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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
3
San Antonio announces Continental Investment Co stock at 15 cents per share, blocks from one to four hundred. The land near Tampico, Mexico, is described as worth double the purchase price, due to unsettled conditions in Mexico. A complete investment plan will be mailed upon request.
Activist John B. Carrington, acting for the fair trustees, helps spur a campaign for subscriptions to a $75,000 bond issue to save fair property.
A short travel note urges readers to carry a guiding light on trips. It highlights mindful pacing, safer journeys, and enjoying scenery without rushing. The advice emphasizes preparation, staying visible, and preserving energy during travel.
Walter Flowers, a negro, was fined five dollars in corporation court after remarking he had not received legal justice. Judge Buckley ordered a fifteen dollar contempt fine and warned of further action in county court for carrying a pistol after brandishing a revolver in the air.
The Civil Service Commission announces an examination for a gardener at Fort Sam Houston with a $45 monthly salary and rations. No educational test is required. Applications must be filed with the board of examiners secretary at the post office by June 26.
Revised returns show Speaker Champ Clark winning the Rhode Island Democratic presidential nomination votes with 4107 to 1333 for Wilson and 728 for Harmon. National Committeeman George W Green led with 5224 votes over 4991 for George F O Shaughnessy. Ten Baltimore delegates will back Clark on at least one ballot.
The Fifth Regiment Armory near ready for the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. Work nearly complete with decorations to finish by week’s end. The national committee’s arrangements subcommittee arrives around June 10, with full committee on site about a week before the June 25 opening. Rogers to Name Baldwin. Governor Simeon Baldwin of Connecticut to be nominated by Dean Henry Wade Rogers, proxy at the convention. Rogers returns from Minneapolis Monday after attending the Methodist gathering and will speak for the delegation.
Houston June 1 The Associated Press reports Judge W H Gill of Houston will enter the race for Congress in the Eighth district tomorrow Joe H Eagle and Judge Norman G Kittrell have led the field so far and remain contenders.
Jas C Dahlmann completes a third term bid as Omaha mayor after strong primary results. He credits Foley Kidney Pills for relief from kidney trouble and recommends them to others with backache rheumatism or kidney or bladder issues. Edwards King Drug Co. endorses the product.
All want ads received by 10 o clock Saturday night will be classified under proper headings. Give your ad over the telephone. A bill will be mailed later. Both phones 176. Fe Read ROLO RUBBERINBE ad in Sundays Riebe Undertaking Co auto ambulance service 221 B Com Phone 41. Trivino Trio White Horse Tavern.
Mrs. Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky reports two years of severe backache and female disorders. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling her to perform daily chores. The ad invites readers to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Belton Texas June 1 Baylor college closing exercises drew large crowds for the inauguration of Dr Hardy and the Baylor Daughters homecoming. Open sessions by literary societies, class day on the lawn, and a banquet by the Alumnae association honored Dr Hardy with community and Baptist leaders attending.
At the Country club on Thursday Miss Lillian Sprigg of San Diego won the prize a gold tennis racquet brooch arranged by Mrs S F Presley of Mexico City Miss Walthall was runner up after a tight final with 7 5 7 5 scores A field of eighteen entrants played from scratch as handicaps based on prior play.
The receipt shows $1500 paid in costs in the case E. J. Altgelt et al vs Bryan Callaghan et al, settling all costs in the commission charter contest. The two month trial drew over 1000 witnesses in the Fifty seventh district court under Judge A W Seeligson with notable counsel for both sides.
New York June 1 Hampton's Magazine has suspended publication and the June issue will not be issued. The firm formed after the failed merger of Hampton's and Columbian magazines lacks funds and will seek a receiver in dissolution. Speaker Champ Clark is reported to have invested 4600 dollars.
The Texas treasurer reports May deposits from land sales and leases totaling 62721.07 across funds including School land permanent and available funds, university lands, and several asylums with small allocations. An advertisement notes Staacke Bros. received a shipment of pony wagons and carts.
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