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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
4
Approaching motherhood requires extra nourishment and fortitude. The period demands heightened nerve and tissue-building nutrients beyond a normal diet to ease the double burden and promote a joyful, healthy transition to motherhood.
Seven of twelve defendants in the Petersburg trial are convicted for conspiring to secure Prince Bohdan Oginsky’s fortune. Sentences include two years imprisonment for Staff Captain Dimitry von Liarliarski and civil rights removal for accomplices. top defendants Von Kiarliarski and Col Viladimar von Liarliarski face severe penalties as the case unfolds amid noble and military ties.
A distant relative, Gen Nikolai Von Liarlarski, heirs estate with a provision for Captain Dimitry as sole heir if Nikolai predeceased. Dimitry proved Nikolai’s 1906 death and gained royal permission to use the title. Prince Oginsky sued, alleging the will was forged.
Mrs. Amy D. Winship of Racine, aged eighty, will enroll at the University of Wisconsin next fall. A friend of Abraham Lincoln, she leaves her current arts course at Ohio State University to be near her Wisconsin home and become possibly the world’s oldest student.
Georgia planted 50 609 400 acres in cotton this year up 2 percent from 1910. The June 1 crop condition was 87.5 percent, vs 80 percent last year. The May report also notes only 26 percent of a full peach crop indicated this year.
Brownsville city council lowers electric lighting and power charges. Commercial lighting now 12.12 cents per kilowatt hour, residence lighting 15 cents, and power 8 cents.
At a regular meeting the D400 district school board approved a nearly 400000 budget for 1911 12. Superintendent Lukin's salary rises to 6000 annually and a manual training and domestic science building for Carr Hill is donated. The board also plans brick construction, buying lots near Austin and North Flores, and lists maintenance funding including teachers salaries totaling 280000 and other line items.
Gonzales Tex Junea Della Lee longtime county resident died suddenly Tuesday night and was buried in the Masonic cemetery yesterday afternoon. She is survived by three children Ed Lee Charles Lee and Mrs J H Boothe and a sister Mrs Mary Hampton who lives in Gonzales.
In Atlanta the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a Lexington case in which Jonathan Brigg, a Black man, was convicted of stealing cotton seed after being coerced to sign a one year labor contract. The court ruled the criminal intent weak but left the jury’s verdict intact, citing technicalities.
Grace Arney risked her life to save her baby when a car collided with a Evanston avenue street car at Wilson and Evanston. Mrs Arney suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries while the baby escaped serious harm. Eight total injured. Mrs Arney believed fatally hurt.
President Taft visits Brooklyn meeting Governor Dix and War Secretary Stimson along with British Ambassador Bryce and other dignitaries. He reviews a Sunday school parade watches a lacrosse match speaks at churches then proceeds to Manhattan for a National Cottonseed Crushers dinner.
Two gunmen bound and gagged S. L. Shafer cashier of the Tooele Commercial Bank and fled with $9000 into nearby hills. Posses scoured the area as authorities investigated the daylight robbery.
In Chicago on June 7 P. J. Snyder described as a strong arm man for the chauffeurs union was found guilty by a municipal court jury of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. This marks the first labor slugger conviction in five years and sentence was withheld pending a motion for a new trial.
President B F Bush of the Missouri Pacific meets with J H Hill of Galveston Houston & Henderson and T J Freeman of Texas & Pacific and receiver for International & Great Northern. He inspects the Louisiana Gould lines, then departs for St Louis with Freeman to discuss cooperation and leadership.
Reports from Mexico indicate four parties will contest the 1911 presidential race, with Francisco I Madero as the popular idol facing a strong National Catholic challenger led by Gabriel Fernandez and Lic Manuel F de la Hoz Sr. de la Hoz. rumors tie Limantour to tie-ups with the new Catholic faction as it adopts Madero principles.
The Catholic party adopts platforms echoing Maderos aims including effective suffrage and hacienda division. Reyes may join the race, forming a National Independent party alongside the Maderists. Cientifico influence remains moneyed but weakened.
Albany June 8 Governor Dix signed a law barring retail sale of hypodermic syringes or needles. The measure targets curb misuse and curb access to drug paraphernalia across the state.
The city’s annual fire loss report shows 326 280 47 for June 1910 to May 1911 versus 112 803 73 for 1909 to 1910. The warehous district blaze last September was the largest single loss with 1 968 699 23 in property endangered and four fatal fires listed, including Kemp, Watkins family, Hagelstein, and the Silberbauers.
Boston reports Arthur W. Towne urged civil service examinations for probation officers in juvenile and criminal courts. Judge Julius W. Mack, former Chicago juvenile court judge, and now a member of the federal commerce court, backed civil service exams citing political pressure on appointing judges.
Local druggists stock Digestit with a money back guarantee if it fails to help digestive troubles. The simple tablets relieve dyspepsia heartburn and sour stomach quickly and naturally and are sold with pocket sized packaging. If guarranteed, readers can obtain a free full size package by writing to the Digestit Co. in Jackson Miss.
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