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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1913
Page
2
Folio ad extolls Vitalitas as Texas’ greatest product promising relief from heat, indigestion, liver sluggishness, and numerous ailments. It urges immediate use, denies alcohol content, and features a Wagener drug store display man as a sales pitch centerpiece.
Emmett Johnson, a Black man, walked into Sheriff John Tobin's office Thursday afternoon to surrender for the murder of John Lovett on Matamoros street. He was placed under arrest, charged with murder, and remanded to jail without bail after a preliminary examination was waived. A habeas corpus likely to seek bond. Also noted are Riverside Restaurant meals and 1918 Germany trade figures contrasting with 1912.
An Italian railroad explains how disinfecting cars for exposed passengers is in use. A Corpus Beach Hotel folder promises more enjoyment for vacationers with a European fireproof hotel, Corpus Christi, Texas, descriptive literature available from manager W A Roachman.
Tensions rise in city administration over A C Pancoast potential reappointment as city engineer. Mayor Brown’s stance to delay until after the bond election fuels partisan divide, with opponents fearing influence on sewer and drainage projects tied to the $1 100 000 bond. Pro Pancoast supporters push for retention through letters and advocacy citing his engineering stature and a clay pipe report endorsed by manufacturers.
Union Meat Company advertises pork sausage in one-pound boxes. Price is twenty-five cents per pound and customers should place orders with their butcher or grocer.
City voters face a Monday referendum on a front foot street paving plan. Mayor Brown urges fairness as homeowners may pay one third of costs while the city covers the rest including intersections. voting eligibility may extend to certain property owners on June 1, 1913. The ballot lists two propositions and polling places across 49 precincts.
A readable compilation of precinct numbers with locations across the city, listing homes stores warehouses and public buildings at Mason and Henderson streets North New Braunfeld Avenue Sherman Street Crockett Street Matagorda Center streets Peach Santa Clara Wyoming East Commerce Delaware Creiss South Cherry Devine Presa Alam o Lavaca Garden Gembler Hicks and other intersections. The document records addresses for precincts 33 through 49 and includes several public facilities such as engine houses and a market.
Akron Columbiana area hosted the Firestone foremen’s homestead dinner featuring 145 guests and a fleet of about 30 cars. Charles S. Whitman, New York district attorney and mayoral candidate, was the only outsider invited besides the Firestone family. Whitman spoke of lifelong friendship with Mr. Firestone and his Columbiana county boyhood visits to the Firestone farm.
Frost control measures around Medford protect a $1,000,000 pear and apple crop with high costs cited at roughly $1,000 per hour for frost fighting. Professor O Gara leads the effort from the Garnett Corey building, directing smudging as dawn temperatures drop. Despite occasional late-night duties, this method has reduced frost damage since 1911, when losses ran to $75,000 annually. A Riverside Restaurant ad and a Michigan inventor’s pea and bean harvesting tool are also noted.
European dealers buy large quantities of Kentucky bluegrass seed annually with substantial shipments to Germany. Riebe Undertaking Co operates auto ambulance services at 211 E. Commerce, phone 341. A folding metal seat has been invented to grip any window sill for window washers.
The piece describes a tented camp of 193 acres near Gettysburg prepared for a four day veterans reunion. It details 6000 tents 87 field hospitals 30 bakery tents 7000 water buckets and 130 surgeons with an extensive supply and sanitary plan. Veterans receive battlefield maps and can revisit key sites while reminiscing on Pickett’s Charge and Meade’s forces.
In Los Angeles naturalist Charles Kellogg urged that marriages only occur when partners share harmonious mental vibration and mutual understanding. He compared this to vibrations between wireless stations and said couples should be in tune before wedlock. A note from the meeting also mentions a new English life buoy with twin lamps and an automatic battery switch.
In Bexar County criminal court Judge W S Anderson may hold a special August September term to dispose of capital cases stalled on the docket. About 60 capital cases exist with hope to try 20 30 during summer to speed up fall proceedings. Other courts to close for vacation through September.
Visit the St. Anthony Roof Garden tonight from 6 30 to 12 o clock with music by Signor Arturo Lugaro and Charles Cameron Bell. Enjoy dining and drinks in a home like atmosphere as Corpus Beach Hotel advertises its European plan and coastal luxury.
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