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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1916
Page
35
Ore buyers invite price offers for antimony zinc lead silver and gold ores with contact W A Dingwall M E 516 Hicks Bldg San Antonio or Matehuala Mexico. For sale pool hall business at 267 S Alamo St five tables good business owner in bad health T W Campbell 402 Central Office Ride.
The ad at 121 Soledad St offers a wide liquor selection with new Four Roses Old Crow Edgewood Maryland Rye Johnnie Walker and many others priced from 1.25 to 2 per gallon. It notes mail orders filled same day and warns no orders violate Texas liquor laws.
For sale a Harley Davidson motorcycle in near perfect condition with terms. See Davis at 302 Ave D Crockett 1566.
An informal ad page lists B. B. Barnes a locksmith tinner and stove man offering furniture repairing varnishing and painting with a phone and address. M. V. Martinez advertises varnishing and painting at 521 Lopez Street with a new phone number. The notice promotes light ads reaching rural routes and small towns in Southwest Texas.
W M Figh agent for brick sand lime ring Crockett 2827. Independent Co Operative Lumber Co Lake Charles La offers Long Leaf Lumber and complete building materials with quick shipments and guaranteed grade. Also notes Light's paid home circulation in San Antonio and urges use of Light want ads for best results.
The ad promotes closing out a full stock of gasoline engines windmills pumps belting piping hoses fittings and tools. It lists several used and new engines with prices including a 3 H P motor 198.06 a 8 H P gas engine and a 6 H P engine with various configurations plus a hydraulic drilling machine a forge and chains. A final note mentions the light’s paid and home circular want ads.
Allied dependence on American planes grows as Curtiss builds 1031 super-America models for Britain. Article explains Fokker's small, fast craft demands a "super-pilot" and single-handed aerial duels, noting Immelmann and Boelcke as famed German aces and predicting German plans against the Grand Fleet.
The article notes the new German Fokker monoplanes causing great destruction on the west front. It contrasts British responses using American built aeroplanes and the English Caudron two engined biplane. It highlights pilots Boelcke and Immelmann as famed early aerial figures.
London reports a dramatic surge in air warfare as German Fokker monoplanes face Allied designs. Two new types dominate: the swift Fokker and a three engine dreadnought. The Allies rely on American builders with Curtiss producing a six ton battleplane costing about 150000 dollars, eight crew, three motors, long range, and water landing capability.
An old style classified page lists a new typewriter promotion for $45 from Novelty Advertising Co at 310% W Commerce St Upstairs alongside property trade offers in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. It also includes multiple real estate exchanges and rentals, plus miscellaneous items for sale such as a mule, motorcycles, a gas range, and a baby safety bed with prices and contact cues.
A man nicknamed Sambo, described as colorfully colored, seeks a divorce from his wife Lucinda after a brief suburban marriage. He laments hardship from domestic conflict and a stove dispute, while the lawyer hints at reconciliation and legal closure. A second item notes a TV and cinema price prophecy.
General Goethals asserts civilians, not the U.S. Army, built the Panama Canal noting 35,000 civilians worked from inception to opening. He cites Congress honors to officers but calls for civilian recognition and a proposed two months' pay per year for three years of service prior to April 1, 1914.
Lieutenant Jence of the 34th Austrian reserve infantry regiment earned the military cross for rescuing a wagon train in northern Galicia during the Jawerow battle. He defended provisions and munitions, repelling Russian attacks, preserving a 14 million kroner war chest and important documents after a 36 hour pursuit by Cossacks.
The Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams ends the daily bulletin after fifteen years and switches to a weekly summary. He increases bank report calls to six per year and changes the first day of month reporting, altering forms and classifications of bank data as well.
Texas announces the scholastic census will start March 1 under the compulsory education law. The state expects about 2,200,000 children ages seven to seventeen, a gain of over 1 million from the current 1,129,152. The census will be conducted by 9,200 trustees across districts, with early counting aiding school planning.
Stockholm reports rising hostility to British actions against Swedish trade and mail. Pro German sentiment grows among liberals and conservatives, while the Socialists hold power and oppose war unless Sweden faces Russian aggression. Parliament unlikely to embrace war. government prioritizes Sweden’s interests and current war context.
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