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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
10
Martine Whitter two years old died after eating red dyed Easter eggs a week after her four year old sister Maudie Whitter died from the same cause. Both girls were children of L. E. Whitter and participated in a local Easter egg hunt before the holiday.
President Taft told twenty five National Grange members he would not let political fears affect the Canada reciprocity vote. He said he would not argue for the measure to win farmer votes and expressed belief the treaty benefits the nation, even if Republican farmers oppose it. He urged Grangers to judge history’s outcome rather than fear.
Scranton, Pa May 9 The coroner s jury found the Pancoast mine disaster resulted from overzealous management and forgetfulness toward worker safety They said an engineer should be permanently stationed at the engine house and faulted state mine inspectors for insufficient inspection to prevent the loss of life.
President Taft will visit Newark on Saturday as guest of St. John's lodge of Masons for its 150th anniversary. He will arrive before six and attend a reception honoring former Governor Franklin Murphy.
The city council held a brief session to finish election preparations with many committee reports postponed to Monday. Alderman Richter chaired with nine aldermen present as Menger reported on Boerne street drainage and crosswalks at Florida and Delaware. Lockwood directed crosswalks be laid at Starr and Live Oak, while petitions were referred for tax assessments refunds and utility pole work by the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company.
The firm Behles and Beethauwe operates from 228 West Commerce Street. Architects are noted in association with the address, indicating their office location and practice scope.
In Milwaukee a violent dispute at a lodging house left three dead and a fourth seriously hurt. Two men argued with a girl present when a unidentified assailant drew two revolvers and opened fire wounding Jacob Unger, fatally wounding the girl, and killing another woman who tried to intervene. The gunman then killed himself.
In Macon Georgia on May 9 Evangelist W R Sledge denounced women with face paint and those wearing what he called harem scarem skirts during a sermon at Vineville Baptist church as part of ongoing protracted meetings.
The page shows arrivals and departures for multiple lines including the Union Stations No 241 from Houston and Galveston No 15 from Waco No 9 from the north and No 8 for Palestine along with Kerrville and Cuero Victoria entries. Times range from early morning to night with routes to Dallas Fort Worth El Paso and coast towns and notes on mail and express services.
In Stockton California on May 9 Paul Miller a 43 year old miner killed Margaret Martinez a 19 year old Spanish girl by firing two shots into her back during a piano session. He then blew his head apart with dynamite and ended the attack with his own death by suicide.
A Boston and Maine engine escaped collision with a passenger train by two feet in Salem Massachusetts. Freight Conductor D A Churchill steadied the runaway at the tunnel end while Engineer I H Williams leapt from the cab as the locomotive reversed and then cleared the crash by taking a switch.
In an open letter dated May 8, Mayor Gaynor explains his poor health since the Hoboken shooting. He says he cannot participate in drafting the new city charter while in miserable condition and must endure until improved weather allows him to resume work.
A Washington Star quip notes a gardener who boasts of enjoying the craft but prefers guiding neighbors over planting, framing a comic scene of local color and social dynamics.
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