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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
9
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Rev. C E Wrenn of Hewlitt Virginia and San Antonio died at 1 30 a m Friday in his apartment at 311 East Dewey Place after a lingering illness. He was 56 and had long served the Baptist ministry. Survived by his widow and sister Mrs Susan Harlow Seattle Washington. Funeral 9 o clock Saturday at Shelley Loring Undertaking Co parlors with Baptist ministers pallbearers. Interment in Mission Burial Park.
Miss Elizabeth H. West, archivist for the Texas State Library, departs for Havana to study Archivo Nacional and oversee copying for Texas and the Library of Congress. She will spend two months gathering documents on Texas and Gulf state history.
A Buffalo Express quip notes an ideal family routine with travel patterns. The dialogue suggests she travels abroad in summer and returns for youth in winter, signaling a lighthearted social observation about domestic life and seasonal change.
Soledad street widening from Houston to Romana stalls as property owners demand about 40 000 for two sections near Appman and Witte. Mayor Brown held talks with building owners and a prior plan proposed 65 000 plus city sidewalk and move costs near 20 000. City eyes better bargain but funding remains prohibitive.
Herman Zimmer 72 died at his daughter's home on Caspiano Street. native of Germany came to Texas 68 years ago and lived in San Antonio 14 years. Stephen Watts Kearney Jr. 3 died at a local hospital born in San Antonio. Cap tain John Bradley funeral at St. Marks Episcopal Church. Interments planned at Alamo Masonic cemetery and Anchor Masonic cemetery.
Local advertisement for Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment with contact via phone number 971. Adv. appears in classified notices listing available goods and services.
Colorado motorists traveling to the Gulf region began their return trip from San Antonio early Friday morning via the Katy railroad. They abandoned their cars about 160 miles east of San Antonio and will ship the cars back to Colorado by rail. Rain did not dampen their spirits as they visited missions and other sites in San Antonio. The Automobile Club hosted a Dutch luncheon at the Travis Club during the afternoon.
Washington May 22 The unnamed sky traveler may have orbited the sun for at least 120 years based on a cable from Cordoba Argentina Director Perrine to the U S Naval Observatory. European data suggest similarity to the 1790 Herschel discovery in Paris with last night’s hazy patch and faint nucleus observed between Polaris and Capella.
The text provides a bearing half a degree to the right of Capella and a slight offset above the line, indicating a precise celestial alignment reference. It preserves a compact clue about star positioning without additional context.
A new district No. 43 named Cliffden county line district is created by agreement among Bexar Bandera and Medina counties to handle school matters. Three judges signed the pact to settle jurisdiction over the area partly in all three counties. The change aims to end disputes over which county provides facilities. Captain Eberle of the cruiser Washington reports Monte Cristi moving against President Bordas and that Dominican cable communications are cut.
Leaders of the Santo Domingo revolution propose a conference at Puerto Plata to discuss a peaceful settlement. Delegates from the competing factions would attend to seek an end to the troubles in the republic.
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