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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
12
An ad promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a quick permanent cure for catarrh, claiming it purifies the blood and treats root causes of nasal and throat discomfort. It asserts the product has helped thousands and lists the Owl Drug Store at 326 B Commerce as a retailer.
Ray M. Mackey of the San Antonio Real Estate Exchange uses a morbid mailing tactic for the 12:30 luncheon at the St. Anthony hotel. An envelope bordered in black hid a yellow insert urging members to attend or be a dead one, with crepe imagery. Daisy Dell Womack traveled from San Marcos with her parents Captain and Mrs. John W. Womack.
The state receives a Walter Harriman memorial reservation gifted by Joseph Leeson of Newton Massachusetts. The 1800 foot Stewart Mink hill and surrounding lands offer a fifty mile summit view and timbered slopes. It will become a site for forestry teaching and research.
Police search for 150000 dollars worth of copper wire stolen from Dreamland ruins after a Saturday fire. Four men arrested and more expected as thieves used boats to haul wire from the park to a junk sloop offshore. Original park wiring cost nearly 400000 dollars.
Dr Manuel Socades a Cuban government expert on prison reform will witness two executions at Dannemora prison this month. He will study the electric chair recently recommended for Cuba and later visit western penal institutions to discuss exchange of pertinent measurements between the United States and Cuba.
Officers from the Eleventh cavalry hosted a social smoker for their Ninth cavalry brothers. Colonel James Parker welcomed the guests, Col Guilfoyle of the Ninth spoke in response, and the Eleventh band performed. Present were numerous officers including Colonels Guilfoyle Parker and Morgan, Majors Michie Walsh Cabell, and many captains and lieutenants from both units, with Dr Gould of the Eleventh medical corps.
The Cooper Union in New York has acquired in Paris the Leon de Cloux collection of decorative paintings and designs by 17th and 18th century masters. The 250-number collection is described as the most important of its kind ever obtained for America.
Railroad timetable notes reveal minor adjustments to schedules and arrivals. Officials confirm service continuity with updated clock times and platform changes affecting several routes. Community riders respond with cautious optimism about improved reliability and smoother transfers.
A dense list of arriving and departing train numbers with origins and destinations including north south east and west routes. It references lines from Texas cities such as Kerrville Kerrville Victoria Cuero and Houston with times like 1:55 pm 6:45 am and 10:15 pm. The fragment mentions the Santa Fe depot and the G H S&S A main line with various local and express services.
In Harlingen R B Clark shipped the earliest U S grapes, the California table variety, ten inch bunches, two months ahead of California. In Temple the first 1911 oats were sold for 35 cents, though rust damages expected to lessen yield.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard bid farewell to the battleship Delaware which will represent the United States at the coronation ceremonies in English waters. The 518 foot ship with ten 12 inch guns will travel with 2600 tons of coal and 400 barrels of oil. Rear Admiral Vreeland will occupy the captain's quarters.
SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT College Station Texas June 1 The demand for young men to teach agriculture and manual training is greater than the A and M College of Texas can supply The request for teachers is growing and the future demand will rise unless more men are educated for the work Public schools of Texas are demanding men daily and letters to Col Milner indicate urgent need
A short fragment notes a good board resembling a mother’s item associated with 442 Soledad Street, without further context or details about who, what, or where this relates to.
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