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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
2
The pope is reported by the Liverpool Post to be deeply anxious for pacification in Ireland. An article states Vatican statesmen seek what it calls the pacification of Ireland and that this sentiment has reached the Irish Catholic hierarchy through direct channels. Cardinal Jasquet has recently been in England.
A physician promotes nuxated iron as a life extending tonic. He recounts a nearly fifty year old man with boyish vigor after two weeks of five grain tablets three times daily. He asserts iron deficiencies cause disease and that nuxated iron is easily absorbed and safe compared to older iron forms.
City leaders including Mayor Brown and 800 to 400 spectators watched an exhibition drill at the San Antonio training school behind central police and fire HQ. August Goetz led the display with pompier ladder work life line rescues and rapid fire fighting demonstrations.
Prince Songila of Siam, a youthful royal, arrives aboard the Tenyo Maru for study in the United States. Accompanying him are Siamese Foreign Minister Hoskieve and a retinue of secretaries and servants. No school chosen yet.
Indications point to a resumption of phone service in Austin by the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company by next Monday. J. W. Ezelle, local manager, says rehabilitation of the plant damaged by a nearby fire is progressing well.
Business men of Austin press Travis county commissioners to tarviate the Post Road along its entire length in the county. The commission reportedly favors the plan, having already authorized tarviating one mile of the road.
Notice how the real corn remedy Gets-It is spelled G E T S I T. The article warns of imitations trying to cash in on Gets-It success by deceit and similar sounding names. It stresses exact spelling to avoid fake products.
Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes arrived in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on August 10 for a western campaign swing. He planned two speeches in the state, one in Grand Forks and another in Fargo, before continuing to Helena, Montana, the next morning.
Charles E. Hughes denounces the administration for inadequate preparedness and calls for serious national effort. He defends party ideals, praises guardsmen, condemns border missteps, and insists on thorough, efficient readiness without overreliance on arms or wasteful spending. He warns of a spectacle of inefficiency and urges disciplined, modern methods.
In Minneapolis on August 10, Mr Hughes discussed civil service and executive orders removing appointments from its rules. He cited a Detroit speech noting exemptions and claimed about an April 1916 period when many positions were taken from civil service.
A health note explains kidneys as blood cleaners and signs of trouble such as backache, headaches, and dizziness. It endorses drinking plenty of pure water and taking a small amount of anuric before meals as a simple remedy from J. Pierce of Buffalo, N Y.
The remarks recount 104 executive exemptions in the year ending around April 1916 by category: 62 against the civil service commission’s advice, 20 without consulting the commission, and 22 where the commission was asked and approved. A corrections note clarifies a misread reference to the coast and geodetic survey and cites Representative Gillett as authority. Durand’s letter discusses a forced resignation of the census director and context of his departure.
Daring Ralph Mulford covered 1819 miles in 24 hours in a Hudson Super Six endurance run under A A A oversight at Sheepshead Bay. The event, hailed as the World’s Record, compares favorably with the Italiano Express rail service between Naples, Paris, and Berlin in speed and efficiency.
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily cure for backache promising relief tomorrow. It cites Holland origin since 1696 and urges buyers to seek the genuine Gold Medal label from reputable druggists with money back guarantees.
A beauty note describes a cheap method using a paste of delatone and water applied to hairy skin. After a few minutes the paste is rubbed off and the hair is said to vanish with no harm, advising to ensure genuine delatone is used.
The speaker states he was allowed to stay but the administration sought a change to create a vacancy. He says news of his successor appeared in the press and he resigned immediately. He cites the Detroit declaration and the removal of an eminent scientist from the coast and geodetic survey by a noted stock breeder and veterinary surgeon.
Austin Texas August 10 bonds have been approved by the attorney general department in several matters details include municipal and school bond authorizations and terms of issue as released for public record.
Districts Hale Brown and McLennan allocate funds and loans totaling five thousand dollars in Hale county and twenty five hundred dollars in McLennan county with five percent interest noted and sums including three thousand dollars and one thousand dollars in separate districts during the twenties era.
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