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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
7
Heavy fog in Waco Texas disrupted traffic from 6 to 9 am causing numerous vehicle collisions and several head on streetcar crashes. About twenty people were knocked down in one accident but none suffered serious injuries.
Prominent hotel advertisement touts European plan with rooms both with and without bath from $1.50 and up. Club breakfast 30 cents and up, lunch 50 cents and up, and the famed Gunter table d hote dinner at $1. Staacke Bros. offers a new automobile top and urges starting the new year right.
Governor Colquitt in San Antonio outlines plans to restore the Alamo citing pending descriptions from President Madero. The north and east walls will be razed as modern, with a hedge or fence along the eastern boundary and use of $5000 already appropriated. He notes past Alamo myths, seeks a monument to Stephen F. Austin and discusses a possible burial box of Texas heroes.
Pompeo Coppini, the sculptor, who planned to depart for Mexico City for the Washington statue unveiling, remained to learn the governor's conference result with newspaper men. He is among bidders for the Austin monument project.
Judge Phil Shook extends a standing offer to all counties adjacent to Bexar to use the Bexar county road engineer free of charge for planning and improving highways. The aim is to connect neighboring roads with Bexar’s system, oiling and building to a compatible grade. Shook anticipates the engineer assisting both Bexar and adjoining counties as the spring road work begins.
An advertisement touts a rupture cure as a guaranteed remedy with an illustrated book and testimonials. It invites readers to send a coupon and receive pricing, patient letters, and device details, promising instant relief when other methods fail.
A Bethlehem, Pennsylvania man praises the Brooks Rupture Appliance after six years with rupture noting it fits discreetly and heals the condition. The ad extols ten features including air cushion softness, lack of irritation, and no metal springs, urging readers to send for a free trial coupon.
A Texas farmer testifies about using the Brooks Rupture Appliance from Marshall Michigan firm Gentlemen. He had suffered for years with a hernia and worn many trusses and says after trying the appliance last November he was cured. He reports removal and two weeks of farm work without discomfort.
Mr W Patterson of Akron Ohio writes that the appliance fully cured his little boy after eight months of wearing it and after trying several other remedies. He praises the device and says he will recommend it to friends.
Sam A Hoover of Jamestown North Carolina writes from age 76 praising the Brooks Appliance for rupture cure. He began in May 1905 and quit November 20 1905, since then he has not needed the device and calls himself cured.
A Dubuque Iowa family reports their infant son is completely cured from a rupture after wearing a brace from Brooks Rupture Appliance Co for about four months. The letter thanks the company and notes no further use for six weeks. Andrew Eggenberger signs.
A woman hosts a charming German visitor Siegfried Oppenheim sent by Rosa Erhardt. Roses, letters, and polite formalities unfold as his affectionate pursuit grows intense. The narrator grows wary after Rosa's deadly note and a string of flowers precedes an eventual warning and comic aftermath. The tale ends with a coy return to normalcy as the suitor travels on.
New York on February 15 reports artificial ice prices set to rise 25 percent from two to two dollars fifty per ton starting March 1. Producers notified wholesalers of the hike despite a record natural ice harvest. Uncertain outlook and looming coal strike pressure pushed manufacturers to boost prices.
H. L. Wagner of Avenue C and Houston Street reports that a single dose of the new German preparation containing buckthorn bark glycerine and related components relieves constipation or stomach distress quickly.
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