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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
5
Picton, building a breakwater on St Josephs Island Aransas Pass, says work will end March 17. Docks and warehouses to be built on Harbor Island soon. dredges remain at work. deepening channels to finish around October. Other items note local notices and society events.
Aggregate $5525.75 with $407 exemption claimed. Hearing scheduled March 29 before Referee Guy S. McFarland. Mentions Dr E Tinkham dentist suite 422 423 Moore Bldg and Dr Baldwin GU specialist 312 Gunter Bldg. Also notes March 9 dance at Muths and a Mexican fined $15 for a minor offense after being identified as Jesus Serena and accused theft at Dominguez store on Matamoras St and Santa Rosa Ave.
Ike Porter and Ed Cook, both negroes, were arraigned in police court. Porter was fined five dollars while Cook’s case was dismissed. A witness said Porter hit Cook so hard he knocked him from Crockett to Chestnut Street. Organize Clark Club forms Monday at Odd Fellows hall with Missouri supporters. J. A. Potts, Charles R. Mac Farlane, William S. Anthony and R. G. Callahan drive interest.
Alexander Potter, the New York water expert retained by the city council, will conduct a test Saturday on 1200 feet of main on Main avenue and Romana street. The test will raise pressure from 60–70 pounds to 150 pounds, after initial hesitation from President H. S. Ames of St. Louis.
A reader recounts neuralgic headaches over 12 years easing after switching from coffee to Postum. She weighs 140 pounds at onset, dropped to 119, then gained weight and felt calmer within weeks. She now goes out alone, with improved brain and nerves. The letter promotes Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
A temple program lists the Friday evening service at Temple Beth El with Prelude Offertory and special choir number The Lord Is Exalted. The temple choir performs in sequence with a postlude and a March in G, as an engineer from St Louis witnesses a test.
An auto party from Rockport including R. E. Lomet W. W. Wood Charles R. Gibbon and A. M. Gulder visited the city yesterday. They will push for an Rockport auto club and better roads to increase trips between the city and the coast.
Chairman Allison Mayfield of the Texas railway commission reports trains in Texas are currently on schedule more than at any time in the past. He notes new equipment is being placed with some lines and new motive power with others, easing schedule maintenance.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles holds its annual memorial service Sunday at Eagles hall. Rabbi Samuel Marks will pay tribute to the dead and Charles Merritt Barnes will deliver an address. Daggett's Orchestra will provide the music.
The Bexar County Harmon executive committee will meet this afternoon at 6 o’clock in the Washer building to discuss conditions and the general lineup of delegates for the state meeting.
The San Antonio Playgrounds Association held a meeting at the YMCA auditorium and selected the nominating committee for candidates. The election will be held tonight at the same place. Rev. H. C. Burgin delivered an address.
G G Puls ford of Eagle Pass assumed the post of immigration inspector yesterday, filling the vacancy created by H H Huffman promotion to head the Tucson Arizona office.
Alderman Mauermann, chair of the city council finance committee, says a street paving campaign will begin next Monday morning. The asphalt plant will be ready to supply material, with central city streets prepped for topping, funded by prior appropriations totaling $50,000.
In New Orleans on March 8 the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee saw eleven members absent by chairman F. B L. Williams suggestion, signaling Taft supporters gaining influence as disaffection within the party emerged during the session.
The Southwestern Electrical and Gas Association plans its annual convention in San Antonio on April 25 to 27 with about 1000 delegates. The St Anthony Hotel will host events, and an electrical show will feature products from curling irons to dynamos, highlighted by a major electrical illumination display.
A box car in the lower yards of the International and Great Northern Railway filled with cotton seed hulls caught fire shortly after 7 AM. Fire crews led by Fire Captain McSorley extinguished the blaze with minor damage and the loss to contents expected to be small. Sparks from a passing locomotive are suspected as the cause. In a separate incident, a fire in the Gunter hotel boiler room started by kindling against a furnace wall caused $300 damage, fully insured.
The Baptist Standard notes Dr. Jarrell cites Studies in the Scriptures and Millennial Dawn and arranges free first volume copies in magazine form for readers without the books. Send a postal card to P. O. Box 370, San Antonio, Texas, to request.
Jeff D. Cox chief game warden has gone to Galveston to investigate oyster claims and the sand and shell industry yielding substantial state revenue.
A recruiting station will open tomorrow morning at 333 Alamo Plaza to form a San Antonio company of the Texas National Guard. Capt Dudley K Lansing or an officer will take enlistments and provide information. Uniforms and gear will follow from Austin as the company prepares for early drills.
Vivid spring creations draw crowds at Emporium Millinery with bold trims and delicate brims. Shoppers linger, noting color palettes and new silhouettes in the season's boutique showcase.
Oscar Meyer charged with killing cotton clerk M. M. Ball had bond cut from 10000 to 1000 after the examining trial conducted in Fort Worth Texas. Elsie Janis engagement and roast goose at White Horse Tavern noted as brief entertainment listings for Monday at 9 o'clock.
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