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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1911
Page
5
Nellie Briggs aged 17 and Charles Johnson 21 were arrested on burglary charges after police found them with chewing gum cigars and groceries from a grocery store. They claimed they were eloping and entered only as the street car approached, then fled with the haul when spotted.
A long parade of court cases from Massachusetts to California outlines how husbands are depicted as the head of the household and primary bill payer. Judges weigh who must work, who can keep relatives, and when a wife may read a husband's pockets.
Mrs. Dema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing seven years of illness including bed rest backache headaches and nervous weakness The testimonial claims improved ability to work herd and entertain and urges other women to try the remedy citing it as the most successful treatment for female complaints including irregularities and bearing down sensations
In a St. Louis restaurant a man drinks soup from a bowl and clashes with owner and daughter. Bernard Quinn of 643 First Ave is found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined ten dollars or ten days, with ten days to be served in the workhouse due to his remarks.
James B. Dillon sues E. B. Martindale estate alleging Clayton Baker knew a vicious mule was to be shod and failed to warn. Dillon was kicked while shoeing, tearing tendons and fracturing his knee, leaving him crippled and seeking $6000 in damages. The defendant is the estate of Elijah B. Martindale of Indianapolis.
At First Baptist Church in Tarrytown New York the congregation voted by hands to keep the hymn Beautiful Isle of Somewhere in the hymn book. John D Rockefeller attended morning service and approved the vote though his family was absent for the vote. Governor Wilson had previously criticized the hymn as ambiguous.
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