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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
6
The Light invites nominations for a $12,264 automobile contest offering grand prizes a 1912 Cadillac and a $1700 Apperson. Four divisions and eight districts cover Texas and adjoining areas with district prizes, division prizes, and two top grand prizes awarded to overall leaders based on votes from ballots and subscriptions.
San Antonio Light announces a statewide voting contest running Oct 15 to Dec 20 1911 with grand and division prizes including a Cadillac Touring Car and Apperson Touring Car. District prizes offer a diamond watch furniture and Grafonda piano while votes are allocated by paid subscriptions.
Six crippled men were arrested by police on Chief Newnam’s orders and arraigned in the corporation court on vagrancy charges. Judge Buckley fined each $25 and suspended the sentence if they left the city. the men complained they had no hands.
Claude Mills told the Advertising club that honesty is the cornerstone of effective ads and that reader and writer must trust the statements. He outlined three keys: trustworthy content, audience interest, and perceived value with reasonable cost. C M Roberts said he will not seek re election and officers will be chosen next Tuesday at 8 pm dinner at the St Anthony with a nominal secretary salary approved.
The U S civil service commission offers two exams next month for vacancies at Leavenworth Kansas and Fort Sam Houston Texas. One foreman of steelwork construction earns 1200 to 2000 dollars yearly. the other painter position pays 720 dollars plus rations with no educational test. Training and experience count sixty points in the painter exam. Virginia coal output rises to a record 6 507 997 short tons last year.
Dynamiters wrecked the Sun Employment agency office on Front avenue in Spokane. The blast shook nearby buildings including city hall a block away. The surrounding street was littered with debris, but no one was injured and damage ran to thousands.
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