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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
9
Twelve and one half acres in cultivation irrigated from river with a four room house barn and well six miles from city macadamized road priced at 6000 including crops Wm F Schutz Riverside Bldg IT WANTED TO TRADE REAL ESTATE for automobile roadster or four passenger must be late model and in good condition Address 3262 Light
The city hosts a stream of visitors. R J Darling oil man of Tampico arrives and stays at the Bexar. A Braher and Joe Boothe from Gonzales are guests at the St Anthony. Robert Hall of San Luis Potosi visits his mother, formerly a local student. Numerous others from Austin, Houston, Beeville, Tyler, Waco, Cuero, Seguin, and more register at the Menger, Gunter, St Anthony, Bexar, and Co. H. Donegan, and Captain W T Grant, U S A, are noted among guests.
H Green applies for a two room house on Simpson street with estimated cost of 200 dollars under local building permit records.
A Wednesday night incident reports a pole thief entering via an open window at 319 North Concho Street. He escaped with a coat trousers and $3, while previous raids left clothing impounded. Police pursue leads as other local notices unfold including a knife attack and theater promotions.
A brief local ad for Ala mo Jewelry Mfg. Co. announces pearl jewelry display at College and Navarro streets. The page notes various notices, including a deportation roundup led by Henry Co. Allen with eight prisoners, and mentions the transfer of two convicts to Huntsville for short terms along with other small items and upcoming events in the area.
A Thursday conference with Mayor Brown and eight aldermen selected paving streets by ward, ensuring streets already served by sewers are prioritized. Each ward list details blocks and cross streets culminating in bids due at Monday’s meeting.
Mrs Berbetta Levy 72 died at 1:25 am Thursday at her daughter Mrs Sam Lewin’s home 336 Goliad street She was born in Germany and lived in San Antonio eight years coming from Victoria Survived by daughter Mrs Lewin son Ben F Levy and grandson Bertram D Lewin who attends the University of Texas at Austin Burial plans call for Victoria after body preparation by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co.
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co adverts the sale of automobile equipment. The notice lists two phone numbers for contact and promotes general undertaker and vehicle gear services.
San Antonio Humane Society secretary records extracts from Texas State Humane Society minutes noting unauthorized soliciting of funds and the society’s dissolution as of July 1 1913. It explains the Legislature creating a State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection will assume enforcement duties and replace the society.
Captain John Bradley, 76, a San Antonio pioneer and Confederate veteran, died Wednesday afternoon after months of illness. Born in Alabama, he moved to Texas in 1840, lived on Soledad street, and spent his last years on Pecan street. He served as a lieutenant and was promoted to captain for gallantry during the Civil War. He married Louise Conrad in 1876. she died in 1884. He leaves a sister and other relatives. Funeral at St. Mark's Episcopal Church will be Friday at 4 p.m. Interment at Anchor Lodge Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers include Russell Norton and Joseph Ulrich.
Miss Katherine Hurt, sixteen, gave a dramatic reading of George Eliot's Silas Marner in the pink room at the Gunter hotel Wednesday night. She conveyed the title role with unusual temperament and power, portraying eleven characters. Friends who attended praise her promising future in San Antonio literary circles.
Fort Worth Texas reports a quiet Mexican quarter after a nighttime shooting. Patrolman Cobb was wounded by John Lopez, who died. Lopez’s body was given to family. The others arrested for safekeeping will be freed today. Cobb says an informant claimed a civ ilian beating his wife. Cobb found several Mexicans. one gestured toward a knife, prompting a revolver to be fired and an automatic weapon used.
Licenses listed include No 5178 for Thor motorcycle with operable status noted. Names Carl Derter associated with Alamo Heights appear in the record. Details are fragmentary and dated, reflecting a local registry excerpt.
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