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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1911
Page
6
A vessel of chocolate toppled in the Edwards & King drug store basement near Alamo Place and East Houston, triggering a fire alarm as dense smoke filled the building. Aldermen met later but left without action, and a veterinary association session adjourned to be rescheduled.
Governor Colquitt arrived quietly to lay the Travis club cornerstone then registered at the St Anthony hotel. He greeted friends then visited the Fair grounds for the traveling men celebration as state officials coordinated appearances and events.
The fourth annual convention of the International Bible Students association opened at 9:20 AM in the Modern Women of the World hall on North Plains street. Dr B J Jordan of San Marcos outlined aims to promote Bible study and organize rules for broader study. Sem Williams will lecture at 2 PM on the subject The Way God Reaches. Sessions run through the day with a Houston area attendance anticipated. next meetings are planned for November 17 18 and 19 with a Houston convention to follow.
Al G Field appears as a guest in San Antonio for a forthcoming season opening. The article notes his popularity with theatergoers and non theater fans alike and describes the production as a showcase of a broad range of acts and promotions. The program includes Professor Waller’s Coronation and a forty piece arrangement, aiming to attract audiences.
A free concert in the Alamo plaza bandstand will be held at 7 oclock tomorrow night. Professor Walter and his band, praised as one of the best minstrel groups, will perform classical and ragtime pieces. Friends greet the visiting artist on the streets.
The Louisiana Historical Society's special committee arranged a reception luncheon dinner party and automobile ride for guests aboard the steamboat New Orleans to mark the 106th anniversary of the original New Orleans first steamboat on the Mississippi River. Commodore Eimer Tm Wand will command the river pageant, with the vessel sailing from Louisville Storegy.
The will of the late Mr. Howard was probated yesterday, increasing the estate from 800000 to 1006192. Mrs. Jfrank Howard, the beneficiary, receives about 500000 in interests. His two sons from a previous marriage share 909000, with inheritance tax totaling 10271.02.
General Lee, aged about sixty years, recovering at his home at 1616 Grayson Street after a six week illness. He experienced a fall at his summer residence on Lake George, New York, but his condition has steadily improved and he is now able to sit up and walk with assistance.
President Samuel Gompers Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison head to Atlanta for the thirty first AFL convention amid expectations of a clash with socialist elements yet confidence in reelection. Delegates keep arriving as the labor gathering nears with James O Connell presiding at a key metal workers meeting.
The Great Northern Steamship Company’s Pacific liner Minnesota, 13 494 tons, ran aground near Kurushima off Shikoku while on its regular Yokohama Manila Hong Kong voyage. Wireless contact was lost. later reports said the vessel was noticed and proceeded for Heheoon with 400 miles southwest of Yokohama noted as the grounding point.
The Federated club women of Oklahoma urged rigid pre marriage physicals and compulsory school sexual hygiene education. They will petition the legislature for sterilization exams of public school children and seek changes in divorce laws to grant mothers custody of their children.
New evidence in the Vermilya poison deaths points to a probable arrest today. Officials plan a coroner’s office meeting with Hartman McSweeney Harding and the state's attorney’s office as the suspect evades direct police surveillance.
Fragmentary text lists names and locations such as Wyoming Street and St. Anthony hotel with unclear context. Reads like a damaged notice or advertisement. No coherent event or action is identifiable from the readable content.
Melgulades Hercera, a 60 year old Mexican laborer, appeared before the deputy clerk at the federal building to declare his intention of becoming a citizen. He claimed to be among the first Mexican immigrants to Texas following the Civil War.
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