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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1911
Page
5
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy like digestive aid. It claims rapid relief from indigestion, sour belching, gas, heartburn, nausea, and headaches, with a 50 cent case guaranteeing meals taste good and no next day issues.
Winnipeg newspaper man George A. Roblin says opposition to the US Canada reciprocity treaty is strong in Canada and parts of the United States Most Canadians expect little benefit from the pact especially only slight duty relief on farm machinery Some support remains but the opposition may be as large American farmers are moving into Alberta and Saskatchewan this year Roblin is the son of Manitoba premier Roblin.
Cairo March 11 The Great Pyramid at Gizeh is described as the world’s largest tomb and a profound mystery. An American explorer Don Covington, authorized by Britain, has opened passages and air shafts, exposing the remaining casing and probing for the mystery of the stones of darkness and the grand gallery. The pyramid stands 451 feet high now, originally 481, built with about 2,300,000 blocks for twenty years by 100,000 workers.
Mrs Rusell Sage begins new collection addition at the Metropolitan Art Museum a trove of 2546 Japanese netsukes. The carvings were collected by A C Vrooman of Pasadena and seen by Mrs Sage in California before she purchased them after returning east.
A daily LCL freight package car will operate between San Antonio and Uvalde via the International and Great Northern and the C C and U rail lines. The service, launched at merchants’ request, delivers most freight the next afternoon and uses mixed trains from 9 p.m. from San Antonio to Gardendale then on to Uvalde, with Uvalde the only stop for this car.
The E. W. Duke murder case reaches the court of criminal appeals and, once formalities are complete, Duke will begin a fifteen year term in the penitentiary for fatally shooting Walter Evers in July 1905. He has been jailed nearly three years without bond and faces clemency only as a possible future act. The case has endured multiple trials and appeals, with the latest affirming the fifteen year sentence and a rehearing denied.
The Associated Press reports platinum rises to 438 dollars per ounce for hard metal and 41 dollars for soft platinum in Maiden Lane New York marking the highest prices to date. The surge, about 10 dollars in six months, mirrors early 1900s patterns with weak demand in 1905 and strong recovery by 1906. Platinum supply remains limited, produced as a by product of California and Oregon gold placers, with main sources in the Urals and additional material from South America and Canada.
Six New Yorkers were injured by strong March winds. Three people were struck by falling signs. Rev John J Frey Brooklyn preacher lost balance while catching his hat and fell down an embankment. Alex Fearance five years old was blown into the East River and rescued. Joseph Arel lo East Sider fell thirty feet at an uptown station stairway.
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York declares his medicines are of known composition by printing every ingredient on the bottle wrapper. A free little book explains the formulas and endorses the ingredients and native medicinal plants used in Favorite Prescription and other remedies.
San Antonio hosts a major spectacle with Theodore Roosevelt and about twenty thousand soldiers at Fort Sam Houston. War correspondents from eastern newspapers arrive as rumors of war circulate, making the city the center of global attention for Sunday and Monday.
Contracts awarded promise New York the largest post office in the United States with a total cost exceeding five and a quarter million dollars. The building will be completed in February 1913, 375 feet by 835 feet, adjoining Pennsylvania Station. About 2000 workers will be employed and the Pennsylvania Railroad will run trains into the basement.
Chicago news reports no independent mayoral petitions filed for the April election. Republican candidate Charles E. Merriam and Democrat Carter H. Harrison gain breathing room as Socialist Labor Party submits 7500 signatures proposing Anthon Prince as mayor along with other tickets for city treasurer and city clerk.
New York March 11 no more troops from the department of the east will be moved to the Mexican frontier. A battalion of infantry will stay at Governor's Island for routine duty on the New York coast defenses.
Special Dispatch Austin Texas March 11 Officers of the Texas National Guard are responding to the federal invitation to join the regulars in Texas maneuvers. Prominent signatories include Majors L T Rogers A W Bloor and E H Roach plus Lt Col Test and Captains Cranke Smith Younger Head Boswell and McKinney with others from Austin Laredo Fort Worth Brownsville Dallas and El Paso.
New York March 11 Mayor Gaynor offers a happiness recipe in a letter to a girl who thanked him for a favor. He says everyone should be happy and when faced with trouble say it will be all right and good things will follow. The mayor signs sincerely WM. J. Gaynor.
Travis Park Methodist church has secured two large rooms in Harmony hall after purchasing the property for 50,000 dollars. One room will extend Sunday school, the other will become a social parlor. leases on the rest run for nearly a year. The church plans a twelve story future building costing 500,000 dollars. W. A. Petty previously owned the property.
Birmingham March 10 The Orpheum theater again filled this morning for the second day of the seventh annual conference on child labor. Edward Clopper presided in the morning on streets and public places, with a second section addressing poverty and parental dependence in relation to reform.
Storm damage in Santa Barbara County from a week long creep across California. Five people are reported drowned as the storm system moves south toward Los Angeles.
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