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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1913

Page

2

Vitalitas credited with saving life of Bellville man

Mr B O Foehner of Bellville recovered from dropsy after regular tapping and bloating. He attributes his recovery to Vitalitas, which he says restored bowel and kidney function and improved his skin. display and sample offered at Wasner's drug store 407 East Houston San Antonio Texas.

The Houston Chronicle B. O. Foehner Bellville Houston Foehner Vitalitas Mr. Foehner Wasner's Drug Store East Houston Street San Antonio Texas

Cook Driven Insane by Heat Burns Four at Staten Island House

Amelia Dilcher a cook in a Staten Island household became temporarily insane from kitchen heat. She boiled fat and severely burned three women and a baby, then fled the scene and has not been caught. The victims were found on the kitchen floor and taken to a hospital in serious condition.

New York Amelia Dilcher Staten Island Feu

Estate of Eleanor A Stribling Creates Ten Year Trust

The will of the late Mrs. Eleanor A Stribling filed with the county clerk leaves one million dollars to her children Eleanor Maury and Ben A Stribling with a ten year trust managed by the San Antonio Loan & Trust Company. The trust permits sale reinvestment rent collection and eventual distribution to heirs or devisees as specified. The will signed July 26 1913 revokes prior wills and names the same trust company as executor without bond.

Eleanor A. Stribling Eleanor Maury Ben A. Stribling Ruth George Newell Stribling Martin and Navarro Eleanor Luter Maury San Antonio Loan & Trust Company T. H. Franklin J. A. Riddle E. A West French Elizabeth S. Maury Elizabeth Elizabeth G. Maury Uly, A. D Thomas Franklin

Captain Powell Endorses Plant Juice For Rheumatism

Captain D. A. Powell of the Merchants' Police in San Antonio testifies to the success of Plant Juice. He reports rapid relief from rheumatic pain and stomach upset after using a single bottle and recommends it as a household remedy available at Fischer's drug store corner Alamo and Houston.

D. A. Powell Merchants’ Police of San Antonio Mason Street Powell Owell Fischer's Alamo Houston

Clan Gathering Plans At Coliseum Grounds Event

Dan MacDuff announces a Scottish gathering at the Coliseum grounds on September 24 with a preevent Charter members meeting at 8 p m Friday August 22 in the Gunter Hotel pink room. A women's auxiliary meeting is set for Thursday at 3 p m same venue. The program includes Scotch music dancing and a bagpipe from Edinburgh.

Dan MacDuff Coliseum Gunter Hotel Edinburgh

Sugar in 1916 Free Sugar Bill Wins Senate Vote

President Wilson's tariff plan for free sugar in 1916 carried the day in the Senate as Democrats rallied to support the measure and defeated all amendments. Louisiana's Ransdell and Thornton stood with Republicans for duty on sugar, while Bristow Norris and Gallinger amendments were rejected. The Dutch color test for sugar was abolished as part of the package.

Washington, D. C Wilson Senate Ransdell Thornton Louisiana Bristow Norris Gallinger Simmons Williams United States Works Sterling and Lippitt Poindexter

Fire safety drive ordered for New York theaters

Fire Commissioner Johnson launches a campaign to prevent panics in theaters with conspicuous program notices. The plan includes weekly fire drills for all theater employees and dedicated ushers guiding audiences to the nearest exits during emergencies.

New York Johnson

Describing the streamlined car of today

The passage praises the modern car design with a long sloping hood low chassis and crowned fenders. It highlights streamlined bodies absence of dash angles and extra tires that keep front doors clear, presenting the contemporary automobile as a standard of its era.

Ten Battleships to Make Mediterranean Cruise

Washington announces ten battleships and destroyers of the Atlantic fleet will sail October 25 and return December 20 for a month long Mediterranean cruise. The ships will split at Gibraltar with shore leave granted at ports along the way. Secretary Daniels urged saving for days ashore and said the voyage would showcase recruitment promises and world experience. The article also notes Holland’s Zuider Zee drainage project reclaiming 600,000 acres.

Washington Josephus Daniels Mediterranean Atlantic Gibraltar

Butler to Head International Inquiry on Balkan War Atrocities

Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University and the Carnegie Foundation plans an international commission to probe alleged Balkan war atrocities. Bulgarian appeals prompt a public inquiry into the extent and responsibility for acts in the second Balkan war. A Paris meeting will discuss preliminaries as more commissioners are awaited.

London Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University Carnegie Foundation Butler Paris

Convicts Escape From Eastern State Penitentiary

Two inmates at the Eastern State penitentiary in Philadel phia escaped by using a ladder built in the prison shop. Homer Wiggins, serving a long term for killing a policeman, and Charles Taylor, convicted of larceny, climbed the wall and dropped 35 feet to a grass plot.

Philadelphia Eastern State Penitentiary Homer Wiggins Charles Taylor

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