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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1913
Page
22
A local sale advertises a broad assortment of curtains draperies and nets with prices from 12 to 85c per yard and 1.25 to 4 for full window coverings. It also promotes rugs including 9x12 pieces 6x9 bedrooms and remnant specials plus lining and shade services.
In Chicago at the Hotel Sherman model factories showcase modern machinery with safeguards while other displays show unguarded equipment. The exhibit is part of the International Association of Factory Inspectors annual convention running May 6 to 9 with delegates from across the United States and Canada. Prominent figures including Samuel Gompers Governor Dunne and others are listed among attendees and speakers. Mayor Carter Harrison contributed an opening address plan.
Excavations at Rockbourne Down Dorset reveal a small Roman farm inside a low earthen enclosure. The site covers about 96 acres with a ditch enclosing a 150 by 89 foot quadrangle containing a dwelling, bakehouse and granary and traces of corn.
The Ninth annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will be held in Washington next Thursday through Saturday. Papers review ten year progress in reducing TB deaths and improving prevention methods, with discussions on education, economics of sanatoria, and urban controls.
London reports a trend where modern male attire signals emotions through designs. Spring ties like Herald of Spring and Topaze in yellow or green under vests feature blossoms and nature motifs such as pansies and moths, aiming to convey tenderness.
The item describes spring and summer attire with a range of hues and silhouettes. It notes collars, lizard and rustic swains motifs, bold bulldog head ties, post impressionist styles, sober restrained ties, and a woman's copy of a man's fob paired with a tailored cutaway coat.
At Pittsburg awards went to two women and many youths for valor. E J Floyd Frasier 13 of Farmersville Texas received a bronze medal and 2000 dollars for education after saving 16 year old Wayne Williams from drowning in Dulaney Texas in 1911. Miss Lillamae Formby of Waldo Arkansas and Mrs. E Gertrude Lemon of Galesburg Illinois also received Carnegie Hero Fund honors for risking themselves to save others on a railroad crossing and rail line incident.
The report chronicles awards for heroism with bronze and silver medals and cash to rescuers including Miss Formby and Mrs. Lemon. It notes a heroic drowning rescue, a youth saving a friend, and families honored for acts of bravery. It also previews a Houston musical program with Max Zach leading a phony orchestra and local soloists Mrs. Wen zel and Henry Juenger performing.
The Houston Saengerfest 10 opens Monday night with a concert featuring Metropolitan Opera stars Madam Marie Rappold and baritone Carl Schiegel, joined by two Houston soloists. The St Louis Symphony Orchestra will accompany all concerts along with Texas soloists.
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