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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
9
A Devoe advertisement emphasizes choosing the strongest paint to save money by using fewer gallons. It warns that using weaker coatings wastes money, with the claim that the worst paint is worse than no paint and warns readers about wasted spending.
Beaumont Texas June 23 Retail Merchants of Texas hold their thirteenth annual convention with P B Doty presiding Judge J D Campbell welcoming visitors Phil F Myers of Palestine gives welcome and President W M Morgan of San Antonio delivers the annual address Others include John A Green from the National Association George F Mendell from Austin and Tony Hill Jones of Denison Delegates continue arriving by train A boat ride down the Neches River is planned for 5:30 PM
Indictments returned naming Mrs Louise Van Kueren and George A Penrose in the murder of John B Van Kueren on June 4. The couple were wealthy and separated. A detective had been hired to watch the wife. she says she mistook Penrose for a burglar and fired the fatal shot.
The advance guard of seventy to eighty hotel clerks arrived for the Texas Hotel Clerks Association annual meeting set for two days. Notables include T. E. Code and C. C. Wheeler of Houston hotels and George 58 Black of Rice. The convention opens in the St. Anthony ballroom with officers Davis of the Oriental Dallas and E. A. Walker of the Terminal Fort Worth in leadership roles.
The first Southwest Dyers and Cleaners Association picnic was held yesterday at C Gray's Salado Creek home. A luncheon followed by games and races entertained many local cleaners and dyers, with piano pieces by R L Jacob. Nora Braunschweig won the girls foot race, R L Jacob won the men's race.
Eighteen men, claimed to be Industrial Workers of the World members, were jailed in Omaha after alleged incendiary speeches in a downtown park. A large crowd watched as police moved in, with no interference despite threats.
Nine members of a United States engineering party drowned at Snaky Bend below New Madrid Missouri. Chief Engineer C S Williamson is the only body recovered. five men were saved as the steamer Chisca moved to aid. The party was surveying for revetments when a sudden storm capsized their craft on the Beaver River.
State Superintendent F M Brasley announces the state summer normal board of examiners will meet at 10 am July 22 1918 in the state education department to grade papers for teacher certificates from white and colored institutes. The 1913 board lists 25 named members across Texas with sessions likely lasting five or six weeks. Also noted are records of long marriages and elderly barbers in unrelated items.
A city notice promotes a Twenty five Foot Club for Harbor City urging members to back a twenty five foot dredged channel from the Pass to Harbor City and beyond to Corpus Christi. It invites travelers to ride the train for $2.25 round trip to Harbor City for a weekend visit and offers information at 333 Alamo Plaza.
Surveyors lay out three townsites along the Fredericksburg Railroad line. One town will sit about 2200 feet above sea level, 500 feet higher than Fredericksburg, planned as a mountain resort with electric lights power water and sewers. I M Putnam leads the project and aims to have the townsites ready as the road is completed.
Army rifle and revolver matches will be held at Leon Springs from July 17 to 26. One officer from each regiment and one enlisted man from every company troop and battery in the Southern Department will compete. Rifles draw 71 enlisted men six officers and noted marksmen. pistols 81 enlisted men eight officers and noted shots. The top fourteen rifle shooters form a Southern Team for Fort Niagara competition and eighteen pistol shooters advance to Fort Niagara with a chance for national and international matches at Fort Perry.
In Austin on June 23 a conference with the governor attorney general and officials decided to set temporary quarters in the west end corridor of the Capitol for the new state insurance commission which starts July 1. The move follows a court injunction by the Daughters of the Confederacy against the state superintendent of buildings delaying their removal.
Hails Journal of Health reports strong professional favor for Castoria among physicians pharmaceutical societies and medical authorities. The remedy is described as harmless effective for stomach pains nerves and digestion, safe without narcotics, and a safe substitute for castor oil.
Dr James C Mitchell a Louisville preacher on a South tour will address San Antonio Theosophists Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in Monroe Hall. His topics are The Dead Where Are They and Reincarnation. The free lectures end city summer activities and he plans to travel north afterward. Mitchell has drawn large audiences across cities and has led lecture tours for ten years.
J M Abbott of Seguin and his son J M Abbott Jr arrived in San Antonio to inspect the Guadalupe Valley Traction Company’s line between San Antonio and Austin. Roads were soaked from rain, but work on the first 35 miles progresses rapidly and the road is expected to be completed sooner than planned.
Arthur Hartwell was fined $5 in the corporation court for recklessly operating an automobile. Bob Hearne received the same $5 penalty. Hartwell's machine struck a buggy at the corner of St Marys and Houston streets. Advertisement notes Granitord and Granacrete The Economical Pavements The Modern Pavements.
Indian Affairs Commissioner Cato Sells arrives in Fort Worth Texas to meet with local cattlemen. The high level visit aims to discuss reservations and policy affecting Native communities and land rights in the region. The meeting highlights federal consultation with Western ranching interests.
A historical timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple rail lines. It names No. 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, and others with origins from Mexico, Palestine, Laredo, Houston, Kerrville, El Paso, and Victoria. Times range from early morning to late night, including local, express, and motor car services on the Sunset Route Victoria Division.
A government official aims to use cattle once held under large private leases on Indian reservations. The effort follows talks with cattlemen representatives to secure supplies for the federal program.
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