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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
10
The 1700 inmates at Southwestern Insane Asylum enjoyed a daytime concert Wednesday by the San Antonio Municipal Band led by William H. Brith. Dr Beverly T Yang praised the performance, noting the patients clearly enjoyed the music.
The Katy Railroad to triple rock crushing capacity with Ditlinger quarry use and two new plants at Lester Oklahoma and Kansas City area. The contract with H Dittlinger and W A Webb calls for 150,000 cubic yards of crushed rock to ballast tracks from San Antonio to Dallas, boosting daily output to 26 to 100 carloads and creating a fully rock ballasted Southwest network. The expansion includes a $16,000 equipment order and aims to begin shipping within days, with San Antonio industry ties and Aransas Pass output rising accordingly.
A continental article notes hardship among lawyers and notaries in the German empire as war reduces litigation. Many professionals, including women, face poverty and military service, with pay far below usual income and many in noncombat roles.
Frank In Larkin of Milwaukee, a Ninth New York Cavalry veteran, reports long stomach distress after meals with gas belching constipation and headaches. After using Plant Juice, he says digestion improved sleep returned and constipation and headaches vanished. Sold at San Antonio Fisener's Drug Store.
Obituaries note Goasner Scrtt four year old son buried at Mission Burial Park after funeral held at his home on 309 Bust Eyer Areen Street with Rev. Philip Cook of St Mark’s Episcopal Church officiating. Also reported is the Lavernia death of Mrs. Z Lubbs Davis 60 plus years in Texas with five daughters surviving and burial in Lavernia. Additional notes cover Veronico Chiesienski and W I Merrill deaths with burials planned in St Michael’s Church cemetery and Eagle Pass respectively. A German inventor potato planter and concrete forming methods appear in a short technology blurb.
A dated warning style advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to relieve children's sour stomach constipation and ill temper. It claims the product cleanses the bowels, cures indigestion and improves sleep with a single teaspoonful. The notice warns to buy the genuine syrup from California Fig Syrup Company and avoid counterfeit bottles.
Mrs Eile Finsy Young, longtime figure in Chicago public schools and former superintendent at ten thousand dollars a year, retires at age 71. She plans to move to Southern California to establish a home, with intentions to visit Europe after the war.
A strong gas showing was reported from wells along the Milton Swain tract near Pearsall Road. A well drilled about 300 feet pressure produced gas, with a Niello of gas noted at 1023 feet in the Buske Howard well in the Alta Vista field. Water rose several feet in the air for about twenty minutes, and completion is expected within hours with another Moore well likely to emit gas before week’s end.
The Christmas tree in Joske Brothers' show window features thin tree ornaments called yirtacs. Reading like a moral display, symbols include Civiligation, Good Will, Clarity, Faith, Friendship, Happiness, Justice, Love, Mercy, Prosperity, Power, Wisdom, and Universal Peace. In lieu of usual tinsel, the display presents virtues as a civic gift to the world on Christmas morning.
Dr Charles A Johnson of Guineeville was elected president of the North Texas Medical Association at its semi annual meeting in Fort Worth on a Wednesday. Other officers elected include Dr O Harper of Fort Worth as vice president, Dr Leslie Moore of Dallas as secretary, and Dr O M Higgins of Gainesville and Dr J C Laggins of Envits as councilors.
Three alarms sounded early Wednesday, two house fires caused by gasoline fumes explosion. Miss Gertrude Rubel, 20, at 11 Tipson street, was badly burned while cleaning a dress with gasoline near a lamp. Dwellings sustained about 6600 in damage. A separate fire at Mrs. Rover’s home on Brooklyn avenue caused 35000 dwelling loss with 370 insurance. A third blaze destroyed a cottage at 3000 Guadalune street, Marian Tos, with total loss.
Uneven readable text describes a broken glass and alarm at a street area with references to a Mrs and a person named Honster. Details are incomplete and unclear about location, timing, or outcome. The fragment mentions hot tarner and a lever being pulled, but no coherent event or authority is deducible.
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