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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1915
Page
1
An advertisement extols Vitalitas tea as a morning draught and before meals water infusion with tonic effects superior to other medicines. It claims relief from constipation, stomach issues, liver and kidney pain, and general health benefits, urging readers to visit Waener's drug store for day sale.
Vatican accepts explanation of Pope Benedicts prayer for pace given by Cardinal Amette. Paris authorities deemed the text sensitive and embargo lifted after Mon Honor Arcette interpreted it. Bryan to address Indiana Legislature and Democratic events in Indianapolis Friday night.
CAICAGN February 2. A make a place campaign begins in Chicago led by the Industrial Contention. Afton Trust Lie suniciom Depart ment of public welfare will seek immediate employment for numerous men. The campaign aims to urge employers to "make a place" for as many workers as possible.
London editorials urge US aid to Britain by purchasing US ships to counter German submarines in World War I. The Daily News lauds the plan as essential to protect Allied food supply and prevent American ports from becoming targets, arguing state socialist measures may defend Britain and American interests.
Brigadier Mary Stillwell, secretary of Salvation Army women’s social and rescue work in the Western states, told Sorosis Literary Club members in the St Anthony room Tuesday afternoon that parents bear blame for their children’s misdeeds. She warned that if parents fret over a sixteen year old they should have worried when she was six, noting that girls suffer more while men escape.
Gladd day events at RMGH School concluded with Thursday diplomas and a Friday night Grand Opera House class play. February graduates showcased a program including poetry, music, and dramatic pieces while tributes to instructors were delivered. Commencement exercises Thursday at Beethoven Hall featured speeches, a valedictory, and diploma distribution. A drama titled She Comes to Conquer was slated for Friday at the Grand Opera House, directed by Miss Ninn Greathouse with 22 students in the cast.
Mrs. Stanley, 3 years old, died Wednesday at 2 a.m. at her brother B. C. Metcalf’s home, 514 Fourth Street. She recently returned from San Antonio from Corpus Christi. Native of One land she left a husband and her brother surviving. Funeral 2:90 p.m. Thursday from Mr. Marentt home on Fourth Street. Interment Mission Burial Park. Heffey-Daring Undertaking Co. Automobile equipment. Phone 71.
Unclear forecast notes unsettled conditions shifting toward clearing and cooler air. Major Allen Ruel reports a storm area over the Northwest moved away, causing a nationwide temperature drop and a freezing point around 12 degrees at Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Nevesta Nachrichten quotes Dr Ganghofer describing Kaiser Wilhelm II as patient with criticism and loyal to calm speech. He notes the emperor never faults mastery of language and reserves harsh judgments, while questioning English actions and praising German morals, industry, and conscience as a power to shape the world.
Washington reports capture of San Luis Potosi near Tampico a key railroad junction. General Urbina leads the Villa forces against Carranza troops. prisoners and war matériel seized as the Carranza rear collapses south of San Luis. Rail traffic between San Luis Potosi and El Paso via Aguascallentes opens amid the fighting.
Feb 3 session amid party names Nerdhans Wortham and Haney proposed four amendments to libel law in the House. The measures mirror Senate proposals by Senator McNealowe, seeking to place Wyhel Jaw alongside pre existing code while noting priorconvictions. A deposition is discussed to pass these measures during the president's legialature session.
In an St Paul address Bernhard Dernburg former German colonial official warned that Britain's sea power and wartime contraband rules threaten U S trade with Germany. He described Germany's limited resources, the impact on neutral nations, and potential long term consequences for American industry and global commerce.
Report from the front describes engagements along the Vistula and Carpathians. German efforts near Dorfly Tay and Gowhine repulsed with losses. trenches retaken near January 33. bombardments on Tosn niet area fail to advance. In Dukla Pass region allied forces pushed, capturing artillery and prisoners. enemy movements at Ussok Pass repelled. German troop transport to the Carpathians noted with a battalion captured near Berkidt Pans.
Berlin dispatch details a German army headquarters summary. French attacks near Paris have been repulsed while western front artillery exchanges continue. In Poland north of the Vistula Russian cavalry assaults were repulsed. German forces took Humlino and nearby zones, with Welaszye Lowiczka contested since February 1 and over 4208 prisoners plus six machine guns captured. Russian night assaults near the Bruma river were repulsed.
Paris February 3 The French war office provided a terse progress report on military operations. In the Lys to Oise area there is nothing notable reported. Between the Lys and the Oise in the Nouvette sector west of Lens French batteries stopped a lively enemy fusillade and halted German river rafts above Avelliy. Our artillery maintains excellent results in the Aisne valley with prisoners taken and a counterattack west of Hil No 200 near Perthes. A second German attack targeted the Argonne yesterday.
Fragmentary dispatches describe a repulsed evening assault at about five o clock and a prior afternoon attack. The front line from Mouse to ages remains quiet, with notes of Cordes and Auguertyyiter near the southern area. An American relief effort, the REMEF expedition, has departed, while Russian authorities constrain foreign relief shipments to Haseley military control.
Berlin reports on the German admiralty warning about operations on the French coast. Some Berlin papers suggest an actual blockade, but Morgen Post argues essential elements are missing. It notes neutral ships must avoid entering the forbidden zone.
Berlin Feb 3 Emperor William will leave for Wilhelmshaven to inspect ships at Germanys second major naval base. He will review the squadron that fought in the North Sea, including units from Seydists and Kolberg, after visiting western and eastern fronts. The tour will conclude with a view of Germanys new unified armies garrisoned in the empire.
The Kreus Zeitung argues England and France cannot expect benevolent treatment for merchant ships at sea. It says civilian lives may be sacrificed when neutral lives are also at risk and asserts Germany will torpedo English merchant ships to deter bombardments and mine hazards in the North Sea.
Dispatch from Baghdad recounts night attack by 400 Turks on Kurina as 2 English battalions exchange fire across the town. British gunboats lift the dawn assault, Turkish forces retreat. Expeditionary force leads Persian Gulf operations with Kure surrender and British occupation declared in December.
A dispatch reports German forces near the Congo and in Angola with Germany occupying much of the colony. Portugal casualties in Angola estimated around 800 with many wounded and prisoners. German losses about 200. Fresh Portuguese troops expected to embark for Adrien. Additionally Harvard and Yale donated 17 ambulances to the Red Cross for battlefield service, khaki-covered with Red Cross insignia.
A fire destroyed a building at 402 East Evergreen Street on Tobin Hill Tuesday night, with the neighborhood gridlocked by smoke and crowds. Firefighters fought the blaze amid low water pressure, delaying extinguishment and sparking complaints about municipal protection. Neighbors blame insufficient water pressure for slow containment while the home’s occupants, Mr and Mrs Finnet, were away.
Charles Kellogg the naturalist philosopher spoke to Main Avenue school students after noon on Wednesday. Assisted by Mire Kellogg he presented part of his act on stage for the school audience, showcasing demonstrations of vibrations and acoustics.
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