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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
5
An old advertisement extols Mother’s Friend as a safe external remedy easing pregnancy discomforts. It claims muscles become pliant, morning sickness lessens, and nerves are soothed, offering daily calm and nightly rest. The copy urges readers to buy and to write Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta for a booklet.
A new Seguin area broom factory will produce 600 brooms daily, to be built at McQueeney on the Guadalupe River three miles west of Seguin. It is launched by Louis E Koepsel and Willie Koehler, local residents, following successful broom corn plantings across Guadalupe county.
Secretary Lansing releases a memorandum detailing when armed merchant ships may defend themselves. The document clarifies defense limits for submarines attacking neutral and armed vessels, stresses warning and safety for passengers, and outlines conditions for surrender or sinking if capture is impossible.
Old time household tip advises using two ounces of salvite dissolved in two gallons of gasoline to dry clean dresses gloves silks and more. Immerse fabrics in the solution rub lightly and they dry bright without fading shrinking or wrinkling, saving households five to ten dollars. Do outside or well ventilated area due to flammable gasoline.
Ida Sniffen Walter Rogers was freed after a New York supreme court verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1914 poisoning of her two children, with the eight month old daughter's murder indictment dismissed. She left with her husband, who was the father of the children, planning to go somewhere with flowers.
The Guadalupe county grand jury adjourned after a nine day session with ten felonies and two misdemeanors indicted. Civil business filled the court docket as criminal matters await consideration.
Berlin reports a British destroyer was damaged while an auxiliary steamer was sunk and captured at Zeebrugge after the Lowestoft raid. The statement says German forces bombarded Yarmouth and Lowestoft with good success and damaged enemy airmen, cruisers, and destroyers while all Allied ships returned unharmed.
Chicago dispatch reports the embargo conference headquarters tracked more than 250 900 telegrams sent to Washington urging Congress to oppose any presidential action that could draw the United States into war with Germany. Leaders said the effort surpassed expectations. William R. MacDonald reported Congress was impressed by the telegrams.
A Benton Harbor Michigan woman Mrs George Hauck writes that back ache, swollen eyes and weak health from housework improved with Foley Kidney Pills. She says she could hardly work but is thankful for the remedy, as stated by A M Fischer.
Dr. R. E. Vinson, newly elected president of the University of Texas, will earn a salary raised from 5000 to 6000 dollars a year. He will assume duties July 1 and says he will study university affairs before outlining plans. Regents approved a 150000 dollar education building, a teachers' physical training school, and a rural extension program. Major George W. Littlefield donated 5000 dollars to buy old newspaper files on southern history. Grand Saline bonds of 14000 dollars for street improvements and Fort Bend bridge bonds of 1500 dollars were approved with terms up to 40 and 10 years respectively.
A report to the State Department of Agriculture from Center resident R F R Saunders describes one of East Texas's heaviest hail storms. Ground was reportedly covered by hailstones from small shot to bird egg size and crops were damaged with corn ruined while many windows broke.
Seguin Texas April 27 William Wosnig prominent Marion farmer broken leg when his cultivator team ran away. He is in Seguin san itarium in favorable condition and receiving treatment.
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