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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
3
A 1914 Jeffery Four priced at 1550 dollars is advertised as the finest automobile job of 1914 built from the best materials. The copy contrasts two houses to paint to illustrate quality versus price in the car market at around similar cost.
A U. S. Surgeon at Ellis Island says death is painless and fear of death is a treatable phobia. He claims Vitalitas, an energized medicinal blend, banishes fear and revitalizes the body and is sold at Wagner's drug store 407 East Houston St and by all druggists.
Jeke Rubiola announced he will not run for county commissioner in Precinct No 1 against J K Lamm citing business reasons. He said the position demands attention during bridge and road work funded by the bond issue, risking his private interests. He added there may be other contests, but current incumbents face no major opposition.
Gece Quanah Texas reports wheat maturing fast with harvest set to start this week in several fields. Over 100 binders have been delivered in the last six weeks. Out-turn estimates range from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. Rust is minimal.
The Army commissary at Fort Sam Houston cancels current bid call and reissues bids with the old 500 pound steer requirement. Major Rolfe cites unsatisfactory results from accepting cows and young steers and will specify the 500 pound beef again. Cattlemen decry the move as harming the industry. Texas Cattle Raisers' Association president Joseph Jackson calls it unwise and discriminatory. Talks of a protest meeting by association members in Texas follow.
H Trulemans of Brussels and T Warnant of Antwerp, engineers for the Belgian syndicate owning 90 percent of the San Antonio Water Supply Company, arrived for inspection. They last visited years ago while C H Surkamp Jr. said no significant findings. The firm plans major improvements under a new city contract, costs borne by Belgian owners.
Interstate commerce commissioners and railroad lawyers testified before the Senate interstate commerce committee. Officials Clements and Hall joined Robert S. Lovett of Harriman lines A H Harris of New York Central G P Blair of Southern Pacific and A P Thom of Southern railway presented views on proposed trust legislation.
Ray M. Mackey heads a new city complaint bureau with swift responses. A South Olive street call led to a five minute dispatch by a motorcycle officer and a half hour report that the issue was worse than described.
The Modern Woodmen of America chose Toledo Ohio for its 1914 convention, June 16 start, beating San Antonio after Texas bid split support with Houston. Local delegates H V Vodie and E M Hawk will attend. Separately New Haven shares hit a new low at 65 amid Governor Walsh’s call to divorce Boston & Maine from the New Haven.
Cuero Texas records 12 inches of rain in May. The Cuero River dropped only a few feet, remaining 24 feet above normal today.
An advance party from the Y M C A will depart next Monday to set up tents for the Kerrville summer camp. The main party of about fifty boys leaves San Antonio June 10 for a two week program starting June 11 featuring sports and daily devotional sessions. Dr J N Darrough will oversee camp sanitation and health lectures on first aid to the injured.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy will host a 3 PM business meeting at the Woman's Club on Camden Street followed by 4 PM commemorative exercises for Jefferson Davis birthday. Mrs Edward Goldstein, Mrs Mabel Massey Bates, and Miss Janie Baskin will present papers and a poem with a musical program. Davis, born June 3 1808 in Kentucky, led the Confederacy and died in 1889.
A San Antonio gathering of northern and central Texas hotel managers heads to Victoria for the Texas Hotel Keepers Association convention. Otto Herold leads from Dallas with others hosting in San Antonio before departure. The group aims to push the dead beat bill to curb dishonest guests, continuing the association’s drive on bogus checks.
Mrs. O C Pyron a pioneer woman of San Antonio is critically ill at her home 1021 South Alamo Street.
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