Canteloupes Flood San Antonio Market Amid Overstocks
The San Antonio market reports an overstock of cantaloupes with 200 crates condemned while watermelons are less plentiful. The week ending June 19 saw nineteen carloads of fruits and vegetables inspected as Health Board and other officials meet at 6 pm to discuss dairy sanitation and milk analysis. The river and ditch commissioner notes twenty seven miles cleaned along rivers and creeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Board
F. G. Huntress Sr
San Pedro
Alazan
Match in Gasoline Tank Ends in Rescue and Fine
Patrolman Harvey saved Pamlee Fenton, a 17 year old, from lighting a match in a half full gasoline tank during a garage block run on Travis Street. The youth was charged with operating a car without a license and fined five dollars by Judge Buckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Pamlee Fenton
Buckley
Travis Street
Negro Shot in Dalton’s Alley Near Duval Street
A Black man named Lige Patterson living in Dalton's alley near 412 Duval street was shot in the left side and left leg at about 2 a.m. He was found on the street by police, taken to headquarters, treated, and returned home. The shooter is unknown and the incident is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lige Patterson
Dalton’s Alley
Duval Street
Patterson
Cure for Severe Hand Rash with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
William H. Clark describes months of itching burning and raw hands worsened by work. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily for about two months his hands fully healed and became soft again. Sample products offered and Free book promotion included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 30Th St
New York
N. Y
William H. Clark
Cuticura
Dept. T
Free Clinic group launches $50,009 hospital drive
The Free Clinic Association board meets at the Travis Club at 5 pm to review reports and plans for raising 50 009 dollars for a new free hospital. 5000 letters mailed to San Antonio residents seek one dollar gifts and asks recipients to recruit four others. A public thermometer will track progress near the Plaza Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Clinic Association
Travis Club
San Antonians
San Antonio
S. A. Free Clinic
Plaza Theater
Galveston Chosen as Next State Pharmaceutical Meet Site
The Texas State Pharmaceutical association adjourned in Galveston after a three day session. Officers elected include H. C. Jackson of Austin as president and John Weeks of Ballinger as vice president. The group adopted a resolution endorsing the state pure food department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Pharmaceutical Association
Galveston
H. C. Jackson
John Weeks
Ballinger
Walter D. Adams
Forney
Herman Dreiss
San Antonio
FE. G. E
Real Estate Transfers and Railways Note
A long list of 1912 real estate transfers shows numerous parcels traded among individuals and companies in San Antonio and Los Angeles, with prices ranging from $10 to $7,000. The items include lots in Palm Heights, Los Angeles Heights, Lake View addition, Rosedale Park, and Kerr street. A brief railways tribute from Delhi commends the American ABC system for Durbar traffic management. An engineering plan for an unsinkable trans Atlantic ship proposes a hull within a hull design by Otto Kretschmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Heights
William Dobrowolski
A. Stieren
H. C. Thorman
New City
Highlawn
James Thorp
Henry Jones
New City Block
Southwestern Land Corporation
E. R. H. McCoy
Rosedale Park
Los Angeles Heights Improvement Co
Eda Margaret Murray
Los Angeles Heights
J. A. Clopton
Jonathan Mather
Lake View Addition
David A. Nease
Matti A. Thompson- Maginnis
M. Piggott
J. B
William Lorillard
Hetty E
B. Frennon
Thomas Lorillard
South Alamo
Presa
William, Thomas
James FE
Eleanor Lorillard
Frank G. Huntress
Peter Weatherspoon
Margaret Bringham
Louise England
Bluford F. England
Hermann Schuchard
Lou Spruill
W. H. Jennings
San Antonio
George Martinez
Guadalupe Lopez
Kerr Street
Major Freeman
Delhi
India
Durbar
Beamer
Otto Kretschmer
Charlottenburg Technical High School
Bride's Laughter Ejects From Night Court Scene
Mrs Effie Pope Alsop wife of Edward P Alsop was ordered from the night court after laughter disturbed a hearing as her friend Mrs Tom Pierce faced a legal bill. Magistrate Herbert warned her before removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Pope Alsop
Edward P. Alsop
Uncle Sam seeks a xylotomist in baffling job ad
A humorous scene shows locals puzzled by a federal notice seeking a xylotomist. The secretary at the civil service desk explains in a comic slip about a job title nobody understands while bystanders debate its meaning and purpose in a small town setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Federal
Civil Service Commission
Celebration of Emancipation Anniversary Under Way
The celebration of the emancipation anniversary is going on, led by Sam Napier as general chairman. The event faced rain and was delayed. the program will proceed at San Pedro Springs, except for the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Napier
San Pedro Springs
Corn expert Zeferino Dominguez invited to speak at Texas events
Zeferino Dominguez has accepted an invitation from Ed R. Fone to speak before the Texas State Farmers Institute at Texas A M College in Bryan on July 29. He will also read a paper at the Texas Dry Farming congress in Uvalde August 21 to 23 and later lecture in Midland on a new seed preparation method for better yields with less seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeferino Dominguez
Ed R. Fone
Texas State Farmers’ Institute
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Dominguez
Texas Dry Farming Congress
Uvalde
Midland
Tex
Ben Hur Temple Shriners Attend Austin Ceremonial Session
A large San Antonio delegation travels to Austin for the Ben Hur Temple ceremonial session marking the twenty first anniversary. Activities include a parade at 5 pm and a banquet at 6 pm with the session starting at 7. The drive aims to boost membership to 1000 to maximize Imperial council representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hur Temple
Mystic Shrine
Austin
Ben Her Temple
New Shrine Hall
Imperial Council
Arrest of John Morgan on San Pedro Fence During June Teenth Celebration
John Morgan, the only Black man arrested, was found hanging by his clothes on a San Pedro avenue picket fence at 2 am after a June Teenth celebration. He told the court he did not intend to drink and begged mercy, promising to observe the holiday quietly, and was released without a fine. The report also notes a discussion of hydraulic cartridges for rock blasting as a safer method than conventional explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morgan
San Pedro Avenue
Morgan
Phillips
England
Mandamus challenge tests Texas comptroller authority
In Austin on June 20 the Texas supreme court heard a mandamus case against Comptroller Lane. Saloonkeeper T S Hill seeks to force renewal of his liquor permit for the year, claiming the comptroller erred by delaying pending investigations into alleged sales to a minor at the White Horse Tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Lane
Supreme Court
T. S. Hill
Buckholts
Milam County
Comptroller
Hill
Instant Eczema Relief Offers Quick Itch Stop
Local ad touts D.D.D Prescription for eczema promising instant itch relief. A trial bottle costs 25 cents with a no pay guarantee if bought from A M Fischer in Gibbs Building, urging readers to try despite past disappointments.
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McElwain
W. H. McElwain Company
Boston
City Fruit and Vegetable Inspector
Theo. Anderson
Mueller
Board of Health
Ennisa Lee
Chicago
J. Mi. Krakauer
West Commerce St
Mike Gogdan
Houston St
Board of Directors
Irs
Texas
Island City
Carter
Carters
Ff Baking PN
SAN Antonio Shriners
Otto Wahrmund
C. H. Terrell
W. N. Camp
S. B. Davies
Joe J. Tucker
D. A. McAskill
Bernard Schwegmann
Nature
Carlos Bee
White Horse Tavern
Woodward
Woodward Carriage Co
A. M. Fischer
Gibbs Building
Miss June Bride
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
Bride's
Groom's
San Antonio Gas & Electric Co
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