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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1911
Page
20
A sale lists solid gold cuff buttons scarf pins bar pins locket chains tie clasps and signet rings with varying prices from 50c to 12.50. Items include 10 K gold options with engraving and diamond chips and free engraving on select signet rings. Prospective buyers can view a wide range of styles and finishes.
The snippet lists prices and descriptions for women's footwear including auto boots in gun metal calf or black suede with low Cuban heels, dress shoes in black buck or satin with welt soles, house slippers in dongola kid with hand-sewn soles, and felt Juliet variants with fur trim. Prices range around $1.25 to $2.00 and similar, with various toe shapes and heel heights described.
Advertisements tout sterling silver souvenir spoons with gold bowls and an Alamo miniature in the bowl. The promotion urges buyers to take home a piece of San Antonio, priced at 25 cents.
Paul Garza lineman for Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone was injured when a working pole broke at the corner of South San Saba and San Saba streets. He lies unconscious in Santa Rosa hospital in critical condition with a badly injured left arm and possible internal injuries.
Visitors from Mexico at the International Fair may stay Sunday to participate in Mexico day exercises. Return tickets stamped with a November 13 limit will be honored on National Rail trains leaving the city Monday morning. E Muenzenberger, the local agent, secured the extension with officials.
Proposed traffic regulation changes in San Antonio street car service would limit stops to right-hand crossings and shift passenger loading to the near side of the street. Manager W B Tuttle says current rules cause many half-block stops and slower service, and near-side stops could improve safety in the business district.
A brief archival fragment notes driving caution about maintaining speed and rhythm with cross traffic. The remark mentions keeping distance and readiness to stop at right-hand crossings, implying careful, continuous attention for safe passage.
The Bachelor Girls of Jackson in Cape Girardeau Missouri report their president Miss Billa Norman has married E. H. Mueller in a ceremony attended by the club. The remaining members threaten to wed to balance the action.
In Savannah Georgia a man believed asleep atop a southbound Atlantic Coast Line freight car was found dead after a brick thrown by a railroad worker failed to wake him. Police investigate whether the death was homicide or an accidental impact. The victim was identified as George R Boatwright a solicitor for the Atlanta Constitution.
Rodolfo Reyes eldest son of Gen Bernardo Reyes arrives in Texas as an exile from Mexico. He will reach San Antonio tomorrow morning aboard the Sunset route steamship Norsega and is accompanied by his secretary Jose Paz.
An artificial sponge produced by German ingenuity uses zinc chloride on pure cellulose to form a pasty mass. Mixed with coarse rock salt and pressed in a mould, it is pierced to create a network of tiny canals.
A natural sponge absorbs water and salts after washing, while an artificial sponge swells with water. The article suggests the artificial version is suited for filtering water in sanitary and industrial uses and can be used for all purposes typically assigned to the genuine article.
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