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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1912

Page

3

Woodmen Visit Comfort with San Antonio Delegation

Clinton G Brown of San Antonio spoke on Woodcraft as part of a daylong Woodmen of the World excursion. The event drew about 1000 attendees from five camps and featured baseball, fraternal demonstrations, foot and egg races, tug of war, and a demonstration of lodge work. The excursion returns to San Antonio at 7:30 PM.

Comfort Tex Cypress Camp No San Antonio Kerrville Sam Houston Camp No Sam Houston Camp Cypress Camp Clinton G. Brown Woodmen Order Woodmen of the World

Tinners Fall Fatal In Roof Work

A fractured skull from a fall on a tin roof fatally injures Joseph Ignacio Cordova 47 a tinner. He died at a local hospital. Cordova a San Antonian member of Modern Woodmen of America and vice president of the Tinners local union. Funeral held at 9:45 this morning from Sloan Hagy Undertaking Parlors.

Joseph Ignacio Cordova Cordova San Antonian Modern Woodmen of America Tinners Sloan & Hagy Undertak

Proposed bandage rates suspended by Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed railroad baggage regulations on excess rates and size limits for 120 days starting July 1 while investigations proceed. The rules would add charges for pieces over 45 inches and ban pieces over 70 inches, except immigrant baggage. Railroads had agreed to the regulations prior to suspension.

Associated Press Washington United States Interstate Commerce Commission Railroads

Cordova Service Held at St Marys Church

Following services in St Marys church interment was made in St Marys cemetery. Surviving Mr Cordova are a widow and six children.

Ing Establishment St. Mary's Church St. Mary’s Cemetery Cordova

Dr J R Cunningham Osteopath Ad

Dr J R Cunningham 449 Moore bids Osteopath old phone 984ng listed in directory notice with practice details and contact number.

J. R. Cunningham Moore

Staacke Bros Offer Low Prices On Carriages

A large selection of carriages buggies and phaetons is available at very low prices from Staacke Bros. The sale emphasizes affordable options for buyers seeking basic and practical vehicles.

Staacke Bros

Free Clinic Board Sets Meeting on New Hospital Report

The Free Clinic association board urges attendance at 5 o'clock today above the Plaza theater to hear team reports and perfect remaining organization for the $50,000 hospital fund. Progress is promised, with many hours donated and the permanent headquarters opened. delays cited for Rev. Phillip Cook and the clock project. Dr. C S Venable notes rising clinic demand and five patients turned away for lack of urgent surgical care. Public-spirited citizens seek a hospital where no one is turned away.

The Free Clinic Association Plaza Theater Phillip Cook St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Laredo Street San Antonio

Dr J R Smith Recovering After Knife Attack

Fort Worth Texas June 6 Dr J R Smith wealthy Knox county land owner and physician who is caring for the tenant farmer who stabbed him will recover his physicians announced this morning The operation yesterday was successful and the victim is greatly improved today

J. R. Smith Associated Press Fort Worth Tex Knox County

Waco to Install Filtration Plant

A bond issue of 400000 dollars was purchased by Commerce Trust Co of Kansas City for a total premium of 18000. Proceeds fund a large water filtration plant, elevated reservoirs, and extending mains to unserved city areas. Bonds pay 5 percent and run for 80 years.

Waco Associated Press Tex The Commerce Trust Company of Kansas City

Woodward Special Guaranteed Rubber Tires

Woodward Carriage Co offers special guaranteed rubber tires.

Woodward Woodward Carriage Co

Gov Foss Sr. Dies in Jamaica Plain at 83

George Edmund Foss aged 83 father of Gov Eugene N Foss of Massachusetts and Rep George E Foss of Illinois died in his Jamaica Plain home after a several months illness. He passed away with Governor Foss and Congressman Foss at his bedside.

Gov. Foss Associated Press Boston Mass George Edmund Foss Eugene N. Foss Massachusetts George E. Foss Illinois Jamaica Plain Governor Foss Foss

Blind Institute Commencement Held in Austin

A large audience attended the State Blind Institute auditorium for graduation exercises. Miss Ruby Mills of Austin and Bessie Williams of Kemp were the graduates this year. The Alumni Association also held its meeting there.

Blind Institute Austin Tex State Blind Institute Ruby Mills Bessie Williams Kemp

Who Said Corns Get-IT Works Instead of Instruments

An advertiser promotes GETS-IT as a painless corn cure replacing knives razors and plasters. It claims to shrink corns bunions callouses and warts leaving healthy flesh and guarantees satisfaction or money back. Sold by druggists at 25 cents a bottle from E. Lawrence & Co Chicago.

