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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1911

Page

8

Colquitt Presents Flags 10 New States Jubilee

El Paso October celebration for Arizona and New Mexico statehood drew 5000 visitors and Pasoans to Cleveland Square as Gov. Colquitt presided. Fort Bliss hosted flag presentations to Governors Sloane and Mills with Colquitt delivering the speech. Col. Jake Wolters announced candidacy for the senate and supported enlarging Fort Bliss and the Elephant Butte irrigation project.

el Paso New Mexico Arizona Tex Cleveland Square Abram Gongales Chihuahua Gayou Sonora Governors Mills Sloane Colquitt Texas of Commerce Fort Bliss Sloane and Mills Jake Wolters West Texas Senate Bailey Elephant Butte Fort Sam Houston Southwest

Visitor praises San Antonio as health resort potential

George Bucklin of Providence asserts San Antonio surpasses Hot Springs and Denver as a health resort. He cites climate medicinal water and top hotel accommodations and predicts many health travelers will switch to San Antonio. Bucklin spoke at the Gun ter hotel during a summer tour of resorts.

George Bucklin Providence R. I San Antonio Gunter Hotel Hot Springs Ark Bucklin Denver

Epworth League official to speak at San Antonio convention

General Secretary Dr F 8 Parker of the Epworth League Nashville Tenn arrives in the city and meets A K Ragsdale president of the Texas association He will address San Antonio Beeville district officers at 4 PM Travis Park Methodist Church and speak to city league members at 8 PM He will then proceed to San Marcos for the West Texas conference session.

F. 8. Parker Epworth League Nashville Tenn San Antonio A. K. Ragsdale Texas Association Parker Beeville Travis Park Methodist Church City League San Marcos

Notable Visitors at San Antonio Hotels

A parade of prominent guests checked into the Bexar and Crockett hotels in San Antonio. Merchants, business men, and experts from Gonzales, Pierre, Tampico, Eagle Lake, Galveston, Arlington, Lake Charles, La, Omaha, Neb, Chicago, Aransas Pass, Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, and Uvalde were documented, with travelers from the Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio railway and Frisco lines noted.

J. B. Dunning J. M. Murphy Gonzales Bexar Dunning Mr. Murphy J. A. Davy U. S. Griggs Pierre Texas Do. N. Nelson W. Nelson Tampico Mexico G. S. Watson Eagle Lake James Otey Galveston J. K. Stone Arlington Tex Crockett C. LeMayne Lake Charlies C. W. Compton C. J. Snyder, Jr J. W. Staton Corpus Christi A. R. Atkinson Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Uvalde R. W. Pinnick Frisco G. L. Noble International & Great Northern Palestine The Texas Company Houston

Strikebreaker Iddings Fined For Disturbing The Peace

George Iddings a strike breaker was arraigned before Judge Buckley and fined ten dollars. He was arrested near the city market by Patrolmen Dillon and Conners after officers reported he carried a pistol and used rough language declaring he could overpower four men. He sustained a painful head wound when struck by Officer Dillon during the scuffle.

George Iddings Buckley Anderson Southern Pacific Railroad Iddings Dillon and Conners Dillon

Parsons and Thomas Named for Sherman Act Trial

John E. Parsons and Washington B. Thomas head a list of indictments in New York federal court for Sherman Act violations. Arthur Donner vice president and treasurer John Mayer George H. Frazier and Adolf Segal are also charged. Wise to prosecute.

John E. Parsons Washington B. Thomas Sugar Trust Henry O. Havemeyer Parsons Thomas Arthur Donner John Mayer George H. Frazier Adolf Segal Philadelphia Federal Court of New York United States Henry A. Wise

Obituary notices for Smith Wochler Rowell La Londe and Benavides

Obituaries report Oscar B B Smith aged 57 of San Antonio died at home and funeral at 3 30 pm from 509 South San Jacinto with burial in City Cemetery No 1. Other notices include Madelein Wochler 80 died at 337 Under street with services at St Josephs Church and burial in St Josephs cemetery. William Rowell 53 native of England died in a local sanitarium with funeral at Zizik & Co and burial in Mission Burial Park. D E La Londe engineer injured at Sweet Home died in Santa Rosa hospital. buried in Denison. Jose Benavides section hand for I G N at Wetmore died at work. burial in San Fernando tomorrow.

Ellen B. Cooley Thad W. Smith Wochler Madelein Wochler Under Street Germany Joseph Wochler Josephine Wochler Frank Behles Anton Wochler Frank Wochler Patl Wochler San Antonio John Groves Omaha Neb P. Kiener Lyons France St. Joseph's Church Fuhrweck New St. Joseph's Cemetery Rowell William Rowell England Zizik & Company Woodmen Mission Burial Park Benavides Jose Benavides International & Great Northern Wetmore San Fernando

Woman Heavily Fined for Vagrancy in Matamoros Street Arrest

A 15 year old girl was found in a house on Matamoros Street by police led by Lena de la Rosa resulting in the arrest of a woman by Officer Zapata. The prisoner was arraigned before Judge Buckley and fined $200 the maximum allowed. Divorce granted to George W Angle with New Jersey courts reporting the divorce on September 27. F Muenzenberger, National Railways of Mexico agent, departed for Dallas on business.

Lena de la Rosa Matamoros Street Zapata Buckley Geooge W. Angle San Antonio New Jersey George W. Angle F. Muenzenberger National Railways of Mexico Dallas

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N. K. Fairbank Company Menter & Com Osenbeco W. Houston Street Visitor Providence R. I Alamo City F. S. Parker E. A. Holland Hicks San Antonio, Texas Fletcher Sugar Trust Trial Iricauwies Commerce Street Patent Colt Fellowcraft K. O Antonio Richardson Shepherd Se P. m Carmen Sylvia Maureaux
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