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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1914
Page
20
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a blood purifier that boosts red blood cells, removes impurities, and improves health by targeting auto-toxemia. It warns against nerve stimulants, faults other tonics, and urges readers to buy S. S. S. from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta. It also invites deep-seated blood trouble patients to seek free medical advice.
Austin April 13 Governor Colquitt endorses a Ferguson platform plank calling for a law to set maximum rents: one third of grain and one fourth of cotton when tenants supply own labor, and one half if landlords supply. He argues this is not socialistic and cites state control of water rates rail fare fire insurance usury and public school land rents as historical precedents.
The industrial relations committee began an inquiry in Washington on April 13 into efficiency systems and their effect on labor relations. It aims to influence ship management schemes and reduce disagreement between labor and enterprise. Prominent witnesses were expected to testify.
Maj. R. A. Patterson of the U S Army Medical Corps leading a talk on First Aid to the Injured before the railroad men’s division of the Y M C A at 7 30 PM Monday. He travels in Red Cross car No 2 with Dr W N Lipscomb and A A Krause to promote Safety First across M E T lines in Texas. Public invited as car parks near Railroad Y M C A with interval lectures and safety visuals. The Safety First movement aims to cut accidents and reduce damage suits while stressing humane regard for workers.
In observance of Passover, a complimentary service for about fifty Temple Beth El children was led by Rabbi Marks in the temple vestry. Pupil participants Eleanor Harris Henry Leopold and Hugh Halff posed the four types of children during the ritual and Passover refreshments followed the hourlong service with many women and Miss Cohn of Chicago helping in serving.
About seventy children from the Protestant Orphans Home were treated to an Easter celebration. They dined at the San Francisco cafe with a turkey supper, ice cream, and a colored Foster egg. W C Smith of Franklin Taxicab Co arranged transport to the Princess Theater and back.
An advertisement touts Resinol as a quick, inexpensive remedy for pimples and blackheads. It instructs washing with Resinol Soap, applying Resinol Ointment for ten minutes, then rinsing with soap and hot water, finishing with cold water. It claims rapid soothing, antiseptic effects, and lists prices and a free trial offer from Resinol Baltimore.
Several hundred attended the Easter vesper service at the Young Woman's Christian Association in San Antonio Sunday afternoon praising the new building. Rev. S H C Burgin spoke on Jesus Christ's resurrection as the basis of future hope, with a program of vocal and instrumental solos by local musicians. The event marked a time of renewed life for the association and featured songs, instrumentals, and prayers led by Miss Etta Pickering.
A bold claim urges readers to demand top value by asking for the best. The message frames assertiveness as the key to securing premium quality and service.
An all steel train from Southern Kansas bearing farm products stops in Kansas City to showcase the state's agricultural output during a drought year and hint at mineral wealth. Nine counties are represented as the 3500 mile journey proceeds toward eastern cities including New York Washington Philadelphia Pittsburg and Cincinnati.
H C Von Struve, longtime Gonzales resident and former city attorney, editor of the Gonzales Reform, and former assistant cashier at Farmers National Bank, has been appointed consul at Curacao West Indies. The decision excites local friends and marks a notable rise in county political circles.
Austin plans a large turnout for the Texas State Automobile Association meeting in Dallas on April 28. The Austin Chamber of Commerce has named 25 delegates and many motorists will attend, with highway construction issues on the agenda.
Mothers across generations rely on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for common female ailments. The text emphasizes it as a trusted, narcotic free remedy made from roots and herbs, aimed at restoring health in homes nationwide. It presents confidence in the product and its household use.
Come in and inspect a piano or player piano with a $5 initial payment. Choose delivery now or later, then pay $1.25 or $2.25 per week. Associates can review the cooperative plan with salesmen and learn why this is a smart purchase. Tomorrow offers one chance to buy these instruments.
Robert J. Newton of the Texas Anti-Tuberculosis Association prepared a large memorial to be sent to Washington to push the Cal laway bill for federal hospitals for indigent consumptives in the Southwest. He says a hearing will be granted soon and the Texas delegation favors the measure with endorsements from leading Southwestern figures and the governor.
A meeting of the North Austin Fire Company in Austin Texas on April 13 elected W N McElroy as president W L White as vice president J H Nohlander as secretary W R Caswell as treasurer M Lightsey as foreman E E Krause as first assistant foreman Fred Stumpf as second assistant foreman Hut Thiebe as steward and H C Krause as delegate to the state firemen's convention.
Ady Otto Riebe undertaker requests inquiries for funeral services at 177 North. Private chapel available, with phone contact listed as 41 dollars.
Citizens auxiliary to the board of wealth plan a Tuesday meeting in the Third ward at Colorado street school to organize cleaning work. Progress continues citywide with First ward completed and Second ward nearly done as sanitary conditions in cleaned wards are reported good. Health department notes the campaign’s impact and urges cleansing actions to bolster immunity.
Two cars crowded with passengers collided outside the Bell Haven Orphanage in Loling Texas on a Sunday afternoon. Young Jimmie Lawrence, a local garage employee, sustained serious injuries as the collision disrupted the neighborhood scene.
A fragment reports that Lawrence, who arrived from Sanoa, sustained injuries whose full extent remains unknown. The snippet provides limited context and lacks details on incident timing or location.
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