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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
3
A 40 year old white man who claimed he fell from a San Antonio Traction street car and asked for $100 was sent to the chain gang for 50 days after pleading guilty to a drunkenness charge. He admitted being intoxicated around the incident and was found not injured by a physician.
Farmers in Corpus Christi area expect to begin planting within a few days as rains are forecast. The urgent need for rain affects Nueces County lands and weather outlook suggests rain may arrive this week, after which sowing for the year will start promptly.
The advertisement argues that illness weakens resistance and lingering germs threaten health. It claims only food builds a worn-out body and recommends Scott's Emulsion as blood making oil food to strengthen lungs throat and overall recovery. Physicians and nurses endorse it.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah declares he will not oppose the joint resolution endorsing San Antonio’s 1918 centennial celebration. In a letter to Guy LeStourgeon he says he did not oppose the measure and that his earlier stance was at a Texas congressman’s request. He adds the matter is a Texas question to be settled in the House and he will not object to passage.
Reservations for the Midwinter Music Festival are growing as people from surrounding cities and towns secure blocks of seats. Mrs. Jessie T. Cope Karnes City Miss Ida Fritchett San Marcos Mrs J 13k Dibrell Seguin Miss Marie Jorat Corpus Christi Miss Corinne Fisher Waelder Mrs C B Mueller Cuero Mrs Otto Bassett Cuero were among those already arranging tickets. Music Festival Chorus members called friends by telephone urging early reservations due to high demand from out-of-town attendees.
A reader notes an entry in a professional gentlemen of the bar catalogue where one name is labeled as accused of possessing talents. Another line responds with the remark has been tried and acquitted. The exchange reflects satirical critique of self promotion within legal circles.
Vitagraph head Theodore Marston arrived in San Antonio to arrange production of The Secret Kingdom a 31 reel Blue Ribbon serial with a $250 000 budget. Six weeks of scene work planned locally with a San Antonio cast led by Charles Richman and Tenise Hale amid efforts by the Chamber of Commerce to lure big film concerns to the city. Marston discussed cooperation and potential permanent studio plans with Chamber official John B. Carrington. filming to begin Monday with actors arriving Sunday and production possibly releasing via V L S E service by April.
An ad touts a vegetable blood treatment claiming to cure many ailments. It argues mineral medicines harm digestion and promotes S S S as a safe, purifying blood antidote. Readers are urged to write Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for peculiar cases.
Joseph Kil gour leads Patriot featuring Charles Richman and Quagmire and Miss Warren's Brother. Before films, Marston spent twenty years on the legitimate stage. He last appeared six years ago in San Antonio as the boss in One Man of the Hour.
Corpus Christi reports Gulf Production Company known as the Guffey people are bailing well No. 5 at White Point. At 2700 feet oil and sand indicate strong strike potential while drillers stay noncommittal about prospects. Local sentiment suggests unusually good chances.
Bastrop aims to join the San Antonio to Houston segment of the Southern National Highway, replacing Lockhart on the route. The plan would shorten travel to Houston by about 20 miles, with Bastrop County counties funding road improvements and several bonds approved or pledged to complete the section. The revised route would pass through Kile, Cedar Creek, Bastrop, and Smithville, then along Katy railroad tracks to Houston.
Mr Colp said the official route will be advertised posted with signs and designated as the maintenance path for national highways. Future funds available will be applied to the official route, and towns acting first will gain the benefits of being on the route.
In a Louisville Courier Journal quip a lively squirrel drew attention as an old codger watched the wheel. The man praised the “great motor” and asked what it powers, adding a humorous note on idle curiosity.
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