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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1911
Page
5
London gossip centers on Queen Mary ordering ban on tight or hobble skirts at all court functions from royal drawing rooms to Ascot. Court advisers reportedly urged restraint while noblewomen complain the decree intrudes on modesty and looks to censor coronation fashions.
A fragment reflects a vivid complaint about a headstrong woman who opposes modest costumes as a personal vice and social pressure. The tone implies a courtroom or public sphere dispute over dress norms. Included are hints of authority and social judgment.
Reports say Thomas J. Freeman former receiver and general manager of the International and Great Northern will become vice president and general manager of the Texas and Pacific with new headquarters in Houston after the May 16 sale. Officials praise his leadership though no confirmation yet.
D B Chapin accused of fatally shooting Oscar J Rountree last August at Dan Breen's saloon. Trial scheduled for Monday May 22 in Victoria with a 200 man venire and witnesses from Bexar Hidalgo Goliad and Victoria counties. District Attorney Mitchell leads for the state with multiple law firms aiding the defense. local counsel to be added.
In Minneapolis Judge C A Willard denied an injunction from the local street car company against enforcing a strap hanger ordinance. The rule forbids boarding once seats are full and standing passengers exceed 25 percent of seating capacity. The judge found no due process violation and noted the rule allows crowding when cars are spaced more than 300 feet apart.
A domestic employment notice from Mrs. C. W. Rohrer at the Round House hotel claims to be a respectable household and asks potential helpers to contact via phone or address. The text emphasizes no indulgence of relatives and mentions the husband is a policeman who rarely stays home but will not speak to the help.
E S Bacon of Bath Maine warns railroad workers about chronic kidney inflammation caused by his job He credits Foley Kidney Pills for recovery noting improved strength and disappearance of weakness and dizziness after starting the treatment
In Kansas City on May 6 Judge Seehorn faced a hung jury in the case of Mrs. Mabelle Byerley versus the Metropolitan Street Railway company. The jury could not reach agreement on the claim for 18110, including 15000 for beauty marred and shattered nerves plus medical bills and car repairs.
Oakland May 1 The wealthy Edward E Niehaus limited his son to 100 of an 85000 estate fearing a church tied to his daughter in law would receive his assets after a dream prompted by a visit to a seer Attorney Stanley Moore outlined the plan for a will contest He says Niehaus believed his son was under the influence of an evil spirit due to spiritualist seances pursued by his wife and mother and he would have his son severed from that influence
A year after Washington state census work ended, forty people on a remote off shore island were found by the Admiral Sampson’s captain. The isolated group was overlooked in the census and had remained largely unknown.
A drifting vessel anchored in a natural harbor as wind raged. Nineteen individuals including fifteen men eleven women and sixteen children live on an unnamed island. They fish and garden for sustenance and have remained unknown until now.
Cal May 6 reports tell of the Padre mine sought across Arizona New Mexico and Old Mexico. Prospector tales place the site in the southeastern New Mexico region where a boy chasing a wounded man uncovered long abandoned workings amid ruins in the Sam At mountains.
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