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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
3
The advertisement praises Columbia Records for rich cello tone and orchestral power. It emphasizes flawless accuracy, forceful expressiveness, and clarity across voices and instruments, calling the Grafonola a revelation in sound perfection.
Two 17 year old San Antonio boys were fined $100 and sentenced to 100 days in jail each for vagrancy related to loitering near pool rooms. Police Detectives Green and Harris arrested them after warnings from plain clothes officers. No defense appeared.
An advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm as an instant remedy for nasal congestion head colds and catarrh. It claims immediate opening of nostrils easing headache and discharge with a promise of improvement by morning and urges trying the product from drug stores.
Lord Northcliffe's papers press for stronger air defense after Zeppelin raids. The Daily Mail urges constant aeroplane patrols and thousands of planes for major towns. The Times argues air mastery will soon be vital to Britain, while The Manchester Guardian rejects reprisals on Germany as immoral and dangerous to civilians.
Commissioner Kearny announced the Alazan main sewer will provide continuous gravity service from Cincinnati and Bandera avenues through the sewer farm to Mitchell's Lake. The steel frume across Concepcion road will be completed February 15, enabling the rest of the system to open to service.
Will Irwin a war correspondent and author and Mrs Inez Haynes Gillmore a noted writer married February 1 and sailed for Europe the next day to honeymoon at the front. Both had prior marriages. Irwin divorced in 1908 from Harriet Sophie Hyde Irwin, an artist, and Gillmore recently divorced from Rufus Hamilton Gillmore, a Boston lawyer.
Louis Schatzkey a longtime traveling salesman and native of Breslau Germany died at his home 127 Slocum Place after four weeks illness. He leaves two daughters Mrs Zielonka and Mrs Harris and a son Albert Schatzkey. Funeral Friday at 10 from his home with burial in Beth El Cemetery.
The British steamship Belle of France has been sunk. Europeans and 220 Lascars were landed. 19 Lascars are missing. The vessel, of 3876 gross tons, built in 1905 for the Belle Steamship Agency of Liverpool, was last reported at Karachi after arriving from Port Said on December 24.
Petitions circulate among Nueces County voters to secure signatures for a request to the Commissioners Court to call a county prohibition election. The election must be called no sooner than fifteen days and no later than thirty days after petition presentation.
The exchange hints at tension between reporters and censorship during wartime. One correspondent questions what portions of dispatches survive censorship while the other jokes about truth and the paper’s motives, reflecting press censorship dynamics.
An ad claims Sargol tablets can help thin people gain 5 to 25 pounds a month by boosting digestion and blood oxygen, with a guarantee of weight increase or money back. It promotes cutting foolish diets and using the product with meals to achieve steady fat gain.
Sunday Light Want Ads promote a free slice of Santone rand Brick Chile with every paid Sunday Light ad, an offer featured as an advertisement.
The Wagner Drug Store advertises Miona as a standard dyspepsia remedy with a money back guarantee if not fully satisfactory. Sold in a portable metal box, it claims quick relief for indigestion from irregular eating or worry, and targets bankers ministers lawyers and others with busy lives. There is no time like the present to start treatment.
Mayor Brown urges early fixing of the city tax rate after March 1. He seeks a full list of outstanding accounts and estimates the rate will rise from 1.61 to about 1.76 to 1.81. Audits for eight months and February payrolls will guide remaining-year spending.
The council has postponed all expenditures until after June 1 to keep the tax rate down and align with the new fiscal year beginning.
Corpus Christi officials say twenty nine vagrants were arrested and convicted in corporation court during January averaging nearly one per day. City authorities are pursuing further enforcement and public order measures.
A vigorous effort targets unemployment driven by false boom reports drawing men to the city. Authorities aim to curb jobless influx and restore order amid crowded conditions and strained resources.
A Washington Star quip pits a self described prepared pacifist against a gun carrier. Bronco Bob declares opposition to preparedness and guns while admitting he carries one now to protect his peaceful influence.
Dr. Sauer promotes nuxated iron as a superior iron supplement to boost strength and endurance. He cites cases of nervous, rundown individuals who gain power after two weeks of taking five grain tablets three times daily after meals. He warns against reduced iron products and notes athletes have used iron to enhance performance, claiming rapid improvement within two weeks.
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