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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1912

Page

3

Wilson-Marshall fund gains momentum in San Antonio drive

Bexar County Democrats are believed to have contributed about $2000 to the national campaign fund. The Callahan committee reported $185.50 in listed gifts from volunteers including $10 by several donors and many smaller amounts. Names include William Ehlers P A Vance Alfred Rhode J Galthce Selig Deutschmann and more.

Wilson-Marshall Club National Campaign Fund Marshall Hicks R. G. Callahan John H. Bickett C. B. Watters Hicks Colquitt Bexar County Callahan Committee William Ehlers P. A. Vance Alfred W.rhode W. T. Goode J. G. Fowler B. F. Nicholson T. N. Smith Joel A. Lipscomb J. Galthce C. C. Gibbs Robert Uhr H.V. Weise R. B. Cherry B. G. Lane J. L. Luther A. A. Austin Harry Traylor L. O. Ramsey C. J. Thomson T. J. Hart James B. South W. A. Petty H. N. Ward E. W. Albaugh J. W. Gilliam Walter P. Napier Howard Templeton J. G. Greiner F. L Hillyer F. A. Menger G. V. Maverick S. J. Brooks Frank H. Wash J. L. Kerr W. Kelso W. B. Loop E. Stevens Ganahl Walker R. B. Craig P. H. Swearingen S.G. Tayloe Thomas B. Palfry Gus Zalmanzig L. L. Boyd R. H. Wester J. C. Kinney Charles M. Roberts H. A. Wilkinson John A. Fentiman J. D. Wilson

Trouble Looms Over Lake Charles Labor Trial

Parish officials deny rumors of arms import for the Brotherhood of Timber Workers as 58 members face murder riot and unlawful conspiracy charges in the Grabow labor riot case. Earlier battles left four dead and 37 wounded. Meanwhile Riverside Restaurant reports a large delivery of seafood items including frog legs shrimp and oysters.

Lake Charles Brotherhood of Timber Workers Grabow Galloway Lumber Company

Brownsville Council Adopts Paving Ordinance

The Brownsville city council approves paving fourteen blocks in the business district. With about thirty blocks already creosoted timber, once the new work is finished every street in the business section will be paved.

Brownsville Tex

Taylor Poultry Show Set for December 2 to 7

Taylor Texas residents at the Taylor Poultry association meeting voted to stage the third annual Taylor poultry show December 2 to 7. Preparations aim for a larger display and purse with numerous premiums and prizes to be awarded.

Taylor Taylor, Tex Taylor Poultry Association Taylor Poultry Show

German Lutheran Synod to Meet in Hallettsville Next Spring

Hallettsville hosts the German Lutheran Synod of Texas conference in spring 1913. Lavaca county's large German population is expected to draw a large attendance.

Hallettsville Tex German Lutheran Synod of Texas Lavaca County

Prospe lt Hill Residents Rally for Route Change

Prospect Hill residents crowd a mass meeting at the Prospect Hill Methodist church demanding the I G N line reroute to avoid the reservation. Mayor Jones and Aldermen hear arguments as petitions with 2000 plus signatures are presented and a steering committee is formed to push the plan.

Prospect Hill Prospect Hill Methodist Church Jones Boynton Fincham Uhr Main Plaza C. H. Wagner Albert Kronkosky Joseph Murray Frank Allen R. B. Greathouse R. G. Cal—e R. A. Greathouse Crockett School Mothers’ Club Prospect

Cascarets Offer Cleanser For Stomach and Bowel Health

An advertising pitch promotes Cascarets as a thorough cleanser for stomach and intestines. It claims to remove undigested food and bile, prevent headaches and digestive issues, and says the product works while you sleep for 10 cents a box.

City to vote bonds for street improvements

Mayor Jones discussed finances and urged bonds not exceeding 4,000,000 for street work. The meeting endorsed the plan and pledged support, with plans for weekly Friday meetings to push civic improvements and sidewalk construction urged by J. E. Wells.

Jones San Antonio J. E. Wells

Fred W. Cook backs Wilson in presidential outlook

Fred W. Cook, president of the San Antonio Drug Co., says conservative business men view Wilson as next president. He cites improved crop conditions, higher money value, and banker optimism from New York and Indiana, with New York and Indiana seen as leaning heavily Democratic.

New York Fred W. Cook San Antonio Wilson United States Mr. Cook Indiana

Critics of America defend progress in fifty years

In Indianapolis Ralph M. Easley, head of civics committee, praises social and industrial gains over the past five decades. He cites eight hour workdays, labor arbitration, child labor laws, tenement and factory inspection laws, and numerous organizations aiding the needy and immigrants as signs of civilization advancing. He notes support from Carnegie, Rockefeller, Mrs Harrianan and Mrs Sage and mentions plans for a formal progress inquiry.

Indianapolis Ind Ralph M. Easley Committee of Civics National Conservation Congress Easley America New York National Federation of Remedial Loan Societies National Association For the Promotion of Industrial Education United States Bureau of Mines Agriculture Department The Children’s Bureau Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Edward H. Harriman Russell Sage

Lectures Highlight Teachers Institute Program

Gonzales Texas reports the forthcoming teachers institute with a daily schedule and evening talks. State Superintendent F M Bralley will speak Tuesday while Amanda Stolzafus from the University of Texas will discuss The School as a Social Center on Wednesday evening.

Gonzales Tex Teachers’ Institute F. M. Bralley Amanda Stolzafus University of Texas

Funeral set for former royal arch secretary in Texas

Grand Secretary John Watson of the Texas Masonic grand lodge and Grand Secretary C R Phillips of the grand royal chapter travel to Cleburne to attend the funeral for Former Grand Secretary John A Bryan of the royal arch chapter who died at 4 this morning.

Waco, Tex John Watson Texas Masonic Grand Lodge C. R. Phillips Grand Royal Chapter Cleburne John A. Bryan Royal Arch

Roosevelt aids widow with six under ten children

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, back in New York after Senate testimony on 1904 campaign fund, stopped at Penn station, spoke to a widow named Ellen Hunter and her six children, and handed her a greenback as encouragement before heading to Oyster Bay.

New York Theodore Roosevelt Washington Senate Republican Campaign Fund William Loeb Jr Harvard Club Roosevelt Oyster Bay Pennsylvania Railroad Ellen Hunter Scotland

Get a Receipt plan stops mistakes with unchangeable records

National sales-slip printers furnish the only system that prevents losses by providing printed unchangeable records of every transaction. The plan forces employees to make a correct record of each sale, safeguarding profits for proprietors.

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