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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1911
Page
4
E D Colp named new San Antonio chair for statewide Good Roads Day activities tied to the November 10 auto parade at San Antonio. He will mail circulars to Texas car owners, promote the event, and personally work at the Dallas fair to recruit participants and invite attendance at the San Antonio event.
The Bexar County Highway league asked the city council to appropriate 5000 dollars to improve Garden street and Roosevelt avenue as the parade route for Good Roads Day at the fair. W S Hawkins, highway engineer, said San Antonio has led the good roads movement and should present an excellent highway to 1000 automobile owners visiting November 10.
At Kansas state penitentiary Warden Codding assigns all convicts to a six month farm duty prior to release. Sixty inmates are at work on the prison farm as part of a program to reform through contact with soil and nature, aiming to foster better futures.
Judge Bordwell ruled John J. McNamara must be tried in Los Angeles for the dynamiting and murder indictments linked to the Los Angeles Times blast. The defense had sought Indianapolis as the venue, claiming kidnap, but the high court found jurisdiction in California and no appeal will be filed. Fraser Tailor advert follows.
Ald Lambert pressed refunding taxes and questioned order as insurgent faction clashed with Mayor Callaghan. No salary ordinance passed with Lipscomb opposing. several petitions and street/utility matters approved or deferred amid routine business.
The presiding elders of all five Texas Methodist conferences gathered in Waco for a two day meeting. They will discuss matters of interest to the church and related administrative concerns.
Taylor Texas begins the new school year Monday with the largest enrollment in history as teachers return from vacations. The school board will discuss issuing bonds for a new building and site purchase, aiming to relieve overcrowding. the Taylor Teachers' Independent Institute is postponed to Saturdays until the session progresses.
On September first the three Taylor banks report $778 171 52 in individual deposits. National and state banks nationwide total about $2 6 million with private banks not included. Deposits rise with the cotton movement, expected at $10 000 to $15 000 daily, reaching over $3 million by October 1 and Taylor's share near $1 million.
An advertisement urges young expectant mothers to prepare for childbirth using Mothers Friend. It claims the tonic aids bodily changes, supports breast health, and leads to a healthier delivery for both mother and baby, with a free book offered and Bradfield Regulator Co. listed in Atlanta Georgia.
The Utah and Florida join the American fleet boosting size and fighting strength while Britain and Germany edge ahead in total ships. Analysts rate the Delaware and North Dakota at 110 and Florida and Utah at 125 as dreadnought units. Keel laid for New York 27 000 tons tops prior to Queen Mary 29 000 ton class vessel.
Gonzales Texas city schools opened with W. F. Taylor as superintendent and Prof. J. M. Hodges as principal this morning.
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