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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1911
Page
8
A testimonial style ad promotes TIZ for sore tender and swollen feet. Police officer Emzy Harrell of Austin Texas credits TIZ with drawing out toxins and keeping feet in perfect condition. Sold by Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago for 25c per box or direct by mail.
A letter from Assistant Attorney General Walter Woodward states that in criminal cases with two defendants indicted jointly and a severance granted with separate trials the district court clerk would receive a fee of $8 per defendant, totaling $16 for the two defendants. The letter clarifies the statutory basis in Article 1086 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Washington November 2 Secretary of War Stimson endorsed adopting the Taylor system in government arsenals, citing Chief of Ordnance Crozier and War Department experiments. Waxahachie jury to decide Burrell Oates case by about 3 pm after morning arguments.
The funeral of Tom Dozier, 25, who died Tuesday night from presumed poisoning after eating scanned meat, was held yesterday evening in Gainesville Texas.
A meeting is called tonight in a Waco area of McLennan County to discuss pursuing a dirt road improvement campaign with Waco as the center. The proposal to fund county roads was recently defeated.
Mothers clubs in Waco request the board of health supply drinking jets at public schools for pupil use instead of the existing communal drinking cups. The appeal was made amid concerns over sanitation and safety in school water service.
Fort Worth Texas November session gathers lawyers to discuss the non Houston differential recently upheld by the Supreme Court against Houston.
From left to right Frederick W. Lehmann solicitor-general George W Wicker sham and Charles Nagel secretary of commerce and labor. All three have been mentioned for the United States supreme court seat after Justice Harlan's death. Nagel and Lehmann are both from St Louis.
Report from Pekin says imperial forces burn Hankow and massacre residents for several days. Yin Tchang's troops are described as beyond control and looting villages north of Hankow. Yuan Shikai may delay peace as atrocities affect the situation and Chinese resolve stiffens.
The throne ordered Yuan Shi Kai to return to Pekin and the national assembly asked Li Yuan Heng to suspend hostilities while efforts to settle the party troubles continue. The actions show the government and assembly coordinating to move toward peace amid the revolution.
Advertisement notes a ten day want ad period starting Friday Saturday or Sunday at the fair with two Sundays included. Cost is one half cent per word per insertion plus refunds for unused insertions. Ads may be placed by telephone on line 176.
Louis Snyder, watching proceedings in the Second criminal court at Newark, was fined $19 by Judge Hahn for disturbing the court after yawning and stretching. He asked what he did to incur the penalty, and the judge replied that it was for disturbing the court.
Albert Leon, named by secret service as a top note maker, confessed to eleven counterfeit varieties and revealed a hiding place on a small island in Jackson Park Chicago. Government recoveries total nearly $1,500,000 in national bank and treasury notes.
Mrs. S. G. O Maley of Houston, June C. Harris of Nacogdoches, and J. C. Sieberge and A. Sieberge of New York stay at the Menger. R. A. O Neal of Gonzales, O. L. Ezell of Floresville, and G. A. Monkhouse of Floresville register at the Bexar. T. H. Nance of Kyle, J. M. Daniel near Laredo, Joe Morgan of El Paso, and Rev. W. W. Lee with six children stay at the Maverick while racing and winter visits unfold. Also notes Foley's Honey and Tar advertisement.
A local ad notes J. E. Parker of Ft. Smith Arkansas found no improvement from various kidney medicines until Foley Kidney Pills. It urges readers to start using Foley Kidney Pills for quick and permanent relief, via Edwards King Drug.
J. Allen Hart, a Martin farmer, lies in a Memphis city hospital bound with his arm over his head to press upper arm flesh into his chin. Doctors report the grafting is forming a circulation and, in ten days, the arm flesh will be severed and skin grafted to create a new chin for Hart.
David M. Picton, government contractor, said the 10,000 foot breakwater off Aransas Pass will finish by next July. The turning basin should be done by mid July, enabling freight from New York and other eastern points. Picton dispatches eight carloads of stone daily and expects the breakwater complete around March 15 with twenty feet depth reached in the channels.
Lester Allen aged 12, son of Sergeant Allen U S A retired, became the first depositor in the postal savings bank opened this week at Fort Sam Houston. His first deposit was 310 dollars earned by selling The San Antonio Light to troops at the maneuver camp. His initial capital was 25 cents.
Small orders filled from 1102 Wyoming street with old phone 2455. Reference by ermission St Anthony hotel Gunter eager hotel. BELLA VISTA GARDENS Monterrey Mexico. American Beauty and La France long stem roses available by mail or telegraph in any quantity.
A catalog style sale advertises manufacturers samples and surplus jewelry. Items include beauty pins three for 25c, pearl back collar buttons ten for 25c, children's bracelets 50c, sterling silver rings 25c, hot pins 10c, scarf pins 35c, brooches 25c, belt pins 39c, cuff links 25c, children's rings 25c, fobs 50c, belt pins 25c, bracelets 1 warrant five years at $1, various rings and sets with strong value claims, many patterns and styles with price comparisons to much higher retail values.
Vinita Oklahoma reports the death of L Kelly a probable largest prairie hay exporter in the state. He died in St Louis early today from an apparent vertigo attack. Kelly resided in Vinita and was a prominent local figure based on telegrams received.
Dr Ludwig Brunner, ex Imperial Academy of Medical Research instructor in Berlin, arrives in the U.S. and declares ragtime music irritates nerve centers and brain cells, stifling intellect and causing social ills. He cites visits to New York Chicago New Orleans and San Francisco and warns classical music could disappear.
Frank Fitzpatrick of Summit New Jersey cut down a tree his father planted seventy eight years ago. As he swung the axe he felt he was destroying part of himself and collapsed dead from a heart attack at the final stroke. His wife had just celebrated their wedding anniversary.
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