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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
12
State highway law ends city license rights for automobiles except hires, shifting revenue to Bexar County and state road funds. San Antonio faces about 40 thousand dollars loss annually while the county gains over 50 thousand, with state registration starting July 1 and a minimum state license of seven dollars and fifty cents.
The U S Bureau of Standards says tungsten lamps offer better quality and lower cost so no customer can justify carbon lamps even with a bonus. It examines impacts on users utilities and regulators to curb current waste.
Thomas C. Nelson for Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements and Robert F. Uhr for Commissioner of Police and Fire announce their candidacy. They claim broad opposition to the current machine ticket and pledge retrenchment, cut expenses, and lower taxes if elected. They call on 7416 anti-machine voters from the primary to support them in the May general election.
House rivers and harbors committee resumes debate on the annual waterways appropriation bill based on War Department recommendations. Texas projects include Sabine Pass canal, Galveston harbor, Port Arthur channel, Freeport harbor, and channel work from Galveston to Corpus Christi with extensive maintenance and improvements.
In 1835 the US offered $1000 for the winning cent design. James Longacre engraved his daughter Sarah on the coin after an Indian chief placed his war bonnet on her head at a Philadelphia visit. Her image circulated nationwide for nearly a century.
A New York copy desk worker recovering in a local hospital encounters theater owner Cohen who, after appendicitis, asks the patient for his name and business. The exchange ends with Cohen noting a newspaper connection and asking, Veré's yer stand.
Firemen battled a blaze at the Macon apartment house on Grand Avenue near Delker Street. Hose stretched 2500 feet from a hydrant on South Flores Street to combat the fire started by an oil stove. Mrs. Carola Eimer, 68, was saved from the second floor and suffered only smoke inhalation. The building, owned by William Will, valued between 5000 and 36000, sustained about 1500 in fire damage, with insured furnishings also damaged.
Railroads nationwide order cutbacks on pamphlets timetables and other distribution materials citing rising printing costs and paper scarcity. Western territory sees 569 folder locations discontinued and eastern 192 hotel and business location reductions. Major lines shift ad spend to newspapers and focus on savings for winter promotions in San Antonio and beyond.
A Philadelphia Star excerpt shows a father challenging his son Jimmy about poor school performance. Jimmy replies that it makes no difference being top or bottom since teaching is the same at both ends.
Hundreds write to the San Antonio Chapter of the American Red Cross seeking information on membership and volunteer service. The chapter explains eligibility to all ages, dues, and that active service is voluntary. Nursing qualifications are outlined with nurse aides available at base hospitals. Local volunteers lend cars for nurse outings at Fort Sam Houston.
A Loyalty Day celebration included a speech on Red Cross work. The organizing committee took several flags to sell to raise funds for the Red Cross.
At Beauvais Cathedral a clock of 92 000 parts and 52 dials tells world times and local hour. It shows day of week and month, sun rise and set, moon phases, tides, and other data.
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