Charity's Call Heeded: Funds Raised for Tent Purchase
In response to The San Antonio Light story the Associated Charities reports four dollars of the ten needed to buy a tent that could save the life of a destitute tubercular patient. The patient, who earns only via his 13 year old son working in a tenpin alley, may soon receive the tent. Mrs Haley, the charity agent, thanks the donor and appeals for the remaining funds.
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San Antonio
Associated Charities
Haley
Burial Permits Reported For Recent Deaths
Manuel Moras aged years died May 25 at 302 ante Rosa Avenue. Mollie Burns 32 died May 23 at city hospital. Amado Rascon 8 months died May 24 at 00 Obraje Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Moras
Ante Rosa Avenue
Mollie Burns
Amado Rascon
Obraje
Staacke Bros Introduce Delivery Wagons for Bakery and Laundry
Staacke Bros report receipt of a batch of delivery wagons suited for bakery laundry and other deliveries. They boast best quality and low prices with Dr J R Cunningham at 449 Moore Street in the osteopath business listed. Old phone 984ring advertised for contact and sale inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staacke Bros
J. R. Cunningham
Moore
Negro accused implicated in confession faces wary fate
A black man linked to a Tyler attack by Dan Davis’s confession was beaten by a mob and moved to Bexar jail in San Antonio to avoid lynching. George Price, also implicated, refused to speak as crowds hunted for the accused in Waco and Tyler. He remained in custody for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Price
Carrie Johnson
Tyler
Dan Davis
San Antonio
Bexar County
Hodds
Waco
Price
Davis
Belton
Mob Walks Home After Tyler Arrest Row
Telegraph reports from Axtell Texas say members of the Tyler mob are walking home from Mount Calm after leaving here. About 300 rode a Cotton Belt train into Waco and tried to seize a freight train. officers later moved the negro George Price to safety and sought guards for the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Axtell
Tyler
Mount Calm
George Price
Cotton Belt
Sheriff's
Local Briefs and Public Notices From San Antonio
Civil Service exams for departmental stenographer set at 9 tomorrow in the federal building with fifteen applicants. Justice Ben Fisk resumes duties after a month’s illness. Chavez case continued due to absence of former husband. venire excused. Saucier captured in Pascagoula fraud case. arrested by local deputy sheriff. Humane Society officers listed. local doctors and dentists noted with contact details.
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Citizen’s League
Bexar County
37Th District Court
WM. S. Anderson
R. B. Minor
Claude VY. Birkhead
Clinton G. Brown
Andres Coy JR
James R. Davis
John H. Clark
Frank R. Newton
John W. Tobin
Dan Lewis
Frank Gallagher
Henry Boerner
Peter F. Hoefgen
Frank O. DE Hymel
P. F. Stewart
A. C. Ross
R. Neill Campbell
Ben §S. Fisk
Otto Wahrmund
Federal
Saucier
M. D. Saucier
Pascagoula, Miss
Fred Leninger
James Galbraith
Travis Club Banquet Opens With Night of Dance
Expo park hosts the Travis club tonight as the new club formally opens with a banquet at seven, followed by dancing from nine until midnight. The event marks the club's official launch and activities for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expo Park
Travis Club
Sterilizer Installed in County Jail for inmate Clothing
The county jail’s new sterilizing plant is now operating. Jailer George Bergel says the formaldehyde process will disinfect and germicide all clothing and bedding, preventing vermin from entering the jail and treating every prisoner's clothing.
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George Bergel
Methodist Conference Nears End as Business Session Opens
The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in Minneapolis enters a three day push to finish business. A key issue is the editor election for the Christian Advocate of New York. Dr J Buckley, long linked with the paper, may retire amid debate, while Dr J Buckley of New York withdraws from active service after 32 years as editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Advocate
New York
J. M. Buckley
Bishop Maker
J. Juckley
Ministers Tour Medina Dam With Bexar County League
San Antonio pastors visit the Medina dam site as guests of the Bexar County Highway League division of the Chamber of Commerce. The group departs at 8 AM from the post office led by D E Colp and returns at 4 PM after an inspection of the project with Medina Irrigation Co officials coordinating the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County Highway League
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Medina Dam
League
D. E. Colp
Medina Irrigation Company
Sane Fourth Campaign Sees Scouts Lead Firework Reform
New York May 27 The Boy Scout movement pushes a Sane Fourth to end fire crackers and revolvers in celebrations. Lee F Hanmer of the Russell Sage Foundation outlines progress from 1918 to 1920 and urges patriotic outdoor events, pageants, barbecues, and scout games in the woods.
