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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1913
Page
5
Mrs. Elizabeth Towne of Holyoke Mass spoke at the Gunter Hotel last night outlining New Thought. She asserted women will vote to improve family life while men vote for self interest and noted heredity is not a factor in evolution with environment shaping the Christ man or Christ woman.
The two week jubilee mission began Sunday at St Marys Catholic Church led by Rev Father Graham and Rev Father Shutten of the Redemptorist order. Services schedule includes morning and evening times with sermons centered on moral reflection. The first week targets women and children with afternoon sessions for children and the second week focuses on men. Father Graham led the morning service yesterday and Father Shutten the evening talk focusing on the text What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul.
Chicago officials warned of poisoning danger from tons of meat after unusually warm weather. Last week’s Thanksgiving supply spoiled as 6000 pounds of rabbits and hundreds of fowls were condemned. meat was shipped in non refrigerating cars. Dr. J. E. Sherman, head of the bureau, said producers packed meat before temperatures cooled.
Governor Johnson proclaims a new state holiday in California to honor Father Junipero Serra on the 200th anniversary of his birth. A statewide pilgrimage to Mission Carmel near Monterey marked the chief event of the observance.
Preparations in the White House East Room for tomorrow's ceremony as Jessie Wilson and Francis Sayre wed, with hundreds of gifts arriving. The guest list is limited to personal friends of the couple and family, and official Washington figures are largely absent.
For three weeks motorists faced danger along Grant boulevard as police report 120 sticks of dynamite found along the road. A fresh cache was located late yesterday leading to the arrest of Herrmann Leidman who is accused of knowing about a contractor's magazine theft where the explosives came from.
Brooklyn mother reports her daughter, previously run down after the grippe, gained six pounds in three weeks after four bottles of Vinol. The ad touts Vinol as a blend of cod liver oil and iron, promising strong results and a money back guarantee if no benefit, with A. M. Fischer of San Antonio also promoting Saxo Salve for eczema.
Lafayette A. Seffel, 27, the second death from the Kirby engine blast on the Southern Pacific, died at Santa Rosa Hospital from burns and blood poisoning. He was a guard on his first trip, formerly a San Antonio police member, survived by his mother, sister, and three brothers. Funeral is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the family home. Earlier victim N B Roulings, roadmaster, died last week. Other injured included J T Ware and J M Broderick.
The Rodman Wanamaker expedition arrived in Buffalo New York with flags dedicated to justice mercy and fair play for North American Indians. It has toured 20000 miles in six months including 8000 miles by stagecoach. The group will visit the six nations of New York before reporting to Washington on uplift recommendations.
The Majestic Theatre opens tonight with doors at 7 and curtain at 8 15 amid praise for the new building described as a landmark in the South and West. A blue sky ceiling with trellis stars creates a distinctive outdoor effect as vaudeville acts including Ola Fiddlers Arline Bolling Louis Kelso Bond and Benton El Cleve Victoria Four Carson Brothers and Burns Fulton entertain a likely sold out house.
Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment soothe and heal skin, removing pimples and blackheads and improving complexions at low cost. The preparations are said to be bland, gentle, and non injuring to tender skin, prescribed by doctors for eighteen years. Available nationwide with trial offers.
E. M. Holland aged 65 died at a Cleveland hospital after heart disease. He was renowned as a leading figure on the American stage and passed away on November 24.
In Pretoria today, police killed three natives and wounded 22 during a riot at the Premier mine. About 5,000 of the 22,000 workers joined the strikers, looting stores and assaulting residents of another compound as police fired two volleys to disperse the crowd.
Fort Worth Texas November 24 Ed R Kone commissioner of agriculture said he would announce his candidacy for congressman at large January 1.
The document notes a ten percent drop in expenses for paint and oil purchased by the government for the current year compared with last year. It highlights cost savings in these supplies.
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