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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1912

Page

7

Death of Mrs. Mike Shenkewitz in Gonzales Texas

Mrs. Mike Shenkewitz aged 60 died at the family home two miles west of Gonzales at 5 am Wednesday from pneumonia. Survived by husband and six children Will Henry John Martha Annie Ronshausen and Lottie Salazar all of Gonzales County. Dr J R Cunningham Osteopath is listed.

Gonzales Tex Mike Shenkewitz Will Henry John Shenkewitz Martha Shenkewitz Annie Ron

Dr A R Beal Lungs Nose and Throat Clinic Ad

Dr A R Beal announces services at 308 Gunter building for lungs nose and throat care. For messenger boy call number 200.

A. R. Beal Gunter Building

Georgia Minstrels Bring Old Time Show To Grand

Richards and Pringle present the Famous Georgia Minstrels at the Grand for today matinee and tonight performances. The lavish production stays true to the classic minstrel style that delighted generations. A noon street parade will also take place, drawing interest from local crowds.

Richards & Pringle Georgia Mississippi Southland

Heart Breakers at Grand Tomorrow and Sunday Nights

The Heart Breakers by Hough and Adams, seen at Princess Chicago, comes to the Grand for matinee and evening shows tomorrow and Sunday night. Starring George DamereL, with a Turkey Trot dance by Louise Meyers, it mirrors Singer’s musical comedy standard with romance and laughter. Della Clarke’s Introduce Me arrives at the Grand next Monday.

Mort. H. Singer Princess Theater Chicago Grand Tomorrow Hough Adams Princes Theater George Damerel San Antonio Louise Meyers Princess Broilers Della Clarke

Woman Recovers After Nervous Breakdown With Nervine Help

A Pueblo Colorado woman narrates years of nervous prostration and failing remedies until two bottles of Dr Miles Nervine brought marked improvement and full recovery. The ad claims Nervine strengthens nerves to combat loss of appetite poor digestion sleep troubles and run down conditions plus a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.

Anna Kounz Mechanic St Pueblo Colo Miles’ Nervine Miles Nervine Ner Miles Medical CO Elkhart Ind

Clarke’s Introduce Me praised for wholesome stage appeal

Review praises Miss Clarke for clean entertaining theater and a happy mood. The play Introduce Me is highlighted as a successful work that avoids salacious content while delivering dramatic effect.

Miss Clarke

Philadelphia Baseball Stars Attend Lola Downin Show Tonight

The world's champion Philadelphia team will join Miss Lola Downin and the Orpheum players at the new Houston Street theater tonight. Notables like Chief Bender Krause Morgan Home Run Baker Eddie Collins Stuffy McInnis Jack Barry will attend. The program features The Girl of the Golden West and Arsene Lupin with Willard Simms and other attractions, closing with Plazascope films.

Lola Downin Orpheum Philadelphia Houston Street Thespus Miss Downin Orpheum Players Arsene Lupin

Plaza Comedy Features Keep Audience Laughing This Week

Get up and go comedy acts deliver nonstop humor from curtain rise to final motion picture. Three performances remain this week including a school children's matinee tomorrow. Performers race, slide, jump, and dodge contusions as they entertain audiences and push toward the next stop.

Royal Theater Week Brings Packed, Praised Acts

The Royal stage features Bayonne Whipple and company in Harmony Discord to great acclaim amid a strong bill. Hap Handy and company perform soap bubble tricks praised for artistry. Willisch the German juggler combines dexterity with humor. Chester and Grace entertain with song and dance. Tomorrow offers bargain matinee with free soap bubble outfits for children. Mr. Macfadden performs strength feats and poses in what is his San Antonio farewell for a while.

the Royal Bayonne Whipple and Company Hap Handy and Company Willisch Chester Grace Miss Grace Macfadden Mr. Macfadden San Antonio

A Victim of the Mormons at the popular playhouse this weekend

A Victim of the Mormons plays Saturday and Sunday March 9 and 10. Florence Grange is drawn to Mormon preacher Andrew Larson who elopes with her, prompting a pursuit by her fiancé Leslie Berg and brother George Grange, then a Utah rescue. The film is billed as a gripping 3000 foot subject with strong acting and production.

Florence Grange George Andrew Larson Florence Leslie Berg Larson George Grange Utah

Macfadden Lecture Promises Packed Turnout Again

Bernarr Macfadden faces another full Turner hall crowd tonight as he delivers The Inner Secrets of Superb Manhood and the Building Up of Powerful Bodies. The talk is men only and aims to show the path to supreme manhood.

Bernarr Macfadden Turner Hall Mr. Macfadden

Child Dies From Burns At Aguilar Residence

Severe burns sustained Wednesday by Blaza Aguilar 38 daughter of Mr and Mrs Jose Aguilar of 906 Tam pico street led to her death at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. The child’s clothing caught fire in the kitchen while left alone briefly. mother found her burning and fire quickly stopped. Dr Gonzales examined the child badly burned on the right side back and stomach. interment held today at San Fernando cemetery.

Blaza Jose Aguilar Tampico Street D. Gonzales San Fernando Cemetery

Title Guarantee Certificates Prove Quick Cash for Property

A title guarantee certificate helps property owners borrow quickly, offering loan ease comparable to using stocks and bonds. The document lowers hurdles for prompt cash in hand or collateral loan, backed by repeated experience.

Hotel Arrivals List Reflects National Guests

A lengthy roster of guests checked into hotels across multiple cities including St Anthony Chicago Dallas and St Louis. Names span Hildreth Ellis Magruder Avery Crawford Woodward Bean Berry Howe Montague O Donnell Key Pickens Kissack and many others with residences in Baltimore Chicago Houston New York and beyond. The compiled list reads as a social ledger of travelers and their home cities.

St. Anthony H. B. Hildreth Selma W. Ellis Magruder Baltimore W. J. Avery Chicago R. Russell Stapler Corpus Christi Charles C. Crawford Jr Houston Lee J. Russell Fort Worth M. H. Rogers St. Louis T. E. Woodward R. Bean Orange A. EB. Berry G. E. Howe Waco A. L. Smith W. H. Doughty Falfurrias William L. Cox New Orleans Mra T. E. Wilbur Mansfield Mass J. L. Calvert E. P. Days Dallas Paul Barnett San Benito J. P. Harley A. G. Hunt J. A. Hodge C. G. Odell John B. Johnson Minneapolis E. R. Walker Ballinger H. Taggart Crock

Kaempf Elected Speaker of Reichstag in Berlin

In Berlin on March 8 Johannese Kaempf, radical deputy for Central Berlin, was definitively chosen as speaker of the Reichstag, marking a decisive political milestone.

Berlin Johannese Kaempf Reichstag

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Opportunity Insurance Central Trust Company W. Commerce ST San Antonio, Texas Shausen Mrs. Lottie Salazar Gonzales County J. R. Cunningham Moore The Georgia Minstrels Praeger Hardware Company Commerce Street Williard Simms and Company Romano Brothers Renie Menlo Chadwick Wiggins Ida May Chadwick Murray K. Hill Schoen Doria Opera Trio Wray Bros. Piano Co Bush & Gerts Piano Co Texas B. W. Gratigny Men’s and Boys Bob Smart East Majestic Theater LE Guaranty Gompan Alamo Bank Building Fletcher Elsie Janis Emporium Whit Morris Herbert J. Hayes R. O. Huff
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