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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
16
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest remedy for grippe and severe colds. It claims relief within days, with a 20 cent package and notes quinine is ineffective. The copy emphasizes hourly dosing every two hours and three consecutive doses.
A roving picture man was held up and robbed after a theater show in Chicago. Charles C. Jedling, proprietor, described the attack as two bandits stealing films, two poodle diamonds, and cash about 1400 dollars while beating him and injuring his face and hands. He claimed one diamond was a ring with the bandits threatening to remove the finger if needed. The incident disrupted the last scene leaving the audience restless.
Washington December 8 The government's sixth cotton ginning report shows a national total of 12,214,989 bales ginned before December 1, up from 10,129,713 last year. Texas heads the states with a strong rise while round bales and Sea Island seed figures are detailed. Alabama and others listed with prior years' comparisons.
Chicago December 3 Gilford Pinchot president of the conservation administration was to address the National Irrigation Congress session on general conservation projects and a report of his Alaska trip. W T Taylor of the University engineering department spoke on irrigation while Widlsoe of Utah Agricultural College outlined irrigation and dry farming links. Afternoon speakers included Willard W Holt J E Watson Dwight Heard and Horace G Clark among others.
Severn Hbel, 35, a Cincinnati-born groom in Kokomo, accuses rival Wren Shepard of interfering with his marriage to Rhode. A confrontation leads to two shots, one hitting Shepard in the wrist, as Shepard visits Hbel’s home. Shipard’s stepmother is the bride’s sister.
United States Marshal Barry Johnson ordered a thorough inquiry into the shooting at the Illinois Central Railroad yards near Memphis. Victim Victor C Bonner was killed while Capt. G W Dillaway and Charles McCalman were wounded. Dillaway and McCalman expected to recover. Bonner did not draw his weapon before being fatally shot from a moving train engine.
Deputies exchanged gunfire with a group described as rioters at a railroad yard outside Nondcohnah. Inspectors later learned the rioters did not expect trouble, and Marshal Johnson said the investigation had just begun.
The executive committee met in the old rooms and assigned tasks for the midwinter festival to run from December 28 to January 6. Each member received duties and will report back at a follow up meeting called by chairman E G Mitts. The club will not solicit subscriptions.
An advertisement extols Wyommel hyomel as a cure for catarrh, coughs, colds, bore trent and asthma. It claims the product can stop discharge, hawking and spluttering within days and guarantees relief, urging readers to buy a one dollar kit from Bexah Drug Co or local druggists.
The club announces a working fund to avoid external contributions and outlines a midwinter festival with stunts this month. Sunday features a member facing charges of indiscriminate and undue amorous conduct, while New Year’s Eve hosts a watch night at the Plaza theater with top stars and press members invited. A. Colman, plumber, manages communications.
Mrs Frederick W Vankraitt hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in Newport for four hundred news boys and other children. After the meal the boys received boxes of candy and the event featured turkeys and all the trimmings in a festive, grateful gathering.
The disappearance of Second Lieutenant Gibbs Lykes of the Ninth Cavalry puzzles War Department officials. Senator Tillman seeks help to locate him after he left Fort A. Russell in July on leave. The last message was mailed from St Paul on July 31. The senator urges urgent appeals to anyone with information.
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