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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
5
The George W. Hallock private bank at Bath shut its doors on May 31. Reuben H. Lyon, in temporary charge, says assets will exceed liabilities and attributes the crisis to liberal lending. The bank held deposits between $600,000 and $700,000 and has operated since 1849.
Governor Colquitt is due in Austin Sunday morning after a week of campaigning. He will stay Sunday and Monday, then depart Monday night for Burnet to speak Tuesday afternoon.
Providence Rhode Island May 31 voters choose among three presidential hopefuls Senator Champ Clark Governor Judson Harmon and Governor Woodrow Wilson The main contest centers on the national committeeman race between Representative George O Shaughnessy and National Committeeman George W Green Twenty two delegates appear on the ballot for Baltimore with ten delegates and ten alternates to be chosen Campaign activity is light with Clark supporters most visible and Wilson the only candidate to campaign in Rhode Island
The text promotes abandoning dress shields and their restrictions on armpit perspiration. It suggests freedom to wear any clothing weight and to live in hot environments without such constraints.
Perspi No powder offers protection against wet underarms and color running. Sold for 25 cents a box or by mail from Perspo Co. in Chicago. Local San Antonio distributors include Bexar Drug Co., W. C. Burns & Co., and A. M. Fischer.
The ten delegates will unite on the first ballot with strong backing, especially in this city and the Blackstone valley, signaling a heavy voting mood as ballots cast.
Ex Governor Frank Hanly of Indiana called former President Roosevelt a bungler during a Atlanta debate on control of the seas. He warned that with a strong army and navy Roosevelt would have dragged the U.S. into war, tying diplomacy in knots. Hanly also predicted William Jennings Bryan would win the Democratic nomination.
Denver leaders of progressive republicans issued a call for a state progressive Republican convention to be held in Denver on Wednesday June 5 to elect a protesting delegation favoring Roosevelt for the national Republican convention. Dr J F Cunningham osteopath at 449 Moore Bldg. Old phone 984ring.
The Texas Supreme Court cites R H Richardson and Wade Ade proprietors of the Sweetwater Weekly Reporter to show cause why they should not be fined up to 1000 dollars and jailed up to twenty days for contempt. Hearing set for June 7 at 10 am as in the ongoing writ of prohibition case.
Three hundred operatives of American woolen mills join those in the cadding and combing rooms of the Wood mill to strike. Some workers refuse to join the Industrial Workers of the World led by William Yates and Archie Adamson, who were leaders in the Lawrence general strike.
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