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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
9
Lytle Sept 28 Henry T Plups of San Antonio architect for the new school building arrives with no plans or specifications for board approval. The proposal calls for a two story structure set into the old building site with a base riser planned.
The piece notes many complaint symptoms from a hot season including headaches back pains rheumatism and fatigue. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a quick remedy for kidney waste elimination and improved sleep and strength. Sold by Am Fischer in Gibbe Brig.
William Muehlendorff, 23, found near San Pedro park with a severed throat and gunshot injuries after a confrontation at the Jones home in Alamo Heights. Jones, San Antonio Gas and Electric secretary and treasurer, was wounded in the neck and groin during a struggle over a revolver. Muehlendorff claims a spell and job grievance led to the attack.
Burglars entered the home of Trinidad Morales at No. 19 San Fernando, taking $100 in Mexican currency, a gold necklace, and a plain gold ring. The break-in was found Monday night and reported to police. Nearby items and ads for local services follow in the page.
A seven member committee of public school principals, joined by Walton D. Reed, president of the board, and Professor Charles Mock, inspects city schools to identify required improvements. They expect overcrowding and the upcoming compulsory education law to drive new classrooms by September 1, with additions either as one or two room wings at existing schools or the construction of new two room units nearby.
Weather officials warned the Gulf storm, centered east of Cuba near 24 N, 84 W, unlikely to strike land directly. The system was moving northward, with Florida warnings posted along the west coast while Texas coast remained cautioned for possible cool, rainy conditions inland after the storm passes.
Norfolk naval war game opening postponed from October 1 to October 8. The exercise pairs the home and enemy fleets for fifteen days to simulate invasion and coastal defense from the Virginia Capes to Cape Cod. Two soldiers reportedly detained a pistol from a military post during a lapse, later returned to the post by Special Officer Lane.
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals hears an appeal from District Judge F G Chambliss who refused to enjoin the $304,000 Aransas County causeway bond issuance. Plaintiffs Coleman Mullen Company and others seek to block bonds and the use of proceeds for the causeway, arguing constitutional limits on road bond funds. The appeal pauses only on injunction prospects as proceedings proceed.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It promises relief from back pain indigestion and fatigue, urges readers to send for samples and a product book, and notes availability at drug stores with pricing for fifty cent and one dollar bottles. It directs readers to the address in Binghamton New York and mentions The San Antonio Daily Light as the source.
C Em by aged 40? dies after a car belonging to the A A G railroad jumps the track near Odom Texas on Tuesday. Wife and several children survive. Two Mexican workers aboard the car are unconscious after the wreck. Embry, a section foreman, is survived by wife and six children and a daughter in Sweetwater Texas. Interment planned in Midlothian Texas by Sholtey Loring Undertaking Company.
A jumble of arrivals and people linked to The St Anthony and Gunter hotels in multiple cities. Mentions include Mr Lerm Nott of Cleveland, Miss Kechihner of New York, and several others arriving or staying at hotels in San Antonio, Chicago, Cincinnati, Fort Worth, and Los Angeles with various affiliations and origins noted.
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