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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
7
Villa Rosa describes $28,000 worth of new buildings contracted in the last week. The firm invites visits to review plans, noting good streets cement walks and building restrictions. It highlights bargains including a corner lot across from a new apartment, offered by a non resident at half value, urging in-person visits for investment or home purchase.
The San Antonio Hotel company seeks bids for excavation of the Houston property at St Mary and Travis streets. G J Hart, company president, says a directors meeting will consider offers tomorrow. If prices are right, a contract will start immediately with the Westlake Construction Company supervising the work.
Special to The Light Gainesville Tex September 18 Senator Bailey dominates Cooke County fair awards for horses cattle and sheet stock prizes awarded to the senator. The stock came from his nearby farm.
Mayor Callaghan and city council members were served with a legal notice to appear in court to answer Thomas J. Conroy’s suit seeking to halt paving Houston Street at a point other than the corner of Caddo. Judge Camp’s ruling will decide if the ordinance’s use of “from” means a starting point or a boundary.
Waco Texas September 18 the city council ordered the Auditorium to close until the management repairs the theater to meet city requirements. A lawsuit is expected as officials threaten to prevent opening Monday unless changes are made.
Special to The Light from Bellow Texas September reports Baylor University faculty member Dr Wells wounded at Temple when engine ran over a torpedo at a station. The device exploded injuring his ear and side, with unclear surrounding details and quotes attributed to students and staff.
A Republican meeting in San Antonio declared nominations for county offices closed and only three vacancies remain on the ticket. The act bypassed negro members of the county executive committee, prompting surprise and applause from white delegates. Ticket details list state senator Dallas Real, representatives C Holbrook Fred Terrell and B Tammonth, many offices vacant or filled, with precinct and local posts indicated.
The era sees Battie Matthews suing Frank Mathurg for divorce custody of three children and $1000 damages under a law targeting abandonment. Other filings include Amie Zuercher seeking separation and restoration of her name, Andie Clond and James TH Roland amid suits in the Thirty-seventh district court, plus Barbara Sanchez Messall versus Albert Sanches for divorce citing a July marriage and one year cohabitation.
W G Nortia and Hirdie Metall, Paren and Nieves Roves, Titran and Jovita Gruiz obtained marriage licenses in the period covered by the local civil registry. Officials advised all couples to complete registration formalities and provide required documents for final licensure.
Local crime report notes rising thefts as San Antonio International law nears. Marion Mian, a resident from Marion, Texas, loses $12 in currency after being robbed in an alley near South Center and Walrus streets. A visitor, believed to be Oto Krause, is among those targeted. Additional burglaries occur during absence from homes on South Felipe Street and a grocery store on East Commerce Street reports a box of chewing gum stolen. Police suspect local gangs rather than migratory thieves and say the primary suspects remain at large.
Democratic candidate John F Onion calls Kerrville Republican Real to joint debates across the district. He mails the invitation to Real at his home and expects a Monday reply. The note mentions constituents deserve full understanding of the laws.
Readable lines reference Hodason's candy shop at 108 W Houston, inviting readers to join discussions in agreed venues. The text is garbled but implies a series of joint discussions ending at various locations. Identifiable entity Hodason's and address 108 W Houston are present.
Burial permits issued for Tita Gray aged unclear at sources, died September 18 at county hospital. Interment at county burial grounds. Also Miguel Miodrisios aged 85 died September 16, at sanitarium hospital, interment at county burial grounds.
New York dispatch reports Teulet Well a 14 year old boy hanged himself in a Mount Vernon cellar. Police records note it as the youngest death by own action there. He was said to be in good spirits earlier, whistling, before his father found him hanging from a crossbeam with a clothesline.
Lansing officials announced that Farmers' Aid Merchants Stilebark Parma and Mick faced orders to close the bank due to capital impairment. Commissioner Zimmerman said assets and capital stock suffer an 08,038 shortfall, with books showing insufficient reserves and ongoing insolvency proceedings.
Austin Texas Sept 18 chartered today the Dallas and Gillespie County Mining Co with capital of 10000 to operate in the Tolosa and Mason districts Incorporators include TP P Barry G C Nwumally and T B McCormick all of Dallas Texas Directions indicate formation details and regional operation plans.
The first visitors to the San Antonio International Fair arrive ahead of the September opening. Mr and Mrs Schuetta of Eagle Pass lead the party, joined by Miss Nettle McCillum of Eagle Pass. They reside at the New Maverick hotel and plan to stay until after the fall.
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