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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
7
A Sunday notice from Sanitary Seafoods promises an announcement of unusual importance to housewives. The message hints at significant product or service details to be revealed and may affect household purchasing.
Starr Heights Improvement club accepted a bid of 13 1 2 cents per square foot for sixth ward sidewalks. Dave Lehr submitted the winning bid among seven, with others up to 18 cents. J W Schofield will handle applications. walks follow city specifications and carry a five year guarantee. Property owners already begin work after city notice.
Frank Holt resigns after more than twenty one years in the postal service and will leave this evening for Los Angeles to make his home. Clarence Eldridge, a substitute, is appointed to fill the vacancy in the San Antonio office.
The article profiles Princess Marie of Roumania, about 13, praised for beauty as her mother Crown Princess Mariem also famed for looks. It notes their close bond and shared outdoor activities, often engaging in sports together daily.
Agnes Orner, indicted for poisoning her child, will again stand trial in Pecos on November 25. Subpoenas for El Paso witnesses are with the sheriff. She previously was sentenced to life in the first trial. a later reversal and a hung jury followed. Ice factories are booming in southern Japan with Kokura producing 265 tons daily.
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and related stomach troubles. It claims rapid relief once it contacts the stomach and urges keeping a bottle at home for immediate use after eating questionable foods.
West End Improvement Club passes a petition to city council to macadamize Colorado and Bandera avenues. A large mass meeting at the Presbyterian church with 150 plus residents endorses resurfacing, forming a committee led by T. P. Walsh to present the request at the next council session.
A contour map by John D. Rullman outlines San Antonio elevations across 36 square miles from Judge Shook’s Mistletoe Ave home at 810 feet to the Fair Grounds at 580 feet. The city hall sits at 650 feet with depots, parks, and wards showing varied heights from 610 to 810 feet.
The Kerr Hill school repairs awarded to Andrew Vogel for 400 dollars and the South Heights school plumbing to W. G. Schuwirth & Co. for 1147 dollars. Roy Thompson contracted for cement floor laying in toilets at the Herff school. The board discussed a night cooking school at Bracken ridge High with Woman's club support, pending advisement. Beacon Hill Mothers' club lantern slides approved for High school auditorium proceeds to school funds. Committees to inspect insane asylum fire escapes and later High school fire escapes were noted.
The advertisement lists Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues in men and women, with claims of dissolving gravel and curing diabetes and rheumatism. It states a one dollar price, mail order option, two months’ treatment per bottle, and requests testimonials from St. Louis, Missouri.
The Young Women's Christian Association outlines plans to add 100 new members by Thanksgiving as a Thanksgiving present. The membership committee chaired by Mrs A W Green includes numerous members and will count renewals as part of the total. The social committee led by Mrs Herbert B Linscott will meet Friday at 7 30 pm to arrange an open house on Thanksgiving Day.
Chief of Police Lancaster issues an order prohibiting smoking in the police courtroom to curb disruptions during proceedings. The ban takes effect this morning after complaints that smoking had interfered with court business.
A report notes Judge Buckley sometimes had to peer through smoke to see prisoners during sessions. Captain Coy proposed a rule to ban smoking in court. The item lists Dr J R Cunningham at 449 Moore Ridge Osteopath with old phone 984 J.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for several positions including assistant in soil physics, library cataloguer, assistant in soil chemistry, laboratory assistant in ceramics, advanced apprentice engraver, dental intern, assistant chemist, timber estimator, with dates December 11 and December 18. Applicants may contact the commission in Washington D C or the secretary of the board of examiners at the San Antonio post office.
Ensign J. C. Cunningham, three years on a United States torpedo boat, visits his brother Dr. S. P. Cunningham in San Antonio. He aims to join a battleship and may go to Washington. He served in China during the revolution and on the Yangtze River, with a brief landing during a Standard Oil strike to protect American interests.
District Judge George Calhoun of the Fifty third district court is being urged by friends in Austin for Congress in the district should Congressman Burleson leave to join the Wilson cabinet.
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