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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1912
Page
7
A home treatment pledges instant relief from piles with a free trial and promises swelling relief and quicker return to work. The ad notes a regular package available for 50 cents and urges immediate writing to receive the trial.
A coupon offer from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan invites readers to mail name and address for a free sample of Pyramid Pile Remedy. The notice requests no payment and promises discreet plain-wrapper mail delivery.
Head of the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf railroad visits Corpus Christi to discuss making the city the coast terminal. A ten man Corpus Christi committee will consider the proposal in secret for now, with a decision expected in about three weeks as Corpus Christi shows rapid growth. Franklin plans to go to St Louis after meetings in Texas. Construction crews push the Fowlerton extension and the first five miles from San Antonio will be ready in two weeks. Material for track is en route and an Oklahoma crew supports Fowlerton work.
A meeting of the state banking board granted the First State Bank of Leonard Fanning county a certificate of authority to do business in Texas. The bank with capital stock of 50000 adopted the guaranty fund plan to protect depositors.
R A Love promoter declares the Fredericksburg to Comfort railroad would be independent of all other railways. He says no outside interests, says engineers will finish a report within a week and contracts signed for materials, aiming to reach Fredericksburg by October 1.
Shirley, seriously injured last Thursday when he fell in his automobile down an open elevator shaft from three stories, is rapidly recovering. Doctors report concussion of the brain but improving under care. He may return home to Crystal City soon. Two West Virginians patent a baby swing that can double as a high chair when hung on a chair.
Mrs Henry Lana Wilson wife of the American ambassador in Mexico City traveled via San Antonio to Ithaca New York after learning her son underwent mastoiditis surgery at a local hospital. A telegram from Cornell president A G Sherman intensified her worry and prompted a hasty departure from Mexico City. She plans to return soon after visiting the bedside.
Harold Clifton also known as Howard Carrier was brought back from jail on theft charges. Alleged victims are C. A. Benner and Eva M. Gilmore. Bond fixed at 800 in each case. Preliminary hearing held. held to grand jury on sufficient evidence in Justice Umscheid's court.
Subscriptions to stock in the San Souci Colisseum company are rising rapidly as organizers prepare for incorporation. D. J. Wood of Woodward & Altgelt joins other local business men in backing the project. Plans call for a permanent concrete and steel coliseum on Bowen's Island with a ten year lease and conversion option after term. Construction expected soon once full capital is raised.
Sixteen marriage licenses were issued yesterday by Marriage Registrar A H Coates at the County Clerk’s office. The couples listed include Robert Eugene Mitchell and Ethel May Greenwood, Charles G Mills and Fannie A Wright, William S Farwell and Otillie Schlinger, and others. One entry notes Gus Brooks and Laura Stokes as a two name pair labeled Negroes.
Atchison Kansas reports morning sun and shirt sleeve weather at 7 oclock with a temperature of 60. By 10:30 a.m. light snow flurries fall as the temperature drops to 45 by noon.
Trustees plan a statewide effort to raise 60000 more for the fair funding campaign. Dr. Frederick Terrell, Fred W. Cook, and Henry M. Halff lead the drive, with meetings set for Wednesday to appoint solicitation committees. Proceeds will buy fair association property, pay debts, and fund a new exposition hall.
Bexar County commissioners accepted a bid from W. T. Fulton Co of Dallas for Texas state’s first complete road-oiling outfit. County Judge Phil Shook signed the delivery contract. work to begin soon to prepare all roads for summer travel. The $2000 outfit includes three 400 gallon tanks three distributors with pipe 100 ft of hose and a sand spreader.
In a Berlin dispatch dated April 6 a private telegram reports Mongolia after declaring independence has accepted the Tibetan Khutukhta as an ecclesiastical ruler yet is urged by Yuan Shikai to become autonomous within a federal Mongolia. The government cites Manchu misrule and Chinese traders as grounds for secession while insisting on Russian mediation for any treaty with China.
Twenty members of the Delphian club from San Antonio attended a theater party at the Plaza Theater last night with accompanying young ladies. The boxes featured pennants of the club. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Benedict were among the Pond erones.
A 19th century style advisory extols understanding the womanly system for youth and beauty. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and a medical adviser book, urging women to seek knowledge of their physical make-up to avoid aging or fatigue and crediting a Virginia reader's testimonial.
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