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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1912

Page

11

City Council Approves Paving Lines on Alamo and Commerce

City council lets contracts for East Commerce Street from Alamo to the Southern Pacific tracks to Roach Manigan Paving of Fort Worth at 2.25 per square yard with 34 000 appropriation. South Alamo from Garden to Sap depot to Alamo Paving for four inch Uvalde rock asphalt.

Commerce Street Alamo Southern Pacific Roach-Manigan Paving Company Fort Worth Alamo Paving Company South Alamo Street Garden Street Sap Commerce T. P. Nelson South Bryer Uhr Aransas Garden Nathan Streets Lipscomb

Ambassador Wilson on vacation in San Antonio stay

Henry Lane Wilson the U S ambassador to Mexico arrived in San Antonio at 3 PM en route to Indiana for leave. He was accompanied by Mrs Wilson and brother John L Wilson who plans to meet his wife in Kansas City and travel to Indianapolis. The party toured the Alamo and local shops as they await further travel.

Henry Lane Wilson United States Mexico San Antonio Indiana Ambassador Wilson Mexico City John L.wilson Kansas City John L. Wilson Indianapolis City Wilson Alamo Legation Schuyler Seattle Post-Intelligencer Northwest Seattle East Panama

Shriners Meet at San Antonio Luncheon

Nearly one hundred San Antonio Shriners attended the Ben Hur patrol luncheon at the St Anthony hotel. C A Soule presided as toastmaster with W A McDuffee and J C Rice speaking. Proceeds support the lyceum course and new patrol uniforms as they travel to Dallas for the imperial council meeting.

San Antonio

Cattleman Burnett and Constable Pickett Post Bond in Murder Case

Fort Worth cattle man S B Burnett and Cottle County constable R T Pickett have posted bond for murder indictment related to the death of Farley Sears at Paducah last May. Burnett bonds at 40600 dollars and Pickett at 10000 dollars. Pickett was present at the time of the shooting.

Wichita Falls Tex S. B. Burnett Fort Worth R. T. Pickett Farley Sears Cottle County Paducah Burnett Pickett

Fire destroys Faupel barber shop and gutted postoffice in Beeville

Fire at the Faupel barber shop rear area destroyed the building and gutted the postoffice. Beasley and Beasley law offices suffered damage. The $3000 library was saved. All structures were brick and the volunteer fire department contained the blaze. Switzerland had 606 banks in 1910. nineteen were state banks.

Beeville Tex Faupel Beasley & Beasley Switzerland

Wisconsin Woman's Fortune Promotes Pinkham's Remedy

Coloma Wisconsin testimony praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three years of female ailments including irregularities backache and bearing down pains. The ad claims many women benefited and invites letters to the Pinkham company for confidential guidance from a woman.

Coloma Wis Lydia E. Pinkham John Wentland R.F.D United States

Would-Be Indians Adopted Into Blackfoot Tribe

Robert Heine and his bride Helen Corbin were ceremonially adopted as Blackfoot members in Glacier National Park by Chief Three Bears and given the names Black Eagle and Little Woman. The Indian bureau questions the legality, saying the adoption will not be confirmed, resulting in loss of their share of Blackfoot lands and funds. Heine, a researcher on Native Americans, has strong sympathy for the western tribes.

Aldermanic Board Jones Brackenridge Park Richter Fincham Police and Fire Committee City Electrician Dallas Fort Worth Houston Uhr Lopez Salinas Calaveras Finance Committee Public Utilities Committee Lipscomb Boynton Park Lambert Kenney Mauermann Lucas Wickeland I. & G. N. Railway Company Sam Robert Heine Helen Corbin Glacier National Park Montana Three Bears Black Eagle Indian Bureau Heine Mr. Heine West

Cleanup workers organize in Fourteenth precinct

The Fourteenth precinct Ward 8 cleanup workers formalize their group at Mrs. Percy D. Starr's home 1901 Zavala street with officers Mrs. A H Cadwallader president Mrs J E Wells vice president and Mrs Jack Duke secretary. The group aims to maintain sanitary standards plant evergreens improve street lights and gas mains and cooperate with city improvement efforts.

Fourteenth Precinct Ward 8 Percy D. Starr Zavala Street A. H. Cadwallader J. EB. Wells Jack Duke Seventh Ward Herff School Indiana Mackberry Streets

County Judge Bets On Oiling Roosevelt Avenue

County Judge Phil Shook loaned two more oil sprinklers to city crews oiling Roosevelt avenue. Four sprinklers will finish the job before the Harvest Jubilee, with Shook offering all available county oiling men to ensure completion for visitors.

County Roosevelt Avenue Phil Shook North Loop Judge Shook

Riverside Restaurant Receives Fresh Seafood Shipment

The Riverside Restaurant announces a large seafood delivery including frogs legs shrimp crabs lobster Spanish mackerel pom pano and Berwick Bay oysters. The shipment broadens the menu as chefs prepare new dishes for patrons.

Riverside Restaurant Berwick Bay

Dr Saunders Surgeon At Maverick Bank Building Office

Dr Saunders, physician and surgeon, operates from an office in the Maverick Bank building with outdated telephone lines and limited calling access.

Dr. Saunders Maverick Bank

Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief

An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a remedy for sour, gassy and upset stomachs. It claims five minute relief by regulating weak stomachs and enabling meals without distress, noting millions of sales annually.

Pape

Odd Fellows Adjourn to November 11 for Travel Rates

Past Grand Patriarch Peter G. Rucker and a full board adjournled the sixty-first annual session of the Tex as Independent Order of Odd Fellows to November 11 to secure railroad rates. The shift also allows a reception for Grand Sire Columbus A. Keller on opening night of the adjourned encampment.

Texas Independent Order of Odd Fellows Peter G. Rucker Odd Fellows’ Hall Odd Fellows Grand Sire Grand Sire Columbus A. Keller Distin

Good Roads Tour Begins Detroit to New Orleans

The Lakes to the Gulf automobile tour organized by Charles Glidden began yesterday in Detroit. A score of escorting cars accompanied him on the trip to New Orleans. The tour, in the interest of good roads, invites motorists to join for any distance with escorts arranged at major cities along the route.

Detroit Mich Charles Glidden

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