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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
10
The Associated Press reports the $50,000,000 Panama canal bonds are expected to be fully subscribed with no proceeds diverted to banks. Banks have offered to subscribe the full amount if allowed to hold funds, but Secretary MacVeagh and advisers order proceeds to Treasury to strengthen the working balance and replenish the general fund. Bids close next Saturday.
After three years of state action against elm beetle, a new pest has been found attacking sugar maples in northern Connecticut and Vermont. Widespread damage leaves ground littered with dead leaves and trees bare, risking the regional maple sugar harvest if the spread cannot be controlled.
In New Haven on June 15 doctors removed a piece of skull bone from Mrs. M. M. Bard of Cleveland at a local hospital. The 2.5 by 1 inch fragment surgery reversed her abnormal water aversion and compulsive piano playing, revealing a prior skull fracture and restoring normal mental condition.
Catherine Barker a 12 year old from Laporte Indiana asks the circuit court for permission to divide her annual income of 60000 from her father's will among charitable institutions in Laporte and Michigan City Ind The estate valued at 30000000 was left in trust for her education and sustenance and she already received a large share of the fortune.
John O'Brien a teamster was sentenced by Judge Kavanaugh to one year in the penitentiary for stabbing a man to death after a dispute in Chicago. The incident occurred yesterday and led to the conviction by the Associated Press report.
Harry Barbee, once a prominent street car conductor for the San Antonio Traction Co, is back in the city after months in Oklahoma. He proclaims there are many states and cities, but only one San Antonio, and says he is ready to settle here for good.
Herr Frey, sole Paris-Rome-Turin entrant still in final leg, crashes near Ronciglione Italy after losing bearings in heavy fog and hail. He survives with multiple fractures and jaw injury. Red Cross finds him hours later with wife by his side. Time limit for the race looms tomorrow.
The Texas State Humane Society local branch met to review monthly work led by Mounted Officer E. M. Collins. Reports list 122 cases including 39 horses sent to pasture and 6 killed, 14 children investigated, 8 young girls assisted, and 2 dogs returned to owners, with several abuse and education cases noted.
TIZ is promoted as a remedy for tired feet, claiming relief for various foot ailments and fatigue with promised comfort through active ingredients and simple use instructions.
The ad claims TIZ cures sore feet and foot odors and treats corns bunions and callouses. A Chicago user testifies it cured painful feet after physicians offered no relief. TIZ dries out exuded moisture cleans pores and is sold by druggists or mailed from Walter Lute Dodge & Co Chicago Illinois.
The class of 1911 at Wellesley College shows a strong move toward engagement as a path to marriage. Senior women report engagements to students from Harvard Amherst Princeton Bowdoin and Columbia among others with names of brides and fiancés listed.
Trustees of the Cathedral of St John the Divine accept Mrs Russell Sage plan for a monumental pulpit as a memorial to Bishop Potter. The stone carved structure will be the handsomest and most costly in the country, designed to match the cathedral architecture. Sage is a non Episcopalian parishioner of the Reformed church.
A replica Betsy Ross flag will forever fly from a high site near Bound Brook New Jersey on the old Washington headquarters ground where American troops camped in 1777. The flagstaff honors the place where the Stars and Stripes were first raised after Congress adopted the banner on June 14 1777 and is a gift from a local patriotic society.
Twenty-one major baking companies across Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago and other cities merged to form the General Baking company with 20 million dollars in stock and 5 million in bonds. The new chain will operate in fifteen cities and officials say no monopoly is intended. Participating cities include New York Boston Providence Newark Jersey City Philadelphia Pittsburg Washington Cleveland Canton Toledo Detroit Wheeling Rochester Buffalo.
The Real Estate exchange luncheon moves from Thursday to Friday to accommodate guest George E. Kessler landscape architect. Despite his absence the event offers an engaging program for members.
Heavy rains over several days push lumber drives on the Miramichi and nearby rivers toward completion. Reports from St John indicate drives that were near abandonment are being saved, potentially shielding thousands of dollars for lumbermen.
Athens Georgia June 15. Andrews Co Fears a prominent local merchant suffers a severe reaction after a molar extraction on Monday. He reportedly bled heavily and doctors are puzzled by his condition at his home.
Dr J M Shields first lieutenant in the American Red Cross arrives Thursday by special car over the Southern Pacific. He will lecture Thursday and Friday night at the Railroad Y M C A on First Aid to the Injured and invites the public and railroad men of San Antonio to attend.
To Our Customers On South Presa Marlborough Place and Highland Place J C Stewart has sold his route to a party that does not handle our bread Mr F Mack enfuss will call on you Phone or write us if he does not give you prompt attention Phone 170 Bailie s Steam Bakery.
E C Throckmorton son of ex Governor Throckmorton and a West Texas banker was tried in Fort Worth for carrying a pistol and found not guilty.
Nora E. Hollingsworth files suit for divorce from J. B. Hollingsworth. The petition seeks a division of community property valued at six thousand dollars.
Alderman at large and Mayor Pro tem W I Richter left his horse tied at the curb and it slowly walked off before breaking into a run down South Alamo street toward Sap depot. The horse was not tied, no damage occurred, and no arrest was made.
The Kyle school board announces next term teachers Prof. and Mrs. Henry R. Moore of Taft Miss Belle Schwindt Kyle and Miss Margaret Groos Kyle.
A Burton, longtime Aransas Pass resident and one of its old settlers, died Monday night. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock with many friends in attendance.
Mrs Henry Scheiper and her daughter depart tonight for a western trip visiting California Yellowstone Park and Colorado.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Stella Z Engleking and A C Riedner O S Eisenmenger and Annie H Netzel T A Shaffer Jr and Katharine Frances Luby William Barnett Dennis and Jamie Frances Cleveland James H Rowland and Mary Haygood colored.
The page compiles multiple rail lines with train numbers, origins, and departure times. It includes Santa Fe, G H S A, and other lines listing No 4 No 6 No 8 Nos from the north and local or mixed services from Palestine Laredo Kerrville Houston Dallas Waco and Victoria with morning and evening slots.
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