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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1912

Page

5

Old and New School Plans Highlight Alamo Heights Talk

Dr. Winfield S. Chaplin opened a monthly series in the new Alamo Heights school with an address comparing old and modern education. He argued compulsory education is flawed without aid for poor families and praised changes in teaching focus, sanitation, lighting, ventilation, and building design. The program began with a song by J Scrivener as Prof. Rodgers accompanied.

Alamo Heights Winfield S. Chaplin Texas Chaplin Maine Harvard San Antonio J. Scrivener Prof Rodgers Grace English Evangelica Latheran Avenue E J. B. Feiger Luther League Marlandale School San Antonio Avenue Corpus Christi Road A. L. Swinehart Evangelical Lutheran, Missouri Synod West Commerce Street Joske Luther Wm. F. Benhoff Episcopal St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Travis Park Philip Cook St. John's Episcopal Church Burnet and Cherry Streets R. Y. Hurteer Government Hill Leonidas H. Harbord D. D Tommins Avenue Harlandale Central Christian Church Main San Pedro Avenues Hugh McLellan East French Place Callaeus Palmer Abbott Fred Jones Clark Johnston Ashford Sodermann Millsap McLellan ChristianeEndeavor New Church Woman’s Club Camden Street Clyde W. Broomell Trieial Ecosophy The Theosophical Society Central Office Building International Bible Students Woodmen Hall North Flores Street Moore Berean Bible McKinley Avenue Epworth League Katherine Hurt

Local court fines three for sidewalk and thoroughfare violations

Henry Hawkins, George Grey, and Abel Van De Vyer were each fined $5 in police court for letting a horse stand on a sidewalk, leaving a horse untied on a public street, and keeping a team on Houston street over twenty minutes. Arrests occurred yesterday afternoon amid a busy community event schedule including dances, theater, and fairs.

Henry Hawkins George Grey Abel van de Vyer Houston Street

The Powell Studio Photographs Noted For Prompt Work

The Powell Studio at 5111 2 and 513 E Houston Street offers latest productions in photography. All work is finished promptly in an artistic manner.

Powell Studio E. Houston

Thanksgiving Dinner Contest Opens Last Tuesday At The Light

The Light conducted a Thanksgiving Dinner Menu contest that closed Friday noon. It drew many letters, mostly from the city, with suggestions and menus from surrounding towns also sent in. Tomorrow the special page will publish the winning menus and the firms supplying eligible prizes. Winners may spend their money at any of eleven firms listed on the page.

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GEO Sontag at Wigwam No 2 Ex-Bandit Talk

Ex-bandit Geo Sontag speaks at Wigwam No 2 today and Sunday recounting his prison ordeal. The event promotes hearing his life story after 15 1 2 years and 7 bullets in the body as part of a cautionary tale.

Lillian Wade Battle OF Young's Cabin Battle OF Evans' Home Battle OF Stone Corral Geo. Sontag Geo, Sontag Young's Cabin Evans’ Home Geo Sontag

Women advised to avoid operations and try Vegetable Compound

Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing a crippling displacement after a four week hospital stay and recommends it to other women to avoid surgery. The ad claims thirty years of proven results and urges immediate use for female illnesses.

Orville Rock Lydia E. Pinkham Paw Paw Mich Ann Arbor

Policeman Caperton Returns Home After Smoke Alarm

Smoke pouring from a window on the Conroy building at Alamo street triggered an alarm at 6 20 last evening. Fire Chief Wright and six fire companies responded but found no fire. smoke came from a stove in an office.

Conroy Alamo Street Wright

Made at Home Meats Bargain Promises Top Quality

When seeking hams bacon lard or compound call two ninety two for a price that satisfies. The article is advertised as made at home but this should not deter handling as the goods meet the Union Meat Company standard of top quality.

Standa Union Meat Company

Why Not Eat At Home Instead Of Meals From Far Cities

Readers urged to dine local, avoiding delivery from distant kitchens in Chicago Kansas City and Omaha. Column argues for home cooking, fresh ingredients, and supporting neighborhood eateries over interstate food service.

Chicago, Kansas City Omahat Union Meat Company

Property Owners Form City Building Club in San Antonio

A San Antonio Property Owners association was organized at the Gunter with officers elected L. J. Hart president J. H. Kirkpatrick vice president D. K. Furnish second vice president and George W. Maverick secretary treasurer The directors include Ty S Brady F W Cook H G Staacke and others An executive committee comprises the president two vice presidents Jake Wolff and I M Putnam The group aims to aid city building and balance policies while endorsing a bond issue at the next meeting.

San Antonio Owners of Realty Gunter Association L. J. Hart J. H. Kirkpatrick D. K. Furnish George W. Maverick Ty. S. Brady F. W. Cook H. G. Staacke J. M. Nix W. B. Tuttle Ernest Steves J. H. Savage Charles Graebner H. C. Feldman Gus Zalmanzig Kk. V. Ne Committee On Organization

Two Teen Robbers Brandish Revolver on New Orleans Streetcar

Two youths barely in their twenties boarded a Coliseum line streetcar near Chestnut and Felicity in New Orleans just after midnight. One robber compelled conductor Jones to raise his hands and ring ahead while the other emptied his pockets. They fled after stealing $1.50, as passengers remained unaware during the ride.

New Orleans Coliseum Street Canal Street Chestnut Felicity Streets Jones

A Big Turkey Supper Tonight at Riverside

A Big Turkey Dinner Chicken Supper advertised at Riverside Restaurant with meals priced at 25 cents.

