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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
10
Arthur Torres, an employee at Rees Optical Co. 242 West Commerce, was burned on the right foot when a gasoline can exploded after fumes met a lit gas jet at 4 30 yesterday afternoon. He received medical attention and was sent home to 1501 West Salinas street.
San Antonio Humane Society provides officer contacts George T. Botsford and Fred Davison at 324 Hicks Building. Old phone numbers 71 for main line and 2341 2782 for nights and Sundays.
The ad lists nightly dancing events along with services at Corrective Body and Face Massage in Hicks Building. It promotes physical culture, cosmetics, and skin blemish removal under Prof Sureddin.
Dr Baldwin, noted rectal genito urinary and skin specialist, operates from 312 Gunter Building offering comprehensive exams and treatments.
The Church of Christ at 3432 South Flores Street holds nightly meetings led by Evangelist Foy E. Wallace. Large crowds attend with very satisfactory results and the series continues indefinitely. Public is invited. take South Flores car line.
Notices describe a June 26 shirtwaist dance at Owls Hall Soledad Street by Ger Mania Lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor degree team. The United States civil service commission offers a gardener position at Fort Sam Houston with $45 monthly pay and rations. exam postponed once, now set for July 19. Applicants apply to the secretary of the board of examiners at the post office.
The Bexar Social Club held a shirtwaist dance at Modern Woodmen hall Saturday night June 22 with Artzt providing the music.
Drs. Garring and Hatcher osteopaths in the Gunter building invite patients to visit while the Travis club residence hosts a social venue nearby.
Southern Pacific officials report daily material for the Medina dam project from Dulaney via the SP line. The railroad can deliver 35 cars daily, but the Medina company cannot handle that many on this line to the dam site, so only about fourteen carloads are furnished each day.
Office address 211 Mackay building in Bexar County with humane officer FE Collins. Old phone numbers listed 2409 for day calls and 5877 for night and Sunday calls.
The notice lists a weekly dance program at Muth's garden on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday inviting local residents to attend.
Judge Dwyer granted three divorces this morning in the Thirty-seventh district court. Harry Owens separated from Minnie Owens, Gus Knocker separated from Eva Knocker, and Adelia Flores separated from Daniel Flores.
The San Aicente Traction company plans to award the contract for a 300 kilowatt generator at the Grove avenue sub-plant. Plans for the upgrade were laid out earlier and the installation is expected to occur in the near term.
E. E. Eysenbach, manager of the company, said the contract likely will be let to the General Electric company after a three month period.
Local ads list services for Cowles Auto Livery with phone 342 and Cafe Tivoli at 206 N Presa St offering dining, while Melons on Ice Bond & Co advertising baggage transfer and phone 234. These entries sketch a compact business notices page.
E J Bates was fined $10 in the corporation court for owning a vicious dog after a dog owned by him bit Claud Wilson on Morales street yesterday afternoon.
Classified notice outlines ad terms: fifteen words ten days two Sundays seventy five cents. Phone your ads. Fuither line one seven six.
Sunday event features the Jewish Literary Club presenting vaudeville and dancing at Casinohall. Performers, attendees, and clubs members gather for an evening of entertainment on June 30.
Train No. 9 of the Southern Pacific railroad was so late reaching Houston that it was annulled. The regular No. 7 train will depart tonight and arrive tomorrow morning at 7 30. A stub train was organized in Houston yards and left at 9 20 this morning for Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Two San Antonio passengers A B Frank and Mrs R R Patterson sailed on the Southern Pacific steamship Comus from New Orleans to New York at noon Thursday. Twelve other Texans were among about a quarter of the first cabin passengers aboard.
Pressed steel boats will be shown at West End lake with moonlight boating this week and a dance event scheduled for Wednesday.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer has developed typhoid fever, after leaving Washington for his Hamilton Massachusetts home a week ago. Navy Department received the message today confirming the illness, with earlier reports noting stomach trouble.
Hillsboro Texas. Ex-mayor and Itasca businessman Jim Webb was accidentally shot at night while examining lumber he had sold to Will Sumner. A misidentification as a trespasser led to Webb receiving a bullet that passed through his wrist and shoulder area.
A suffragist recalls a humorous moment from the 1911 demonstration. A newspaper man claimed nothing funny occurred, then a hired banner carrier accidentally faced the crowd with a sign reading Men vote Why shouldn't we. The crowd hooted, the marcher turned the sign around, and the moment ended.
