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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1912

Page

19

Catapult launches planes from ships mark aviation milestone

Aviation experts hail a test of a compressed air catapult launching aircraft from a shipboard plank. Captain Washington I. Chambers heads the Navy aviation effort. Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson piloted the hydro airplane to 40 mph during the 30 foot run. The test recalls Eugene Ely’s 1910 launch from a cruiser engineered deck.

Washington Bathips Washington I, Chambers Navy T. G. Ellyson Dayampton Eugene Ely

Auto Relapse Hauls Party Into Town From Four Miles Out

S Bailey an insurance man from the Jayhawker capital was hauled into San Antonio yesterday from about miles away. The group’s car suffered a mishap four miles from the city, ending a near‑safe drive with a catastrophe that Bailey described as no joke. Also notes train wreck near Linton injuring several aboard the St Louis Brownsville line and a Retail Druggists Day luncheon planned at a local hotel.

S. Bailey Pka Jayhawker San An Topeka Mr. Bailey Gunter Hotel Sannio Bailey Antonio Rpus Christi Tex St. Louis Brownsville Exico Linton Corpus Christi Houston

Father Vaughan to Speak in San Antonio for Orphanage Fund

Father Vaughan eminent orator and philosopher will lecture Joan of Arc in San Antonio on Sunday November 24 under Knights of Columbus auspices. Proceeds go to St John’s orphanage fund. Venue details pending. Vaughan will stop over on the specified date by telegraph notice.

Father Vaughan San Antonio Knights of Columbus Joan of Arc St. John's Orphanage

Cure for Appendicitis Foreseen by Dr Abrams in Chicago

Dr Albert Abrams of San Francisco told the first annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Spondylotherapy in Chicago yesterday that a cure for appendicitis without surgery is near. He described pressing on a vertebra to straighten the sigmoid flexure of the large intestine.

Chicago Albert Abrams San Francisco American Association For the Study

Riverside Restaurant Serves Turkey or Chicken Meals

A Riverside eatery advertises reliable 25 cent meals featuring turkey or chicken with other dishes. The notice markets consistent choices for budget diners.

Riverside

Murder conviction upheld in Frio County killing case

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Juan Rodriguez from Bexar County, convicted of second degree murder for killing Will Armstrong in Frio County. The court denied self defense as a reversal and upheld a ten year penitentiary sentence. The decision covers related civil and criminal appeals and future cases with listed motions and docket notes.

Austin Tex Court of Criminal Appeals Juan Rodriguez Bexar Andrew L. Patterson Webb C. C. Kidd J. H. McCracken Parker Pietrina Guista The Galveston Tribune Galveston Texas & Pacific Railway Co Railroad Commission Travis B. L. Turner N. M. Gibson Harris Kate Coleman Helen Sapp McLennan Pat Henry W. H. Phillips Fannin Jose Salgado Jacob Baldwin Presidio Port Arthur Rice Milling Co Beaumont Rice Mills Jefferson Santry-Sharpe Contracting Co W. E. McCracken Bell C. P. Sandifer Foard County Foard Ansley Realty Co John B. Pope Donley Court of Criminal John Byrd Brown Henry Johnson Cass Florencio Galan Daniel B. Romero Comal Knox Kearce Fisher Bob Baretal Bob Baretal, Fannin; Joe Ward, Frio; Levi Coleman, J. L. Hughes F. Coleman Ollie Zinn Hamilton L. Shaffer Albert Spiller O. L. Wharton Will Broadnax Dallas J. W. Edwards Knox Walter Parker San Augustine Dan Pilgrim Upshur Silas Woolen Harrison Ed White Hill Jasper Black Panoa

Plumber A Collman Advertises 416 Main Ave

A. Collman, plumber, promotes services at 416 Main Avenue. Contact details not listed beyond the address.

CoTiman Main A. Collman Main Av

Senator Begins Work to Improve Highways

Senator Swanson of Virginia leads a congressionally appointed commission to study post road improvements. The panel includes five senators and five representatives with initial funding totaling $500,000 for a preliminary investigation amid a push for better wagon highways nationwide.

Congress Washington, D. C Swanson Virginia House of Representatives House Bourne Penrose Grenna Overman Shackelford Missouri Lee Georgia McGillicuddy Maine Madden Illinois Austin Tennessee

Sarsa Tabs Promise Hood's Sarsaparilla Benefits

Patent medicine ad promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure all for blood humors eruptions complexion appetite digestion and fatigue. It offers liquid and chocolate tablets named Sarsa tabs for daily use and vigor.

Woman found wounded at East Commerce Street

Beatrice Garcia Juarez, 23, was found with a bullet wound to the left breast in an adobe house behind a store at 33 East Commerce Street and rushed to the city hospital where doctors expect her to recover. She had planned to travel to Laredo to join her husband Catreno Juarez. A revolver was found on the bed nearby.

Beatrice Garcia Juarez Commerce Street Juarez Laredo Tex Catreno Juarez

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