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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1917

Page

16

Doctor Baker’s Free Prescriptions Promised For Ailments

Dr Baker answers reader questions with general remedies and simple tablets for fat reduction digestion liver function and weight gain. Patients advised to obtain sealed-tube formulations of arbolene cadomene cardiol balmwort and other tonics for cough constipation and liver concerns with free advice via Dayton Ohio column.

Lewis Baker College Bldg College Elwood Streets Dayton Ohio

Northern Mexico Needs Change Paragraph

In Monterey on April 5 the area reports no large influx of Americans despite consulate returns. Business wakes gradually, with plentiful food supplies and improving commerce. A chronic problem is the lack of change, forcing exact sums or delayed payments on purchases beyond small amounts.

Monterey Mexico

Credit of the client well known among all classes of merchants

The passage states that the client is highly regarded across business groups including hotel keepers and small merchants while noting that banks do not engage in general banking but may operate large scale transactions. It also promotes Bramco Green and Red Rock Asphalt Shingles as best by test and advertises Post Lumber Co Cr 2200.

Bramco Post Lumber Co

Dublin Slum Hardship Prompt City Officials Action

In Dublin, despite prosperous farmers and higher wages in many trades, the poor face increasing privation. The lord mayor warns of alarm and dismay as rebuilding efforts lag and material imports stall. A deputation will press the chief secretary to boost employment in building trades.

Dublin Ireland Ministry of Munitions

Dodson's Liver Tone Promotes Safe Liver Health

An advertisement warns against calomel a dangerous mercury drug and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative. It promises no salivation, improved digestion, and renewed energy for children and adults with druggist backing and a money-back claim if it fails to act better than calomel.

Dodson

Telephone Girls to Aid Enlistment

New York reports enlistment momentum with posters in shop windows Broadway electric signs and hotel restaurant store displays. Several thousand telephone girls offered service as recruiting agents for the Navy Department while pacifist groups vow to intensify antiwar campaigns and pledge free legal aid to detainees.

New York Army Navy Broadway Navy Department Emergency Peace Federation Senate

Annual Banquet Honors Forum Debating Club Leaders

The San Antonio Forum Debating Club will host its annual banquet Thursday at the Original Mexican Restaurant with a speech program led by toastmaster Israel Chasman. Readings include History of the Forum by Bruce Banks and The Imminent Fall of Jerusalem by Henry Troechelle, among others. the club's twenty member limit is nearly reached.

San Antonio Forum Debating Club Chasman The Forum Bruce Banks Stanley Banks Walter Biard Willard Boone Nathan Crewe Forum Club Walter Janert Max Nauswitz Joseph ©. Naylor James G. Ray Jerusalem Henry Troechelle J. Floyd Smith Charles Wight J. A. Wilburton Israel Chasman

University Teachers Form Company

In Austin Texas plans advance for a military company of University of Texas faculty youths. Secretary John A. Lomax reports 50 signed with aim of 100 or more. Officers to be named, drills to start, and volunteers may serve in defense during war. About twenty of the fifty have military experience including two with commissions in other state militias.

Austin Tex University of Texas John A. Lomax Lomax

Charters Issued in Texas For Gulf Fish Oil and Thede Lumber

Charters filed with the State Department include Gulf Fish Oil and Fertilizer Company of Galveston capital stock 50000 with incorporators J W Nunn Carl Biehl Paul Lobit and others P C Thede Lumber Company of El Paso capital stock 10000 with incorporators P C Thede J C White and Robert L Holliday A Texas Gulf Steamship Company charter amendment in Galveston raises capital stock from 50000 to 90000 A dissolution certificate filed by the Austin County Farmers Union Ware and Clearing House Association of New Ulm.

Austin Tex State Department Gulf Fish Oil and Fertilizer Company Galveston J. W. Nunn Carl Biehl Paul Lobit P. C. Thede Lumber Company F Paso P. C. Thede J. C. White Robert L. Holliday Texas & Gulf Steamship Company Austin County Farmers’ Union Ware and Clearing House Association of New Ulm

Two Mexicans Sentenced to Hang in Travis County

Juan Marta and Jacinde Bonada were sentenced to death by Judge George Calhoun for the October 9 1945 murder of Eugene Smith, a Travis County farmer. The men face execution at the county jail on May 25 with clemency as the only escape.

Austin Tex Juan Marta Jacinde Bonada Eugene Smith Travis County George Calhoun Fifty-third District Court

Reserved Seats On Sale For Upper Trail Play

The Y M C A boys department will stage Upper Trail at the Grand Opera House Saturday night April seven. Box office sales opened Thursday morning with rehearsals ongoing. The four act drama follows a gang leader’s redemption and the Y M C A influence on youth. Joel Friedkin directs the play written by Raymond Osborne Hanson.

Grand Opera House Joel Friedkin Raymond Osborne Hanson

Urge Teaching of Latin At Regional Meeting

Louisville begins the thirteenth annual meeting of the Classified Association of the Middle West and South with a focus on saving Latin through Latin studies. The conference starts today and continues through Saturday in Louisville.

Louisville Classified Association of the Middle West and South

Relaxed April weather sparks colds and doctor bills

A reader from Augusta Georgia credits Foley's Honey and Tar for curing a cough and cold, noting that costly bills could be avoided with timely care. The ad warns against imitations and praises Foley's as the genuine remedy from A M Fischer Druggist.

Co. Smith 12Th St Augusta Foley A. M. Fischer

Anti Kamma Tablets Promoted for Rheumatism Pain

The article discusses rheumatism as a disease with unknown exact cause and no universal remedy. It cites Dr. W. Schultze endorsing anti-kamma tablets as preferred for relief of rheumatic pain, headaches, and neuralgia, sold in any quantity.

W.8 Schultze

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