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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1915
Page
13
San Francisco hosts the Panama-Pacific Exposition with record crowds on opening day February 20. Over two weeks attendance reached 1,035,326, averaging 74,000 daily, with 87,000 on February 28 the peak outside opening. The San Antonio Light offers a free trip plan via subscriptions for 5,800 certificates covering transport, lodging, and expositions passes.
The notice directs readers seeking further particulars to address the Exposition Editor at the San Antonio Light, indicating official guidance for inquiries and submissions regarding exposition coverage.
Debated order to attack Laredo Texas echoes through Mexican history as Gen Guardiola allegedly followed Huerta directives to destroy Laredo, sparking war-era tensions. A San Antonio source recalls a captain under Guardiola claiming Nueva Laredo was hit by a misread order aimed at pressuring U.S. intervention. Swiss trade also notes gains driven by British contraband exemptions aimed at war supplies.
The twentieth anniversary of Dr. Athene G. Jones's pastorate at First Presbyterian Church was celebrated with a reception in the church parlors. Mr and Mrs Jones received a silver trophy in honor of their long service as the congregation gathered to praise their leadership and dedication.
A notice commemorates the twentieth anniversary of Dr. Arthur Gras Jones as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio Texas 1891 1975. Dr Vinson president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary Austin spoke of church growth during Jones tenure from about 14 000 in 1899 to 32 000 in 1913. A brief program followed with piano violin and vocal selections and decorative church parlors.
The Bexar County Sunday School Association plans to send 100 delegates to the state convention in Austin from March 30 to April 1. A special meeting of officers and teachers at the St Anthony Hotel in San Antonio will be held Saturday at 4 to finalize convention plans and announce posters for city distribution. EB 0 Excellence will lead musical portions and a Sunday School rally in San Antonio is being organized.
Expect big turnout as over two hundred fraternity men plan to attend the Pa Bolleme Association banquet at the St. Anthony Motel in San Antonio. Guest speakers include university officials and prominent fraternity leaders. The general committee lists Phi Delta Theta and Phi Gamma Delta members among others, with plans coordinated by association president Wie O. Terrell.
In a city jail Wednesday night, Jase Simmons a Black inmate serving two sentences was slashed with a razor by a Mexican prisoner after an alleged bread theft. Simmons sustained gashes to the abdomen and arm and is hospitalized in serious condition. Police report the incident occurred around 1 am in the jail corral as inmates fought over bread substituted for the meal.
A violent incident left a Black detainee wounded after an assault on a Mexican inmate was thwarted by officers and fellow prisoners. The injured man was placed in the police patrol and transported to the city hospital for treatment. Joe.
An interview quotes Congressman John N Garner of Oval saying he was held by a Department of Agriculture agent and that the cattle disease herd was found in Missouri Dr C A M Corbett questions the misstatement and clarifies the details of the discussion.
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