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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1912

Page

11

Chamber of Commerce to expand membership drive after Harvest Jubilee

The chamber will launch another membership campaign with T. L. Conroy leading efforts. A five member committee will study the feasibility of a Chamber of Commerce home. Dr. Fielding continues to head his practice on Hicks building. A notice asks an elderly man who delivered Aransas Pass Realty Co. ads to visit Light office. Colonel Ike T. Pryor suffered a split thumb in a River Avenue crash at 9:30 pm while returning with Mrs. Pryor. steering failure caused the collision. Dr. W. H. Hodges treated Pryor’s hand.

Chamber of Commerce T. L. Conroy Aransas Pass Col Ike Pryor Ike T. Pryor River Avenue Colonel Pryor

Prize Waltz and Local Notices From City Page

Dr Clarence Warfield resumes practice at Expo Park and Hicks Building offers. Old phone numbers listed for Dr Robert Moss and W P Williams Dentist. Three men Genero Mata Serapio Mata Jose Flores fined $10 each for intoxication after a city market arrest. Judges and officers named with various services and ads for taxis lawyers and businesses.

Genero Serapio Mata Jose Flores Murphy Calderon

Paving Commerce Street Bids Favor Creosoted Pine Blocks

San Antonio bids opened for paving East Commerce street between Alamo and the railroad tracks with four materials. Creosoted pine blocks show prices from 1.97 to 2.63 per square yard, well below eastern costs, with city to decide next Monday after final tabulation.

San Antonio Commerce Street Alamo Street Southern Pacific Jones Pancoast Boynton Steves New York J. O. Polhemus Texas Billithic Company Bird New Braunfels Avenue Creosoted Wood Block Paving Company Roach-Mannigan Paving Company Alamo Paving Company R. G. Secott Charles M. Patrick Commerce East Shelby-Donald Company Ardmore Knox T. Johnson

August Collections Compared with Earlier Aggregate

The report notes aggregates of $1878, versus $1399 collected in August. The figures indicate higher revenue totals this period, underscoring progress in collections.

Dixie Social Club and Owls Hall Dances and Local Post Office Receipts

Multiple social events listed include Dixie Social Club at the Bexar Social Club and Owls hall with Artzt and Carolus music on October 12 and October 10. Also Dixie Club dances at 1429 S. Flores St and Ellis' hall October 17. Post office quarterly receipts for July–September total 80,629.46 with a $4,000 increase over last year.

Bexar Social Club Modern Woodmen Hall Owls’ Hall Nest of Owls Carolus San Antonio Fuller Dixie Social Club Dance Dixie Club Hall S. Flores St

Attractive Home Made Meats Sold at Good Prices

Union Meat Company urges customers to call two ninety two for competitive prices on hams bacon lard and compound marketed as home made and meeting high standards despite the product not being factory produced.

Union Meat Company

Eat at Home or Dine Out at Riverside 25c

An advertisement contrasts eating at home with meals sent from Chicago Kansas City and Omaha. It promotes Union Meat Company offerings a 25c turkey dinner and chicken supper tomorrow at the Riverside Restaurant for 25c.

Chicago Kansas City Omaha Union Meat Company Riverside

Congress of Mothers to Hold First Meeting

The San Antonio Congress of Mothers will meet Thursday at 4 pm in the high school auditorium after a 3:30 pm council session. Items include electing delegates to the State Congress and plans for memorial services for the late Mrs. Alfred C. McDaniel at Madison Square church October 20.

San Antonio Congress of Mothers Congress State Congress of Mothers Madison Square Church Alfred C. McDaniel Malone Duggan Club The M. Eleanor Brackenridge George Cummins Harvey L. Steele

Big Turkey Dinner and Chicken Supper Ad

Riverside Restaurant offers a big turkey dinner and chicken supper for 25 cents each. W A Wilson Sign Co advertises services with phone numbers and decoration ideas for harvest jubilee and signs.

Get Together Luncheons Arouse Interest in Lyceum Course

Monthly get togethers will be started by Arab patrol Ben Hur Temple Shriners. The first luncheon is at the St Anthony hotel next Monday at 12 30. The aim is to spark interest in a lyceum course in San Antonio this winter and to discuss a Dallas trip planned for next May.

Ben, Hur Temple of Shriners St. Anthony Hotel Lyceum San Antonio Dallas

Pebble Tossing Student Fined After Circus Parade Incident

J B D Weckmann a business college student admitted tossing pebbles at pedestrians on Houston street and at animal cages during the circus parade Monday afternoon. Judge Buckley fined him five dollars after First Assistant Fire Chief Hovey and others testified he stood on a building roof and hurled stones.

