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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1915
Page
5
Mercy Sunday was observed in all San Antonio churches with portions of services devoted to the subject. The San Antonio Humane Society inaugurated the observance. Agents attended morning services and distributed the society’s pamphlet detailing expenditures, yearly activities, and several cases handled.
Mary Muncey fifty died Monday morning at a San Antonio hospital native of Cincinnati and resident of San Antonio eight years survived by three sons Edward Brownsville Walter and Ben Murthy of Regina and daughter Dr Margit Corner of London Boxland and Maggis Moore of San Francisco twelve grandchildren two great grandchildren funeral at home 20 o clock Tuesday conducted by Rev John Ridout St Marks Episcopal Interment in Cemetery No 1
Weather and floods devastate wheat fields in Wichita Falls area as heavy rains overflow lowlands and threaten upland crops. Farmers report thousands of acres damaged and more rainfall expected tonight.
Bowers recounts how Oaldong secured votes and sends a letter to Rockefeller outlining an aggressive war fare and the Open Shop policy. The notes imply political strategy and labor policy amid power figures, with emphasis on industry and reform.
The famed colored pulpit orator Father Dorsey will preach tonight at Holy Redeemer Church at high hour, with a series of sermons on topics including confession and marriage in the coming days. Rev Bishop Shaw to preside at the closing exercises.
A vintage ad copy promises a home remedy to eliminate dandruff by using a strong liquid applied at night. It claims four spoonfuls of ordinary liquid, nightly applications, and multiple days until all dandruff and its effects vanish, with the head becoming hairless and shinier.
A delegation of San Antonio golfers travels to Dallas for the state championship at Dallas Country Club starting Wednesday. Local players who stayed home will compete on local courses this week, while several S A golfers compete in Dallas as representatives of the San Antonio Country Club.
A damaged local notice reports a clogged sewer main on Spot ford Avenue near Van Neys Street. City officials acted after Saturday complaint, ordering two new manholes at city expense to locate and remove the blockage revealed by sparse manholes and loose notices.
Authorities issue orders demanding a satisfactory explanation from anyone out on residential streets after dark. Police note numerous prowler reports in various parts of town between midnight and early morning. Those unable to account for their presence may be arrested as vagrants.
The San Antonio Water Supply Company plans a high service plant at Breckenridge Park ready by June 1, with regular service by June 16. Chief Engineer R J Harding says it will raise water pressure from 490 feet to 900 feet, improving fire protection and supplying two city districts split by Dewey Place and Josephine Street. North of the line will use the new station, south will continue from the river station on Market Street.
Five large wells beside the new station will supply water to the city’s core districts. The deep pumps allow better control of water pressure, drawing from about fifty feet below the surface to feed the area served by the plant.
R R Fitzgerald and two accountants arrived to examine Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad operations. The inquiry supports Texas railroad commission rate hike filings and will take several weeks to complete. A federal judge ordered the Pere Marquette railway system auction set for October 3. A Brenham man, Hey Alexander, drowned fishing yesterday. body recovered.
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