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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1916

Page

2

Small cyclone damages bridge near Columbus Kansas

A small cyclone east of Columbus Kansas traveled south last night causing minor damage. It partially wrecked a bridge over Spring River twelve miles from Columbus. In Northern Mexico the mayor and alderman elections on Sunday favored Constitutionalist or Carranza candidates according to returns from Nuevo Laredo.

Kansas Columbus Kan Here Spring River Mexico Nuevo Laredo

Electric burglar alarms guard the treasury center

Electric burglar alarms surround the treasury at Washington and are tested every fifteen minutes day and night.

Treasury Ashington

Lincoln and Washington as Typical Americans in a Lone Spirit

The speaker notes Lincoln's and Washington's exceptional yet solitary genius, the discipline shaping their lives, and democracy's demand to judge by what a man is rather than where he stands. He reflects on the difficulty of truly knowing Lincoln, describing a lonely, self-revealing spirit that remained largely inaccessible to others.

Lincoln Washington Virginia Democracy Thomas Lincoln Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Birthplace Farm and Cabin Memorial History

A long historical account traces Abraham Lincoln's birthplace on a Nolin Creek farm in LaRue County, its 1809 birth site, the cabin’s journey, purchase by Richard Lloyd Jones and Joseph W. Folk, and the Lincoln Farm Association. The Lincoln Memorial at Hodgenville was funded by 270000 donors and dedicated by Taft in 1911, with the original cabin preserved beneath a bronze chain.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln Nolin Creek Larue Hardin County Thomas Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Indiana Illinois Lincoln A. W. Dennett New York Robert J. Collier Collier Richard Lloyd Jones Kentucky Court House Jones Hodgenville Mr. Collier Albert Shaw Henry Watterson William Travers Jerome Lyman J. Gage Ida M. Tarbell Charles A. Towne Horace Porter Augustus Saint Gaudens Norman Hapgood Edward M. Shepard August Belmont Oscar Straus John A. Johnson Charles E. Hughes Samuel Gompers Augustus B. Willson William Jennings Bryan Charles E. Miner Jenkin Lloyd Jones South Theodora Roosevelt Taft Lincoln Memorial Hall Hadgenville Teinman

Sunday Service Ad For Sutherland Springs Train Line

Advertisement notes a 60 cent fare for Sunday service on the Southern Pacific Lines with departures at 8:15 a.m. from Sutherland Springs.

Sutherland Springs Southern Pacific Lines

Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Skin Troubles

A 25c bottle of Zemo, sold by druggists as directed, promises to relieve itching and cleanse the skin. The advertisement claims it will banish pimples, black heads, eczema, ringworm and similar troubles, leaving skin soft and healthy. Zemo Cleveland.

Zemo Cleveland

Zeppelin Raid Kills Two in London Fire and Bombing

London reports show the Zeppelin raid caused one man and one woman killed and eleven men and women plus two children injured. Twenty-five houses damaged in the metropolitan district and a fire at gas works. Elsewhere light damage to cottages and a church. Thirteen Zeppelins took part. one shot down, two driven off. British raids on Belgium also announced with bombings at Hoboken yards and Ghistelles airfield.

London Metropolitan Police Zepneltin Eastern Counties Associated Press

No Deputy Bank Examiner in Texas Soon

Until the close of the next session of the State Bank Examiners it is unlikely that any appointment will be made for Deputy Bank Commissioner to fill the vacancy created by C. Austin's promotion to Banking and Insurance Commissioner.

Nam Austin Tex State Bank Depty Bank State Department Once Banking C. Austin State National Bank

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