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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1912

Page

9

St Patrick Parade in San Antonio Celebrates Anniversary

Ians and patriotic Irish citizens formed in line on Main avenue and Houston street Sunday morning. The parade ended at Navarro street with special cars to St Patrick church. Grand marshal Pat O’Hara led a band play and women and children rode in autos.

San Antonio Main Avenue Houston Street St. Patrick Navarro Street St. Patrick’s Church van Ness Willow Streets Pat O’hara St. Mary's Parochial School Erin Joseph Duffy Ireland J. W. Shaw

P. A. Elects Officers for Post Meeting

The annual election of officers of Post F. T. P. A. at the Driskill hotel in Austin named L. Strassburger as president H. M. Finch as first vice president A. Lesser as second vice president Theodore Ledel as third vice president A Leader as secretary and treasurer. Directors chosen were August Schenk Charles Schwab D Lowenberger and Robert Bain with W. P. Allen as post attorney Dr. J. W. McLaughlin Jr. as physician and Dr. R. J. Briggs as chaplain As Hader was named delegate to the state board of directors.

Hood's Sarsa arilla Restores Appetite and Vitality

Loss of appetite is linked to fatigue and poor vigor. Hood's Sarsa arilla claims to strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, improve appetite, enrich the blood, and steady the nerves.

Hood

Riebe Undertaking Co. Auto Ambulance Service

Riebe Undertaking Co provides auto ambulance service at 221 E Commerce Street with phone contact 841 for urgent transport and funeral support services.

Riebe Undertaking Co Auto Ambulance Service

Passing of the Third Floor Back at the Grand

Forbes Robertson stars in Jerome K. Jerome’s The Passing of the Third Floor Back at the Grand tomorrow night and Wednesday matinee. The play follows a Passer By who revives the souls of lodgers, bringing dignity and virtue through quiet intervention.

Forbes- Robertson Jerome K. Jerome Forbes-Robertson

The Real Thing at the Grand with Henrietta Crosman

Henrietta Crosman stars in The Real Thing a comedy by Catherine Chisholm Cushing at the Grand next Thursday night and Friday shows. The widow visitor unravels a husband wife rift amid much laughter and unusual situations ending satisfactorily for all.

Henrietta Crosman Washington Society Catherine Chisholm Cushing

New Texas Licenses Issued For Insurance Firms

The Texas Department of Insurance and Banking grants a license to Bankers International Life Insurance of Austin with capital of 100000 dollars, to operate life health and accident business led by president J Lynn Hunter and secretary W D McFadden. Additional licenses issued include several fire and life carriers such as Paris Fire Insurance and Manhattan Life with offices in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Austin Tex State Department of Insurance and Banking Texas Bankers’ International Life Insurance Company of J. Lynn Hunter W. D. McFadden Fire Re- Assurance Company Paris France Reserve Loan and Life Insurance Company Indianapolis Ind Virginia State Insurance Company Richmond United States Casualty Company New York Manhattan Life Insurance Company Continental Insurance Company the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Niagara Fire Insurance Company National Fire Insurance Company Hartford The Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company Maryland Motor Car Insurance Company Baltimore

Home Wrecked By Dynamite Near Tulsa

The home of Alvin Orcutt, a Creek Indian citizen, and his wife was wrecked by dynamite last night seven miles southeast of Tulsa. Orcutt was about to enter as the explosion occurred. he escaped unharmed. Investigators have slender clues, and police suspect revenge in a dispute over an adjoining farm.

Associated Press Tulsa Okla Alvin Orcutt Orcutt McCullough

Rates Ordered Reduced in Cotton Seed Haul

The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled today that cotton seed transportation rates from Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana to Memphis were unreasonably high and unduly discriminatory. Rates must be reduced by May 1 after Memphis freight bureau challenged them and won.

Associated Press Washington Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Memphis Tenn Interstate Commerce Commission Memphis Freight Bureau

New Board Elected at American Tobacco Company

The American Tobacco company announces a new board of directors and officers. Percival S. Hill is president with vice presidents BE Edwards P J Hanlon G W Hill M C Patterson and T B Yuille. J P Wilcox is secretary and J M Whicks is treasurer.

Tobaccompany ASB Eh Press New York The American Tobacco Company Percival S. Hill Edwards P. J. Hanlon G. W. Hill M. C. Patterson T. B. Yuille J. P. Wilcox J. M. Whicks

Obstructed Order in a Tailor’s Scene

A dialog scene shows Owene greeting Mr Shears and seeking a new suit. The tailor dismisses the request, citing the bill as decisive, signaling a stalled transaction in a Boston setting.

Owene Mr. Shears Boston Tran

Heir of a Hero Receives 3 Million Legacy

After a global search, Charles H. Tunley, a bookkeeper, is named heir to the fortune of three rich sisters totaling 3 million dollars. The amount honors his father’s heroism in Boston twenty seven years ago when he stopped a runaway carriage endangering several women.

C. H. Tunley Charles H. Tunley Boston Tunley Elizabeth Woodbridge Jane Hooper Mary Brown Perente

Brewer William Seipp Ends Life in Chicago Home

William C Seipp 61 head of Conrad Seipp Brewing died by suicide at breakfast time in Chicago as family present. Physicians said act occurred in a fit of insanity linked to long illness and noted his retirement from brewing in 1892 for real estate work.

Associated Press Chicago William C. Seipp Conrad Seipp Mr. Seipp Seipp

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestive Relief

Advertises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. Claims tablets supply pepsin and other digestives to restore stomach function, promising a free sample and noting price of 50 cents per box through F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan and druggists nationwide.

Stuart F. A. Stuart Co Stuart Bldg Marshall, Mich

Ennuied banker stages duel to claim wife’s love

Kroneberg invites his rival to a staged duel using blanks to prove his wife’s thrill for danger. The plan backfires when the colonel is wounded. the wife’s joy mounts as the banker is hailed a hero and recovers quickly.

Di Pasquale Dies in Electric Chair for Rochester Killing

Dominico di Pasquale was executed in the electric chair in Auburn New York for the 1910 Rochester murder of Cologere Pollizai. Salvatore di Pasquale, his younger brother, claimed he fired the fatal shot and is now serving a perjury sentence.

Associated Press Auburn N. Y Dominico di Pasquale Cologere Pollizai Rochester Salvatore di Pasquale

Go Back to Fatherlands

Foreigners in unprecedented numbers are booking passage from Chicago to their homelands as steamship reservations fill weeks ahead. Western agents report a rush unusual for the season, attributing it largely to labor troubles.

Fatherlands Associated Press Chicago

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