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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1911
Page
5
Sheriff John Tobin spoke of Port O Conner as a fishermans paradise. His party hauled strings weighing up to 210 pounds with many days over a hundred pounds. Redfish dominated catches while mackerel pompano and trout provided steady sport and good table fare.
An advertisement from King Pattison Drug Co promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming they will reach individual cases of kidney bladder or urinary irregularities and urges readers to try them.
Three highwaymen bound watchman George Physter to a tree with a wire at Ravinia Park twenty miles north of Chicago. They blew the office safe and escaped after firing a shot that struck Physter in the abdomen. he was taken to Fort Sheridan in critical condition.
Governor Colquitt attends San Antonio Labor Day events at the fair grounds as Mrs Otto Bruch, backed by Musicians Union No 33, is crowned queen after a close vote. The crowd enjoys races, parades, and a large union-led procession with 50 unions represented in the march.
The Woodrow Wilson club of Antonio extended an invitation to Governor Woodrow Wilson to visit San Antonio and speak to Bexar county Democrats. He is slated to visit Dallas for the state fair and then come to San Antonio before leaving the state. The club's permanent-organization committee met to outline plans and will report at a future meeting called by Judge Don Bliss. membership nears 100 and continues to grow.
John T. Land announces a large Houston delegation will visit San Antonio Friday to generate enthusiasm for the Texas Exhibit association’s display. A Houston executive committee meeting with statewide participation outlined a field campaign as the exhibit prepares for the New York Chicago and Pittsburg shows this fall.
Raffelo Richetti and his 18 year old daughter Rosa watched a film about a father killing his daughter before taking his own life. Early today Richetti entered Rosa’s bedchamber and shot her, then shot himself. Both likely to die.
Berlin reports the German foreign minister held a farewell luncheon for American Ambassador Davis Jayne Hill. Hill presented his credentials to Emperor William II in the chamber of deputies. The minister stated the government stands on a broad republican basis and will not promote party factions, remaining anti clerical without favoring any religious creed.
In Huelva Spain a French aviator M Le Forrestier died when his plane fell 250 feet. The motor exploded igniting the aircraft and he was incinerated in the wreck.
Paris reports troops and police sharply suppress food demonstrations in the northern departments. In Mauberge a crowd of 1500 manifestants marching to the town were charged by cavalry and dispersed.
Joan Chagas, newly named premier in Lisbon, presented the ministerial declaration outlining the government's policies and priorities. The address highlights reforms and the cabinet's planned actions to steer the administration.
Two watermen on the Scheldt river died of cholera at Meirelbeke, two miles south of Ghent, as health authorities were informed.
Bath England December 1928 promoter H C Wills who helped found the Imperial Tobacco company of Great Britain and Ireland is largely credited with shaping the tobacco trust and his death marks the decline of the trust’s influence in the industry.
The governor of the Zarantai peonal settlement was shot by an unidentified man who called on him this morning. The assailant was arrested.
Advertisement from King Pattison Drug Co promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for backache nervousness rheumatism and all kidney bladder and urinary troubles asserting quick action and positive results while encouraging use before reaching physical limits.
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