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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1911

Page

3

Leach Named General Traffic Manager for Gould Lines

N M Leach is appointed general traffic manager of the Texas & Pacific and the International and Great Northern with headquarters at Palestine effective June 1. Horace Booth becomes Leach’s successor as assistant general freight agent, based in Houston with duties starting June 1 and headquarter at Palestine. F S Anthony remains general master mechanic. Leach’s career spans Chesapeake & Ohio Queen & Crescent Mobile & Ohio and Inland lines with earnings to date reported at 8 million for the I and GN and 20 million for the Texas & Pacific.

N. M. Leach Texas & Pacific International & Great Northern Leach San Antonio Horace Booth Houston Booth Palestine Jueach Lt. Sargent Gould Lines Texas Haysville Lexington Chesapeake & Ohio Queen & Crescent Cincinnati Chattanooga Tenn Birmingham Ala Meridian Miss New Orleans Crescent City Mr. Leach Mobile & Ohio Palestne Ate Thomas Freeman Texas Pacific Louisiana Mississippi

Ten Freight Engines Ordered by Texas & Pacific Lines

N M Leach general traffic manager of the Texas and Pacific and International and Great Northern announced Saturday afternoon that the lines he represented have placed an order with Baldwin Locomotive Works for ten new freight engines.

N. M. Leach Texas & Pacific International & Great Northern Baldwin Locomotive Works

Orphans Enjoy Auto Ride and Luncheon in San Antonio

A thousand charity organizers led 250 homeless children on a four hour motor parade through Military Plaza Commerce Alamo Plaza Avenue D C Travis Street and River Avenue. Judge Shook and J W Collins led the group with horns and flags as they visited Electric Park for meals and rides before returning to charity institutions.

Military Plaza San Antonio Judge Shook J. W. Collins Commerce Street Commerce Alamo Plaza Avenue D Avenue C Travis Street River Avenue North Loop San Juan Hill

Nocturnal Seas Fear Shapes Summer Cottage Plans

A man discusses his wife wanting a seaside cottage this summer while his sister and her four boys, anxious about water, fear drownings and keep the children away from any wet areas. The dialogue hints at family tensions and safety concerns during a summer visit.

A Changed Hope

A dialogue notes a character hoping their affluent uncle will live long as they count on his fortune. The speaker jokes about wishing the uncle would die yet prefers his longevity to keep the fortune intact.

Rain reports and notices fill city page

Saturday night reports show light rain on the west end of the Southern Pacific to Del Rio and a heavy shower to Schulenburg. Notices include a coil of legal and social items from arrest remand to weddings, dances, auctions, and club meetings across San Antonio.

del Rio Schulenburg

Washington Sabbath Observance Criticized by Presbyterians

Atlantic City May 20. A Presbyterian committee report condemns Washington for lacking a Sunday law and active Sabbath observance. It notes open stores, newspaper publications, theaters, saloons, and social events on Sundays, with diplomatic influence cited as a factor.

Atlantic City N. J Presbyterian Committee Washington Taft Louisville Southern Presbyterian Permanent Committee

Boedker Auditing Co Moves to Conroy Building Office

Boedker Auditing Co shifts general offices to room 403 Conroy building and combines with United States Collecting Co. They continue general auditing and collecting business under the new arrangement.

Ness H. H. Boedker The Boedker Auditing and Collecting Co Conroy Building Boedker Auditing Co United States Collecting Co

Gouraud's Acroparapena Advertised By 37 Great Jones

An aged trade notice promotes Gouraud's Acroparapena as harmless for skin beauty. The misspelled text credits Dr. Sayre and urges ladies to use the product, with claims of long-standing reputation and availability through trusted dealers in the United States and Canada.

Sayre Patien Gouraud Acropa Pacer Goode Canad

No Profit in It Found Pride in Revolutionary War Ties

A speaker notes pride in discovering a great great grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, but laments that such lineage does not translate into wealth or an automobile. The remark blends family heritage with modern material expectations.

The Fool Abroad

A quip notes that when a fool leaves home he fears others will overlook his foolishness, highlighting social self consciousness and the glare of public judgment.

Lane 10 Probe Reports Liquor Sold to Students

Twenty University of Texas students were summoned to a hearing before Comptroller W P Lane on Thursday regarding A Cline’s liquor license renewal. Lane promised to investigate reports that liquor was sold to students and to revoke permits where violations are proven.

Lane 10 Austin Tex University of Texas W. P. Lane A. Cline Lane Tecenty

Free to Asthma Sufferers Offers Absolute Home Cure

A promotional notice claims a new asthma cure available at no cost to recipients. It guarantees to cure hay fever and chronic asthma in the home, targeting severe cases where inhalers and other remedies failed. Readers are urged to mail for the free method with no payment required.

World’s islands exceed seventeen Earth equator lengths

A figure states that the total length of all the world’s islands surpasses seventeen times the Earth’s equatorial circumference, highlighting vast shorelines and extensive coastal outlines across global geographies.

Islands World Equator

Monthly Confederate Veterans social at Woodmen hall

Albert Sidney Johnston camp 144 United Confederate Veterans holds a 3 30 p m social at Woodmen of the World hall West Commerce Street. Program includes vocal and instrumental music and talks by delegates from the recent Confederate reunion in Little Rock plus performances by Mrs C W Walker Miss Onida Pharr Verna Raby and Mrs W B Flanders Stevenson.

Albert Sidney Johnston United Confederate Veterans Woodmen of the World Hall West Commerce Street C. W. Walker Onida Pharr Verna Raby M. Roark

The Only Thing She Could Do

A woman abandons her child and moves to a country home after finding a flat that forbids children, sparking gossip about the adoption by a country family.

Wife scolds man over new life insurance policy

Man jokes that his wife scolds him every time he takes out a new life insurance policy. She quips asking if the policy is for living.

How to Stop Drinking And Cure Alcoholism Treatment

The article argues pledges fail to stop drunkenness and that the nervous system of the habitual drinker needs medical treatment. It promotes Orrine with a money back guarantee after a trial and a free booklet. Available for $1 per box through Fischer's Drug Store in Gibbs Ride.

Orrine Orrine Co Washiogton D. C Orline Fischer Gibbs Ride

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Light Dispatch G.N Texas and Pacific Schramm E. Commerce Reinhard & CO Lord and Lady Decies Niel As Knabe Ivers& Pond Knabe, Kimball and Ivers & Pond SAN Antonio Music CO Isaac Bledsoe Houston Street A. S. Mills Christopher Wilson United Wireless Company New York United States Supreme Court Chas. K. Garring Gunter Building L. E. Martinez Federal Adams Losoya E. M. Collins Mackay Building Wiloughby N. Claybrook St. Mark's Episcopal Church Claybrook St. Mark’s East Houston Coffman & Warren P. Bb. Rodgers Cattlemen’s St. Mary's Street Louis Barrow B. Castro DB. F E. Dance Turner Hall Artzt Music Minnehaha Council No. 1 D. of P Red Men’s Hall Gerlach Bros West Houston St Peacock Military Academy Barr C. E. Tinkham Moore Building Electric Park A. C. Duval Green and Stowe Millard Oo. E Arthur Hicks North Flores Street Adah Chapter No. 49 Order of the Eastern Star Aéin Mae Crewe Prof Milbourne Diplomatic Corps Joy Forever D. T. Felix Goureud Oriente Cream Or Maegice Beautifier Summons University Frontier Asthma CO Niagara and Hudson ,Sts., Buffalo Etc the Mission Finishing Company Gibbs P. J. Owens Lumber CO Seuth Flores Mitchell Street Col. Roosevelt Ave
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