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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1917
Page
5
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn, a well known local figure, will visit San Antonio the week of February 12 to present six lectures on home problems at Beethoven Hall under The San Antonio Light. A daily musical program will precede the lectures, with sessions beginning each day.
Mrs. Elmer Glidden of Fort Edward recounts being run down and unable to work, cites Vinci as restoring her strength after ineffective cod liver oil. Advertisement lists multiple Texas druggists selling Vinci and guarantees its efficacy for debility.
A regional advertisement promotes the J B L Cascade Internal Bathing system as a cure for constipation and fatigue. It cites medical illness from built up waste and claims 500 000 users, urging readers to visit H L Wagner’s Drug Store in San Antonio or request a free booklet claiming modern medicine supports internal baths.
Mrs Vaughn will lecture at 2 30 on home cooking and problems attracting all classes. A practical demonstration will follow to show simple inexpensive foods. She has lectured on the coast and in the southeast and eastern cities and recently studied at Teachers College New York. All are invited to attend.
The program encourages all to attend every lecture and demonstration, urging clubs, neighbors, and schools to participate together. Mrs. Vaughn will meet San Antonio women from February 12 through 19 at Beethoven Hall, with the Saturday lecture set in the morning to suit housewives.
Paris reports the death of Edouard Adolphe Drumont editor of Libre Parole aged 73. He authored many books and plays and was noted internationally for his long running anti semitic campaign which led to lawsuits and two duels.
Brownsville Texas reports Private Anthony A. Grams of the Thirty sixth United States Infantry was shot and killed in his residence district early Sunday. Henry Herring a locomotive engineer was arrested on a murder warrant. Grams home is 1938 Heary avenue Chicago.
A San Antonio garage man L Limbacher at 202 Taylor Avenue reports dramatic relief after one Tanlac bottle. He suffered five years of indigestion headaches fever insomnia and kidney pain before using Tanlac. He says he now eats freely with no discomfort and endorses the medicine. Wagner Drug Co. sells Tanlac in the city.
A 62 mile per hour gale fueled a large fire in downtown St Louis on Sunday afternoon causing about 500000 in damage. A janitor Edward Runge 52 was fatally injured when a wall collapsed into a bank basement. Four firemen were hurt as flames spread to the McLean Mercantiles and cartridges exploded. The blaze struck the 400 block of Washington Avenue near the Missouri Athletic Club site, with intense water spray protecting the Missouri Athletic Association home and Nugent’s department store from further damage.
In St Louis nearly 40,000 pairs of American made shoes are shipped monthly to Russia. The route traverses Kobe and Vladivostok with two months of transit under high freight costs. Shoes sell for 4 to 7 dollars locally but 8 to 12 dollars in Moscow.
A rapid temperature drop from a springlike 75 to 27 degrees Monday morning marked the end of a cold wave sweeping Texas. The north wind reached 36 mph, with temperatures dipping to 12 below zero on the Red River region, while cities like Galveston and Corpus Christi recorded 28 and 30 degrees respectively. The pleasant Sunday drew crowds to Brackenridge and parks as the day cooled into night. By Tuesday, moderating conditions were forecast.
Dallas reports 18 degrees above zero at dawn, colder than Amarillo at 24. Weather bureau notes last night's freeze reached far south, with earlier disaster at Brownsville Mission Laredo and other points causing substantial damages. Corpus Christi 30, Galveston 28, Brownsville 38, Del Rio 32.
A severe Iowa blizzard paralyzes Des Moines and the state. Wires are down and trains crippled as temperatures fall to as low as ten below zero. A strong northwest wind drives snow drifts four to five feet deep in some areas.
Atlanta cooled to five degrees above zero after a dramatic temperature drop of forty four degrees in twelve hours. Rain lightning snow and gale like winds accompanied the chill as Greensboro logged one degree above zero, the coldest since 1898.
Raleigh experiences six below zero early today marking the coldest spell since 1912 when the temperature also hit six. The reading sets a new record for the 1910s era in the North Carolina capital.
Rock Island and vicinity endure a severe blizzard with the Weather Bureau reporting eight below temperature on Sunday. Residents face drifting snow and travel disruptions as the winter storm intensifies across the region.
George G. Ueye and H. W. Hendricks travel from New York to New Mexico via San Antonio to inspect Indian artifacts. Hendricks recently bought from Penn Castle in England the two wampum belts given to William Penn, now on display at the American Indian Museum. They plan further acquisitions to expand the collection, highlighting the dying yet evolving American Indian.
A San Antonio hotel ballroom posts a sign asking army officers to remove spurs before dancing to protect the polished floor. Assistant Manager Burke notes many spurs are left in corners or on rails, with about fifty pairs gathered by porters in four months. Officers are urged to reclaim their gear.
A Texas National Guard board appointed by Governor Ferguson meets in Corpus Christi to draft a new state militia law aligned with the national defense act. The group includes Generals Hulen and others. the effort aims for quick submission to the governor and immediate legislative introduction with Major General Funston's consent.
A. J. Zilker of Austin announces ending coal shortage in Texas due to legislature investigations and city opposition to railroad confiscation. He notes shipments come from Pennsylvania Oklahoma and other states and deliveries have resumed after two weeks of difficulty filling orders due to limited supplies.
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