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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
3
Service Jeries No. 16 explains Henry Ford’s mass market approach by specializing on one model and standardizing production to cut costs. The Ford Service Station imitates this by offering Ford only equipment tools and parts with expert mechanics under supervision to provide lower prices.
G. G. Geyer was chosen president at the Manufactures Club annual election held Tuesday night at the Gunter Hotel. C. C. Leel was re-elected secretary, with H. W. Finck James A. Gallagher and E. A. Holmgreen named vice presidents. A new board of directors was elected including Charles Baumberger Jr. Henning Bruhn Paul Dreiss H. W. Finck James A. Gallagher G. G. Geyer Eugene Holmgreen and others, with plans to appoint an executive board of five members.
The Pure Food and Drug Laws aim to curb misstatements on labels, warning against cod liver oil extracts that are highly alcoholic. Scott's Emulsion is presented as the standard emulsion with real cod liver oil, glycerine, no alcohol, and physician endorsement.
The group defeats a plan by city and county officials to have the federal government pay for or repair road damage caused by army troop movements. The Members praise San Antonio made materials and support cheap power for industry. G. S. McElroy retires as president after a year of activity and the club forms a freight bureau led by Eugene A. Holmgreen.
A roster of individuals includes Charles Lucas G G Geyer Ed Dreiss Eugene Holmgreen Paul Dreiss T G Hay Arthur Storms W G Sinclair A Battaglia B J Lange Jack Raybold H N Timolat Mark F Postlewaite Albert Steves Jr J A Patterson Walter Steves R Elliott Jones W H Winterborne Charles W Fichtner and Secretary Cc Cc Leel.
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce tourist division reports 50 to 75 letters daily from prospective visitors after midwest newspaper ads. Inquiries cover accommodations land prices hotel rates railroad fares and other visit related details as demand grows. The organization prepares 30,000 extra San Antonio views booklets due to heavy demand.
Alfred Noyes the celebrated English poet and lecturer will give readings in San Antonio January 15. The San Antonio branch of the Southern Association of College Women brings him to town to raise funds for the association loan fund aiding ambitious girls with education.
Two Battery A, First Wisconsin artillery veterans, now in civilian garb, write the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce from Milwaukee saying they intend to settle in the city after mustering out. They recall Camp Wilson and the San Antonio climate as a year round draw.
A caller asked Dr Frederick B Humphreys of the German hospital on Seventy seventh street and Lexington avenue what time it was yesterday afternoon, interrupting his important work.
Captain Deevy of the First Branch Detective Bureau taunts a doctor on time. Dr. Humphreys learns his prized time keeper was stolen. In a Bowery pawnshop detective Dalton confronts Frederick Hirsch, a hospital porter, who tries to pledge the watch and is jailed for grand larceny.
A pasted advertisement claim touts liquid argon as a dandruff cure. Four ounces applied at night to moisten and rub into the scalp supposedly dissolves all dandruff after repeated uses, with immediate itch relief and hair improvements. It promises inexpensive availability at drug stores and claims universal efficacy.
Paris December 13 The French cabinet is named with Aristide Briand as Premier and foreign affairs minister. Ribot is finance minister. Yatouey is war minister. Lacase marine minister. Albert Thomas heads fabrication nationale. Painleve Viviani Malvy Clementel Herriot Doumergue named as other ministers.
A laughing note about Sir Ian Hamilton reviewing a corps sparks a bakery horse joke. A crowd wit shouts Baker as an officer sits on a former baker’s horse. the horse initially stalls but then moves when the rider exclaims thanks, and the moment passes.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a moment of intense relief felt by everyone concerned signaling a favorable turning point or resolution in an ongoing matter. The brief item emphasizes communal satisfaction and relief without detailing specifics.
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