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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
9
Papers in the ouster suit of Attorney General Dawson against Hunnewell councilmen were served. Two motions set for Thursday seek suspension and permanent removal. Hearings before the Kansas City supreme court are scheduled for October 6 and October 26 with answers due by October 3.
Mrs. Ellen White of Gastonia North Carolina reports years of womanly troubles and sleepless nights. after one bottle Cardui the women’s tonic improved her health for a decade and earned strong recommendation to other sufferers. She endorses Cardui as a safe plant based remedy and invites inquiries to Chattanooga Medicine Co for a 64 page home treatment book.
Members of the Trades Council adopt a motion to purchase fair coupons from the Fair association and join the Labor Day celebration at the International fair. The group plans a free bead exhibition with a lecturer, moving pictures, and vaudeville at Beethoven hall, with no admission charged. Meeting time shifts to 8:00 from 8:30 due to winter.
Mrs Cassie V Norman sues W D Wilson and 34 others near Ames for 50900 alleging name calling such as bushel foot and tight wad provoked her husband to madness. Defendants accused of throwing rocks and rotten eggs at Norman house and calling him a backslider from the church. Over 100 witnesses expected.
Central American mosquito fears prompt protests to Washington against orders exempting ships from fumigation before leaving Central American ports for Hawaii. Merchants and civic groups warn Hawaii faces fever and malaria if mosquitoes arrive, noting the islands have no current cases.
Six workmen grease wagon axles for eight hours daily. After finishing rounds they start again. Four other men are assigned to clip horses, doing nothing else.
The Schuman performing horses with Ringling Brothers perform a famed act in Eure drinking from large glasses filled by themselves from beer-like fluid poured at bungholes in a row of barrels. The Brewery Horses are celebrated for this unusual feat.
The River Improvement Association moves toward river restoration in San Antonio. A committee will meet at the Chamber of Commerce to organize the group and plan. Mayor Callaghan will seek council approval to use a city pump and private wells to test increasing river flow and cleaning the bed.
Deputy Charles Stevens ferried Henry Buckholtz a horse thief from Newport to Galveston aboard an ocean steamer. He allowed Buckholtz full liberty aboard the vessel, sometimes apart for a day, while Stevens traveled on to San Antonio to lodge the prisoner in the county jail. The entire journey took two weeks by land and five days on water.
Waco Texas. City Attorney Lud Williams told the city commission to file suit against former City Tax Collector Luke Moore for money alleged to be due. Moore disputes the amount.
An old advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a guaranteed dandruff killer and hair strengthener. It claims to stop hair loss and scalp itch, restore radiance, and offers a money back guarantee. The Aubrun haired model appears on cartons, with Bexar Drug Co advertised as a retailer.
Funeral services were held for Antonia S. Leal 56 at San Fernando Cathedral with interment in San Fernando cemetery. J J Bartsch 68 died at 416 Peach Street after a long illness with funeral at his home under Odd Fellows auspices. S. B. Thomas died at 3102 West Houston Street, funeral at Masonic Temple, interment in Anchor Lodge cemetery.
W J Eckenroth longtime rate clerk in the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio office has been promoted to soliciting freight agent for Mallory Steamship lines. The promotion takes effect October 1. He is a Galveston native with prior service at Katy San Antonio and Aransas Pass and International and Great Northern. J W Knight will succeed him in the dispatch office of the International and Great Northern.
Joe Lovell of Ellis County arrives in Hillsboro for Major Durham's trial opening. An act of the Texas legislature makes an ex convict's testimony competent in court.
C P Boone chairman of the grand lodge of Texas A F A M conducts a school of instruction for the local Masonic lodge in Rockport on September 29.
The young daughter of Oliver Barnes of Jordan was accidentally shot by her 4 year old brother. The bullet passed through the brain but left the child alive with an optic nerve impairment causing twitching of the eyes.
Miss Jessie Lee Brown marries 8 D at the home of the bride's parents in Flatonia Texas on September 29. The ceremony marks a family union and local celebration in the community.
The service was conducted by Rev. R. W. Keatley in Lincoln Nebraska with only family and a few close friends in attendance.
Rockport Texas reports five delegates selected to attend the Inter-State Waterway convention at Morgan City Louisiana October 6 and 7. The appointees are W. H. Baldwin Charles G. Johnson L. M. Bracht B M Sheldon and H Lightburne.
A Rockport club of boy scouts has been organized with Rev. R. C. Aubrey as scout master. A club room is secured and a library and gymnasium are being established. Theo Artzt's Orchestra provided music. phones listed.
Juarez Mexico Sept 29 A report says Major Maranda brother of the Casas Grandes commander died from wounds from a fight yesterday The arrest of Alanis in connection with the case arrived here late last night and a lynching was averted only by a heavy guard
England reports 12 million cattle, a figure small next to larger national herds. The comparison highlights relative herd sizes among major cattle-rearing countries and places England’s stock within the global landscape.
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