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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
5
The Fourth Regiment Nebraska National Guard now at Llano Grande Texas on border duty is ordered home. It will arrive December 18 at Ashland Nebraska. The item includes a light cartoon excerpt from Puck and unrelated remarks.
With Texas and the South thriving on easy money the most logical safeguard is real estate. Buyers rush into property now while the market is favorable as sales rise daily in South San Antonio’s industrial area. Schedule a visit to view the large railroad shops promising growth and wealth.
General Funston voices a plan to relieve Major General O Ryan and merge remaining New York division units under Brigadier General James Parker in the Brownsville district. The move aims to balance strength after border departures and remove independent command while addressing gaps from Llano Grande and recent unit withdrawals.
A noted authority warns that daily meat can produce uric acid harming kidneys. He recommends flushing kidneys with four ounces of rad Salts in water each morning to neutralize acids, cleanse the kidneys, and relieve bladder irritation.
Local druggists report wide demand for Freezone, a new treatment that shrivels corns without pain. A few drops on a tender corn dissolve it, and the entire root lifts out with a touch. Sold in quarter ounce bottles, it dries quickly and does not irritate surrounding skin. No need to risk infection from cutting corns.
The order calls for assembling sleeper cars to move troops from various states. A Kansas battery at Eagle Pass and a Utah battery at Nogales may begin within days, with about ten days needed before a large border force commences. Only about 700 tourist sleepers exist nationwide, complicating the mobilization. Some units may depart before Squadron A of New York cavalry and the Maryland cavalry are relieved by the First Alabama cavalry arriving at Camp Wilson around December 13.
The largest audience of the season greeted master pianist Josef Hofmann at Beethoven hall in San Antonio on Thursday. He played a wide program from Gluck Brahms to Wagner Liszt with remarkable reserve and without showy display, shaping a poetic interpretation with a powerful left hand in pieces like Chopin Polonaise and Tannhauser.
Interpretations of the Moonlight Sonata, Chopin group, Rachmaninoff Polichinelles, Scarl?ines Poeme and Etude in F Minor charmed the audience. Rubinstein’s Beethoven Rubinstein March from Ruins of Athens complemented the program. Walter P. Romberg introduced Hofmann in San Antonio with a first accomplished effort.
Rev Charles Stelzle, field secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, says social unrest is necessary for progress and discusses labor, capitalism, and socialism. The remarks come during a quadrennial council meeting in St Louis.
Brigadier General Frank McIntyre chief of insular affairs says the Philippine bill passed last session is probably the best organic act ever enacted by Congress. He notes broad satisfaction in the islands and that no further legislation is requested. He also mentions a recommendation to extend American citizenship to Porto Rico and cites House approval and postponed elections pending Senate action.
A health notice explains a dis ease where kidneys act at night harming children. It claims three daily doses of Liquid Shu Make relieve most kidney bladder disorders in a day or two and lists inexpensive bottle sizes and safety for children.
Amarillo Texas December 8 Welton Winn agent of the State Department of Agriculture announces a jackrabbit drive will be conducted next week across 60 518 square miles of the Panhandle to curb pests and help lower living costs while aiding Northwest Texas farmers.
An advertisement claims pimples scaly itching and rashes arise from impure blood. It promotes S. S. S. as a premier blood tonic that cleanses blood, revitalizes red cells, and relieves long standing cases. It urges readers to obtain S. S. S. from a druggist or seek expert advice from the Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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