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New York
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts of America
Lee F. Hanmer
Russell Sage Foundation
James E. West
Hanmer
West
Boy Scouts
Staacke Bros Offer Best Line of Delivery Wagons
Staacke Bros advertise the best line of delivery wagons ever sold in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staacke Bros
San Antonio
Music nightly at White Horse Tavern linked to Theo Artzt Orchestra
A fragment notes A Collman plumber and Theo Artzt with Both phones involved in continuing music at the White Horse Tavern each night. The terse item lacks dates or full context for further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Artzt
White Horse Tavern
Chancellor Refuses Change in Nashville Baseball Injunction
Nashville judge keeps in place a full control injunction for the Nashville club while retaining the Sunday ball ban. Both Nashville and New Orleans clubs are ready to play, but the ruling clouds the game outlook as attorneys argued to nullify the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
John Allison
Nashville Baseball Club
New Orleans
Allison
White Attends Southwest Coal Conference
John P. White president of the United Mine Workers of America arrived in Kansas City to join talks with coal operators. A wage increase contract has been agreed and final settlement is expected within a few days.
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promote Digestive Health
Promises quick relief from constipation and sluggish liver with Hot Springs Liver Buttons. Marketed as from the Hot Springs Chemical Co. of Hot Springs Arkansas, the ad claims the pills cure biliousness headaches and stomach distress and are sold for 26 cents a box with free samples available by mail order.
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Hot Springs
Ark
United States
Hotprings Cbhermical Co
Springs
Causeway Opens with Galveston Celebration
The Galveston causeway, formally inaugurated Saturday, is praised as a grand engineering feat by Harry T. Phelps of San Antonio and County Commissioner Frank Sommers. They toured the opening, noting the two thousand autos crossing the road and ample galveston hospitality.
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Galveston
Harry T. Phelps
San Antonio
Frank Sommers
CCIL
Bernay
Bexar County
Mr. Phelps
Sommers
Texas
Galveston Island
Dispute Over Ten Cents Ends In Murder At Monterey Street
Deputy Sheriff Alfonso Newton says a quarrel over 10 cents in a card game behind 602 Monterey street led to Arthur Fisher's fatal shooting. Bruce Williams, now jailed on murder charges, faces an examining trial in Justice Ben Fisk's court likely this afternoon.
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Monterey Street
Alfonso Newton
Arthur Fisher
Bruce Williams
Ben Fisk
Comptroller Considers Court Action Over Bond Funds
Comptroller Lane arrived in Austin and said he has had no word from City Treasurer Church or City Attorney Ryan of San Antonio about a satisfactory report on San Antonio bond funds. He will pursue the matter and may resort to court if needed.
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Austin
Tex
Lane
Church
Ryan
San Antonio
Byrd Irrigation Company Chartered in Texas
The Byrd Irrigation company of San Antonio was chartered in Austin on May 27. Capital stock is $2500. Incorporators are A. R. Byrd, E. J. Buckingham and Roy Lasseter. The firm aims to establish and maintain canals and dams for irrigation purposes.
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Errigation Company
Austin
Tex
Byrd Irrigation Company of
San Antonio
State Department
A. R. Byrd
E. J. Buckingham
Roy Lasseter
Vinol used as tonic boosts strength and vigor
Mt Vernon resident H Lloyd describes two months of debility improved by a tonic Vincl. The testimonial says Vincl renews blood, restores appetite and energy, with a guarantee and available at Fischer's Drug Store Gibbs Building opposite the post office.
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H. Lloyd
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Vinci
Fischer's Drug Store
Gibbs Building
Efforts To Tie Alto Break Underway At Melville
Melville La May 27 The second attempt by U S engineers to seal the Alto break is under way with repairs already made to the large canvas used Saturday The break spans over 1200 feet and the ends are holding as water covers the town and motor boats navigate streets Telegraph telephone railroad and bridge crews gather to restore communications
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Associated Press
Melville
United States
Alto
Ministers Seek Billy Sunday Revival for San Antonio in 1913
The Ministers' union of San Antonio plans to bring evangelist Billy Sunday to the city for a multiweek revival in early 1913. Sunday has three-year engagements elsewhere, but organizers aim to host a first South revival with central tabernacle, unifying Protestant churches, and suspending midweek and Sunday services during the campaign. The union also moves to endorse the Purity League as a charitable organization within Chamber of Commerce amalgamations.
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Ministers’ Union of
San Antonio
Billy” Sunday
Evangelist
Ministers’ Union
Young Men’s Christians Association
Minister’ Union
Purity League
Chamber of Commerce
Cannot Hold Office in Texas County Posts
The attorney general's department ruled that a married woman cannot hold county offices requiring an official bond, including county superintendent of public instruction. An unmar ried woman may hold such office. Removal of coverture by act of the Thirty second legislature would allow eligibility. The ruling answered Mrs. A. M. Jackson of Stockdale.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
James D. Walthall
Public Instruction
A. M. Jackson
Stockdale
Waiters Plan Strike Ahead of Republican Convention
Rumors spread among Waiters' union branches in Chicago that a wage increase demand could trigger a strike during the Republican National Convention week. While no action has been taken, a near-complete walkout is anticipated from smaller downtown restaurants, with managers noting higher class venues might not be affected due to tip profits.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ten Hurt In Auto Accident In New Orleans
Ten persons were injured when a fast car driven by Mrs A M Cook of New Orleans collided with another vehicle near the city. The second car rolled over pinning occupants beneath it while Mrs Cook was thrown clear and suffered no serious injuries.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
A. M. Cook
HOTEL ARRIVALS LIST FROM GUNTER AREA
Hotel arrivals include R. A. Willingham and W. G. Baykin in Houston, J. Dyer in Fort Worth, R. C. Walker in Austin, A. Sanchez in Laredo, Oscar G. Murray in Baltimore, and many others from Dallas, New York, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and across Texas and the Midwest. Names span dozens of states and cities with residents and travelers registered at hotels in Gunter, Savoy, and surrounding towns.
