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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1912
Page
12
Col. Luther R. Hare of Austin will visit San Antonio Tuesday for a Luther R. Hare Camp No 1 meeting. The camp will change its name to honor a deceased U S army or navy officer who served in the Spanish war.
The case against Levi Davis charged with rude assault on two white women was postponed to Wednesday morning. Other local items note Lohman as president of the San Antonio Typographical Union No. 172, Hermann Sons Juniors dance, and police enforcement of sidewalk sweeping after 8 am tomorrow.
Notices detail humane officers George T. Botsford and Fred Davison with contacts at 324 Hicks Building, old phone numbers, and humane operations in Bexar County. Also listed are officers KE M Collins and Dr. Clarence Warfield in medical notes and a transfer of Francisco Gonzales on aggravated assault near Milam Square with victim Louis Doceci, plus a robbery affidavit against Medina Dragus Cruz Flores.
When you shop for hams bacon lard and compound ring two ninety two for a price that is right. The article is made at home but that should not deter you from buying as the goods are up to the very best. Standard Union Meat Company.
Union Meat Company argues for home dining over meals sent from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha. The appeal questions convenience and freshness and cites local sourcing benefits.
The council allocates 23000 dollars to pave Commerce street. bids will be sought from Bitulithic Texas, vitrified brick, and creosote black for the project. A pro rata increase may require another ordinance if a different payment method is used, with formal bids to be invited this week.
Mayor A H Jones will seek bids from wooden creosote blocks vitrified brick rock asphalt and bitulithic to pave the section of Commerce Street between South Alamo and Sunset tracks. City Engineer Pancoast notes any class of material could work and the city may pay a bit more for creosote blocks or brick. An ordinance is pending.
The San Antonio police department inaugurated an eight hour shift system today. The new shift begins at 7 am with 28 foot patrols and 12 mounted men, bringing total strength to 132 officers. The department’s prior high was 87. A police court will convene at 8 am to reduce after work return time. Uniform bids have been received and may be awarded soon.
Judge Don A. Bliss backs floating a bond issue to refill the depleted school treasury. He argues San Antonio needs at least three modern school buildings and that bonding would spread costs to future generations, requiring voter approval to carry the measure.
Mrs. W. C. Greve of Binghamton New York credits Saxo Salve with curing a severe hand eczema and cracks. She endorses the product as a penetrating antiseptic with remarkable healing power for eczema salt rheum tetter and barber's itch. The ad promises money back if Saxo Salve does not help and lists A M Fischer Gibbs Building San Antonio as contact.
A San Antonio resident touts Doan's Kidney Pills citing relief from back pain and kidney weakness. The letter claims widespread local endorsement and notes purchases from Bexar Drug Co. and sole U S agents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. Mentioned address is 619 South Flores Street.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will start work with more than 350 cases on appeal. Assistant Attorney General E Lane announced. Thirty Dallas county appeals arrived this morning. Fifty cases plus motions for rehearing were carried over.
A meeting of the Boy Scouts of the city is set for 8 o'clock tonight at the Y M C A building to reorganize the organization and adopt a new constitution. All Boy Scouts are urged to attend.
In El Paso the Morris Harper primary contest for the Democratic nomination as chief justice of the eighth court of civil appeals opened before Special Judge W C Douglas. Morris alleges fraud in the recent primaries. Afterward Douglas will hear similar challenges by other defeated candidates.
Mayor Jones and city council members visit the Medina Valley irrigation dam site hosted by Medina Valley Irrigation Co. They depart City Hall at 8 00 in autos to inspect work on the dam across the Medina River where progress is rapid and officials expect completion by mid November, a month ahead of prior estimates.
Cheerful ad touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons from Hot Springs Arkansas as a superior remedy for constipation headaches biliousness and stomach distress. The pills are sold in San Antonio by pharmacists at 25 cents a box with a free sample offer from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Arkansas.
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