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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1913
Page
20
Special sale offers rugs curtains and draperies with a range of prices from 12% to $15 for rugs and $1.25 to $4 for curtains. Sharp deals on madras weave lace edged and hemmed curtains plus remnant and display items. Hammocks and storage boxes complement the sale with window display emphasis.
Rooms in the Hotel Sherman show modern factory machinery with safeguards and unguarded displays as part of the International Association of Factory Inspectors annual convention. Delegates from across the U S and Canada will discuss accident prevention and occupational diseases May 6 to May 9 with figures like Samuel Gompers and Governor Dunne attending. Mayor Carter Harrison opened the initial meeting and A Wisham led local arrangements.
Excavations at Rockbourne Down in Dorset reveal a small Roman farm inside a low earthen enclosure. The 96 acre site includes a dwelling bake house and granary within a ditch enclosed quadrangle of 150 by 89 feet, with extensive corn remains found.
The Ninth annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Washington will feature papers on reducing TB deaths, historic progress from 1871 to 1912, sanatorium economics, city methods, and cooperation with other disease prevention movements. Notable researchers and officials from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago will present analyses of educational campaigns, funding, and clinical approaches.
London May 3: designers roll out spring themed accessories for the modern youth. Herald of Spring ties feature blossom sprigs and delicate pansies on soft green under vests, while Topaze offers a yellow option. Ties with hand painted love scenes and moth patterns echo open air and nature influences.
Pittsburg May 3 Two women and many boys under 18 received Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awards for valor. J Floyd Frasier a Texas student earned a bronze medal and 2000 dollars for educational purposes after saving a farm hand from drowning. Miss Lillamae Formby and Mrs E Gertrude Lemon were honored for risk during a railroad crossing incident in Waldo Arkansas where Formby tried to pull her friend from the track as a train slowed for a station.
The article recounts rescued lives earning medals and cash awards from early 20th century heroism. It also notes a phony orchestra touring Texas for a Houston engagement led by Max Zach and features local soloists C. C. Wenzel and Henry Juenger. The festival includes a Faust aria and choral performances under J Paul Blitz and Arthur Claassen with German singing societies.
The Houston Saengerfest opens Monday evening with a concert featuring two Metropolitan Opera stars, Madam Marie Rappold and Carl Schlegel, along with Houston soloists. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will accompany all three concerts and perform instrumental selections with the Texas soloists.
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