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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
5
Dr Baker offers general remedies for fat reduction, constipation, weight gain, liver and kidney health, and coughs. Answers include five grain arbolene tablets for fat reduction, three grain sulpheric tablets for cleansing, and three grain hypo-nuclane tablets for weight gain. Other tips cover cardial tablets for liver sluggishness, balsamwort for eye puffiness, and mentholaxene cough syrup.
Unofficial totals from the Bexar County Collector show at least 23510 poll taxes paid by Thursday with 4000 exemptions, predicting an official count next week. The figure marks the largest qualified voter registration in the county's history.
Physicians now stress kidneys receive more attention as they filter blood and support other organs. Modern lifestyles reduce water intake and exercise, overburdening kidneys. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root touted as a balanced herbal remedy. sample bottle offered for ten cents with a San Antonio Daily Light mention.
Austin dispatch reports redistricting plans remain unsettled as House and Senate bills diverge. A free conference committee will decide, with Governor Ferguson possibly delaying action. Prohibition submissions dominate, while new university regents face confirmation scrutiny and a state workmen’s compensation bill proceeds amid insurer concerns.
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Claassen will present its third 1917 concert at Beethoven Hall on Thursday at 8 30 pm. Soloist Walter P Romberg will perform Mendelssohn with Tschaikowsky Pathétique Haydn Kaiser Variations and MacDowell Second Indian Suite featured. Mme Alma Gluck will be the guest of honor and Mozart Society concert Friday.
New York Feb 1 The American industrial commission outlines future labor shifts as nations at war adapt. It notes that millions of the best young men have been killed and warns that the increased use of labor may reshape employment, production, and economic policies.
Domingo Torrez of 607 West Travis street reports rapid relief after two Tanlac bottles. He suffered back and side pain, indigestion, chills, fever, and low appetite for years. After starting Tanlac he gained 25 pounds, says he feels much better and has stopped other medicines. Tanlac advertised as stomach regulator sold by Wagner Drug Co. and E. J. H. Meier under Tanlac representative.
The commission states that women’s labor and labor saving devices cannot fully meet demand and that machinery must advance. It notes designs grown under high U S labor costs may gain favor and suggests dispatching men fluent in French to engage with French manufacturers to develop supply opportunities.
Austin Tex Feb 1 Occupation tax receipts totaling 912705 are being prepared by Comptroller Terrell to be sent to tax collectors across the state. The sum represents taxes collected from this revenue source during 1916 and mirrors the prior year’s figure in forwarded amounts.
The comptroller inaugurated a program last year that required receipts and led to a material reduction in the cost of printing these forms.
A wry exchange from Puck notes that clever writers are deserting magazines for films, while another remark claims writers haven’t been in magazines for some time. The dialogue captures early 20th century media industry satire.
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