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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1912

Page

3

Ellery's Roy Italian Band Wows San Antonio Audiences

A large crowd at Electric Park last night heard Ellery’s Roy Italian Band perform a varied program. Signor Di Gerolamo led fifty musicians with refined control, delivering operatic and concert pieces with vivid tone contrasts. Tonight and through the week the group presents French German Italian and international programs drawing strong crowds and praise.

Ellery Electric Park San Antonio Signor di Gerolamo Taddeo de Gerolamo Lucia Channing Ellery Signor D'Amico Signor Ai Gerolamo Dolores Waldteufel Espinoza Bizet Ambroise Thomas Mignon Massanet Manon Gounod San Antonians France Mendelssohn Beethoven Strauss Mr. Ellery America

Riche lieu and Robespierre Collar Lead Fall Neckwear

The store touts Riche lieu and Robespierre collars as the dominant fall style with dozens of options from 50c to 3.50. Short gloves in kid and silk complement the long sleeves in all colors and qualities.

Richelieu Robespierre

Classical composers to be heard by Constan tino band

A concert program features a wide range of composers including Mercadante Verdi Donizetti Puccini Mascagni Massanet De Angelis Bellini Wallace Wellings Grieg Auber Beethoven Dvorak Schubert Suppe Gounod Strauss Payne Foster Tschaikowski Holman Godard Rachmaninoff Elgar Costa Wagner Mendelssohn Thomas Sullivan Leoncavallo Reinhardt Rubinstein Saint Saens Verdi Liszt and others.

Ing Constantino Mercadante Verdi Donizetti Puccini Mascagni Massanet de Angelis Bellini Wallace Wellings Grieg Auber Beethoven Dvorak Schubert Suppe Gounod Strauss Payne Foster Tschaikowski Holzman Godard Rachmanioff Elgar Costa Wagner Mendelssohn Thomas Sullivan Leoncavallo Reinhardt Rubinstein Godfrey Saint-Saens Liszt

Rail compresses blamed for cotton loss in San Antonio

Cotton buyers and railroad officials say San Antonio loses thousands of dollars due to poor compress facilities and labor scarcity. Local yards face congestion not from car shortages but from compresses unable to handle receipts, driving shipments to competing compresses in other towns.

San Antonio

Complain of Factory Noise and Smoke in City Block

Eighteen residents on Washington Beauregard and Arsenal streets petition city council against a nearby ice cream factory. They cite a large boiler unsafe for the neighborhood, heavy smoke, risk of fire damage, and disruptive noise from workers and ice wagons between midnight and daybreak. The note also mentions Calcutta as Britain’s second city with about 1.5 million people.

Washington, Beauregard Arsenal Streets Washington and Beauregard Streets

Kone Returns From Medina County Fair Visit

Agricultural Commissioner Kone came back from Hondo where Medina county fair exhibits disappointed him due to farmers busy with cotton harvest. He reported three fourths of cotton between Austin and San Marcos gathered and 90 percent between New Braunfels and Hondo, noting crop progress ahead of last year.

Austin Tex Kone Hondo Medina County San Marcos New Braunfels

Martinez child buried after accidental shooting tragedy

Jose Martinez a seven year old boy was killed yesterday afternoon when his aunt Miss A Martinez discharged an old pistol at the family home 1302 El Paso street The weapon used as a toy for years discharged by accident struck the forehead and pierced the brain He died shortly after 3 o clock and was buried in San Fernando cemetery this morning

Jose Martinez Pedro Martinez el Paso Street San Fernando A. Martinez

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