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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1916
Page
5
A weekly rail service offers a 60 cent fare for round trips to Sutherlang and return departing Sundays at 7 55 am on the Southern Pacific line.
Houston April 18 Charles J. Kirk secretary of the State Democratic Executive Committee said county chairmen must follow the law and provide a second primary if no Senate candidate wins a majority. He warned that failure to approve the committee plan could bar candidates from the ballot.
Advertises home dry cleaning using two ounces of Solvite dissolved in two gallons of gasoline. Claims to clean coats suits caps woolen garments furs and more without fading shrinking or wrinkling and without pressing. Instructions note grocer or garage can supply gasoline and druggist Solvite.
A state official argues county chairmen and committees must follow the law for senatorial primaries. He notes penalties for noncompliance and says candidates must pay pro rata assessments or risk ballot exclusion. The speaker insists the 1913 senatorial primary law supplements the general primary act and that conflicts default to the general law.
About 200 Austin boosters and business men departed on the season's first trade excursion. The 183 mile trip will cover the Katy International Great Northern and Santa Fe lines with stops at Pflugerville and eighteen other tributary towns. Several state officials accompany the group.
Invitations from Col August Haxthausen to Governor Ferguson and state officials invite them to the dedication of the Home for the Aged and Orphans of the Sons of Hermann in Comfort on May 11. The home cost $80,000. the order counts 24,000 Texas members with 310 lodges and 160 auxiliaries.
Delegates from nearly all Atlantic and gulf coast states gather in Wilmington for the eighth annual convention of the National Association of Fisheries' Commissioners. The meeting runs through Thursday with Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce delivering the keynote address tomorrow.
A simple ten day test using Sargol tablets promises weight gain for thin men and women. Weigh before and after, then follow directions for ten days to assess if nourishment can better assimilate. Reports claim gains up to 18 pounds in a month with consistent use and a money back guarantee.
The Arnold family and their attorney dismiss a state convict Edward Glennorris claim that Dorothy Arnold was buried in a West Point area cellar after dying in December 1910. He said he helped bury the body but relatives and counsel reject the clue and see no value in pursuing it.
Cincinnati Presbytery voted to petition the General Assembly to cut off the New York Presbytery for alleged disloyalty amid protests over Union Theological Seminary graduates joining the ministry. New York leaders insist they remain loyal to the Assembly despite the move.
Professor J F McDonald reports inspection of about 25 high schools tributary to San Angelo finding buildings in excellent condition and broad public interest in welfare. Districts already levy school taxes and some plan to raise valuations for additional taxes amid recent prosperity and rains. Governor Ferguson names six delegates to the American Academy of Political and Social Science meeting in Philadelphia to discuss United States international relations.
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