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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
7
A voice urges Mr Wombat to join aviation, noting many notable people are adopting the sport. The speaker asks if a machine that skims seven feet above the ground exists, implying novelty and potential feasibility.
John Sebastian of the Rock Island system endorses San Antonio as a premier year round golf and tourist destination. He notes climate, new Rockhill club plans, and rail links to St. Louis and Brownsville could draw golf enthusiasts and settlers, with through sleeper service eyed between San Antonio and St. Louis.
This piece promotes Stewart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a trusted aid for indigestion. It argues against harsh food bans and urges using the tablets for sour risings gas and other stomach disturbances. It notes the tablets cost 50 cents a box and are sold by all druggists.
A list of property transfers in 1912 shows multiple buyers and sellers including William and Frederick Terrell, G. T. Bartlett, Sigmund Burg, John H. Weymouth, Joseph Haas, Ida Menger, J. Lytle, F. Murphy, and others. Transactions cover lots, blocks, additions such as Terrell Hills Harlandale Colima West End Gardendale Beacon Hill and M. Texada surveys with prices from $10 to $7600 and dates from July to October 1912.
Albert Gruehlin files for a building permit to add to a home on Paso Hondo Street with an estimated cost of $150. The notice records the project scope and applicant in a local permits report.
Records list four newborns with parents Albert Wall and wife at 133 California street a girl born October 10. B Gittinger at 208 West Cevallos street a boy born October 13. R W Manes at 117 Hitchings street a girl born October 13. Fred Wilson at Denver boulevard a boy born October 6.
Sherman Texas October 16 Sam Jones a negro was hanged at noon in the county jail for the murder of his unnamed victim. The execution followed legal proceedings and occurred in the county jail yard.
In Annapolis on October 16 Lieutenants Ellyson and B L Smith of the navy aviation corps were catapulted into the harbor when their hydroaeroplane struck a faulty pocket of air after leaving the naval academy. The machine was demolished but both officers escaped serious Injury.
Five burial permits issued for Walter G. Satterlee 21 died October 14 at 244 Porter street J T Hester 29 died October Juan Zarate 658 died October 15 114 South Santa Rosa avenue Takia Zoglieb 62 died October 13 523 Lakeview avenue Michael Lucchese 47 died October 14 210 Nolan street Also note reference to white seaweed from the Kentish coast used by London milliners for trimming.
E B Chandler, a Texas capitalist, returned from four months in Massachusetts and the East to say that baseball overshadows politics for now and that more outside money will flow into Texas as awareness of its securities and resources grows. He notes higher money rates in New York but expects them to be short and predicts more insurance companies will invest in Texas, lowering interest rates as development continues.
The newspaper lists automobile licenses with numbers 2837 to 2840 including Dan Lewis at 110 Fourth Street 2838 George Holmgreen 310 South Olive Street 2839 Niels Esperson St Anthony hotel 2840 Eddie Korth motorcycle 534 Deimar Street.
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