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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1913
Page
3
The Kerr Hill school faces a long ten block walk without sidewalks or reliable roads. The San Antonio school board weighs accepting a transportation offer after a lengthy discussion, led by Mrs. Eli Hertzberg, amid repeated appeals from the principal and previous failed attempts.
Windom Kansas resident Mary A Horner reports lasting relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for bladder and nervous symptoms. The ad promotes the remedy as a forty year old tonic derived from native roots and herbs and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
The board discussed sidewalk construction near schools, night school staff appointments, and new equipment for domestic science and manual training. A fire on the third floor prompted quick action, and a contingency fund was suggested for book shortages as the year’s inventories shift. All members attended except Dr. LeSturgeon.
A special meeting of the San Antonio school board building committee approves a four room addition to the high school. The south wing project, costing about $17,000, will mirror the north wing and start within days with completion in roughly four months under supervision of Dr. A Caswell Ellis of the University of Texas.
The Kendall County Fair in Boerne Texas wraps up on Sunday September 21 described as The Fairest Fair in Texas. A round trip from San Antonio is offered for 75 cents for Sunday only.
Advertisement urges customers to buy sausage with tin tag for freshness. Display shown in Grand Opera House lobby. Union Meat Co promotes a big chicken supper tonight and dinner tomorrow at Riverside Restaurant with meals priced 25 cents.
Rev. Benjamin F. Bittinger aged 90, the oldest clergyman in Washington, died suddenly yesterday of paralysis. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1847.
A four member Junta Constitutionalista delegation from San Antonio met at Prospect Hill Baptist Church and pledged to aid Mr William O Robertson's family in avenging his death and that of any innocent American killed in Mexico. The group presented resolutions condemning Mexican violence and promising support through arms as needed.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as uniquely healing for coughs and colds. It warns against substitutes as inferior and assures the genuine product contains no opiates, from Fischer Drug Co.
A long list of visitors and arrivals includes R. L. Toombs of Chicago at the Gunter, J. L. Brown of Dallas at the St. Anthony, J. Phillips of Jacksonville at the Bexar, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown of Houston at the Bowie, and many others at the Menger, Crockett, Savoy, Gunter, St. Anthony, and Bowie hotels. Among the guests are J. E. Roach of Boston, Y. P. Crawford of St. Louis, R. S. Manley of New Orleans, Henry Cohen of New York, and George E. Harrison of Denison, with several from Dallas, Denver, Little Rock, and Edna. The notices also include Harlandale Bath House promotions offering its sulfur baths as a local health asset.
L L Nelson owner of Texas Climate Co returns from California with Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. G R Nelson. He praises San Antonio climate as superior to the Pacific coast noting 110 degree heat in California and argues San Antonio can be an all year round resort.
Heavy rainfall in recent weeks postponed photography for the Real Estate Exchange yard contest. A photographer stood by as storms and muddy ground halted shoots. Secretary Ray M. Mackey expects all 18 to 20 views to be completed next week.
The home of William Hensler in Alamo Heights was broken into last night while the family was away. A small bank with $12 in dimes and two gold watches were stolen. Officers were given a description of the watches and the incident was reported to police and sheriff's offices. The plunder has not been recovered.
The San Antonio Humane Society faces a dilemma as a crippled boy and his elderly parents rely on an aged horse for income. The shelter cannot take the horse without causing hardship, nor can the boy continue using the worn animal. A donor could resolve the balance of cruelty and need.
Colonel James A. Ross, 65, millionaire railroad builder and key figure in the Canadian Pacific project, died in Montreal after a two week illness of heart disease. Born in Scotland, he came to America in 1868 and helped open the Winnipeg to coast line.
Professor W. W. Abel of Johns Hopkins University announces a device that uses coils and tubes in saline to filter poisons from blood. Blood passes from the jugular vein to the carotid artery, allowing chemical analysis to identify poisons or drugs in the patient. A Riverside Restaurant ad promotes a big chicken dinner and supper tomorrow for 25 cents.
Washington Gardner of Albion Michigan was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the forty-seventh annual encampment. Detroit was chosen as the meeting place for the 1914 encampment. New officers named include Thomas H. Sowards Guthrie Oklahoma senior vice commander and William L. Rose Pittsfield Maine junior vice commander. Oscar A. James Detroit was named adjutant general and Colonel D R Stowitz Buffalo as quartermaster general.
Delegates from the third International Congress of Refrigeration toured the Union Stock Yards in Chicago as guests of the packers. Foreign visitors exhibited interest in killing dressing and preparing cattle sheep and hogs for the market. Technical papers were presented across six sections.
San Antonio Advertisers Association plans a Wednesday noon meeting at Hutchins hotel called by Secretary William Moore White to discuss affiliating with the Chamber of Commerce. A merger into the Chamber's publicity division is proposed to revive the inactive ad club, which has about sixty five members and risks missing national Baltimore convention and October Beau mont state meeting without action.
Professor Wesley Peacock head of Peacock Military Academy becomes the first San Antonian to obtain a local hunting license. Three licenses have been issued including C Keylich and Albert Friedrich. Texas hunting season opens November 1. Residents of Bexar county may hunt nearby without a license, while other counties require a license from the county clerk. Licenses cost 1.75 dollars for residents and 15 dollars for non residents.
Fifteen new cars bought by the San Antonio Traction Company were due September 15 but have not arrived and no delivery time is known. General Manager E. E. Eysenbach is in the East and will likely learn more on return. Delaying the cars will not alter current operation schedules but positions the company to handle crowd surges. The new stock will replace some smaller cars in regular service.
Felix Jones, indicted for the killing of Frank Battle near a Gatesville grocery, faces a bail hearing next Wednesday before District Judge J H Arnold. Habeas corpus was filed by Battle’s attorneys. Battle died after being shot August 20 near his store. Jones was arrested in Fort Worth and indicted by a Coryell County grand jury.
A short note notes shrimp for fishing at the Riverside Restaurant Ady. The fragment suggests a potential meal option or notice connected to the Riverside venue and its offerings.
The city board of equalization will convene October 1 under an ordinance adopted by the city council. Alderman Uhr chairs with Mayor Brown ex officio, joined by Aldermen Rische Warren and Lambert. Sessions run two months focusing first on rendered rolls then unrendered rolls and public utilities.
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