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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
5
Rev E S Lewis told the M E Church Sunday school board that spiritual welfare of youth is neglected as baseball draws more interest. He warned eight million children are outside Sunday schools and eighty percent of attendees later leave the church. Dr Hartmann urged teachers to boost engagement.
An old advertisement touts Cascaret as a remedy for biliousness and constipation. It markets a ten cent box claiming to clear the head, sweeten the stomach, and regulate liver and bowels, urging care for children as well.
Miss Josephine Baldwin of New York urged revising Sunday school libraries to replace old "goody-goody" books with heroic and uplifting literature. The aim was to inspire better conduct and moral improvement.
Mayor Brown sends letters to Texas city mayors to learn how they obtain public building plans. A prize for best design is proposed to involve architects, or hire an architect to draft approved plans. He aims to review responses by next Monday and present a council recommendation.
Fire Chief Phil Wright presented a requisition to the mayor for repair equipment costing about $1000 to service pumping engines. The department have kept busy pumping storm water from cellars since the flood with many breakdowns and snapped gear. Wright says more two weeks are needed to finish emptying cellars.
The San Antonio orchestra of 25 professional musicians will give free concerts each Saturday from 10 to 12 in the Wolff & Marx store seventh floor. Directed by William H. Smith, the group aims to feature children, women composers, local artists, and special seasonal programs including a toy symphony.
President Wilson rejected reports that he sought to prod Democratic senators into fast action on the currency bill and denied calling any Democrat a rebel. He issued a denial letter to the Washington Post. White House aides expect Reed and O Gorman to side with the administration, while Hitchcock’s position remains uncertain.
James Pollock a 33 year old deputy sheriff was killed at the Isle Royale mine near Houghton Michigan as copper mine strikers shot him in the back and clubbed him. Sheriff Cruz has one arrest and expects to capture all attackers tonight. Five women were arrested for beating a worker and one man for carrying a concealed weapon as strikers blocked Baltic mine workers from returning to work.
Ohio announces that starting November 4 no mint juleps cocktails whiskey straight sour wine or beer will be served on railroad dining cars. Only grape juice may be dispensed as the constitution forbids a moving saloon. Attorney General Hogan directs the liquor license commission to issue no licenses for wet goods.
Mrs. W. W. Nichols wife of W. W. Nichols manager of the Palacios Hotel died at 4 AM at 721 Delmar San Antonio after four years there coming from Vicksburg Miss survived by husband mother sister two brothers body to Vicksburg for burial S. P. Cochrane brother of Stephen Doug lass Cochrane died in Hillyard Washington paralyses funeral in charge of Grand Army of the Republic burial at Hillyard surviving widow four daughters a son two grandchildren and two great grandchildren all in Washington
Louis A. Sarecky testified at the Sulzer impeachment trial that he destroyed nearly all check books memoranda and stubs relating to campaign contributions including brewers. He admitted omitting brewer and liquor interest contributions from the governor’s campaign statement, calling the omission accidental and blaming mislaid sheets.
East Africa proposes a new wood source for lead pencils as American cedar supplies near exhaustion. The development aims to stabilize pencil production by diversifying raw material sources and reducing reliance on cedar.
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