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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1919
Page
2
A prowar era policy promotes Victory Bonds as a smart way to grow the nation’s wealth by borrowing from citizens to fund public needs. The message frames saving and spending as coordinated to support lasting economic strength and postwar reconstruction.
Hart Schaffner and Marx garments offer dependable quality with guaranteed satisfaction. Victory Bonds are presented as a solid investment, yielding good interest and backed by the government, promising return of principal and aiding the war effort.
Chicago reports warn canned goods will rise in price as wheat acreage falls and canneries cut back. Representative leaders say corn and bean production up but labor shortages and wartime costs hinder output. Armour and Company argues until labor and costs ease, consumer prices cannot drop.
In Sonora tensions eased after rumors of outbreaks during the gubernatorial race. Candidates include Ygnacio Vesquicea, Conrady Casilla, and Adolfo de la Huerta, with the dry issue shaping polls as the current Calley administration backs Ve la Huerta. A separate incident reports a mother dropping a mattress from a window to save children from a fire, injuring them.
Judge James V. Studer in the seventy third District Court held that men in naval or military service discharged after February 1 are entitled to vote in the constitutional amendment election without poll tax or further prerequisites. The decision aims to enfranchise up to 200,000 Texas veterans by May 24, potentially impacting the statewide prohibition amendment and other measures. May 13 primary election actions include affidavits for eligible veterans and city election procedures in San Antonio to credential voters promptly.
A Texas court rules that a citizen who missed tax payments due to U.S. military service cannot be deprived of suffrage. The decision, issued by the Seventh District Court in San Antonio, orders writs to permit voting at the April 28, 194 . The case, with intervenor CHARIS Me Dickson et al, addresses eligibility and injunctions for the city and county elections amid residency and service arguments.
Brackenridge Park resumes Sunday concerts with director Willian Ld sonith leading a program at 4 pm. The event features Mrs Wittig Maurer as soloist with the concerted chorus and a list of classical pieces, including America March, Cavalleria Rusticana, and selections from comic opera Mika.
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce praised Mexican officials and citizens for their hospitality during a trade excursion into Mexico. President d. H. Haile predicted strong beneficial ties between Texas and Mexico and urged continued goodwill and missionary efforts to boost southern republic trade relations. The letter lists dignitaries met across Nuevo Laredo to Torreon and outlines plans for a Mexico bureau to advance commercial collaboration.
Jones Kapp, a prominent San Antonio businessman, is actively involved in the local oil development. He serves as vice president of the Alum Greek OM Company, now drilling two wells in Wilson County near Rutherland Springs, and as president of the Houston Furniture Company moving to a new home at the corner of Commerce and St Marys Street. He also holds the role of vice president of the Home Building and Development Company.
Rug cleaning ad offers vacuum work of the best kind by Chinckett U4 for Scobey Fireproof Storage Co. Advi.
Washington April 26 Postmaster General Burleson denounced publishers who profited from mail rates to support a plea to repeal or suspend the newspaper and magazine postage hike. He argued the subsidy favored a few millionare publishers, denying convict labor allegations and defending postal policy against manipulation by big publishers.
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