E. Lawrence & Co Chicago

St Mary's Alumni Banquet Set For June 15 At Gunter Hotel

The St Marys College Alumni Association plans the annual banquet for graduates held Saturday night June 15 at the Gunter hotel. About 250 members may attend with 175 already confirmed. A toast program and entertainment are planned with several college faculty invited. Invitations extended to Brother William Ernst Brother Louis Tregesser Brother Edward Leimkuhler and Otto Anthony Vinke. Ushers named for the June 13 closing exercises at the Royal theater.

St. Mary's College Alumni Association Gunter Hotel William Ernst St. Mary’s College Louis Tregesser St. Louis College Edward Leimkuhler Otto Anthony Vinke Royal Theater

Dallas Delegation Sells Alamo Heights Train For Texas Endeavor Union

The Dallas group in the Texas Christian Endeavor Union plans to attend the convention in San Antonio with a special train. North Texas societies join to push Dallas as next year’s host city. A grand rally at Central Congregational Church precedes departure at 10 and trains at 11. They arrive in San Antonio at 3 Tuesday.

Dallas Texas Christian Endeavor Union San Antonio Central Congregational Church

Round Up Thieves Target Chicago Convention Crowds

Captain John J. Halpin of the detective bureau orders a general round up of thieves known nationally and internationally to be in Chicago for the convention. Within two days twenty complaints suggest a well known crook at work with two female accomplices.

Associated Press Chicago John J. Halpin Detective Bureau

Stiles Praises Auto Club House Site in North Loop

Harvey C. Stiles, horticultural expert, commends the San Antonio Automobile Club for securing a land tract on the North Loop for its clubhouse. He notes the site offers advantages for an ideal park and reaches this conclusion after a thorough inspection.

Stiles

Marion to Incorporate and Develop Artesian Well

Marion Texas will incorporate as a town after a petition gathered votes in favor. Local capitalists plan to organize a company to sink an artesian well, signaling growth and formal town government.

Marion Tex

Catholic University honors first women with arts degree

Sisters from San Antonio become the first women in four centuries to earn a bachelor of arts at the Catholic University of America. Sister Mary Columbine and Sisters Mary Columba, Mary Regina and Mary Antonio received the baccalaureate diploma at the Teachers College commencement amid a class of eighteen graduates. San Antonio has long sent students to the college, and the news notes the achievement as surpassing all male scholastic marks at the university.

Catholic Sisters of San Antonio Teachers’ College The Catholic University of America Washington Mary Columbine Academy of the Incarnate Word Mary Columba Mary Regina Mary

Sororities Ban Enacted at Shorter College

Rome Georgia June 6 sororities at Shorter College are banned by Dr A W Van House after student consultation. Five national sororities Phi Mu Sima Jota Chi Alpha Sigma Alpha Psi Mu Gamma and Kappa Belta Phi will close their charters after this session citing clanishness and bitterness fostered by sororities.

Rome Shorter College A. W. Vanhouse W. Emmett Stephens China Shorter van House Phi Mu Sima Jota Chi Alpha Sigma Alpha Psi Mu Gamma Kappa Belta Phi

Temple Forms Aero Club to Build Flying Machines

Temple Texas becomes first city in the state to charter a corporation for building and promoting flying machines. The Aero Club Temple, with 5 stock, names E K Williams W G Rowland W E Dozier and four others as incorporators. The original charter aimed to establish a library and promote scientific undertakings but broadened to airships and aerial craft though no Texas law authorizes such building.

Austin Tex Temple Texas Meceme State Department Diss Close Aero Club Temple E. K. Williams W. G. Rowland W. E. Dozier

Personal Guarantee for eczema remedy sale in town

Local shop advertises D D D Prescription as a guaranteed eczema and skin ailment cure. It promises no charge if the bottle fails and claims rapid relief from itching with a Chicago made compound of thymos glycerine oil and wintergreen. The note lists A M Fischer at Alamo Plaza and E Houston Street as sellers.

D. D. D. Laboratories Chicago A. M. Fischer Alamo Plaza E. Houston Street

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Tinner Cuba Minnesota Orde Key West Cuban Osterhaus Cuban Republic Emmet Bank Thos, D. Conroy J. Frank Gadlagher EB. J. McCormick Sistamt Cashier McElwain Little Men's Goodyear West Oxford W. H. McElwain Company Free Clinic Board White Horse Tavern Express Saul Woltson ST. Mary's Clifton George Sells Alamo Heights Dallas Christian Endeavorers Crooks Catholic University Temple Company First Corporation of Kind A. Coliman Main Ave Theo Artzt Bot Bexar Drug Company
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