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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1911
Page
5
Katherine M. Joseph listed as editor with office and home contact details including office id 176 and home address 2862. The entry notes a new listing at 1359.
Miss Lucile Teagarden entertains at a morning card party for Miss Emily Fowler, with friends in attendance.
Louise Bitter celebrated her eighth birthday at home with games and refreshments. Guests included Alice Coffie Corinne Heubaum Lucile Corning Pauline Bitter Mayme Low Clarke Patrick Geraghty Frank Bitter Adolph Rummel Mrs. C. E. Cowart and Miss Evy Cowart of Lufkin visiting Mrs. Cowart’s mother Mrs. George Harris.
A Chicago reader endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for hay fever relief during hot months. The letter from M. Stewart at 1034 Wolfram St. urges others with similar symptoms to try the product via local King-Pattison Drug Co and Collman plumbing services.
Col E M Phelps reports a new ledger shows Texas is due 183000 from the federal government for frontier protection before the Civil War. Senator Culberson has urged the sum be added to the deficiency bill, with Phelps acting as state agent.
Delegates from Williamson county gathered at Taylor city hall for the quarterly meeting of the Williamson County Farmers' union. Officers elected for the next year include BE L. Davis Beaukiss president Otto Haselmeyer Taylor secretary R A Bradford Taylor lecturer R C Rader Georgetown chaplain G W Lawrence Thrall doorkeeper W B Denson Granger conductor A Johle Taylor and executive committee Thomas Labler Beaukiss F T Fulcher Granger Henry Obermiller Granger.
The Harlingen compress finished construction and began operation with a trial run of compressed bales. About 250 bales have shipped for compression and a busy season is expected as twenty four buyers establish permanent quarters. The local cotton crop is strong and the Harlingen area is forecast to reach around 10 000 bales.
The Texas comptroller transferred 31 671.14 from deaf and dumb, blind, orphans, and lunatic asylum funds to bolster the general revenue. With 46 297. balance, 71 968.14 rests in the general fund and 59 820.50 in interest on bonds remains unpaid, risking school and university funding as bonds yield only 3 percent due to prior policy.
George Smith Austin's crack second baseman married Jessie Pearl Henry of Hutto. Rev. H. M. Sayers of Hyde Park performed the ceremony.
A. W. Stain of the International club received a hand engraved letter from the Chicago Association of Commerce thanking San Antonio for hospitality shown to Chicago delegates on April 22. The Chicago letter praises cordial fellowship and hopes for a future return visit to Chicago.
West End Lumber Company advertises Crude Columbian Dip to destroy fleas and vermin in houses and outbuildings. Sold at 80 cents per gallon with phones listed as 377 for orders and inquiries.
State Entomologist reports millions of cotton leaf worm millers driven northward from Southwest Texas by winds. Chief Clerk Lindsey cautioned Central Texas to prepare for an infestation within days as the worms injure the cotton crop across the southwestern region.
Summer allotments at Hot Wells offer American plan stays with special rates. Guests may enjoy the historic spa, meals included, and limited midseason availability.
Large crowd expected as army officers and ladies attend the final performance of Sex Against Sex by the Sins Stock company at Exposition Park theater in San Antonio. The troupe, led by Richard Mandell and George Hanna, has earned praise for its quality acting and entertaining shows as Raffles is set to open next week. A second note reports the death of Mrs. Jeanette Miller Thompson in Mexico City from mastoiditis. she was the wife of former American ambassador David S. Thompson and will be buried in Lincoln, Nebraska, with relatives accompanying the party.
Mr. Perry A. Pitman of Dale Texas describes four months bedridden with kidney bladder trouble and gall stones. He credits one bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy with a full recovery and urges others to ask for it at King Pattison Drug Co.
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