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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1911

Page

7

Real Estate Activity in San Antonio and Local Notices

San Antonio real estate remains brisk with 23 transfers at the county clerk totaling 31 907 dollars and the largest deal at 7 385 dollars. Eleven building permits valued at 6 150 dollars were issued. County commissioners as a board of equalization are mailing notices asking property owners to justify property assessment increases. Humane Society meeting at 8 p m in the YMCA hall features Judge S J Brooks Rev George D Harris Professor J E Howard and Yale Hicks as speakers.

San Antonio Board of Equalization Humane Society San Antonio Humane Society S. J. Brooks George D. Harris J. E. Howard Yale Hicks

Mock Trial at Brackenridge School on rail road case

A mock court session is held today at Brackenridge school with a rail road case based on Blackstone and other authorities. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are Luther Bickett and Sydney Kaliski. defense is Oliver Murdock and George Paschal. John H. Bickett presides as judge. witnesses summoned include Will Mell Booth Walter Wolf george Henyon Palmer Giles Eugene Lewis Stanley Davis Werner Beckman Perry Davis and 8. Broot. Grover Slater acts as sheriff.

Brackenridge School Blackstone Luther Bickett Sydney Kaliski Oliver Murdock George Paschal John H. Bickett Will Mell Booth Walter Wolf Eorge Henyon Palmer Giles

St Marks Picnic Postponed and Encampment Plans

The St. Mark's picnic is postponed with a new date to be announced at Sunday school next Sunday. A Baptist encampment committee at Sutherland Springs plans a July 4 to 14 program including Sunday school work missions Bible study and women's work with speakers such as Dr S. J. Porter F. C. McConnell B. H. Carroll and A. F. Barton.

St. Mark's Baptist Young People’s Union Sutherland Springs J. Porter F. C. McConnell B. H. Carroll Eaeousnes

Local Names Listed In Unspecified Notice

The list includes John A. Love, R. Carrol, C. D. Daniel, H. Beauchamp, W. T. Curtis, W. T. Davis, B. A. Coass, Miss Mary King, J. V. Dickenson and others in a locally sourced notice with additional names likely attached to a public or legal notice.

Petition for Bert M. Ford bankruptcy discharge heard

The petition for the final discharge of bankruptcy of Bert M. Ford of Kerrville will be heard by Guy S. McFarland, referee, in San Antonio June 23. Dead cat removed from San Pedro avenue after The Light reported it, with bystanders delaying until city hall telephones worked.

Bert M. Ford Kerrville Guy S. McFarland San Antonio San Pedro Avenue City Hall

Cattlemen's Head Quarters Hosts Move and Local Notices

Coffman Warren and P B Rodgers move to 317 St Marys Street while Gerlach Bros relocate to 117 West Houston. New spring stock arriving daily. San Antonio School Board dines at Douglas School for negro cooks hosts a luncheon, following a prior Grant school meal. Carnegie Library story hour ends Friday with The Fall of Troy read by Miss Maude Melear inviting all children.

Gerlach Bros West Houston St San Antonio Douglas School Grant School For Carnegie Library Troy

Warning to Railroad Men From Bath Man

E S Bacon of 11 East St Bath Maine warns railroad workers about kidney inflammation and praises Foley Kidney Pills for restoring strength and ending weakness and dizziness. He mentions he improved after starting the pills. The ad notes Good board at the Jefferson 442 Soledad street.

E. S. Bacon East St Bath Foley Mother’s The Jefferson Soledad Street

Taft asked to end boycott and punish unions

The National Association of Manufacturers urged President Taft to end the boycott by seeking punishment or dissolution of organizations enforcing it. The American Federation of Labor was labeled as prosecuting the boycotts. The group also seeks action against groups using force to coerce manufacturers. Gen. Harrison Otis spoke at a banquet, defending law and opposing unlawful labor actions while praising constitutional government.

New York Taft National Association of Manufacturers American Federation of Labor John Kirby Jr Dayton Ohio F. H. Stillman Harrison Grey Otis The Los Angeles Times General Otis Congress

Allen's Foot Ease Promises Comfort for Tight Shoes

An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder as easing tight or new shoes. It claims instant relief for coins and bunions, swollen feet, blisters, callous and sore spots, and sweating feet. It urges use to break in new shoes and offers a 25¢ price with a free trial package address in Olmsted Le Roy N Y.

Allen Olmsted le Roy

Lund J P Lund groceryman dies after operation

Lund 48 a San Antonio grocer died after an appendicitis operation. Survived by wife two sons Gansey and Hansey and daughter Minnie. Native of Denmark he came to San Antonio eighteen years ago and ran a store at 201 Chavez street. Funeral Friday at 4 from residence. interment Hermann Sons cemetery. Joaquin Guajardo 66 dies after brief illness at 113 South Flores Street. Funeral from home to San Fernando Cathedral. interment San Fernando cemetery. Wades of San Antonio and Mexico connected. body prepared by Shelley Loring. interment at Gonzales. A Scenic Revolution shows men debating native land for a moving picture concern.

Lund J. P. Lund San Antonio Mr. Lund Gansey Hansey Lund Minnie Lund Hermann Sons

Wade Matriarch Dies in South Alamo Apartments

Mrs. Mary Wade aged 76 died Wednesday afternoon in her South Alamo Street apartments. She is survived by three sons W. T. Wade and another two sons with extended family and local connections.

A Practical Man

A Practical Man reports a social quip about success at a dance with a joking line about taking home an umbrella as a prize.

Just Like a Battle Essay Described as Realistic

A remark notes Grace's war essay as highly realistic with vivid imagery of powder flying from a sachet. The exchange highlights dramatic depictions and strong sensory detail in the writing.

Grace

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Grand Opera House Rose Naynon Mrs Jack Shephard Davis T. Cooper the Wades Biff and Dearno Boccacio Royalscope Exposition Park Hot Wells Orpheum Musical Comedy Company Star Theater J. Harvey Moors State Institution For the Blind American Medical College Bt. Foe Gunter Houston Union Painless Ientists Icks Yale R. BR. Russell Pres. State Bank and Trust Company San Antonio, Texas Los Angeles Heights Hagelstein & Dickinson Alamo Cafe RED Swan Coffee Jack Davis Alamo Plaza Hansen Bros Austin Street Zoth Phesea Chas. K. Garring Gunter Building Adams Losoya E. M. Collins Mackay Building Brackenridge Grammar School F. M. Halbedh Eagles East Houston Kodak Films Mission Finishing Co Gibbs Texas Kansas M. Maracheau Grain Co Main Ave San Pedro Tobin Hill Soledad St Arnold Hedakes Noa Spears Co Lucchese Bros Chickering Emerson Steinway Weber Ivers & Pond Fischer, Hale Smith & Barnes Royal Brewster Marshall & Wendell Armstrong, Bush & Gerts Kimberly Foster Houston and Navarro Streets Coffman & Warren P. B. Rodgers Cattlemen's St. Mary’s Street Associated Press Vna Pinoh F. A. Wade Senor Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co A. P Bie Fred Hummert Wald Paper, Paint and Artists Commerce Meridian BR. B. Waggener Ose Moore Ee Terman San Antonio Loan & Trust Co West Commerce Street Geo. W. Brackenridge G. Donman Bain Chan Chauberiain Brackenridge Perd Caroline Kampmann Thos B E. A. Stribling A. Silker Chas. WM Herfp. Sec’y American Bank Alamo TRUST
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