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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1915
Page
7
In Corpus Christi on July 27 the clubwomen under Mrs Q B Scott will lead a city clean-up campaign. State sanitary expert Mrs Darwin from Austin will be present this week to authorize the local women to carry out the project under the Pure Food and Drug Department.
Burial permits issued for Charley B Tom aged 12 died July 5 at 281 East Myrtree Street. Sue He Hearne aged 62 died July 5 at 946 West Mulberry Street. Arden Image Worley aged 9 died April at 418 Mulberry Street.
A list of travelers and visitors checked into area hotels including the St Anthony and the Gunter. Names include H stern, D Tucker, J S Martin of Laredo, D I Kaufman of Fort Worth, Mrs P C Maftor of Chicago, Harold Duncan of Hartford, and others from Austin Dallas Waxahachie Fort Worth and Montesuc, with various guests at the St Anthony and Menger and Gunter hotels.
Corpus Christi residents show strong support for mail order houses in the North and East. Post Office figures indicate money order business up nearly 20 percent this year compared with last year, suggesting a homegrown spending trend.
City officials discussed the budget with focus on street cleaning and garbage collection costs totaling about $140,000. Mayor Brown and Commissioner Steves push for higher salaries for police and clerical heads while tax rate increases loom due to expanded street maintenance and new pavements.
Public notice from the Board of City Commissioners warns delinquent taxpayers to pay city taxes for the fiscal year 1914 by October to avoid higher penalties. It outlines monthly penalty rates of July through October and states costs will be added if sued, with back taxes to be collected. Signed by the City Clerk Fred Fris.
Lew Brice, dancing comedian, reunites with Miss Zick after a staged romance and a legal dispute. The pair married in Floresville, faced an annulment, and renewed vows in New York and Chicago as guardianship and age issues complicated their union.
Reports state the Katy franchise ordinance will be formally accepted by the Belt Terminal Company board by week’s end or next week. The project calls for at least 1.2 million dollars in terminals and two years of development, with Katy officials and counsel traveling from Dallas for the accord.
Obituary items list B Craig a San Antonio real estate man for 21 years dying at his home at 117 South Pinta Street. He moved from Lavernia and held multiple lodge and Shrine memberships. Survivors include widow, son Hubert W. Craig, two daughters Anne B. and Lille L. Craig, brothers and sisters. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church with Knights Templars burial at Mission Burial Park. The section also notes the death of Tom, 12, son of Mr and Mrs T Tom of Campbellton, and funeral arrangements by local undertakers.
The county budget for Getnr county dated 1916 proposes a tax rate of 49 cents per $100 valuation, with a total appropriation of $374,456.50 for running expenses. General fund 26.92 cents, road and bridge 14.02, and interest sinking 14.06 cents. prior year totals and bond interest adjustments are noted.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a location Grand and a time 6 to 9 p m with unclear references to a hotel and possible names. The readable items are incomplete and do not establish a clear event, person, or organization.
Jurors questioned on conscience toward punishing a female defendant in the Rosenthal homicide. many say they could not impose death, others recant after considering a woman defendant. Assistant DA Graham presses for death penalty, seeks jurors with no prejudgment. Court halts after exhausting 250 jurors with only seven empaneled.
The Civil Service announces a series of examinations in August for roles including senior drainage engineers, land appraisers, and pathological inspectors across various offices. Additional tests cover second class steam engineers, junior appraisers, and marine engine draftsmen, with September dates for hull inspectors and chief engineers in coast and geodetic survey services. A separate note mentions funds from ticket sales directed to the Frey Milk and Ice Fund, and related items from the Gunter–Sl Anthony belt.
A corral baseball game raised 31.52 for a milk fund to aid babies. A donor named Gunter Hater contributed to the cause, with Antonio Light Mis noted in the brief, as readers learned of the tally and the generous gesture.
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