The empire now has 251 infant care stations in 165 towns. Their presence lowered bottle feeding from 60 to 35 percent and reduced infant mortality from 8.4 to 4 percent, reflecting improved child welfare efforts.
A light want ad promises to sell, rent, or find items quickly. It emphasizes ease and speed for readers seeking to market goods, hire services, or locate lost possessions through a simple classified placement.
The city’s Methodist and other churches announce a slate of musical and sermon events over ten days. Laurel Heights and Government Hill host morning services with Mrs. Torbert and Rev. Young leading topics on immortality and the future state. exchanges with St Mark’s Episcopal on Laurel Heights. Presbyterian open-air evenings, South Side Baptist revisit Pastor Lee, and Evangelical services on Nolan and Willow streets accompany German and Lutheran programs and Christian Science, Church of Christ, and Anglican services across multiple venues.
A long list of Sunday services across churches in San Antonio. Details include Rev. Ridout at Christchurch and Rev. Cook at St Mark's, various Episcopal and Methodist regulars, Sunday schools, sermons, and Epworth League activities. Locations span Laurel Heights, Government Hill, Trinity, First and South Side Baptist, Travis Park, West End, Englewood, Tabernacle, and Presbyterian churches with times and topics.
A long listing of churches across Camden and Lexington to West Commerce and South Flores details Sunday school at 9:30 am Morning worship at 11 am evening services at 8 pm with sermons, youth leagues, and catechetical instruction. Catholic parishes offer masses, catechesis, and benedictions while Lutheran and Evangelical groups host German and English services.
The text notes potential export prospects from Manchuria to Europe with prices: eggs at 60 cents per hundred, chickens and ducks at 8 cents each, deer at 75 cents, and sheep for a similar level. The fragment ends incomplete.
The club women of Salt Lake City recently erected a tablet in the city library to memory of Ann Elizabeth Chapman. Miss Chapman was the first librarian in Utah and the library in Salt Lake City owes much to her personal efforts.
M. C. Bradley traveling freight agent for the Pere Marquette Railroad spent the day in San Antonio and left in the afternoon for El Paso. The trip underscores the railroad’s regional reach and logistics movements through Texas.
Railroads in San Antonio shut their up town freight and passenger offices today at 1 pm driving an exodus of workers to nearby towns for Sunday fishing and recreation. Names include Walter Walthall to Austin and F B Griffen to San Marcos with others to Victoria Kerrville Medina dam. Bonds were brought by K Wyatt Go zales county treasurer.
A campaign to recruit 15 men to form a Knights of Pythias uniform rank company in San Antonio aims at securing a charter as a state militia unit. Most members have regular army service including the Spanish American War, making it the first Knights of Pythias National Guards company in the United States. William Schlessinger notes over 30,000 uniform rank members in the nation, ranking next to militia in government classifications.
The adjutant general’s department reports the cancellation of a general army encampment at Alexandria to a later date will not materially change Texas rifle team plans. The team, set for final practice at Camp Mabry after July 17, may be ordered later after Alexandria’s maneuvers end.
Captain J. A. Starling and Robert McKinley state safety appliance inspectors report numerous breaches of the eight hour law in northern Texas. Complaints against certain contractors are likely to follow soon for violations of the provisions.
Luther Coates, a Southwestern Telephone lineman, was electrocuted when he touched 1160 volts while working on wires atop a pole. His fall from a 40 foot height to brick pavement ended a life in an instant.
The attorney general's department approved a $150,000 issue of Gonzales county road district bonds at 5 percent interest maturing in forty years. The entire issue was registered in the comptroller's department.
Dan Hubbard, a Black man and the victim of a shooting scrape with a neighbor, was arraigned before U S Commissioner R L Edwards on intercepting and opening mail addressed to his mother in law Mrs S J Hense. Hubbard’s bond rose from $3 to $500 and he was bound over on the December grand jury.
Electra Texas reported a major fire on June 22 that caused over 30000 dollars in losses. A dynamite blast was used to halt the blaze and prevent further damage.
On Saturday July 6 at 10 a.m. a public auction will sell the stock of goods merchandise and fixtures of the Bigga Bros Furniture Co in bulk to the highest bidder subject to bankruptcy court approval. The sale is at 801 E Houston Street in San Antonio Texas. Inspection and further information available from Trustee M Coppard.
A concise travel reminder encouraging travelers to keep lighting guidance close by during trips. It frames light as a companion for comfort, safety, and navigation while exploring new places.
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