Playground a Scene of Eun for Children
San Antonio reports a single public playground at Smith and Buena Vista streets drawing daily crowds from two to sixteen. The Playground Indians baseball team and Belle Oilgarde girls basketball group keep activity lively amid sewing reading and drills. Emily King Mothers club backs the project with yearly support and the 1911 12 fiscal year shows 1240 28 disbursements while aiding 123 garments 53 pairs of shoes and a crutch for one child.
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San Antonio
Smith and
Buena Vista
Playground Indians
Belle Oilgarde
No. 9
Emily King
Ceca
Emily King Mothers’ Club
Cecece
San Antonio Playground Association
Unrest in San Diego as I W W activity spikes violence threat
Special to the Light from San Diego May 18 reports acute unrest linked to I W W activity. Vigilantes threaten action as Al lay Fred Moore Marcus Rob and stenographer W S Rawlins hide behind doors in the National Bank Building. A crowd of about thirty five gathered near the city jail and warned them to leave never return amid a tense scene in the city center.
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Diego
Cal
Ich
Alley Fred Moore
Marcus Rob
Rawlins
National Bank
Ben Reil
Emma Goldman
Moore
Robbins
Burial of Brigadier General Joseph W Dun can at Arlington
Full military honors marked the burial in Arlington cemetery for Brigadier General Joseph W Duncan U S A who died suddenly in San Antonio Texas last Tuesday The official committee representing the District of Columbia commandery of the military order of the Loyal Legion included General David Maoreen Colonel William Kellis Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Bienes W Black and Henry O Heisland They arrived from San Antonio this morning and held services at Fort Meyer Virginia
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Washington
Arington
Joseph W. Duncan
U.S. A
San Antonio
Tex
District of Columbia
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
David Maoreen
A. Werhee
William Kellis
Bienes
Bienes Ww. Black, U. 8
Henry O
Heisland
Fort Meyer
Nineteen Real Estate Transfer Deeds Filed
Nineteen real estate transfer deeds were filed in the county clerk’s office Saturday. Transfers ranged from 65 to 11 500 dollars, totaling 28 595 dollars. Largest sale was 353 4 varas on South Flores Street from Charles Oppermann to George H M.
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South Flores Street
Charles Opt
George H. M
Nelson
Hunsdon
Southwestern Land Corporation
Lakeview Gardens
Nelson S. Hunsdon
I. J. Locke
Harry Cunningham
New City
Walnut Street
Albin Seidel
van and Mary Cavender
L. W. Wilson
Robertson
Howard Streets
Ella W. Hockler
A. Hockler
Nellie G. Taylor
Southeast Corner
Pedro Avenue
Laurel Street
W. T. Goode
C. F. W. Greene
Rosedale Park
Alamo Heights
Mary E. Mitchell
William Leath
Taft Boulevard
Alamo Heights Company
Myrtle Desmuke
Jacob Spiegler
Sally Friedman
Westfall Avenue
Government invokes Sherman law to seize coffee shipment
New York May 18 government files suit against the coffee trust under the Sherman anti trust law after a year of research. The action follows testimony in the money trust inquiry showing J P Morgan National City Bank and First National Bank of New York used vast resources to curb Brazilian coffee production and corner the world supply.
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New York
Coffee Trust
Money Trust
Washington
J. P. Morgan
National City Bank
Europe
America
United States
Hand
United States District Court
New York Dock Company
Brooklyn
Herman Siebcken
Joe
Valorization
Sielcken
Waldorf-Astoria
London Banking House
J. Henry Schroeder & Co
Societe Generale of
Paris
London House
Bruan Schroeder
Eduardo Bunge
Belgium
M. le Vicompte Des Touches
Havre
France
Paul O. da Silva
Prado
Theodor Wille
Brazil
Societe General of
Committee of Congress
Herman Sielkén
Samuel Untermeyer
Mr. Sielcken
Bence
Government of
National City Bank of Newark
J. P. Morgan & Co
First National Bank
Bust enhancing remedy touted as quick natural method
An unproven self help claim offers a two week bust development with minimal daily time, asserting past skinny and unattractive looks transformed by a unique Jarious method. The pitch targets women sixteen and up, promising no drugs, massage, or gear and markets as a superior alternative to creams and devices.
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United States
Forest Fires Rage in Alaska
Special to The Light. Dawson Alaska May 18 Two hundred miles of the Yukon valley is a seething holocaust from forest fires today. Millions of feet of lumber between Big Salmon and Stuart City have been burned. So far the fires have not threatened Dawson.
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Alaska
Dawson
Yukon Valley
Big
Salmon
Stuart City
Penny postcard promise from Elouise Rae ad
A promotional note offers confidential mail service for hidden desires. It urges readers to write Eloise Rae at 1825 Michigan Ave Suite 701 Chicago to receive information, promising discretion and a penny post card cost.
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Eloise Rae
Michigan Ave
Chicago, ML
German farmer discovers land ownership error in will deed
John Hagner of Newcastle Indiana learns at the county treasurer’s office that no record shows him owning his 200 acre farm. An attorney forged a deed disguised as a will leaving the farm to his four children. He must bring a friendly suit to set aside the deed and restore the land to his name.
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John Hagner
Newcastle
Ind
Hagner
Remarkable memories of scholars and clergy highlighted
The article narrates feats of memory among rabbis, a French marquis, Cardinal Mezzofanti, and a Roman priest. It also recounts librarians who memorize vast catalogs, and anecdotes about Antony Magliabecchi, Macaulay, Dr. Addison, and Alexander of Princeton Theological Seminary, noting surprising memory skills with lists and alphabets.
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France
Cardinal Mezzofanti
Eyton
New York
Antony Magliabecchi
Cosing III
Florence
Magliabecchi
Grand Duke
Faithful cobbler works twenty years in Milwaukee store
Balzaar Frank born in 1830 in Germany has toiled in a Milwaukee department store back room for twenty years. He sews and repairs shoes without a machine, never missing a day, and walks three miles daily to his job. He is 82, cheerful, and values neighborly love, with a four year old grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Balzaar Frank
Germany
Federal Judge Fines Michigan Central for Hours of Service Violations
In Indianapolis May 18 federal Judge Anderson fined the Michigan Central rail road a total of 1000 dollars after a guilty plea to ten counts of violating the hours of service law. A separate Idaho district note reports Nez Perce county voting 2407 to 212% to keep the area dry, with Indians and women notably participating.
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HPPA
Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
Michigan Central Railroad
Nez Perce County
Idaho
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Belle Dilgapo Playground
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Nannie Mae Aoe
Samain Rothman
Ethel Baker
Geneva Rothman
L. E. Miller
Minnie Eckha
Duncan
Loyal Legion
Bahia
Senate
Congress
William Zipp
New Braunfels
Schumannsville
Ives
Siberi
Stein
Cardus
NYALS
Eas-Em
S. M
Ffer
Hughes
Nyal
Houston and Alamo Plaza
Houston
Soledad
East Houston St
Romana Streets
Constantinople
Addison. Alexander
Princeton Theological Seminary
Dr. Alexander
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