Missouri and druggist sales.
Special to The Light reports Cameron county tax assessments have more than doubled in five years. Despite losing the northern portion to form Willacy county, the 1911 valuation reached 13 107 197 compared with 6 058 567 in 1907.
Frank Rosen, 24, an automobile expert, was shot in the left lung near the heart while walking an East Side street at midnight. He ran a full block to a drug store before collapsing. police and surgeons pursue the mystery of the stray bullet and his survival chances remain uncertain.
The Panonia from New York carried Mrs Clark Fisher and her pets including four Persian cats two monkeys two parrots and two dogs. They travel to Italy for five months at Lake Como with her husband a wealthy Trenton steel man.
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