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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1916

Page

12

Official Notice to Property Owners on Nolan Street

City Clerk Fred Fries of San Antonio gives public notice by publication under a cited resolution. The notice concerns property owners on Nolan Street between Subway Pavement and Pine Street and outlines the matters contained in the resolution.

Nolan Street Pine Street Fred Fries City of San Antonio A. D Clinton G. Brown Pereriee Eaid Viaduct Nolan &J P. G. Beaumont Wm. A Baeee Seed Minnie Friedrich Edward and Minnie Friedrich Sheer B. Baldesareli Sidonie Durham J H and Minna Schaefer Minna Flannery Wilhelmine Pugenia S. Frolinger Pugenia Frolinger John Bell Ree Ie ‘ Teeeneee Ae Meare &J Hugh B CO Sees Otto W. Hilgers Ethel

San Antonio Sets Public Hearing on Nolan Street Improvements

Officials in San Antonio Bexar County Texas approve a plat for Nolan Street upgrades from Subways to Pine Street. A public hearing is set for August 3 1916 to consider special assessments on abutting properties and rail lines to fund the project under the City Procedure Ordinance, with bids previously awarded to Eastern Paving Company.

State OF Texas County OF Bexar San Antonio Nolan Street City OF Uction Pine Street Estern Paving Company Eald City Sach Saih Bexar County Texas Eneneer Sach Highway Oraisance

Delinquent Tax Law Spurs Texas Redemption Calls

Austin reports a surge in tax redemptions after a 1915 law, increasing certificates issued from 34,000 in 1914-15 to 70,000 in 1915-16. Comptroller Terrell expects up to 150,000 certificates by month end as delinquents settle with the state. Cabrito Today announced at Mexican Inn on Crockett Street.

Austin Tex Redemption Bureau Comptroller Terrell Mexican Inn E. Crockett Street

Carranza Favorable to Plans of U S

Washington reports indicate de facto Mexican authorities favor a joint international border commission proposal. A reply from General Carranza may come today, with officials uncertain on positions beyond addressing the border military situation. The commission would not discuss territory or claims, and any internal matters depend on Mexican initiative. Private messages note rising labor unrest among Mexican railroad workers.

Washington, D. C Mexico State Department Polk Joint International Commission Carranza el Paso United States Southern Republic

Diet Exercise Or Death Warns Of Urinary Health

An eminent medical authority warns that arterial thickening and kidney disease cause most city deaths. Warned signs include backache swollen ankles dizziness and pains. The remedy urged is eating meat sparingly, outdoor exercise and drinking pure water, plus taking anuric to dissolve uric acid. Dr Pierce of Buffalo named and promoted anuric as potent, suggesting it outperforms lithia.

Pierce Buffalo N. Y

Best Home Treatment for All Hairy Growths

Every woman should have a small package of delatone handy for its timely use will keep the skin free from beauty marring hairy growths. To remove hair or fuzz make a paste with delatone and water. Apply to hairy surface rub off after 2 to 3 minutes. wash skin and it will be free from hair. Ensure you get real delatone.

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Warns of Hidden Ailments

An old health advert cautions against ignoring pains in kidneys stomach joints and head, noting they may signal serious conditions like Brights disease appendicitis or rheumatism. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily health measure and offers refunds if ineffective, warning against substitutes.

Bright Haarlem

Sales Lady Shares Foot Care Remedy in KC

Mrs. L. Gardner of 1009 East Fourteenth Street Kansas City Missouri says a home treatment cured years of sweating swelling and aching feet. She used about one ounce of Liquid Pedalava applied with cotton to the feet before bed. She reports rapid relief and no recurrence with continued use and claims it also stopped underarm sweating.

Ambiguous foreign salvo stirs uneasy lines tie up

An extensive tie up of the lines was threatened. The State Department had no reports on this subject. The Mexican embassy had heard something of the trouble, but had no definite knowledge of it.

