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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
2
An elderly Texas resident recalling World War II era wet campaigns shares how Vitalitas relieved his rheumatism and kidney trouble. He promotes Vitalitas as a natural earth extract with no harmful ingredients, fully guaranteed, and invites readers to see the process display at Wagner's drug store on East Houston.
Forty four water meter rent suits were filed yesterday in Justice Neil Campbell's court. J. B. Mosby is the plaintiff, assigned by numerous individuals including C. T. Dix W. D. Druse W. A. Dupree Henry Dukes and many others. cases set for trial at the next term.
A caller claims no arrests of drivers using car cutouts, challenging police and calling for action. The voice blames Chief Lancaster for slow enforcement and cites San Pedro avenue, Main avenue and Avenue C residents. The city had ordinance against cutouts and a week-old plan to deploy officers to make arrests.
The article touts Harbor City as a people owned project with no dominant influence. All stockholders buy one kind of stock at 100 per share and share equal standing. The plan claims broad participation and aims to prevent control by railroad or finance interests.
Throngs of Union and Confederate veterans and crowds converge on Gettysburg Pa for the fiftieth anniversary events. Heat exhaustion prompts emergency care but does not dampen enthusiasm as states list lengthy veteran delegations and camp sites are organized along Seminary Ridge and Long Lane. Pennsylvania leads out-of-state attendance with 17 820 delegates followed by New York and New Jersey.
A long list of property transfers is reported from Los Angeles Heights Mission Burial Park and other districts. Transfers include Hagelstein to Haines for lots 14 and 20 plus 11, and First Townsite to Flory and McFarland for lot 1 in Somerset. Prices range from 50 to 20000 dollars. Also noted are odd anecdotes about a Willimantic suitor seeking a white woman and a Missouri broom factory operated by six blind men and a blind boy.
About a thousand teaching sisters from city orders gather at San Fernando Cathedral for the Holy Ghost Mass and sermon on Christian Education by Father J H Quinn O M I. Catholic schools close for summer as nuns begin their summer study and prayer program with Bishop Shaw and several priests in attendance.
B L Gill announces 258 certificates granted by the Texas department this year. Of these 75 fire and marine insurers and 52 foreign fire and marine insurers are licensed, plus 48 domestic and foreign accident insurers. Fraternal beneficiary associations licensed total 74 with 28 from Texas and 46 from other states. Occupation taxes amount to 482 586.49, up 57 389.31 from last year, largely paid by fire and marine firms.
Excerpt notes the economical pavements Granitoid and Granocrete, titled The Economical Pavements and The Modern Pavements, as advertised.
Charles A. Boynton of Waco, former district attorney, says Democratic fate rests on Wilson era tariff policy. He warns tariff revision could boost the Progressive party and calls McNab incident an embarrassing situation for the national government. Corpus Beach Hotel promotes luxury and comfort with a descriptive folder via resident manager W. A. Roachman in Corpus Christi.
Attorney General McReynolds dispatched all correspondence concerning the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases and Western Fuel Company indictments to Congress without awaiting Kahn’s resolution action. The judiciary committee, after two hours of review, recessed as Chairman Clayton noted all papers were submitted.
Judge Gemil fines Ernest Plath ten dollars after a street car incident in which Miss Ethel Wood says he nodded and tipped his hat at her while she alerted a policeman. Plath claims he slept and merely nodded in his sleep as his hat moved. The judge orders keep awake.
Scotland Yard details intensified search for Miss Lillian Lenton, militant suffragist convicted of starting the Kew tea garden pavilion fire. She escaped in men's clothing from a Leeds living quarters while on license. Previously released in March due to illness from hunger strike and arrested again on June 10 for the Kew garden arson.
Six people including John Jacobs his wife and four children died when a farmer's house burned in Lexington Kentucky. A milkman found the charred remains as dense smoke rose from the residence. Sheriff M J Miller responded as rumors of foul play circulated though locals believed a lightning strike caused the blaze during a morning storm.
Eight year old James Brown of Fort Worth was struck and killed by a southbound freight train this morning. Brothers Edgar and Duff Daniels, ages 10 and 8, narrowly escaped by clinging to the cross ties. The deceased was the son of Mr and Mrs S A Brown, Fort Worth post office employee.
C D Schell and W A Johnson were sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary by the local district court after a raid on an alleged counterfeiting plant in Red River bottoms north of Avery in Clarksville Texas.
