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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
6
The commission grants jitney operators a one week respite to file applications as bids for paving North Hackberry Street are reset after the central round was relocated. The move delays the project and requires new bids under the revised schedule.
A garbled passage touts a standard remedy for foot issues linked to an Expo event. It mentions a promise of instant relief and preventative pellets, claiming benefits for preventing an awkward foot ailment. A reader quote praises the product during the Exposition period.
The council debated rescinding the contract with Coldlualer Construction Co for the San Antonio street jitney project and considered extensions and new bids. City Attorney outlined authority to proceed with the ordinance, and bids for three automobiles were authorized for Mayor Brown and two commissioners to review. Exra appropriations and paving payments were approved, with a Sunday public meeting petition from the Socialist party on Benston.
The council approved a resolution to refer a matter to Congress, and adopted a related ordinance. A street line change near Burt Fernady cemetery was submitted, with a move of certain burial plots planned. Funds were reduced from 4965 to 300.84 for North Villages street sidewalks, per the citizens' committee. The ordinance governing the new council operations passed, and the meeting adjourned.
The Grand presents Florence Reed in Her Own War Grand Lottie Tickford in The Diamond from the Sky and Laie Pickford in a new chapter. Vivian Rich stars in The Rivale with Harry Von Moser and Jack Richardson. Mutual program includes The Purple Hula and The Secret Privée. Amateur night Friday promises lively acts and a Paramount produced Man on the Case with comedic detective farce.
Fire destroyed the Brian Hughes and Etrachan motor works at Parit Hayul, along with 109 Red Cross motor vehicles and 400 army motor gang units awaiting government delivery. Estimated damage reached 800,000 dollars as troops helped fire crews quell the blaze.
The county commissioners ordered written notice to the Missouri Kansas & Texas line to fix a dangerous crossing at Fratt where the highway meets the rail line on the San Antonio Austin postroad. Engineer W A Crossland described the danger with a sketch showing embankment work of about 300 cubic yards needed to resolve the hazard.
The program highlights Her Own Way starring Florence Reed at the Royal on Thursday. The Paramount Travel Pictures travelogue scenes depict Moda and the West Indies with Jamaica markets and pelican roosts. Also shown are The Pound Nets and pelican views, plus other features and Chaplin’s The Champion on Friday.
Duval West, personal representative of President Wilson, will depart Friday night for Washington and Baltimore to continue treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital for stomached trouble. He says the trip is not official business and has finished his government mission, traveling with Ms West.
Influential members of the Texas Farmers Union work to land the 1818 convention for San Antonio to be held early in August. Austin bids strong while an executive committee will decide. A Chamber of Commerce division meet Friday to arrange housing and calling. Last San Antonio convention drew about 3100 members. Delegates named for state and district unions in Be xar County. Also ad for Palm Beach suits from ME Tailor at 312 West Commerce Street.
Bright inflammation of the bronchial tubes causes a distressing cough and makes refreshing sleep possible. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound coats and heals irritated surfaces, stops tickling, and relieves the racking cough. Take this cough medicine on summer trips. good for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, influenza. Sold by A. M. Fischer.
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