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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
5
A Sunday schedule notice for the Southern Pacific line offers a 60 cents fare for a round trip to Sutherland Springs with service every Sunday at 7 55 a m.
America's first detachment of mountain infantry will assist the cavalry in pursuing Villa in Guerrero. Pershing fixes local food prices to prevent complaints as snow and cold affect camp life. A Carranza loyalist guide falters, and villagers offer limited information amid ongoing pursuit.
Advertises Pine Tar and Honey as a quick safe remedy for children with whooping cough and croup. Claims to loosen mucus ease throat pain and restore breathing with antiseptic effects. Cites testimonials and urges keeping the product at home for cold troubles. 25c.
A remote cavalry patrol pursues two Villa bandits who reportedly sought food near a mountain-headquarters region. Troopers found no tents or food at advance camps, moved swiftly, and used rugged terrain to hide while chasing suspected Villistas scattered in small groups.
Mothers are urged to use California Syrup of Figs for gentle inside cleansing of children from infancy to adulthood. The ad claims the remedy relieves feverish, irritable, sour stomach and constipation without griping and promotes quick relief, with a 50 cent bottle available and warnings about counterfeits.
General Pershing orders infantry detachments trained for mountain climbing and a new American chauffeur corps. A Torreon dispatch places Villa at Maica ninety miles southwest of Guerrero. Conspirators tied to a Juarez seizure plot faced a sunrise firing squad, while El Alaro police seek about twenty conspirators hiding in the city.
Washington officials say quick completion of railroad use in Mexico is vital for Pershing as clashes with Villa bands intensify. Carranza terms and supply shipments through Querétaro drive negotiations while Funston reports Seventh Cavalry actions near Providencia and Guerrero. Aerial plans are trimmed by new air force funding.
General Bell orders the Twenty first Infantry third battalion about 300 men moved from their location to Calexico California. Military and civil authorities expect no trouble along the border and state the relocation is precautionary. Bell's visit followed reports of armed Mexicans seen just south of the line.
Villa band attacked the garrison in Parras, near Torreón, on a Saturday. Colonel J. M. Gonzales led the defense, the garrison killed forty two attackers and seized arms and horses.
In Torreon Mexico a peace council convened to win surrender and amnesty for General Reyes and other Villa leaders. A Villa faction reportedly split support near Sombrerete after a passenger train attack killed several. Trevino pressed for immediate surrenders within ten days, while Reyes has six weeks to notify followers. Train service resumed between Torreon and Durango as the city remained quiet.
The article reports on a wartime speech defending neutral rights and opposing Britain’s trade violations. It argues for self defense against starvation policies while asserting commitment to lawful neutral trade and sovereignty. It touches on Poland and Belgium in a postwar context and questions Asquith’s stance.
Telegram from General Gavira to the Mexican consulate notes C arranza forces sweeping Chihuahua for Villa with General Garza reaching Satevo without finding the bandit. Villa, wounded, has split his force into several bands. Cavazos reports expected pursuit aided by American cavalry. Generals Herrera Maldonado and Colonels Hernandez and Castaneda hold Naieca Santa Gertrudis and nearby points.
Mrs. C W Wilson of Shelbyville Tennessee credits Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with easing her baby Woodrow's severe constipation. The ad touts the product as a gentle effective, non narcotic laxative available for fifty cents a bottle with free trial offer by writing Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
Major General J. Franklin Bell of the Western Department planned talks in San Diego with Major Edwin Capps after a mayoral telegram urged federal troops for border duty. Bell had been studying the situation in the vicinity, including while at Mexicali.
A twenty year old style newspaper item reports an anti prepardness demonstration in New York featuring a fifteen foot dinosaur model named Jingo with a placard condemning armor. The piece mentions a planned tour and associated fares. It also notes Kenedy Texas April 4 municipal election results with mayor and commissioners decided quietly.
An ad explains rheumatism as acids and deposits in blood causing pains. Local remedies offer limited relief. cure requires cleansing the blood with S S S a vegetable purifier. The text promises nationwide availability and offers free medical advice from the Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia.
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