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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
4
Decorators resume draping downtown buildings with hunting and stringing colored electric lights for the 1912 Mardi Gras carnival. The first parade features King Momus and his court on floats as lights and tinselled displays brighten the city ahead of tomorrow night’s procession.
Mollie Manton in Woman's Journal offers tips to look younger through complexion care using powders and creams sparingly, a lotion made with magatone and witch hazel, and a weekly cornmeal hair treatment with therox. It also suggests Mother’s Salve for aches, pains, swelling, and inflammation.
8s A. Wedding Co. advertises welding outfits starting at 225 dollars with free instruction for buyers. Located at 310 East Commerce Street.
Rex and his court arrive by royal yacht at the foot of Canal street Monday at noon with a National Guard escort, Wheel ing crew, and civic dignitaries. A Rex parade with floats is set for Tuesday noon on Mardi Gras day. The Proteus parade occurs Monday night, followed Tuesday night by the Comus parade.
Comptroller of the Currency Murray announced strict enforcement of the law holding national bank directors liable for losses from loans beyond legal limits. Examiners will require boards to pass resolutions naming responsible directors and promising to cover losses from authorized illegal loans.
The directors authorized a 100 million dollar first terminal and unifying bond issue at 5 percent. A stockholders meeting on April 17 will authorize the bonds for refunding and retirement of existing debt and equipment obligations and for acquiring terminals at St Louis Gray's Point and Fort Worth. Initial allotment planned at 7.5 million.
The Gunter mid day lunch becomes a popular staple downtown. Ladies enjoy a convenient, pleasant meal with meals around 80 cents and excellent service.
Osteopath Dr Sahra F Herdman based in Gibbs Building with office on North 3055, offers residential phone line for appointments and inquiries.
Seventy five bags of chipped marble arrived yesterday for the lobby floor. Postmaster John J. Stevens said floor laying starts Monday. The completed San Antonio post office will be among the handsomest and best equipped federal buildings in the South.
Advertised remedy recommends two ounces glycerine and half ounce Concentrated Pine Compound mixed into a half pint whiskey. Take one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at night, with smaller doses for children. Promoted as the quickest cough and cold cure by medical experts and local druggists report strong demand for six years.
Houston politician H F McGregor, seen in San Antonio en route to Austin, plans to push Texas delegates to the national convention pledged to Taft. He met with federal appointees including Postmaster J J Stevens and Julius Oppenheimer, and said he will tour more counties to build an instructed delegation.
Dr Littrell and Dr Stone advertise KIRO PRACTIC and OSTEOPATHY on the third floor of the Conroy Building. The copy promotes starting the new year right with a new car top made by Jaacke Bros.
Jessie Wilson, 13, mother of a three weeks old baby, was arrested in Hugo Oklahoma on abandonment charges. She handed the infant to the jailer in Paris Texas and was released. The jailer plans to adopt the child. Also in Paris a box of poisoned candy sickened teacher Ben Brooks who shared it with L. H. Wolfe. origin postmark unreadable.
Fire at the Compagnie de L Ocean docks and warehouse in Amsterdam destroyed the Yeveee area this morning. Loss on goods stored is estimated at over $400,000. Fire crews fought the blaze through dawn with extensive material damage reported.
Paris Texas was admitted last night into the South Central Texas Baseball league confirming its place among regional clubs in this spring season.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a 25 cent box of Hot Springs Liver Buttons to cure constipation sluggish liver upset stomach and related symptoms. The copy credits the product as a gentle sure remedy and notes mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co of Hot Springs Arkansas.
An advertisement asserts that Pape's Cold Compound, taken every two hours for three doses, cures colds and grippe within hours without quinine. It emphasizes three years of research and a 25 cent price, claiming superior efficacy and no after-effects.
The Texas attorney general was asked to rule if a newly chartered corporation may operate as a fidelity and surety company without certified articles filed in the insurance department or a license. The firm deposited 50 000 in the treasury, while proceeding with bonds and business. The case also seeks to determine if accepting this company as surety triggers a 500 penalty under chapter 165 of the laws.
Frank Kirken 25 says he shot Walter Slayton as Slayton spoke with Kirken's estranged wife. Slayton carried a marriage license and was to marry Mrs Kirken the next morning. Kirken claims Slayton threatened him and kept hands in pockets when he approached the couple. Examining trial set for this afternoon.
Fashion notes predict spring coats modeled on English attire but softened for today. Garments favor subtle, rounded forms with expert tailoring required to hang properly on thin fabrics. Lentz, a 17 year authority on dress, offers a pattern unlikely to be duplicated by rivals.
A thirteen member Canadian senate commission will assess what Ottawa lost by rejecting reciprocity with the United States and what Canada gained in defeating the trade pact. Senator Edwards of Ontario led the motion. a western member urged the report on gains as well.
Special to The Light reports in Flatonia Texas on February 14 that thirty seven bales of cotton sold yesterday with some lots bringing 11 cents a pound. Farmers who had been holding cotton began selling due to the price increase.
Meeting of team managers scheduled for 6 this afternoon to organize the City Baseball League and arrange the schedule has been postponed to tomorrow.
Eight persons were injured when the Oriental Limited of the Great Northern derailed west of Devils Lake North Dakota as rails spread during a night derailment. Relief trains carried the injured and remaining passengers to safety.
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