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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
11
The article notes high water marks in patterns and colorings for the season and highlights the Men's Furnishings Store displaying top makes. Prices range from 1.09 to 3.50 with a special purchase of men’s Fowl-in-hands in varied colors and embroidered polka dots, plus plaid options in tan, brown and purple.
The Selections defeated White Rose in a two game set with a 27 run first game and a later 2 36 swing. Lineups include M. Dulling and Chas Dilling for the Selections and White Rose with Jennie Scurvy and Geo Huth among players.
A chaotic scorebook of overlapping events shows the Giants defeating Dies and Mo They edged the Mustangs in a doublehead to snap a split, with Baetz and Nagle starring for the Giants as key players. Royal Achates and Allan Iron Works also clashed in a separate scoreline, while San Antonio debates an ordinance extending district boundaries east of the railway to include Meajlough Avenue and Meafty Minls.
Gilbert Wars wairth Barnard known as Baynard led Illinois Masonic bodies for years. An Oracle on matters of precedent, he directed final judgments in disputes unsolved elsewhere. Born in Palmyra Wisconsin in 1830s, he died at his residence after months of illness, leaving a legacy of hundreds of degrees and leadership in the craft.
City council imposes strict street wiring and pole standards for telegraph telephone and signaling systems. Wires must be weatherproof insulated and kept twenty five feet from the curb or ground. Poles must be branded with company identification and poles braces must be uniform and well secured.
A scientific note extols the Tenle treatment for stomach trouble linking red blood, oxygen use, and digestive fluid flow to improved digestion. A Brookville Tennessee man, Albert Tinderwood, narrates illness from railway work, weight loss, gas, and pain, then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restored health after years of debilitation. He urges every dyspeptic to read What to Eat and How to Eat and mentions pill pricing and availability through a New York firm.
A formal directive from the City Electrician mandates immediate safety upgrades on poles, guy wires, and attachments. Requirements include standardizing and securing guy wires, removing unused service wires after 30 days inactive, boxing exposed wires to eight feet, and enforcing underground or aerial reconfigurations for 50+ wires. The city also stipulates pole integrity standards, restricted pole usage, transformer housing, load limits, and rapid disconnection orders for fire safety.
An ordinance requires all telegraph telephone and electric wires to be placed underground within detailed city limits of San Antonio Texas. It sets start and completion dates, assigns supervision to the city engineer and electrician, and mandates removal of overhead wires and poles by December 2, 1909 with costs charged to responsible parties.
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