A 60 year old Mexican laborer was struck and killed by a passenger train on the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line near the International and Great Northern crossing. The coroner ordered the body moved to the Riebe Undertaking morgue and no identification was found at the scene.
The chamber of commerce board adopted a resolution protesting a proposed reduction in cotton freight rates. Offered by Jake Wolff, the resolution urged the railroad commission to keep rates unchanged.
The era of motherhood brings strain and health shocks without preparation. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a tonic to strengthen the female system and restore health. The ad invites women to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A federal Civil Service Department notice reports the transfer and promotion of T. H. Thompson from deputy collector of internal revenue to chief deputy United States marshal. Thompson was sworn in by A I Campbell, deputy clerk of court, this morning to succeed F A Keller.
The Missouri Supreme Court today allowed the Standard Oil Company of Indiana to continue doing business in the state after it had been ousted. It overruled fire insurance firms’ demurrer to cease writing Missouri policies and issued a temporary restraint preventing those companies from stopping policy issuance. The decision marks a victory for the attorney general.
A boy died after being trapped on the Katy trestle spanning the Trinity River at the southern edge of Dallas. Authorities investigated the accident, with rescue efforts hampered by the elevated steel structure and water below.
Constitutionalists moved past the Pence ranch down the Rio Grande toward Juarez. Porfirio Talamantes with 600 Sonora troops is said to have joined Villa’s forces near Lake Guzman. Dispatches note no scouts reported near Juarez but a party is expected to reach Flores ranch within twenty four hours.
Venusiano Carranza seeks a peace basis with rival factions via a convention of all parties plus Constitutionalist delegates to name permanent cabinet ministers and a presidential candidate. Huerta would appoint a foreign minister and resign, allowing the convention to assume the presidency.
Col Francisco Chiapa a rebel leader in Mexico since the Diaz uprising was executed by state troops near Guaymas. He was captured by Gen Obregon at Ortiz and sentenced by court martial to be shot. Chiapa conducted guerrilla warfare for over three years in Chihuahua and Sonora.
Constitutionalist officials in Piedras Negras Mexico say Governor Carranza has not made any peace proposals and deny Leopoldo Martinez’s offer. The denial casts doubt on an accord and clarifies the Mexican position amid ongoing tensions and border reporting.
An antique advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general strength builder that drives out malaria and boosts the system for both adults and children. It mentions a 60 cent price and positions a Corpus Beach Motel near Corpus Bay with surf bathing and no undertow under the management of W. A. Roachman in Corpus Christi Texas.
Will C. Hogg of Houston advocates constitutional bond for state education interests voting July 19. He plans attending city meetings Monday afternoon and night to spur public interest in the upcoming election. A Foley’s Honey and Tar ad follows the main item.
Charters granted announce the Dallas Automobile Club Association of Dallas with 5000 capital stock to maintain an automobile club. The Co operative Gin Company of Sadler Grayson county starts with 6500 capital stock. George D Rice Lumber Company of Spring Harris county files an amendment increasing capital stock from 10000 to 15000.
Miss Agnes Brown 87 died at 1:50 this morning at 2131 Wyoming Street. A native of Switzerland she had lived in San Antonio for 25 years. Funeral 5 this afternoon from her home, First Presbyterian Church in charge, burial City Cemetery No. 4.
If it does we can fix it. If we fail no cure no pay. We have repaired many others and can repair yours. Phone Trains 1047 for an estimate. Let us paint your tin roof and save you money. 304 Central Office Building. Get a good roof cheap but not a cheap roof.
Advert says big meal deal at Riverside Restaurant with meals priced at 25 cents tonight.
Cleveland manager Birmingham plans to bench Napoleon Lajoie, the star second baseman, sparking a dispute Somers will help resolve by phone. Lajoie claims authority to play him, while Birmingham cites temporary action against his slump due to injuries. Lajoie batted .827 in 53 games and fielded .965. Foley Kidney Pills ad follows.
A large crowd of youngsters heard E. D. Love recount his travels in China and the Orient at Carnegie Library. Despite rain yesterday, the stories held the youthful audience breathless with six o'clock still finding them eager for more. If weather allows, a Hot Wells picnic follows with children meeting at the library for transport.
By month end Mars Venus Saturn and Jupiter become morning stars while Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is promoted as the star remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. The note warns a June cold may worsen without Foley's medicine with Fischer Drug Co. as the advertiser.
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