State Department

Epworth League In Session At Port O'Connor Watermelon Feast

Port O Connor Texas August 3 Epworth League conference guests of Port O'Connor Townsite Company July 31 for a watermelon feast. Notable arrivals included Dr H A Boaz Rev J Dobes Rev W M Crutchfield Miss Lily Reed and others. Activities centered on institute work with the Woman's Missionary Council addressing home and foreign fields and a dramatic reading in the evening. Committees were announced including nominating policy and resolutions and a standing constitution panel.

Port O'Connor Tex Epworth League Port O’connor H. A. Boaz Texas Woman's College Fort Worth Boaz J. Dobes Bryan Brazos County Buditel Dobes Texas W. M. Crutchfield Victoria Victoria County Korea W. B. Lipscomb Woman’s Missionary Council Nashville Woman's Work of the Church Woman's Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal] Church South China Edna Spear College of Industrial Arts Denton Sessions Glenn Flinn Beaumont Ella Nash Dallas O. T. Cooper San Antonio J. Marvin Culbreth Ella P. Turner F. S. Onderdonk Pearl Crawford Corpus Christi F. E. Ring Gus W. Thomasson W. J. Johnson Eula P. Turner

Zurich youths demand demobilization in street parade

A Zurich dispatch reports a protest by several young men who marched with banners calling for complete demobilization. Police charged the crowd with drawn swords to disperse them, and several people were wounded.

Zurich Geneva Paris

Austin orders removal of oil tanks from business district

The Austin city commission, after full consideration, has directed a large oil company to remove its storage tanks from the ground between the water and light plant and the International and Great Northern railroad tracks. The move aims to reduce explosion hazards in the business district, with plans to issue similar orders to other companies with tanks in the city.

Austin Tex City Commission of International Great Northern

Knights of Columbus elect supreme director

Paul Leche of Donaldsonville Louisiana was chosen as a supreme director for a three year term by the Knights of Columbus at the Davenport Iowa convention. The 1917 convention is scheduled to be held at Old Point Comfort Virginia.

Knights of Columbus Davenport Iowa Paul Leche Donaldsonville Old Point Comfort

French Flier De Terline and Comrades Revered in Verdun

Paris August 3. Sergeant Charles R describes the death of Aviator De Terline who fell July 27 while downing his third German aircraft. In the engagement De Terline and a sergeant collided with the German aircraft, saving fellow aviators by sacrificing themselves. The tale each man tells honors the courage of American Field Ambulance squads cited for bravery, with six names from the Ambulance Unit and several others from New York to Colorado in Verdun.

Paris Charles R de Terline Deterline Brook Leonard Edwards Philadelphia James Hilton Sponagle Gloucester Massachusetts Thomas Potter New York Everett Jackson Colorado Springs Colo Walter Wheeler Yonkers N. Y John Clark Flushing Verdun

Williams Named State Statistician in Agriculture Department

Austin Aug 3 Commissioner of Agriculture Fred W Davis announced the appointment of Harry Hampton Williams to the position of statistician. Williams is well known in newspaper circles and a writer of ability. He has assumed his new duties.

H. H. Williams Austin Tex Fred W. Davis Harry Hampton Williams Williams

Landmark St Louis Hotel stone used for New Orleans terminal

Aug 3 officials of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company said the stone front of the historic St Louis Hotel will be salvaged for a new terminal station on South Rampart. The hotel, a famed French Quarter landmark, spurred a past movement to preserve its dome and rotunda where the slave market stood before the Civil War.

New Orleans St. Louis

Belgians Sink German Gunboat on Tanganyika

Belgian war office reports the sinking of the German gunboat Graf von Gotzen after a duel with the Belgian gunboat Netta on Lake Tanganyika. The official statement notes Netta, under Lieutenant Lenaerts, cruised German shores and engaged the German vessel.

German gunboat Graf von Gotzen sinks after engagement

In July 28 the German gunboat Graf von Gotzen landed troops and was sunk by the Netta within fifteen minutes after a failed attempt to escape. The fate of Graf von Gotzen’s crew is unknown while Belgian losses are reported as none.

Graf von Gotzen

State institution heads meet with Purchas ing Agent on improvements

In Austin on August 3, heads of several state institutions discussed planned improvements with State Purchasing Agent George Leavy. The talks focused on procurement and contract considerations for upcoming projects.

Austin Tex George Leavy

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