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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1911
Page
4
The McNamara brothers secure Clarence Darrow with Samuel Gompers urging defense. Jurors to be farm-focused after investigators vet candidates. A Burns detective faces contempt charges as attempts to influence witnesses surface.
An advertisement touts Prof Burton Vance as a mystic with penetrating insight and uncanny accuracy. It promises free test horoscopes for readers who send full birth details and requests immediate action, noting a Paris address and postage requirements.
The prosecution collects exhibits from fifteen states including hotel registers dynamite clocks and nitro to prove the vast conspiracy led by J B and J J McNamara and Ortie McManigal. Caplan and Schmidt may testify as fugitives. A preserved ground hole from Westlake Park and an Otis home infernal machine figure in the defense case. Trial in Los Angeles at the Hall of Justice with Judge Walter Bordwell presiding.
The Harlandale bath house quickly proves popular within two weeks of opening. Patrons praise cleanliness, attentive staff, luxurious facilities, and attractive surroundings. Ladies’ department offers facial and massage services while grounds and veranda hosts frequent social gatherings on South Flores street cars and nearby driveways. The Light commends the enterprise.
McManigal will be kept in a jury room at night with quarters near the district attorney's office. He will be guarded at all times during the trial and riot threats will be promptly checked. He will not enter the courtroom except to testify and guards will be doubled on those days. District Attorney Fredericks plans extra precautions despite no belief the threat will be carried out. High class Ladies' Tailoring. Abrams & Koenigheim, Conroy Bldg.
City Superintendent McManus deployed four sprinklers yesterday to flush Roosevelt Avenue from two blocks north of the Southern Pacific crossing to the fairgrounds gates. The sprinkler system, funded by council, aims to dustproof major driveways to the grounds and will extend to other routes after Roosevelt Avenue completion. Petitions from residents and the Fair association supported the measure, with a favorable council report anticipated and funds set to be appropriated at the next meeting.
An advertisement touts sarsaparilla as eradicating scrofula and all humors, curing their effects, and enriching the blood. It claims heart and organ strengthening and offers liquid or chocolated Sarsatahs tablets for purchase today.
Frank Amos, 45, and bandits accused of looting the Katy passenger train near Okesa were tracked to a barn on the Revard ranch. Amos was killed after refusing to surrender in a fierce exchange with deputies. Dave Sears was captured near Pawhuska and Amos Hayes remained at large. The train robbery yielded 46 dollars and merchandise with no passengers harmed.
United States Circuit Judge Joseph V. Quarles died this afternoon in Milwaukee after a year of poor health. He had served on the bench since 1905 after his senate term and was 68 years old. The report notes his grave illness followed a bout of grippe and confinement to home in recent weeks.
A 1893 testimonial claims a remedy cured muscular and inflammatory rheumatism after years of suffering. The writer, Mark H. Jackson of 53 Alhambra Building Syracuse NY, offers a free mail trial to any sufferer who sends a coupon. He asserts many others were cured and promises no return of symptoms.
Joseph Lazinsk of a Connecticut league club was hit in the head by a pitched ball and fell unconscious. He was rushed to Beth Israel hospital in New York in a moribund state where surgeons performed trephining to repair a torn brain artery. He recovered and was discharged cured.
The Beethoven Maennerchor announces the opening concert on Wednesday October 11 with vocal and instrumental solos and a dance to follow. Carl Hahn directs this season’s events including Ball’s, receptions, juvenile entertainments and a calendar of nine additional performances through June. Notable soloists include Mrs Lavinia McKenna Paula Sigerist William Marx Walter Romberg Ernst Thomas Kurt Zimmermann and Charlie A Coulon.
First Church of Christ, Scientist in San Antonio announces a free lecture on Christian Science at Bee thoven Hall next Sunday October 8 1911 at 4 oclock by Francis J Fluno M D C S D member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church Boston Mass Public invited. Dr Mary B Pennington tours the country to show merchants proper methods of preparing poult for storage She heads the food research laboratory in the department of agriculture and has studied cold storage for poultry.
Washington reports that beef packing cases will go to trial in Chicago on November 20 with no compromise. District Attorney Wilkerson of Chicago and Assistant Attorney General Fowler conferred in New York and Washington before Senator Kenyon agreed to assist in preparation for the trial. Wilkerson then departed for Chicago to begin proceedings.
The San Antonio Gas & Electric Co. plans to add over 1,000,000 gallons to the river from an abandoned Brackenridge Park well. Superintendent George H. Cushman says delays were minor and fissures in the ground may cause some seepage, but the flush will proceed to flood the river bed. If needed, 180 feet of two inch piping and more water will be used to maintain a steady stream.
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