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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
5
In a courtroom exchange quoted from Harper's Weekly, the defendant’s attorney questions the plaintiff about a wheel claim and a goose from a White Horse Tavern roast. The plaintiff argues the car was moving so fast no break could occur, while insisting the open-face goose remained intact.
The city enforces a six month residency rule under a new law to classify residents as county patients, denying city hospital admission. County officials argue past agreements funded the hospital and seek pro rata care, while city authorities insist the county must cover maintenance for displaced patients.
Daily letters pour in to Justices Russel Moss and Steinert about Joseph Martin the New York candy store keeper who tied four year old Antonio Duntig to a gas pipe and whipped him. Martin is held in the Tombs as the public weighs a fitting punishment for the \"human Brute\" given by New York papers.
A fragment notes admission at the city hospital and a discussion about enforcing the law. It cites special circumstances but provides few concrete details, leaving the exact case and parties unclear.
A Canon City report profiles Lewis M. Hill a famed early stage driver who kept to the road for forty years delivering passengers and mail amid Indians robbers and storms He traveled about 500 000 miles across nine states married Amy Elmira Shepler and retired after driving routes from Terre Haute to St Louis and later Omaha to the Great Overland route through Julesburg Denver and Boulder ending in 1894 He also drove a Concord stage at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.
A Toledo mother reports her six year old son Johnny Schnittker born with a silver patch on a molar. Dr Zarbaugh examines the tooth and scratches reveal a continuing bright metallic patch. The patch mirrors the mother’s own silver tooth and prompts a three state dental consultation.
An eleven child family traveling on a Pacific Mail liner stopped at Miyajima Island between Kobe and Shimen. A three week old baby born during a storm was welcomed at the islet by local residents before continuing to the city by the Golden Gate. The family, including Emelian kin and his wife with their children, hails from Vladivostok and Vladivostok wealth. The text notes the family’s move and mentions an alien tax of $5.
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