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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
5
The notice promotes a voting contest ending at midnight offering 125,000 extra votes for every 24 dollars of new club subscriptions from three months to three years. It urges extending term lengths, mailing subscriptions today, and notes postmark allowances for out of town contestants. Success hinges on immediate effort and qualifying under the present offer.
R J Howell of Tracy Ohio reports his wife suffered severe lung woes and a persistent cough. He says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound provided immediate relief and a complete cure after less than three bottles. The ad claims no opiates or harmful drugs and urges no substitutes. Edwards King Drug Co.
A man who paid rent all his life owns a pocketbook found near 1731 East Commerce Street. The ad promotes new two to six room houses with down payments of 25, 50, 100, or 200 dollars and easy balance plans, near the car line. Old 846.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Wes ley W. Stout not killed in a Monclova Mexico pistol fight. Stout, a former San Antonio newspaperman, says he is alive in Coffeyville Kansas working with the Coffeyville Journal. He explains a rumor by noting he left a pocketbook on a Katy line train ten days earlier.
New York police commissioner Dougherty issues a holiday bulletin advising Xmas shoppers to beware of thieves and pickpockets in crowded stores and streets. He recommends women keep money in their stockings as the safest place.
A vintage ad extols its gentle cleansing and digestion aid, claiming instant relief from indigestion and constipation. It warns of imitations and urges buyers to look for the California Fig Syrup Co. name on each bottle, priced at 50 cents.
Church notices across San Antonio list services at First Baptist South Side Baptist Primitive Baptist and numerous Methodist Presbyterian Episcopal and Catholic houses. Details cover pastors, service times, Sunday schools, revivals and special music with invites to all.
Dr. A R Beal operates a Lungs Nose and Throat clinic located in the 308 Gunter Building. An oddly phrased note mentions sor oysters on a half shelf and a Saratoga Restaurant, suggesting a local dining reference accompanying the listing.
Twenty one El Campo business men formed the El Campo Military band and traveled to Francitas about forty miles south to provide music for Francitas town anniversary festivities.
The seven year old son of Professor A Mor kofsky disappeared late yesterday evening in the woods near his Smother's Creek home. Searchers scoured the area overnight and found him early this morning.
Johannisthal Germany December 9 A new endurance record for an aeroplane flight with a passenger was set by Herr Suvelack who stayed aloft four hours and 24 minutes The previous record of two hours 10 minutes 55 seconds was held by Herr von Iliner
The Imperial Gazette announces J. Pierpont Morgan will receive the first class Order of the Red Eagle decoration, noted in Berlin dispatches dated December 9.
The San Antonio Press club plans a mid winter festival December 28 to January 6 on Bowens Island Garden street. Owners Woodward Altgelt Ward granted access on favorable terms as railroads offer discounts and excursions. Nat Reiss will supply major entertainment with 26 shows including a big animal act and three free acts.
Tomorrow the Press club schedules a meeting where a bet will be tried on a charge preferred against him before the governors. The watch night celebration committee for New Year’s Eve at the Plaza theater will also convene.
The Chicago building ground committee of the board of education proposes opening public schools to free dances as a counter to dance halls. The plan requires no charges or restrictions if it does not conflict with state laws and city ordinances.
A paraphrased quip by a professor endorses Hot Springs Liver Tonic as a universal remedy for constipation and related ailments. The ad urges readers of the Light to visit a druggist for a cent box and mentions mail orders from Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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