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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1914

Page

11

Births Recorded for Four Newborn Girls this May

Public notices list four birth announcements. Maxwell Plumbeck at 1810 West Magnolia avenue Welcomes a girl. Emmett Liewallyn at 316 Water street Welcomes a girl. Stewart Horton at 1430 Montana street Welcomes a girl. J F Rotzler at 1107 South Olive street Welcomes a girl.

Maxwell O. Plumbeck West Magnolia Avenue Emmett Liewallyn Water Street Stewart Horton Montana Street J. F. Rotzler South Olive Street

Blasting Complaints Across East Woodlawn Avenue

Residents along East Woodlawn avenue file police complaints about rock blasting in recent days. Explosions loft stones onto nearby properties. officers told blasting crew to prevent danger to nearby homes during excavation for a dwelling.

East Woodlawn Avenue

City Hears Plan to Pave Street with Permanent Material

The mayor and city council approved paving the street with permanent material and ordered property owners along the thoroughfare to remove front fences. Dr S Van Wie dentist Riverside building contact Travis 2539. Also Miss Eli nor Stafford Millar preacher spoke at YWCA on How to Make a Success of Life. Dixie dance Electric park ad. Police detained a 35 year old man at Elliott Flats after a disturbance. he will be held for lunacy transfer. Barrientes acquitted in 1911 murder case by Thirty-seventh District Court. jury found him not guilty.

Elinor Stafford Millar City Green Joe Beck Elliott Flats Hallettsville Tex Barrientes Felix Barrientes Gregorio Tenorio

Pearls Of Every Color Display At Local Jewelry Shop

A colorful advertisement promotes Ala mo Jewelry Mfg Co at the corner of College and Navarro selling pearls and jewelry. Notices mention arrests in Waco for misused rails and a local man sought for defrauding Boy Scouts with cheap uniforms. Court actions include Dr. J F Hines in federal mail misuse case and B F Hibbs on stolen property charges. Ascension services planned at Grace English Lutheran Church and a note on local printing services.

Alamo Jewelry Mfg. Co Corner College Navarro Streets Grace English Lutheran Church J. C. Felger

Wood alcohol barred by Texas Pure Food Department

Pure Food Commissioner Yates announced he will sue any dealer barber or hair dresser using or selling wood alcohol in trade preparations after June 1. A ruling had barred wood alcohol in such products and the department has found it still in use. He warns all concerned to comply with the Pure Food Law.

Austin Tex Pure Food Yates

Best Offers Seldom Missed by Persistent Shoppers

Ad reads you are entitled to the best and urges readers to ask for perfection in lard and cooking fats. Ray Cook notes a lighter chance to obtain goods without delay through a timely light ad.

Ray Cook

Crusade Planned to Exterminate Insects in San Antonio

A Citizens Auxiliary meeting at the St Anthony Hotel will launch a movement with San Antonio school children to exterminate flies mosquitos and other germ breeding insects. Health officer W A King urges citizen support and a petition to add germ breeding insect study to the school curriculum.

San Antonio Citizens’ Auxiliary Chaffe Board of Health King

More Chickens Stolen and a Vagrant Thief Detained

Three chicken coops were raided Tuesday night while a fourth site held a white man found inside a chicken house. He was detained by the owner with a shotgun until police arrived. The suspect, charged with vagrancy, received 200 days on the rock pile from Judge Lowther. Ed Lachapelle reported the intruder after 2 am and, with Patrolman Anderson, stopped the thief. Other homes reported thefts and an unsuccessful chicken theft attempt.

Lowther Ed Lachapelle West Rische Street

Purse Snatching Near Avenue D Ended in Robbery

Miss Ella Ducus was robbed of about $2 by a man who grabbed her purse on Avenue D near Fifth Street at 9 PM Tuesday night. Detectives had a description but no suspect found. police alerted at headquarters.

Annie Kelley Grayson Street Carnegie Library Ella Ducus Avenue D Miss Ducus Fifth

Hotel Guests From Across Texas Stay in San Antonio

A long list of visitors arrives for gatherings and business, including A J Peterson and Stanley Anderson of California at the St Anthony, Mrs and Mrs W T Davis from Nixon at the Bexar, Del Walker from Austin at the Menger, John Kennedy of Laredo at the Gunter, and other travelers from Dallas Houston Beaumont Galveston Victoria Brownsville and Palestine staying at the city hotels. The state golf tournament brings Knox and Wheeler to town.

A. J. Peterson Los Angeles Stanley Anderson Beverley Hills California St. Anthony John Kennedy Laredo San Antonio Gunter IF. A. Welder Victoria Mary Cook Dallas I. H. Porter Stockdale Bexar Mies C. L. Shackford Galveston Menger R. W. Knox Houston J. S. Wheelers Beaumont Bt. Anthony A. F. Aschner James B. Wells Brownaville Corpus Christi J. B. Clark H. A. Bonners New Orleans F. R. Little B. A. Stone Batto W. A. Taylor Harper Bexar. Co J. Crow Palestine

Burial Permits for Local Residents In Brief

Burial permits issued for Albert Grosenbacher 43 who died May 19 at 124 Ward avenue Leonor Tamez 1 who died May 18 at 228 San Francisco street and Otto Riebe undertaker at 177 North er a Private chapel contact 341 Ady.

Albert Grosenbacher Ward Avenue Leonor Tamez San Francisco Otto Riebe Norther Ady

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