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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
7
A Chicago physician touts Cadomene Tablets as a cure for nervous derangement and fatigue. The ad claims the tablets build nerve and tissue strength, restore vitality, and improve memory, with a money-back guarantee if unsatisfied. Sold by all first-class druggists.
Great Airplanes in San Diego announce 70 foot wingspan machines with 400 horsepower motors. Sixteen planes per squadron, eighteen officers and 168 mechanicians staffing each unit. Speeds of 75 miles per hour on four, range 400 miles. Also notes an English ice cream freezer delivering continuous stream ice cream after cranking.
An advertisement asserts rheumatism is a blood disorder and promotes S. S. S. blood remedy as permanent relief. It claims long proven efficacy and offers a free book and medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
New York reports Mrs Ethel Byrne freed from a 30 day Blackwell Island sentence for spreading birth control propaganda after a pardon granted by Governor Whitman. A delegation led by Mrs Sanger and Mrs Amos Pinchot visited the governor at a hotel prior to the release. Mrs Byrne began the sentence with a hunger strike and was force fed, with physicians disputing claims about her condition. Mrs Sanger vowed for her sister not to break the law again if released.
Frank Hillman reports a deep seated cough and weak lungs improved after using Vinci. He gained fifteen pounds and is now well. The ad lists participating Texas druggists and stores offering Vinci with a guarantee for chronic coughs colds bronchitis and run down conditions.
The article details a complex troop redeployment with about 125 special trains scheduled over weeks to return 25 000 state troops and move expeditionary force units from Mexico. Col Harry L. Rogers and Captain James P. Castleman oversee the logistics as border patrol shifts and mustering out unfold.
Washington February 2 Representative McLemore warned that Congress should have passed his anti belligerent ship resolution last spring. He argued passage then would have kept the United States from possible entanglement with Germany, a point he says others concurred with after Germanys note yesterday.
A special Texas bankers train carrying about seventy five bankers from major Texas cities and the North and East will arrive in San Antonio for the Second District Bankers Association semi annual meeting on February 17. Local committee members plan elaborate entertainment and the train will continue to Houston after San Antonio.
San Antonio couple credits Tanlac with dramatic recovery from long standing kidney and stomach trouble. Lizzie Gaugler regained appetite and strength, now walking to town and back. Ad cites Wagner Drug Co. and E. J. H. Meier as San Antonio sellers.
More than 200 bankers from forty four counties are expected for the San Antonio district meeting. Chairman John H. Frost organizes the program, with a banquet after the business session. Prominent bankers will deliver addresses as the official program is prepared for mailing next week.
An old advertisement promotes GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC as a malaria preventer and system builder. It emphasizes quinine and iron in a tasteless formula and lists a 50 cent price on the label.
The German note to Switzerland on unrestricted submarine warfare designates Cette as the sole French port allowed for Swiss traffic. The Bund reports changes to supply conveyance to Switzerland and the introduction of a ration system with food cards for Swiss citizens.
Prince Ching former premier and former minister of foreign affairs died in Tien Tsin on February 2. He celebrated his eightieth birthday last April.
A historic notice promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a cure for cold and grip. It advises taking a spoonful with boiling water, drinking a teacup, claiming it opens pores to relieve congestion and loosens bowels. The remedy is described as inexpensive and vegetable.
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