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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
12
The San Antonio school board will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at 8 o clock in the Washer building office. Reports from committees will be presented and routine business handled. Union Men Notice The Wonderland theater shows A Curable Disease about printers curing tuberculosis at home. Admission 65 cents.
The Travis club smoker originally set for Saturday October 19 is postponed to October 23. Dr. Fred Hadra has returned from the New York Polyclinic and resumed his practice at 314 Gibbs building.
A Demosthenes Society debate at Brackenridge High School discussed whether Negroes should be barred from entering the U S army with the negative side prevailing. The notice appears amid a column of society events and public notices.
A coupon style advertisement promotes HYOMEI vapor for catarrh coughs colds and croup. It pledges money back if not satisfactory and details use by breathing steam from a bowl. The product is eucalyptus based with an inhaler included in a complete outfit for one dollar.
City officials plan to relocate the vaccine virus to the city hospital where Dr. Elmendorf is on duty daily at 1 pm. Humane officers Botsford and Davison list contact numbers and offices in San Antonio and Bexar County.
Henry Hoover pleaded guilty in the county criminal court to theft under fifty dollars. He received a ten dollar fine and ten days in the county jail.
County commissioners authorized spending 25 to recruit judges and clerks for the general election. James Downey and Ed Galin were named for precincts 2 and 3, with two more to be named within days.
A group of railroad traffic men based in San Antonio will depart tonight for Dallas to oversee shipments of farm implements vehicles and other supplies for farmers attending the Texas state fair. The delegation includes D C Smith general livestock agent T P and I G N J M Ball district freight agent I G N George Crank traveling freight agent Pennsylvania lines J W King traveling freight agent Iron Mountain and J P Baker commercial agent Rock Island.
A chimney fire at the home of A. Emmerson at East Laurel and Paschal streets prompted a 9 15 am response by the fire department. The blaze was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported.
El Paso Detective Stansel of the police department is in the city as a witness in the local district criminal court. He spent the morning visiting police headquarters and the sheriff's office.
An affidavit against Marguerite Powell, described as negress, accuses theft from the person in Justice Fiske's court today. She waived preliminary hearing and bond was set at 500 dollars. Fernando Garza faces a separate charge of theft under five dollars for allegedly taking several pairs of gloves and hose from a local department store.
Union Meat Company advertises in market for hams bacon lard and compound inviting calls to two ninety two for attractive prices. emphasizes high standard and urges buyers not to reject due to origin.
A reader questions paying others to supply meals from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha urging home cooking instead. The note argues for fresher food, lower cost, and pride in local kitchens.
Edmond Brooks, 23, claims to have sprinted 210 miles from Houston to San Antonio in seven hours at 30 mph. He was jailed for ten days on vagrancy after being found near Sap depot. Brooks, a Fredericksburg native, says he is returning home along the Sap track after months in the cotton patch.
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals granted an early submission for Dr. A. B. Conley et al. versus The Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Governor Colquitt is linked to the suit to restore the Alamo building. The case is set for October 30 with a likely decision the following week.
L B Clegg chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce building committee calls an 8 pm meeting to discuss plans for a new $200,000 structure on St Marys street to house divisions, provide auditorium space, and display home made products. A joint meeting with the finance committee will report Friday night. A general membership meeting may follow.
The examination for two candidates to be ordained as ministers began at 9 this morning at the First Evangelical church with Rev. Mr Wellner chairing the exam board. The Texas conference Evang elical association held its twenty sixth annual session opening last night with a sermon by Rev J Harbes of El Campo. The missionary meeting is slated for 9 tomorrow morning followed by the Sunday School Tract society at 11 and a night sermon by Rev Q P Royer of Houston.
One of the finest residences in San Antonio known as the M. Halff Homestead on Goliad Street offered by Woodward & Adwgrest. Also note Rivrside restaurant serving the best meal in the city for 25 cents.
The fifty fourth annual Southwest Texas district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will open in Beeville next Wednesday morning with Bishop Atkins presiding. It covers 155 stations across eight districts with expected ministerial reassignments for next year. Some transfers include Dr. J M Lynn and W L Barr, while San Antonio district plans remain undecided.
A Riverside restaurant features a large delivery of frogs legs shrimp crabs lobster Spanish mackerel and Berwick Bay oysters as part of its fresh seafood menu.
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