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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1911
Page
9
The charity institutions and hospitals will be visited tomorrow morning with bouquets fragrant with perfume. Donor names will appear on the flowers to bring happiness to the afflicted, helping them feel connected to the world amid the election era. Bring flowers to The Light office before 11 o'clock tomorrow.
Rain is falling at Corsicana Denton Fort Worth Marshall Paris Tyler Texarkana Weatherford and Terrell. Cloudy weather prevails at Walnut Ridge Greenville Gainesville and Houston. It is partly cloudy at Temple Austin Amarillo Brownwood Clarksville Childress and Corpus Christi. All other points in the state report clear weather.
Mrs Standish Barry Burton announces the engagement and impending marriage of her daughter Jennie Burton to Phillip Harrison of Monterey Mexico. The ceremony is planned for Wednesday evening at seven at the Burton residence on Alamo Street.
Katherine M. Joseph announces contact changes with old phone 176 replaced by new 1359 and home number 2862 in a brief newsroom notice.
A called meeting of the Alamo Mission chapter DRT was held at 4 oclock in the Menger hotel. Mr and Mrs Sam Lucchese hosted last evening at dinner on Quincey street in honor of Dr OBrien Mann with yellow and white decorations and a multi course meal on the veranda. Attendees included J. T. Mann Dr OBrien Mann Dr B T Young Dr Edwards Dr Mary Harper and Mr and Mrs Waldrove Van hoorheis. Virginia Hurst played violin selections during the event.
Mr and Mrs Sam Lucchese hosted a baptism reception at their Nolan street home with a long list of attendees including Mr and Mrs B Ferreri Mr and Mrs L Troilo Mr and Mrs J Di Carlo and many others. Social visits follow with relatives traveling to Canada New York Corpus Christi and Galveston and local residents leaving for Texas engagements.
Miss Helena Stallo heiress with her sister to Alexander McDonalds fortune is engaged to marry Nils Florman son of a Swedish admiral. The couple’s ties to high society include Stockholm connections and friendship with Gustav VY. Mr Orman shifts from home ties to business ventures.
Giant fossils found near the Klamath river in Siskiyou County include three molars seven inches across with four cusps each and a preserved eight to ten foot jaw size estimate. An ancient stone hatchet was recovered nearby, puzzling local tribes and chiefs who knew no similar artifact.
Frost describes a seven and a half foot horn found in gravel near a Klamath river site, with a fourteen inch diameter base. He notes it resembles cattle horns, not mastodon, and places the find in a stratified ancient river channel with petrified tree trunks beneath at least ten thousand years old. The horn showed rapid deterioration once touched by humans.
Six tons or 12000 pounds of souvenir postcards arrived over Aransas Pass and were consigned to a local dealer on Alamo Plaza. It marks the second large shipment to the same dealer in recent months, with cards depicting San Antonio scenes mailed to foreign countries. The total shipment is estimated at two million cards.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a soft velvet cream or emulsion claimed to be washed off and purified by a new process, offering sunburn prevention and discoloration control. Mentions brands or terms like Harmless as water and Totle, Brunate, Pine, and a preparation by a national toast company in Paris.
Governor Colquitt began preparations for the financial message to the Texas Legislature meeting next Monday. He sent to Comptroller Lane for a complete statement of appropriation dispositions, two year needs, deficiency totals, fund balances, and total Texas property valuation.
Lieutenant E. D. Carranza of the Madero revolutionary army appeals to Governor Colquitt to reduce or remit a $14 fine from a justice court for sleeping in a public place in this county. He notes he was merely dozing in a buggy and is en route to Mexico from Fort Worth. Port of San Antonio notice then lists a public auction on July 25 for seized merchandise including mescal brandy tequila vermouth alcohol drawn work cigars and related items.
No new cholera cases since last Saturday as health officials credit strict measures with curbing the epidemic. Hoffman Island reports show no suspicious illnesses among detained Moltke passengers, with more likely to be released. Perugia and Principe di Piemonte remain at quarantine.
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