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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
7
Major George Chariton Merrick of the British army flying corps died in Salisbury when his aeroplane suddenly collapsed. He served in British India and West Africa and had been decorated for bravery in the field.
Solicitor Folk postponed his decision on Harry K. Thaw’s petition asking the British embassy to explain Canada’s expulsion of Thaw. No comment from officials was made, but Bryan had previously forwarded Albany authorities’ appeal for Thaw’s deportation to the British ambassador for action by Canada.
A Illinois man sought an IRS clerk job and sent 20000 letters to Secretary of the Treasury. Byron Newton intercepted the missives as the applicant printed and stamped equal numbers of letters and envelopes to flood the system. The applicant will not receive the position.
The police statement from twenty years ago described London omnibuses traveling at six or seven miles per hour and the drivers believing they were making progress.
The San Antonio river surged to levels rivaling past great floods, with 1865 records showing 14 feet at Main Street and devastating areas near St. Marys Street, Lewis Mill, and the Gunter Hotel site. Officials note earlier 1903 and 1878 events, while 1900 floods affected riverfront homes.
Ontario boy George Knox and Garden City visitor Harry Broderick awoke about 2 a m to a mountain lion at their Coy Canyon camp near Ontario Kansas. Knox fired as the animal crouched for a spring, the beast fled. search failed to locate a mortal wound.
Inventors in France work on an apparatus enabling a man to fly using only his arms as wings. Meanwhile Yale professor Irving Fisher calls Sweden the most hygienic country in the world.
Berlin dispatch reports a deadlock in Brunswick throne talks. Prince Ernest August and Duke of Cumberland refuse to renounce Hanoverian rights, threatening Victoria Luise of Prussia’s pathway to wed a reigning sovereign.
The passage highlights nutrients essential to restore and sustain the human body and intellect, detailing how proper nourishment supports physical repair and cognitive function. It emphasizes foundational dietary components needed for health.
Kankakee farmer Chicago trip met a con artist who claimed to own a lighthouse off Randolph Street and collect tolls. After paying $75 for a non existent purchase he tried to take possession by renting a boat, only to be told by the keeper that the lighthouse remained under government ownership.
Mrs George Beck aged 60 won the 100 yard race for women at a Labor Day picnic on Fox Island with more than 150 spectators. After a dead heat in the first trial she requested a runoff and again led by three feet at 80 yards to claim victory.
Austin Texas October 3 Commissioner of Insurance and Banking W W Collier left for Boston to attend the American Bankers Association convention starting October 6. He will join the Texas bankers delegation in St Louis and may travel to New York and other cities before returning.
The Aero Nautical Society of New York plans a Wright tribute at Carnegie Hall on Oct 12 and an aviation meet on Oct 13 at Staten Island featuring a 60 mile race around Manhattan with $2250 in prizes. Dozens of aviators from the era enter the event marking ten years since powered flight.
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