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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
10
Mrs. Ole Goodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky reports two years of severe backache and female disorders then two years pain free after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She urges others to write Mrs Pinkham for confidential advice.
The YMCA boys hold their annual camp fire at the association building tonight with exhibits by the Boy Scouts and a fire fighting contest by Francis Ragsdale Percy Oliveri and George Cannon. First aid demonstrations by Wendell Prime Frank Love and Shelley Collier. Walter Townsend with Schofield and Marcus Goodrich lead signalling. Addresses by Boyd Grimm Arthur Wright Roland Roemer Geo Burnett and A H Muir reflect on last year. A G Irons discusses Our Summer's Work for Boys and G S Chessum outlines camp features. Refreshments follow.
Dr Rodolfo Espinosa former Nicaraguan minister to Washington denies reports he came from Mexico City to Salvador to foment a revolution against President Estrada. He says his plan was to practice medicine in Acejutla and open a hospital, but Salvadoran authorities blocked disembarkation at the US suggestion and he returned to Mexico. He attributes the story to a Mexican City article dated April 24.
The article reviews army maneuvers at Leon Springs with captains and colonels learning slowly. It critiques graphic command, maps, and field orders as potentially ineffective and dangerous for modern warfare.
General Carter leans toward graphic control as a central information hub. He stays in the field with troops to monitor progress while remaining distant from direct risk, positioning graphic control as a practical misnomer for his system.
Dr J B Choate of Los Angeles left for Rome after a cablegram from Mrs I Browning to reach her ill daughter. He aims to join the Mauretania in New York and reach London in nine and a half days, beating the ten day record.
The Rev. Dr. William T. Manning proposes a worldwide conference of representatives from every Christian creed to promote church unity. He says the meetings would include Protestant and Catholic communions and that the current desire for unity has never been stronger.
A chain of small bombs placed in a single fuse exploded in a two story Italian tenement hallway on East 11th street. Sixteen families fled onto fire escapes while two police restrained others from leaping. The blast caused about one thousand dollars in wall damage with no injuries.
N Tanenbaum organizes no fee classes at the YMCA to teach boys ages 12 to 15 how to swim with the aim of reducing drownings. C Roberts from Peacock Military Academy assists, with YMCA volunteers also teaching. Four lessons per student.
The thirty third annual American Library Association convention gathered about five hundred delegates in Pasadena May 19 for a six day session. Ex President Samuel Sweet Greene of Worcester spoke in place of the absent president. The committee recommended Mrs H L Eimendorf for president and Henry M Legion for vice president, with Ottawa, Canada to host the next meeting.
San Antonio plans a new manufacturing firm to produce an automatic air brake system. W. E. Milligan elected president with L. L. Danial as vice president and Alex P. Villaret H. E. Fowler W. J. Pearson as officers. The design reuses air, saving about 80 percent per cycle and reducing power to under 4 percent, with trials underway on San Antonio Traction vehicles.
New York Governor Dix orders a comprehensive probe into the state banking department with George C. Van Tuyl as superintendent of banks leading the investigation. The inquiry will assess conditions, accountability for any wrongdoing, and protections for depositors as banks and trust companies face scrutiny.
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