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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1917
Page
5
Many dread winter sickness but readers are advised to take Scott's Emulsion to enrich blood and strengthen throat membranes. The ad notes soldiers receive liver oil and cites Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey as the source.
Austin April 30 The Texas Legislature fumbles toward a money bill package as Senate and House struggle to finalize appropriation measures. House has passed two of four general appropriations bills, while Senate work on money bills stalls, risking delay. Governors seeks quick action to avoid a new session.
Norfolk Virginia resident Mattie Denning reports nervousness and loss of appetite but after using Vinci for six bottles she gained fifteen pounds and restored appetite. Vinci advertised as a constitutional remedy improving digestion and blood quality. Available at multiple Texas and Virginia pharmacies.
A Tallapoosa Georgia resident, Sallie Ejidson, describes severe prior illness and weight loss, then claims Cardui improved her health after nine bottles. She reports weight gain from 108 to 122 pounds and regained strength and sleep, attributing her recovery to Cardui.
T W Parrish and his wife of San Antonio credit Tanlac with curing long standing rheumatism gas indigestion and heart palpitations after three bottles. Parrish notes improved appetite weight gain and energy while his wife reports better digestion sleep and swollen feet relief. Wagner Drug Co. and E J H Meier sell Tanlac in San Antonio under a special representative.
Senate debates the Harley bill reorganizing the Texas National Guard to meet the national defense act and possibly expanding to a division. A companion military measure sets enlistment qualifications and gubernatorial appointment of officers. A $1,000,000 border protection appropriation is likely, with a six hundred man ranger force. John M. Adams seeks $5,000 yearly for the Bureau of Child and Animal Protection, with finance committees split on funding.
Twenty five UT faculty members who did not join a military unit began a food relief project. They will cultivate six acres near Austin pledging two hours daily, planting black eyed peas butter beans and sugar beets. All harvests go to the local Red Cross. Dr. H. W. Harper leads the squad.
Public notice from San Antonio dated April 9 1917 states that 1916 city taxes are due and payable. It warns taxpayers to pay by May 31 1917 to avoid six percent interest and two percent monthly penalties for five months. Also advertises special trains to Victoria and Seguin excursion details.
Catherine Kolb formerly married to Prince William Radzwell is detained aboard a Norwegian liner and sent to Ellis Island for an inquiry into her status as an alien. She planned lectures on life in the Russian imperial court to raise funds for Russian prisoners of war and has a history including a 1901 Cape Town forgery conviction. A Danish surgeon has invented a swallowable camera for stomach photography.
A Liverpool town meeting marked America Day with a noon gathering celebrating the United States entry into the war. The service at St Nicholas Church featured the bishop of Liverpool and the Lord Mayor, city officials, the U S consul, allied consular representatives, and leading citizens. Also noted are pensions under the March 4 1917 act for Indian War survivors and widows from San Antonio area units.
A fragment notes an auto brake control described as rapidly applied in emergencies and mentions a coed remark about a ki nono. The text references an orange eel as part of the surrounding context.
An advertisement extols blood purity for overall health and links impurities to rheumatism catarrh scrofula eczema and malaria. It promotes S S S blood remedy as cleansing the blood for over fifty years and offers free literature from Swift Specific Company in Atlanta Georgia.
A famous bridge player who boasted expertise on the game wrote and published a book to share methods. He sent a copy to a renowned mayor for feedback. Ten days later the book returned with a curt note praising it as good but stating it is only as good as bridge.
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