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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1925
Page
6
Mississippii General Prat Wroten reports Dallas hotels demand a 50 percent deposit from veterans seeking May reservations. He notes Mississippi veterans will not pay ahead and warns that if advance fees persist, no reservations will be made. Wroten states staff reservations have not required fees in the past.
An advertisement describes disordered kidneys causing back pain and systemic symptoms. It quotes Mr. Floyd Gill of Gena Ohio praising Plant Juice for restoring kidney function, reducing back pain, improving digestion, and boosting vitality. The product is marketed through San Antonio drugstores and other chemists.
Dr Frederick A Cook, famed explorer, was jailed in Fort Worth and sent to Leavenworth to begin a lengthy federal sentence for fake oil stock promotion. Crowds saw him off at the station as he boarded the Texas Flyer amid praise from a marshal and onlookers.
The molten picture of Texas game made by the state to interest the public in conserving wild life is available to luncheon and civic clubs of San Antonio this week. The film, obtained by C. B. Yandell, general manager of the chamber of commerce, will be shown with a chamber machine and a man to run it. Local business leaders praise it for promoting laws to conserve game and stopping ruthless killing.
Musterole is an easy to apply mustard plaster style rub said to prevent colds pneumonia and relieve sore throats chest congestion rheumatism neuralgia and many aches. It comes in adult and milder baby forms and is recommended by caregivers for various conditions.
In Bexar County, Joe Guerrero seeks annulment of his August 1924 marriage to Margarita Vidal on grounds of duress. The case, before Judge Fadze R. W. B. Terrell, involves allegations of threats and intimidation prompting the union, with a baby in arms as a silent witness to the dispute.
The Brownsville district held a session of Methodist ministers at La Feria Methodist Church after the death of Rev. T. E. Lovett. Pastors from across the valley attended with Sunday school superintendents and district officers. The meeting reviewed charges, set plans for the conference year, and included talks on education, the centenary movement, and a San Antonio preacher.
The Texas Legion delegates at the Gunter Hotel meeting urged amending the Texas constitution to allow citizens serving in federal military or naval service to vote during emergencies and to provide absentee voting provisions. They endorsed a bill enabling National Guard and Reserve officers to hold state offices in peacetime. The department plans a 600,000 veteran drives for the disabled and orphans, with a state-wide push starting within nine weeks as Fort Worth hosts the department convention September 5.
NEW YORK Anil 6. On completion of a 80 day workhouse lien tenet for assault Jack Morris Seldow was re arrested today on a charge of bigamy in having married Mary Woodson of Washington while he already had a wife in Brooklyn. The Woodson girl, missing from her home in Washington for two years, was found last month by her mother Mr A J Woodson living with Seldow in Brooklyn.
A freight car from New York arrived at Chicago with 30 barra of wine and 200 cases of meat whiskey. Five federal prohibition agents seized the car after a telegraphic alert from New York authorities. The case may oppose an illicit syndicate, prompting arrests.
A partially legible caption notes a captured alligator donated to the zoo. The fragment suggests an exchange or display, with phrases describing the reptile as an odious deformity and free of certain IOUs. The readable text indicates the event involved zoo transfer of an alligator.
Police report a startling attempt to abduct a 16 year old near a lumber camp route from Louisiana to the Pacific slope. The boy Williamson was urged to join unknown workers offering $3 a day and expenses but refused and disappeared Friday after meeting the pursuing youths.
A deadly tornado roared through Miami area towns including Westwood Inn Littleriver and Elizabeth Park. Homes were leveled or destroyed, several people killed including Mrs. John T. Simpson, and many injured as the twister wrecked blocks, scattering debris and overturning structures across Biscayne Park and surrounding communities.
A fragmented ad touts whiter teeth by removing a dingy film unseen by ordinary methods. It claims you will discover prettier teeth beneath this coating and promises a powerful test over ten days.
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