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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
2
A man from the Auburn New York penitentiary claims to be Mrs Estella Kimmels son who disappeared 13 years ago after securing a 5000 life insurance. she denounces him as an impersonator while he says he is not dead and seeks to see his mother.
Practical directions for a restorative hot broth drink using beef lamb veal or chicken broth a tablespoon of Duffy s pure whiskey and a bit of whipped cream. Serve very hot with saltines if desired. The drink is described as invigorating and nourishing for the patient.
A person named George Kim mel asserts to friends and his mother that he is truly alive and not dead for a $25,000 payoff. He insists his mother would recognize him and rejects being an imposter.
At the State Library and Historical commission meeting Miss Elizabeth H. West was elected archivist, a new position created by the last legislature. Oc tavia Rogan was chosen as cataloguer succeeding John Kaiser, Rogan being connected with the Rosenberg library in Galveston and daughter of Judge Charles Rogan of Austin.
Circuit Judge Thomas refused Glenn C. Burnham a divorce from Ida Burnham in Kansas City. He stated there is no perfect wife and a wife may scold a husband who provokes her. The husband took her to live with his parents, which the court cited as ground for peevishness.
The question of selecting architecture for a leper colony will be decided after Health Officer Steiner returns to Austin from Baltimore next Friday. The tuberculosis commission has reviewed several plan sets but will defer acceptance until Steiner is consulted.
Rev F N Calvin once nearly blind with granulated sore eyes is cured by Dr Moore after leading oculists failed. Mrs Margaret Lee aged 75 regains sight from cataract surgery. Dr Moore also straightens cross eyes, removes cataracts and growths, tests eyes for glasses, and offers an Oscillator treatment for weak eyes. Office at 204 Gunter Avenue, Marys Street.
Ottawa reports a final day of intense activity as Liberals and Conservatives campaign across 214 of 221 constituencies. Many electors will ride to polls despite ban on party vehicles, with leaders Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Robert L. Borden at the center of the battle. Anglican bishops issue a moral appeal against vote buying and urge political purity.
Joseph Martin M P for Saint Hen neras London England denounces Liberal corruption at a Vancouver gathering. He supports reciprocity and backs Mr Borden as an honest leader, while declining agreement with a back‑row claim that Sir Wilfrid Laurier is honest.
Osteopath Dr. Sara F Herdman is listed with Gibbs Building Rhones Residence and numbered N. P. 3055-b in the local directory entry.
Austin Sept 20 The attorney general’s department is expected to rule today on whether accident company policies with accumulation features issued before the 1909 Texas anti rebate act can be renewed. The AG previously held such policies were discriminatory but has not passed on renewals. Chester and J J Terrell of San Antonio raised the point.
President Taft concludes his Marquette stop and heads toward Michigan's lower peninsula en route to Illinois and beyond. The day includes a parade a mass meeting and luncheon as he awaits Canadian election results and signals no new reciprocity remarks before tomorrow.
Coatesville detectives report warrants charging two members of the mob in the negro lynching case last August with murder. Two policemen are named with involuntary manslaughter. Judge Butler issued the warrants following a three week special grand jury session amid reluctance to act.
After services in the home at 1130 North Flores Street the body of August Santleben was taken to Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Arthur Gray Jones of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the home service, and San Antonio Lodge No. 11 Odd Fellows officiated at the grave. Lodge members gathered at East Crockett Street at 3 30 and moved to the cemetery by streetcar.
John Gazley aged 67 a bookkeeper died at 3 45 oclock yesterday morning in a local hospital. He was a native of Houston and had lived here twenty five years. Survived by a brother G W Gazley of San Antonio. Funeral from Riebe s parlors at 5 oclock yesterday afternoon. Interment in City Cemetery No 3.
Mrs Caroline Flathouse aged 77 died Tuesday at 3 pm. A German native who arrived in 1877 with her husband and four sons, she survived by August Leon Springs Paul Castroville Carl Sonora Frack Flathouse Castroville. Funeral at 8 am Thursday from home, 8:30 am from San Fernando cathedral, City Cemetery No 3 interment.
Koch died in Denver Colorado on Thursday September 14 after leaving San Antonio two months earlier for Kerrville. He worked for William F. Schutz and lived in San Antonio four years. Burial was in St. Louis Missouri, home of his parents, after making many friends in San Antonio.
Paul Vigness aged four months and two days son of Mr and Mrs F G Vigness died yesterday afternoon at 4 40 at the family home on the Corpus Christi road. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at 3 o'clock with burial in Hermann Sons cemetery.
All San Antonio women interested in the missionary workers golden jubilee will meet October 4 at Travis Park Methodist church to plan hosting thousands of visitors for the November 23 and 24 celebration. An executive committee mass meeting decided to mobilize attendees and discuss event details.
The first lecture in a public instruction series on modern sanitation and eugenics will be Friday night September 22 in the Travis Park Methodist church hall. Dr J W Carhart will discuss The Economy of Waste in Human Life. Judge A B Storey chairs the committee. No admission charged.
Boston advertising executive Coleman leads a southern tour with Ralph Holden and John W. Philp to promote a Dallas convention. Officials hail Texas as the future commercial hub as they visit the Alamo, mission sites, and Fort Sam Houston, receiving local mementos and meetings with business leaders.
Large crowds visit the Paul Maureaux company on West Commerce Street for an autumn opening of women’s and children’s hats, dresses, and ready-to-wear garments. Paris, New York, and St Louis models highlight velvet, pinks, greens, and gold fringe. The event continues through Thursday.
The Texas Synod of the Presbyterian church opens tomorrow at Madison Square church for a five day meeting with about 150 ministers from across the country. Attending are Dr. B. P. Fullerton, Rev. D. J. McMillan, A. B. Buchanan, Rev. J. S. Cunningham, Rev. James E. Clarke, Dr. S. L. Hornbeck, and Rev. G. M. Oakley. First day program begins at 8 p m with opening sermon by moderator Rev. A. B. Buchanan.
Eugene H. Koch, 19, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Koch of Seguin, died at home Monday afternoon and was buried at Riverside cemetery. He had been preparing to leave for Nashville to enter Vanderbilt University to pursue pharmacy studies. The Koch family is longstanding in Seguin with relatives in San Antonio.
Mr. Coleman notes two prime essentials for a tourist city: excellent hotels and railway stations in San Antonio. He says the depots and hotels surpass those in the south and southwest. Coleman and Holden plan a Houston visit tonight for further business engagements.
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