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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
7
The notice explains light want ads are taken by phone and charged. Daily charges are due when presented and prompt settlement is appreciated. If a collector should call at a specific time, specify it when giving the ad.
The Light describes bonafide want ads and publication practices in San Antonio and Southwest Texas. It claims higher paid home circulation and strong results for advertisers, detailing pricing tiers for word counts and insertions.
City officials advocate refunding the 723000 dollar issue of bonds due soon due to a sinking fund deficit caused by past tax shortfalls. Mayor Brown and City Attorney Gillette push to prepare records and hold a conference to authorize refunding at about 5 percent with possible premium, targeting a private sale after proper advertisement.
Deputies search the Salado creek vicinity for a Black man who seized an 11 year old white girl on the Kampmann ranch road and dragged her toward brush before fleeing when a passing auto yelled. The girl was unhurt and described her assailant. deputies Tobin Galbreath Newton Subira De Lacy lead the investigation with white residents reporting the escape.
A bandit held up twenty passengers in a sleeping car of an eastbound Union Pacific train between Green River and Rock Springs Wyoming last night. He forced a brakeman to pass a hat for money and valuables and escaped by leaping from the train as a posse pursues him.
A brief note announces a new story titled Three Weeks, described as a mere announcement in the Just Out column.
A string of personal mentions notes guests and arrivals at the St. Anthony the Gunter and the Menger. Names include W H Haebel from Kansas City C Fox Fowler from Corpus Christi L H Reinburg from New York and many others from Texas Illinois Minnesota and Missouri.
A national preparedness display features war and peace scenes with God of War and Goddess of Peace. Miss Columbia and the Goddess of Liberty appear. The Crown Prince of Germany and German scientific achievements are highlighted. Ford and Bryan are mentioned. Funds support a church building fund.
A. H. Francis of Zenith Kansas reports severe back pain and limited mobility, but after taking about two thirds of a 50 cent Foley Kidney Pills he feels entirely well. The ad notes kidney pills ease sleep disturbed bladder ailments and targets middle aged and older adults, with JM Fischer druggist as the seller.
The Baraca class of Melkinley Avenue Methodist Church will hold a carnival and burlesque Peace Convention at the church corner South Presa Street and McKinley Avenue at 8 o clock Friday evening. The event satirizes pacifist views and presents the boys perspectives in a humorous program.
An advertising item claims a product increases strength in delicate, nervous, run down people by 260 percent in ten days with a $190 forfeit if it fails. The ad urges readers to ask a doctor or druggist and notes H. L. Wagner always carries it in stock for sale.
An electric light burned in J. Harrisons machine shop at 1814 South Presa Street on Wednesday midnight prompting neighbor reports of mysterious lights. Federal inspectors and B and O detectives found no one in the shop and noted no disturbance while indicating possible link to last October hold up money found there. Maj Caples heads river inspection trip from New Orleans toward Vicksburg Baton Rouge.
An old advertisement urges rapid relief from nasal congestion and catarrh using Ely's Cream Balm. It claims the product clears inflamed nasal passages, relieves headaches, and helps users breathe freely by morning. Also mentions a return to New Orleans on February 16 and local levee inspections.
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