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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1912
Page
5
Four bandits in an automobile murdered a chauffeur on a public highway near Villeneuve St Georges, after forcing him to stop. They wounded the car’s occupant and dumped the chauffeur’s body in a ditch before fleeing toward Paris. Police received a sheet stamped with purported fingerprints.
The comptroller's department will be represented at the Galveston liquor dealers' hearings next Wednesday morning by Ike N. Hart sell and John M. Payne who depart Tuesday night for Galveston.
The Rice post office safe was blown open this morning and $700 in stamps plus $450 in cash were stolen. Robbers fled on a handcar heading south from Rice.
The Fowlerton extension of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad will follow the Edwards survey. Engineers will map the route to Fowlerton and a 70 team grading crew will work between Pleasanton and Fowlerton. President J E Franklin aims to lay 105 miles of track by December and rails and ties have been ordered. Telegraph wires will be strung to connect with the Crystal City and Uvalde lines.
A movement in Austin seeks a city maintained abattoir with council consideration of bond funding. The plan proposes a plant modeled after the Paris Texas facility already in operation.
The district court at Lockhart Texas opened this morning with Judge Frank S. Roberts, District Attorney Sam Lowrey, and Official Stenographer Ralston P. Haun in attendance. The civil docket was taken up promptly.
The passage notes that under Polk four ex-presidents were living Adams or Adama, Jackson, Van Buren and Tyler. under Buchanan Van Buren Tyler Fillmore and Pierce. Lincoln's first term left Van Buren Tyler Fillmore Pierce and Buchanan alive. since Grant's first term at most two former presidents have lived, and now only Theodore Roosevelt remains.
Asquith meets miners chiefs amid growing hardship across Britain. millions idle in other industries and South Wales unions face exhausted funds. Cardiff soup kitchens and parish relief spread while Scottish and English centers report severe deprivation and rising unemployment.
Cleveland Ohio March 25. The policy committee and the executive board have not yet acted on proposed changes to the miners policy. No decision has been announced as workers await guidance and further discussion.
The executive board of the United Mine Workers of America met today and decided to act only after tomorrow’s conference of operators and miners in the bituminous fields. President John P. White warned district presidents that the coal situation is critical for miners but hoped a means to avert a strike or prolonged suspension after April 1 could be found.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr his wife and baby passed through Houston en route from San Francisco to New York. The young man drew many visitors and joked that his infant daughter was the only Roosevelt not sworn to political silence, as she babbled ta ta ta while her mother explained she meant dad dad dad not Taft Taft Taft.
St Joseph Mo March 25 Reuben Harris 87 city marshal of Quitman Mo died from excitement during his first arrest. He was called from bed at night to arrest a man who fatally stabbed another. Harris collapsed from a stroke of apoplexy. The prisoner escaped but was later captured.
Corpus Christi Texas March 25 Everything is ready for the auto trades excursion by twenty autos carrying 60 leading business men of the city. The two day trip begins Tuesday with stops at Driscoll Bishop Kingsville and Falfurrias for the first night. On Wednesday the route includes Premont Ben Bolt Alice San Diego Bentonville Agua Dulce Banquete Robstown Calallen and Nueces town before returning to Corpus Christi.
Lockhart council accepts the auto fire engine purchase and greets L. Flach as chief engineer. The council and fire department also accept the new city hall and fire station and announce an early house warming and fire department benefit entertainment.
More than 120000 textile operatives in New England received wage increases today as 6 to 10 percent raises took effect. Fall River mills grant 10 percent to 5000 workers. most others see unspecified rises until payday. Rhode Island added about 25000 workers, New Hampshire 3000, and Vermont 900 benefited in the period.
Several hundred operatives at the Appleton cotton mills walked out in Lowell Massachusetts to protest wage limits of seven percent. Almost 300 Merrimac cotton mill workers joined the walkout and the Industrial Workers of the World sought to extend the strike to all departments and other Lowell plants.
In Lynn Massachusetts on March 25 fifteen hundred operatives in twenty three shoe factories walked out in support of the Mc Kay stitchers demand. About 125 workers seek a two cent per dozen raise. The strikers belong to the United Shoe Workers of America.
Dr. A. R. Beal practices lung nose and throat care at 308 Gunter Building offering specialty ENT services.
Advert declares Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a cure for constipation torpid liver upset stomach headache dizziness and nervousness. It claims thousands rely on the pills and notes a 26 cent box and mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co.
Captain Robert F. Wynne former United States Marine Corps officer known as the fighting marine died in Washington at 36 from tuberculosis contracted in China after service in Cuba, the Philippines and China. He resigned after a dramatic court martial and President Roosevelt accepted his resignation.
The Firet and Original Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised as a strong bitter tonic that does not taste bitter because ingredients do not dissolve in the mouth yet dissolve in stomach acids. Claimed for grown people and children and marketed as the standard for 30 years at 50 cents.
A unique storefront at 321 Alamo Plaza sells hats and quirky signs in a bold, catchy display. Patrons report a lively atmosphere with playful banter and local charm as shoppers browse headwear and novelty items.
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