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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
5
Albin Seidel toured San Antonio High School grounds on Wednesday afternoon to select a site for a 70000 domestic science building. One of two wooden structures housing the domestic science department will be razed to clear space, and construction will start at once.
Austin April 23 The Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Collier announced approval of workmen's compensation insurance rates about six percent above the Texas Employers' Insurance Association proposed levels. A rating scheme will allow up to 20 percent credit. Net effect is a roughly 40 percent reduction from current temporary rates, though permanent rates will be 25 percent higher than Massachusetts rates set February 2, 1914. The association and stock companies are expected to approve the changes.
First Church of Christ, Scientist in San Antonio announces a free lecture on Christian Science at the Grand Opera House Sunday afternoon April 26 1914 at 3 oclock by C C Eaton C B member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston Mass public is invited to be present.
The famous Filipino midgets arrive for the St Louis world fair attraction. The little lady stands 21 inches tall and is 40 years old while her brother, 24 inches tall and 36 years old, are billed as the smallest people alive. They will dance.
Mayor Brown announced the resignation of Robert Pipes, captain of police, following a city council police committee investigation. Frank Brown, currently acting station officer, will fill the vacancy and faces council confirmation next Monday. The probe also led to the potential dismissal of Patrolman Swift. details remain undisclosed.
William Bayard Hale, Wilson's unofficial Mexico watcher, previews The World's Work on a Monroe Doctrine shift. He argues the United States becomes a moral leader with suzerainty as moral inspiration for Central America and the West Indies, resisting entanglement in Mexico while preserving hemispheric order.
A vintage ad touts a dandruff treatment claiming to dissolve and destroy all signs of dandruff overnight. It recommends four ounces of liquid arvon applied at night to moisten the scalp, with three or four additional applications to complete the cure. The copy promises itch relief and silkier hair and notes arvon is available at drug stores.
More than a hundred prominent Dallas businessmen arrived in San Antonio by special train for the fourteenth annual Dallas Chamber of Commerce trade tour led by Mayor Holland. They plan a circuit through the region, visiting Uvalde, Crystal City, and Pleasanton before continuing to return to Dallas by April 28, after a two hour and fifty five minute stop in San Antonio.
A Texas tour runs from Corpus Christi to Beaumont and Dallas aboard a fully equipped train featuring a traveling toll telephone station for long distance or local calls. P K Baker of Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company oversees service, with J W Hucker aiding at the station as the system goes live.
James Benson Reynolds former district attorney of New York now counsel for the National Hygiene Association spoke on Social Hygiene Wednesday afternoon before the Woman's Club His talk drew deep interest and many questions
Ad copy explains a home depilatory method using dela tone powder and water. Apply a small paste to the hairy area for two minutes, remove, then wash. Claims it banishes hair and blemish for smooth skin.
A Florida postmaster recounts using Thedford's Black-Draught to cure chills and fever after years of nervous prostration. He states it relieved his symptoms and he has recommended it for nearly two decades. The ad claims the medicine purifies the blood and restores health, sold everywhere.
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