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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1912

Page

14

Burning Trash Sparks Alarm at South Flores Street

A large trash fire at the rear of 1429 South Flores Street triggered an alarm at 5 PM yesterday. Company No. 12 responded quickly and extinguished the blaze before any damage occurred. Nearby, local notices advertise dancing at Electric Park and a Travis Club beefsteak dinner with vaudeville between courses. Two Catholic nuns from Spain, Sr. M. Bernardina Morris and Sr. M. Amelia Torres, are slated to arrive in New York and travel to San Antonio to work in the diocese, per Bishop Shaw.

South Flores Street Company No. 12 Travis Club New York San Antonio M. Bernardina Morris Amelia Torres Southern Pacific Sunset New Orleans Shaw Steves Lumber Company Commerce Street Company No. 8

Dance notices and legal briefs fill San Antonio page

Community dance events at Bexar Social Club and Modern Woodmen hall listed alongside regular park dances and Italo-American club meeting. Local trials include two divorce suits by Johanna McPherson and Ella Pieters, plus caps on a liquor sale case. Fire at Steves Lumber shop reported with minimal damage.

Bexar Social Club Shirtwaist Dance Siven Modern Woodmen Hall Artzt Johanna McPherson D. L. McPherson Ella Pieters August Pieters

Milady's Toilet Table From Mme. D

Home beauty tips advertise skin care, hair removal and styling methods. A magatone lotion with hazel promises clearer complexions and youthfully soft skin. Pyroxin powers brow and lash growth. A dry shampoo recipe uses orris root and box powder. Delatone paste offers hair removal by short application.

State High Court Rules Franchise Tax Applies to All Corporations

The Texas Supreme Court sustained the secretary of state in a mandamus case against C C McDonald, holding all corporations with or without capital stock over 1,000,000 are subject to tax on surplus and undivided profits. The Houston & Texas Central R R failed to remit 2,750 for a 10,000,000 stock tax, with 4,569 claimed for surplus tax.

Austin Tex Supreme Court Secretary of State Houston & Texas Central Railway Company C. C. McDonald

Steever to Command Texas Department From El Paso

Col Steever commanding the Department of Texas will oversee department affairs from El Paso unless Washington sends new orders. He has no order to go to San Antonio and plans to remain at Fort Bliss. Rain across the Southern Pacific region brings general jubilation to cattlemen with expectations of a stronger range and fat cattle profits in 1912.

Department of Texas el Paso Tex Steever Washington San Antonio Fort Bliss Nat Parks Generat Lve Southern Pacific Railroad Dryden Southern Pacific

Postal Clerk for 40 Years Dies in Montgomery

Neal W. Blue aged 59 died in Montgomery this morning ending a 40 year career as distributing clerk in the postoffice here. He was believed to be the longest serving government employee in the local postoffice, and his father previously served as postmaster.

Montgomery Ala Neal W. Blue Government Postoffice Montgomery Postoffice

GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILI TONIC FIGHTS MALARIA

An old standard tonic claims to drive out malaria and build up the system for both adults and children. The bottle price is 60 cents.

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San Antonio Human Society George T. Botsford Fred Davison Hicks Electric Park Sureddin Baldwin Gunter The Citizen’s League Bexar County Anderson 57Th District Court R. B. Minor Claude V. Birkhead Clinton G. Brown Andres Coy JR James R. Davis John H. Clark Frank R. Newton John W. Tobin Dan Lewis Frank Gallagher Henry Boerner Peter P. Hoefgen Frank O. DE Hymel P. F. Stewart A. C. Ross R. Neill Campbell Bends. Fisk E. P. Tschirhart J. K. Lamm Charles K. Gutzeit A. H. Rische Aremnec Henry Meye Chester H. Terrell D. A. McAskill Bernard Schwegmann SR Otto Wahrmund R. C. Wright Mark Wright Wright Brothers Main Ave W. C. Hirzel Fred Hummert Wall Paper, Paint and Rials Weat Expo Park Drs, Garring & Hatcher, Osteopaths Humane Society Mackay Building E. M. Collins Kohr Muth Cowles Auto Melons On Ice—Bond,& Co Littrell Conroy Eld C. E. Tinkham Moore Building West End Lake Pavilion Giorda Hall National Alliance Committee Casimiro Hernandezz Martino Vellajo United States Edwards Medina Dam John L. Dibrell Prospect Hill T. N. Deckmann John F. Fentiman Sam Harris John D. Rullman Milady Mme. D’m Bulle, Is Ginter, Orrin Citizens Insurance Company W. L. Herff SAN Antonio Loan É Trust CO Mandamus Supreme Court of Texas W. B. McLaughlint Gip Smith Crosby County City of Dallas Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway Dallas Western Union Telegraph Company May Harrie Dallas County Elizabeth Cates Dewitt D. K C. McDonald Port Arthur Rice Milling Company Beaumont Rice Mills Jefferson County Grayson County National Bank Adelaide Vandelahr Grayson County Kincheloe Irrigating Company Hahn Bros & Co Wharton S & Hovey James I. Shepard Maud Paschall Walter F. Brown Colorado J. R. Ralls Pink L. Parrish Brosby F. R. Fener Ed McCulstion Lamar Court of Criminal Appeals George W. Walker John Gaines Bowie Henry Distole Henry R. Knapp Jim Flowers Frank Landry Frank Williams John Kirby Ellis Pete Sanders Grayson F. K E. Pye Brasoe Dick Decker Madison Andrews Kinney Naecogdoches J. G. Powdrill Rusk Lonie Wood Tyler I.S. Sullivan Delia D. R. Campbell J. E. Fleming Pete Creed Perry Mitchell Potter Boaz Dugan Jefferson J. P. Rippetoe Foard Bob Rhea Hill W. J. Overcash Haskell Emanuel Payne Harris M. W. Carver Henry Lee Green Burn Houston Sam Frank Easton Elmer McGary Clinton John Madison D. Gibson Pete Blue Chambers Tom Collins Burleson Jimoe A. J. Menefee Fourth Court of Civil Appeals Staten Charles Munroe J. M. Ransonover Riley Bros S. Edmondson Coca Cola Company H. Slaughter Va American Neon Publication Society Dalas TL. G. Kreisle W. E. Wilson Victoria County Young & Webb Uviade Joske’s Joske Ihaeahla Wnnase Ian Mace Maj Archie Butts Archibald W. Butt Samuel Merwin L. George Empress Fletcher Astoria White Mountain Beonom Manhattan
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