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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
5
A vintage advertisement extols Gets-It as a simple cure for corns and calluses. It claims fast, painless results with a few drops, touts superiority over cutting or salves, and notes price 25 cents or direct from E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
H. L. Wagner, druggist in the Hicks building, San Antonio, Texas, announces the agency for Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine remedy claimed to cure appendicitis by cleansing the body. One dose relieves sour stomach gas and constipation quickly with astonishing action.
An advertisement extols an at home health tonic said to boost vitality by enriching blood. It instructs mixing three ounces of syrup of sarsaparilla with balm wort and adding cardio essence and cadomene tincture, to be taken before or after meals and at night.
A 40 member San Antonio ministerial union pressed Sheriff Tobin and Constable Trainer to enforce the Sunday law banning theaters and pool halls. The officials cited staffing limits and deferred to city police while promising moral support and potential volunteer help. The group planned to meet the mayor and police chief. Tobin suggested sworn affidavits on owners.
A trainer urged hunting owners names to file complaints and arrest suspects with warrants. A committee visited city hall to meet the mayor and police chief Lancaster but both were absent. A caucus by the police headquarters named a delegation to call on officials later, with Rev E E McStravick chairing and about 30 others present.
The Birge Forbes Company of Sherman Texas seeks Supreme Court review over a $43 000 damages award to a Bremen foreign agent. The dispute rests on Bremen Cotton Exchange grade differences used in arbitration. The firm argues those grade standards were invalid in determining the agent’s reparations.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, sails today on the steamship Canada for Italy. She will speak on suffrage at the International Council of Women meeting in Rome on May 4. Shaw visited national headquarters to bid coworkers goodbye, leaning on a cane after a recent ankle break.
Marguerite Lacey aged 70 died at 3 o'clock Thursday morning at 737 Kentucky Avenue San Antonio native of Jackson County Texas lived in San Antonio 24 years. Survived by four sons Dock New Mexico Elmer Douglas Arizona Bert St Louis Conley Wharton and daughter Mrs Victor Thompson of San Antonio. Funeral held at 3 pm from residence with interment in Lockhill Cemetery. Services by Professor Harrison San Antonio Female College and Rev Cullom H Booth Laurel Heights Methodist Church.
Justice W. T. McDonald announces that under no circumstances will fees be accepted for marriage ceremonies on Wednesdays. The move aims to encourage matrimony and aid couples in need in Houston, Texas.
Vincent Astor's condition continued to improve after pneumonia. The update came from the country home of his fiancée Helen Dinsmore Huntington regarding his health. Siam resumes cotton production after several years as a leading industry.
Advertising note lists 1914 taxicabs including Classy 5 and 7 passenger vehicles. Mentions telephone number 749 for service and a Duck dinner advertised at White Horse Tavern.
Friends in Austin say Tom McClure of Anson Jones county remains in the comptroller race and will not withdraw. They dispute rumors of elimination talks and insist he has no plan to bow out.
Clifton Station Virginia resident Mr W C Putnam and his wife endorse Thedford s Black Draught for stomach trouble indigestion constipation and headaches. They claim it quickly relieves liver and stomach distress and cleanes the blood restoring normal function. A 25 cent package is available from local druggists.
A Gypsy child named Worsho Vanna died aged about one year and was buried at San Fernando Cemetery in San Antonio. The funeral involved wine poured over the coffin and grave, coins placed in the child’s hand, and a subsequent morning return by the parents. Only ten band members attended and no explanation of the rite was given.
J W Riggins qualified and assumed office as mayor of Waco Texas in a morning ceremony attended by many. The oath was administered by Mayor J H Mackey who received a gala watching chain from the police department and a gold headed cane from city officials. Riggins to deliver inaugural address tonight.
Students at Main Avenue High School present two fundraising performances Friday. Matinee at 2 15 PM features Senate Jeffersonian and Philomathean Societies with The Ugliest of Seven and the Pickwick Papers trial scene. Evening show at 8 15 PM by Hayne Shakespeare Societies and Glee Club includes Plunkett Old Home Day, a vocal and violin program.
Joseph Groff sings a vocal solo and Miss Mary Holzschneiler reads as do Miss Lillian Cannon and Miss Ruth McKin ney with other numbers. Miss Lucy Newton directed the rehearsals for the evening performance.
The body of Louis Merman who died in San Antonio a year ago was removed from a Mission Burial Park vault for final burial at Beth-El cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. Rabbi Samuel Marks of Temple Beth-El oversaw the ceremony. Mrs. Herman had planned Chicago interment, the body remaining in vault until a year passed with no word. After unanswered letters from Rabbi Marks, final interment was decided. Governor Colquitt traveled from Fort Worth and Dallas to Waco for a patriotic ball to fund a Texas building for the Panama Pacific Exposition.
The Virginia West Virginia debt dispute returns to the Supreme Court in oral arguments. The issue is how much of the pre statehood Virginia debt should West Virginia bear, with Virginia assets claimed to offset part of the liability.
Toilet Talks recommends a quick chin lip or cheek hair removal by applying a thick paste of powdered delatone and water for about two minutes then rubbing off. The skin should be washed and the hairs vanish. The ad claims the treatment is harmless but warns to obtain delatone carefully.
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