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Gunter
R. A. Willingham
W. G. Baykin
A. Leavens
Houston
John Dyer
Fort Worth
R. O. Gauger
Cotulla
D. F. Strickland
Mission
R. C. Walker
Austin
J. W. Wilson
George A. Brewer
Cincinnati
A. Sanchez
Laredo
H. L. Fowler Jr
Minneapolis
St. Thony
E. W. Runyon
Ridney
F. F.j Hoard
Kansas City
D. J. Hostetter
Oklahoma City
R. J. Bynum
New Orleans
D. Burgland
St. Louis
A. Rathstein
New York
Felix Miller
C. D. Stokes
Lampasas
S. E. Elmore
Milwaukee
A. EB. Carter
Lockhart
Joseph F. Green
Gregory
Menger
W. H. Biggs
I. H. Hoffman
H. EB. Swenelson
C. M. Sheffield
Dallas
del Rio
Louis Johns
Midland
Bexar
St. Joseph
W. R. Peters
Alice
Tex
J. Z. Campbell
J. T. Robinson
Waelder
W. Whitemore
Waco
Senor
Senora Louis Gomez
el Paso
S. L. Edwards
Yoakum
C. W. Buffingter
P. Walker
Galveston
B. W. Warner
J. B. Wilkins
Lafayette
E. P. Steiber
Obituary Notices for Broads and Kolbe
The funeral of Bernard Broads was held yesterday from Temple Beth El with Rabbi Samuel Marks officiating. He was 63 and came to San Antonio from Los Angeles for health. survived by his widow and two children. Annells Kolbe died at 95 at his daughter Mrs. Charles Koch’s home in San Antonio. Survived by daughter Mrs Koch, son Conrad Koch of Dortmund, and 23 grandchildren. funeral from Mrs Koch’s home tomorrow at 5 pm. interment in the new Lutheran cemetery. Rev O Hartman to conduct services.
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Broads
Bernard Broads
Temple Beth-El
Samuel Marks
San Antonio
Los Angeles
New York
Kolbe
Annells Kolbe
Charles Koch
Dakota Street
Mr. Kolbe
Guttenburg
Cassel
Germany
Koch
Conrade Koch
Dortmund
Widely Known Cattle Dealer Dies at 108 in Kentucky
George Washington Brown aged 108, a former cattle dealer, died after a brief illness at his daughter Mrs. Frank True's home in Locust Station seven miles south of Covington. Born June 22, 1804, in Southern Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Covington
George Washington Brown
Frank True
Locust Station
Here
Tennessee
Negress 112 Years Old In Seguin Death
Titta Toms, a black resident of Seguin, Guadalupe County, died here yesterday at age 112. She was the oldest person in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Titta Toms
Guadalupe County
Brothers Reunited After Many Years in Cross-Country Meeting
In a San Antonio stopover, T. R. Prentiss of Potosi Missouri meets Frederick J. Prentiss, a stranger from Arkansas, revealing they are brothers from the same town. Frederick is one of twenty two siblings. T. R. had left home as a youth and settled in Arkansas. The pair learned Albert R. Prentiss was their father.
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T.R. Prentiss
Potosi
International & Great Northern
Frederick J. Prentiss
Arkansas
Mr. Prentiss
Albert R. Prentiss
T. R. Prentiss
Texas
San Antonio
Savoy Hotel
Mexico
S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Certificates Signed For Seventh Grade and High School Graduates
Prof. Charles J. Lukin signed over 200 seventh grade certificates and 100 high school diplomas this morning. Students advancing to eighth grade or first year of high school will attend Main Avenue High or Brackenridge High on South Alamo. North of Houston street attend Main Avenue. south of Houston street attend Brackenridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Lukin
Main Avenue High School
Brackenridge High School
South Alamo Street
Lukin
Houston Street
Main Avenue School
Brackenridge
Hope for Woods Parole Seeks Presidential Action
Papers for Will F. Woods parole, the former San Antonio banker at Leavenworth, have been sent to President Taft. Friends and the law firm Swearengen Tayloe push for release. Dr Woodward attempted to secure a meeting, but Taft was unavailable.
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Will F. Woods
San Antonio
Leavenworth
Taft
Friends of Woods
Swearengen & Tayloe
Washington
Woodward
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Morales Transfer Co
A. P
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Sureidin Hicks Bidg
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Aenice
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Missouri
HOPE
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