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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
9
Boston clergymen led by Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu oppose a bill to fund the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with $5000 yearly public money. They denounce nude statues as immodest art and indecent exhibitions, urging reform before any funding.
In the Moore building basement at Houston and Avenue C the Imperial Turkish Bath house invites patrons to browse for Turkish, Russian, Rogan, salt, alcohol, electric shower tub and po baths. Open day and night in the city.
The AP reports Chicago dairy prices set a farmer's milk return at about 2 3 8 cents a quart while consumers pay 8 cents. Rescheduled prices show monthly returns per hundredweight from 1.20 to 1.45 dollars. Secretary Greer notes the farmer earns only a third of the consumer price, risking quit in milk production and a summer shortage.
D B Steele, tailor at 108 Blum Street, offers a stylish cool spring suit selection. Suits pressed 50 cents. New phone number listed as 1286 for orders and inquiries.
The San Antonio independent school district moves to elect four trustees on April 11 with incumbents likely to stand again. Dr. Frederick Terrell and others face no apparent opposition as polling places are set across wards and the report on compulsory vaccination is discussed for possible modification. Sewage work at Starr and Fannin street schools, vaccination totals, and routine board reports are noted.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, famed English suffragette, described her years as a prisoner in England and the hardships endured for suffrage work. She pledged support to American sisters in Albany as they wage a determined fight for equal rights.
American civil engineers who have worked on the canal in Panama since February ended their stay with a Tivoli hotel meeting. Lieutenant Colonel Goethals praised efficiency in canal construction and material handling. The engineers adopted a resolution and will depart Colon for the United States at noon today.
Cincinnati police say August Gahl a confectioner is jailed for larceny of two rings from a neighbor while suspected of many robberies in the city He is noted for giving gifts to the poor including clothing and other necessities as a local benevolence is noted in the case.
Chicago plans an $8,000,000 Field Museum of Natural History to be built in Jackson Park after a joint South Park commissioners and museum trustees decision. The bequest would revert to the Field estate if a site isn’t secured by January 16 next.
A horse delivered to the general land office instead of coal was found in the engine room after 28 hours. It fell into a coal hole while hauling a cart and was rescued with a derrick and returned to its owner in exchange for the coal.
Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as best and safest for coughs colds croup whooping cough and bronchitis with no opiates. Bexar Drug Co.
George Chin a Chinese laundryman and Margaret Smith a 19 year old American girl obtained a marriage license in New Brunswick New Jersey. They went to Justice Wm A Housell office for the ceremony but a demonstrative crowd gathered and the justice decided not to perform the ceremony while he checked whether such marriages are prohibited in New Jersey.
Advertises TIZ as a non powder foot treatment that dries up sore feet corns callouses and bunions by cleansing pores and reducing odor and pain. Claims instant effect and a money back guarantee if not satisfied with a box priced at 25 cents. From Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, claiming alcohol free formulas with glycerine extracts. It details treats for indigestion, catarrh, chronic coughs, and stomach disorders, urging readers to buy the Common Sense Medical Adviser and mail 31 cents for a cloth-bound copy.
A letter to a son says at mailing time in Ojinaga rebels prepared to attack and force federals. Dr Rice from San Antonio reported as blocked by armed opposition in the border town amid ongoing hostilities.
Citizens in the Sixth ward endorse Judge J B Webb as a mayoralty candidate after adopting a resolution condemning the current city administration. Ward meetings are planned in each ward next Wednesday to discuss and advocate his candidacy, with attendees listed from the meeting at Pat Stevens home.
In a forty five day contest ending yesterday farmers in the county killed over 11 000 field larks. The birds are enemies of corn. A purse of gold contributed by farmers was divided among three marksmen who killed over 1500 birds.
The Georgia Supreme Court refused a writ of error for J. C. Hunter of Savannah in the December 10, 1909 murders of his wife and two other women. The lower court death sentence is affirmed, leaving only an appeal to the governor as a potential escape from the scaffold. The crime is described as one of Georgia’s most brutal.
In a committee of the whole session the house adopted a revenue bill section taxing lawyers and doctors 50 dollars annually. The measure is projected to raise about 50 thousand dollars per year for the state.
Forewarns railroad workers of long term kidney and bladder issues from years in railroading. Geo. E. Bell of Fort Wayne recounts severe back pain and bladder distress relieved by Foley Kidney Pills after four bottles. He claims complete cure and recommends the remedy to fellow railroaders. Also includes a brief, unrelated exchange about a diamond necklace.
In Norfolk on March 16 Captain Austin M. Knight president of the naval ordnance board testified in his own defense about the Puritan sinking. He said he telephoned Rear Admiral Marshall to report the tests were concluded and the ship ready for Norfolk navy yard. Knight identified the admiral on the line responding this is Marshall.
General Sanches lines a perimeter around Ojinaga aiming to starve federals as rebels anticipate a field gun. Dr. Rice and his son await word on whether the physician escaped before the clash or remains with federal troops while the son in San Antonio receives sporadic letters after eight weeks.
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