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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1914
Page
9
County commissioners acting as board of equalization near final approval of a valuation roll. They sped up this year to survey road and bridge contracts in their precincts. Local items include court actions, dances, and public notices across San Antonio.
Motorists flocked to the Medina dam on Sunday for a San Antonio Automobile Club Branch outing at Medina Lake. By noon over 100 onlookers enjoyed fishing and boating as the area is anticipated to become a summer hotspot. Local dealers reported multiple car sales and ongoing Premier car tests led by A. L. Westgard and the Staacke Company.
Mrs Gink recalls a dramatic baseball battle remarking that the paper described cannonading and many deaths. Mr Gink counters that such battles rarely cause bloodshed, framing a debate over portrayals of conflict and violence.
In a terse exchange, an artist laments altered scenery while an old farmer confirms the change. The painter longs for a cloud mirror from a prior year, highlighting a loss of visual continuity in their landscape.
Tonight at the Grand a country store night draws 200 plus attendees with chairs set on stage and gallery fans flowing. The Dunnigan trio opens a second week with a new program while Morgan and Van debut a tango act and a photo drama revival of George Klein’s Quo Vadis is promised for tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Rich ard Allen known as the Master Mind seeks revenge for his brother’s conviction by plotting against the prosecutor. He hides his identity as a valet to a rich New York youth and enlists Three Arm Fanny to charm the district attorney. The five act feature stars Ed mund Breese and plays two days only at Wigwam One on Alamo Plaza.
A six reel program at the Royal features a three reel release The Actor or The Tragic Consequences of a Wanton Woman's Way with elaborate Hamlet inspired scenes. Also showing a two reel Kay Bee The Embezzler and a one reel Majestic The Song of the Shore. Tomorrow Klaw Erlanger debuts The Billionaire with promotional souvenirs for women and Our Mutual Girl follows Wednesday.
The Carnegie Library lends 75 to 200 books to public schools each year and inventories them at year end. Seven depot stations circulate 3527 volumes annually with Prospect Hill leading at over a thousand loans. Fairy tales adventures and history top the list as districts plan to expand loans next year.
The Thirty seventh District Criminal Court will open in September with Judge W S Anderson and District Attorney W C Linden aiming to complete trials within two weeks after indictment. A special July term will clean the docket including cases against J M Rangel Charles Cline and nine others over a gun running expedition in Dimmit county in which Cadelario Ortiz was killed and ex sheriff Eugene Buck injured. Linden ready to try cases en masse or separately per defendants choice.
Miss Claire Sheehan, once of Atlanta and a grand opera performer, will marry Englishman Justice A Richard Wilmot after a 10,000 mile journey from Paris across the English Channel to South Africa. The tale begins with a shot fired in Paris and unfolds across continents.
Miss Sheehan, an opera singer long based abroad, accepts engagement to Justice Wilmot who holds a senior government post in Cape Town. They met in Paris, became engaged last November, plan to marry on arrival in Africa, then reside in De Aar, 500 miles away. She sails 21 days from New York via Madeira.
A London Opinion quip features a landlady delaying rent by asking for a musical demonstration. The comic exchange hinges on whether piano use is included, highlighting witty social customs of the era.
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