J. B. D. Weckmann Houston Street Buckley Hovey

Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic claims tasteless taste

An advertisement asserts GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILI TONIC dissolves in stomach acids, not in the mouth, leaving no bitter taste. It promotes the tonic as suitable for adults and children, marketed as the first tasteless child tonic and standard for 30 years with a 6 cent price.

GROVE

Riverside Restaurant Sign & Decorating Co Ad

Designs for decorations or signs furnished on short notice. Either phone 2956. W. A. Wilson Sign & Decorating Co. Try us and be convinced.

W. A. Wilson Sign Co W. A. Wilson Sign & Decorating Co

San Antonio Lawyer Faces Charge Over Vance Street Quarrel

A. E. Heilbron appeared before Judge Buckley in police court charged with discharging a pistol four times in city limits during a neighborhood quarrel on Vance street. He admitted the shooting to attract police aid. the case was dismissed after testimony showed he acted as a peacemaker when a woman threatened him with a shotgun at his home, 217 Vance street.

A. E. Heilbron San Antonio Buckley Vance Street Heilbron

San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf line nearing November operation

A R Ponder, VP of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf, expects the San Antonio to Fowlerton line to be in service by November with 21 miles left. The route will bring total SAU&G track to 205 miles and may kick off coastward expansion. President J E Franklin of St. Louis is due November 10. Five new locomotives will be in operation after October 16 deliveries.

A. R. Ponder San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad San Antonio Fowlerton Ponder Jourdanton San Miguel Creek Baldwin Locomotive Works Antonio

Judge Imposes 30 Dollar Fine on Reckless Driver

Judge Buckley in corporation court fines Ernest Samuels thirty dollars after he allegedly operated an automobile recklessly at Commerce and Alamo streets on October 7. A horse was struck and injured when the car veered onto the left side of the street. Officer Dulling made the arrest. Chauffeur Jack Robins is fined five dollars for speeding.

Buckley Ernest Samuels Corporation Court Commerce and Alamo Streets Samuels Commerce Street Dulling Jack Robins

How Housekeepers Can Kill Cockroaches

When roaches appear, use Stearns Electric Paste to exterminate them. The paste comes ready to use and does not blow into food like powders. Sold by druggists with a money back guarantee for roaches rats and mice. Available in 25 cents and 1.00 packages from Stearns Electric Paste Co Chicago Illinois.

Stearns Stearns’ Electric Paste Co Chicago Ill

Digest It Relief for Indigestion Promises Quick Help

Advertises Brown Digest it as a safe quick remedy for indigestion. Claims millions suffer from indigestion in the U S and asserts the tablet relieves distress, stops food fermentation, and aids digestion with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.

United States

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Grand Opera House Elsie ST. Leon St. Leon Family Polly Circus Miss Nobody Starland Adair and Hickey Harlan, Knight & CO Moffett and Clare Jarvis and Harrison Olivotti Troubadours Bartos Tesf H. C. Rees Optical Co W. Commerce St Schaefer Drug Co Quality Pharmacy Ave.c Southwest Charles Rees Rees Orpheum Theater Commerce St Sa Abal Light Hot Springs O¢ Springs Chemical Company Hot Ngs Atk Dr. Fielding Hicks Clarence Warfield Hicks Bldg Robert E. Moss Europe Office W. P. Williams Hicks Building Franklin Horace H. Shelton Gunter Bidgs Tattrell Conroy Dr. Shropshire Moore Building Bond's Friedman the Crockett Hotel Price H. Schmidt Ewell Wright San Antonio Humane Society George T. Botsford Fred Davison Bexar County Humane _ Society Mackay Building E. M. Collins West End Pavilion Shiraz Alvalde Sutherland Springs Texas W.A. Bedell Care Guarantee Shoe Company Drs Ziegler & Ziegler E. Houston St Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company East Commerce Street Mark Wright Wright Bros Electrical Contractors Main Ave Fresh Chocolates Palace Candy Co West Fatima Cigarettes Council Riebe Undertaking Co House of Honest Values Dixie C. E. Tinkham D. E. Colp Medina Dam Mrs. Archer Mr. Higgenbotham Ellis’ Hall Diaz Sisters MR. Retailer Fletcher Arab Patrol Tutt’s J.T. Cousins Fine Footwear J. T. Cousins Russia Frank Bros San Antonio, Tex Alamo Plaza Young Man HOPE Franklin Road
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