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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1913
Page
5
On July 12 1913 the company increased capital stock from 500000 to 1000000 fully paid, becoming the second largest trust in Texas with the largest city capital in San Antonio Southwest Texas. It emphasizes its loans up to 250000 and notes its 1500000 in local property loans.
J. O. Terreld serves as President with Otto Koehler as Vice President. Chas Schreiner J Stevens B G Barnes W P Rote are listed as Secretaries in the corporate slate.
Miss Eva Theleen daughter of Charles G Theleen leaves Kenosha for a 23000 mile wedding trip to Bombay India. She will wed Wendell Kumlein a Methodist missionary on October 1 and travel with her father to Stockholm Sweden before continuing solo the final 14000 miles. They plan an elephant back trek to the interior of India where the fiancé teaches.
Mrs Jeannette Helen Janderson, described as a beautiful young matron, lamented this afternoon that a man could put a miserable housefly before his wife, amid a Pittsburg scene quoted in a local column.
Mrs Janderson files for divorce from Walter Janderson alleging her husband loves a disease carrying fly more than her. She complains he trains the fly all day and night, leaving her with little of his time and attention, and says she will grant him liberty to be with his pet.
Mrs. George Simpson of 2725 Concord Street reports cracking an egg for breakfast and finding a nickel embedded in the yolk. If the hen continues laying, the government may install it in the Philadelphia mint. The note adds a 1911 fact that Java produced 116 million pounds of tapioca, with production rising.
H. H. Beard, chief clerk at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, writes verses as a personal pastime. He uses a typewriter, never titles his poems, and writes about tender human themes like motherhood, love, and childhood. Beard believes poetry is a private pleasure, not a profession, and he produces poems sporadically with no intention to publish.
A New York fire buries deposit vaults at the Excelsior Trust Company, with about a billion in cash securities and the Zophar diamond missing. Detective Tierney and officials mobilize, vowing secrecy to prevent a panic while tracing the master yegg and securing the crime scene.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles dissolving gravel and curing diabetes back pain rheumatism and irregularities of kidneys and bladder in men and women Regulates bladder troubles in children Order by mail for 1 00 One small bottle provides two months treatment and often cures Send for testimonials from Dr E W Hall St Louis Missouri Sold by druggists Ady.
James Tierney locates the building north of the ruins and confronts Superintendent Collins. The exchange escalates as Tierney seizes Collins by the collar and asserts control, insisting he will not be manipulated in the investigation.
On Cullen Island in the Philippines archipelago a famed brass band of lepers performs, banished there as a living death. The isle hosts about 4775 people all under treatment in a refuge for leprosy patients from U S possessions in the Far East. Two New South Wales cherry orchards yielded 10000 dollars this season. A Chicago artist reports night painting improved by violet-tinted spectacles.
More than 100 million dollars of U S forest products were exported in fiscal year 1913 led by pine and oak timber and crude furniture. The total export value reached about 120 million dollars with ships to Europe Asia Africa and the Americas. European demand fueled shipments of doors sash blinds and woodenware while naval stores add over 25 million dollars separately.
The St. Anthony Roof Garden touted as the coolest and most attractive dining and music venue with soloist Signor Arturo Lugaro performing tonight. Advertisement notes sausage buyers should seek TIN TAG for freshness. Display seen in lobby at Grand Opera House Union Meat Company.
The Southern Welding and Machine Co of the city shows a large welding project for the San Antonio Gas and Electric Co. A half inch steel tank with a ragged edge crack was perfectly welded by the Oxy-Acetylene method. President I A Dittmar notes the flame can reach 6300 degrees and unite metals while offering precise cutting capabilities.
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