Riverside Restaurant

Dedication of New Church Opens Sunday

The dedication of the new First United Presbyterian church at Ogden and East Locust streets is set for 11 am with Rev. C. E. McStravick preaching and Rev. W. R. Gray assisting. The pastor organized the church a year ago, and the congregation has grown to about forty members.

First United Presbyterian Church Ogden East Locust Streets C. E. McStravick W. R. Gray Corsicana McStravick San Antonio Edith Warnock Co. E. Neely W. W. McMurdo H. T. Kerr William Peterson D. A. Esterquist H. T. M. Kerr Westminster Presbyterian Church Union First Presbyterian Church Henry Alford Porter Louisville First Baptist Church H. C. Burgin South Alamo Methodist Church Riverside Park Baptist Church South Presa and McMullin Streets Hot Wella J. W. Dickinson J. D. Harvey Baptist Young People’s Union Winnie Sample Ladies’ Aid Society Calvary Baptist Church North Pine and Hays Streets Nolan Fourth and Taylor Streets J. Porter West End Presbyterian Church J. A. Starnes West End Colorado Avenue Zarramora Street W. A. McDowell Avenue D Fourth Street Post Office Arthur G. Jones D. D Young People's Society Utica Presbyterian Church West Poplar Jackson Streets San Pedro Denver Boulevard Presbyterian Church Armstrong L. H. Morey Harlandale Presbyterian Church H. Morey Madison Square Presbyterian Church Camden Street Lexington Avenue Frederick Bowen L. D Woman’s Missionary Society George Bell O. M. Fitzhugh Bowen Scott Christian Endeavor Fred Roach Tobin Hill Westminster Presbyterian South Alamo Wickes Streets Epworth League A. Noble James East Guenther Street South Heights Methodist Church South Palmetto Porter Streets BE. C. Jolly F. M. Jackson Cross Government Hill M. E Pine and Mason Streets John W. Shoemaker Albert Isaac Orr Church of Good Cheer Travis Park Methodist Episcopal Church South Emory Hawk Travis Park West End Methodist Church South Leslie E. Booth N. Hagg H. Lacks Laurel Heights Methodist Church Woodlawn Avenue Belknap Place Cullom H. Booth Grey Miss Harms Sullivan Miss Harme Mendelssohn Rubenstein Mrs. Booth Delbruck Hackett McKinley Avenue Methodist Church McKinley Avenue South Presa Streets Townsend B. Johnston Unitaria Unitarian Society Geo. H. Badger Odd Fellows Crockett Hotel Evangelical First Evangelical Church Burnet and Chestnut Streets C. A. Arnold Mayme Wellner Chestnut Erangelical Friedens Main Avenue East Elmira Street St. Mary’s Catholic Church St. Mary’s Street Gunter Hotel J. H. Quinn O. M League of the Sacred Heart

Bliss Estate Valued Near Five Million Dollars in New York

The estate of the late Cornelius N. Bliss valued at about 4.85 million dollars under New York inheritance tax law. Bliss, secretary of the interior under McKinley and treasurer of the Republican National Committee in 1904, left a widow, a son, and a daughter sharing the bulk of the estate.

Bliss New York Cornelius N. Bliss Interior McKinley Republican National Committee

Also Mentioned on This Page

Central Trust San Antonio, Texas J. O. Terrell Otto Koehier J. J. Stevens Chas. Schreiner B. G. Barnes W. P. Rote Ed Rand Jno. Fest Alfred Duerler M. Baumblatt Jno J. Stevens W. Warren Atlee B. Ayres Wagner Terrell A. Bechtel Grand Opera House Ada Meade Ben Grinnel Hallen Mostyn Helen Jessie Moore Nivine Prima Dhonna Bozena Mizzi Hajos Rozell Minstrels the Dollar Troupe Schwee & Fish Wright & Stanley Alva York Nlomtss Beethoven Hall Lillian Nordica David Bispham Auspices Press Club of Thomas Goggan & Bros. Music Houston & Navarro Sts Berrard Vaughar London England Joan of Arc St. John’s Orphanage Fischer's Drug Store Zixik Undertaking Co Hertzberg Jewelry Company Alamo Plaza Brotherhood Railway Clerks Elks’ Hall Diaz Dixie Social Club Modern Woodmen Hall Wigwam Theater Turner Hall Muth Bexar Social Club Modern Woodman Hall Artzt Jourdanton Fair Artesian Belt R. R Bond’s E. Houston St Bond Franklin Drs Garring & Hatcher Gunter Building Travis Club W. M. Wolf Bedell Building Dr. Shrove Moore Building San Antonio Humane Society George T. Botsford Fred Davison Hicks Luther O. Whitman Moore Bldg Bexar County Humane Society Mackay Building Collins Humane Officer Kansas City Produce Co Dr. Littrell O. E. Hicks F. Hadra Gibbs Yale Dentists Friedman Gertrude Taylor South Presa Street Caperton MR. Retailer L. J. Mart Presbyterian Trinity M. E Avenue Pecan Street Orin Palmer Wright New England R. M. Silsbee Epworth Rowene Williamson Sallie Cocke Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist Fifth Street No. 501 Christian Science Quarterly J. E. Grinstead Kerrville D. Crenshaw F. G. Huntress Jr Arthur Storms L. B. Clegg Emil i Lloyd Spencer Edward Levy Bexar Lodge of Perfection No. 9 Rose Croix Elec Seaviceat Neye Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Go Ncli
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