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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
7
J. D. Nordhaus and W. A. Fairclough tied with 48 votes each for president at the union’s annual officer election held Wednesday. A runoff will decide the presidency. Other officers were elected, including Sid Murray as vice president and several secretaries and committees, with The Alamo National Bank named as the union depository.
Local notice offers furniture for sale with emphasized profit potential. Readers are invited to contact the advertiser for details on available items and pricing.
West Texas Military Academy on Alamo Heights staged a sham battle and exhibition drill during an evening program. Captain William Hamilton led Companies C and D in an attack on the campus building while Companies A and B defended. about 400 visitors attended and cadets fired ten rounds each until spent. Awards went to Sergeant Wakefield Taylor for best drill and Company B for points. Captain Walker received a sword.
Secretary Danils authorized the discharge of David BE Cummins as a navy enlisted man effective June 9. He will be sworn in as a midshipman at the Naval Academy after taking physicals, having passed entrance exams. Cummins began service in St. Louis last autumn and trained at North Port RL, receiving a midshipman nomination from Rep Goodman of Arkansas in February.
Lewis Baker answers reader queries with simple tonics and prescriptions. He promotes products like plain yellow mingos, hypo-nclane tablets, iodide potassium mixtures, mentho laxene, and balsams for hair, headache, indigestion, rheumatism, cough, kidney function, weight loss, constipation, and catarrh.
The Brackenridge High School manual training department displays term projects in a nearby room. Tables chairs desks and various furniture designs are shown. Gilbert Morris made the best table Charles Stahl built a china closet and Alvin McCoy crafted a tool chest. Professor Adolph Uhr leads the class citing need for more equipment and longer class periods. Three students secured summer cabinet shop positions. more shop time is urged.
D B Penick topographic engineer in the state reclamation department resumes field surveys in Elm Fork valley near the Trinity junction after floods damaged levees and property. Mendell seeks re election for Travis County legislature place No 1 with plans if reelected.
A introduced bill proposes financing a substantial bail for the temporary Capitol site and court house. It assigns the land and outlines roles for the higher courts and the land office in the Department of Agriculture.
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