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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1912
Page
5
About 25 to 50 San Antonio business leaders gather at the St. Anthony hotel for a noon luncheon to ratify bylaws and plan a city wide Boy Scout organization. Victor Keller proposes dividing the city into council divisions to organize troops across wards.
Mrs M Bishop of Columbus Kansas suffered a weak back for years from kidney trouble. She started taking Foley Kidney Pills and soon the back pain left and she is now fully cured. Edwards King Drug Co.
Harry Mills, a six year murder convict who escaped jail and built a life in Arkansas, received a pardon from Governor Brewer after risking his life during the Mississippi flood fight. He swam through a dangerous eddy to relay a lifeline to a stranded boat and aided refugees despite exposure.
District Judge Wilcox ruled for the state in the Moore et al case for 5693 dollars and against J B Lewright for 2700 dollars and against the estate of George W Allen for 2648 dollars. The decision relates to the 1906 compromise where railroads and express companies confessed to violating anti trust laws by exclusive contracts.
Senator Stone of Missouri denounces the campaign as a sad spectacle and a ruffian fight as he contrasts Damon and Jonathan with Roosevelt and Taft. He predicts the Republican Party will lose power, while Democratic contenders are praised for dignity and propriety.
Sheriff Tobin declared he did not cancel deputy appointments and will back four Negro deputies who filed suit for false imprisonment after arrest by police. Attorneys draft petitions as habeas corpus hearings proceed. Judge Seeligson refused discharge, releasing two defendants on recognizance while remanding pistol cases to county court.
Ortone and Tialine report in Luling Texas on May 21 that onion crops are being gathered with fair yields, boosted where irrigation was used. The Irish potato crop is a failure.
The Flanders Electric brand touts a host of innovations including a standard horizontal hand control, light pedal pressure, emergency brake tied to the controller, a 30 cell 140 ampere hour battery, and a rear axle mounted worm drive. The design claims 95 percent power transfer to rear wheels, a low hung body, and easy riding springs.
A detailed hotel arrivals list shows guests and parties from multiple states and cities including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Boston. Names such as D. H. Hasking, J. T. Rucker, and H. Lewis appear among visitors, with several accompanying families and individuals from Seguin, Victoria, Laredo, and Premont, among others.
John Potts of the United States Marine Corps wed Miss Maryland Spring daughter of Dr and Mrs J W Spring in San Francisco yesterday. Potts is the son of Brig Gen Ramsey D Potts commander of the central division. Spring traveled from San Antonio to San Francisco, met her future husband and became Mrs Potts. She was well known in this city.
In Houston Texas on May 21 a prominent jeweler H N Frachtman was wounded with a pistol in his shop during an early morning incident. A woman, reportedly Mrs L G O, was found suffering from poisoning and was evacuated to the infirmary. her condition is described as grave. Frachtman claims he was attacked while attempting to seize a pistol from the attacker. Leroy Thacker of Watertown South Dakota is cited with a claim about rheumatic relief.
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