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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1912
Page
3
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People marketed as a real tonic that boosts strength and vigor. The ad claims they cure general debility including fatigue headaches and nervousness, aiding recovery after illness and in old age with testimonials from Mrs. M. W. McCaslin of Lincoln Nebraska.
A valuable booklet titled Diseases of the Blood will be sent on request. Dr Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or mailed postpaid for 50 cents per box, six boxes for 2.50 by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A.L. Matlock vice president and general counsel of the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican Railway suffered a double fracture of his left leg while helping to pull out an automobile that bogged down near Jourdan ton. He arrived in San Antonio by auto ambulance and is resting at home with Drs Milburn and Moore treating him.
A business men’s lunch is served at the Gunter between 12 and 2 30 p m for one cent. Dinner hours are from 6 to 8 p m priced at 1. The ad promotes Fletcher's Castoria and a child friendly dry product.
A long hotel arrivals column records guests from multiple cities including Torreon, Torreon, Torreon, New York, San Antonio, Dallas, Chicago, Fort Worth, Austin, and Baltimore. Names include Mrs Charles Ayer, Mrs R G Ayer, Mrs C L Daniels, J H O Daniel, W A Waltke, Dr J J Gerkins, George P Stoker, George R Netterville, M L Smith, R B Killough, O C Tooke, and many others.
About 150 San Antonio businessmen will leave Saturday night on a five car special train to Monterey for the carnival. E Claude Mills of the International club will supervise the trip with tickets valid ten days. Side trips to Mexico points are on the itinerary and they will return via Laredo by February 22 Washington's birthday celebration.
J B Nitschke starts tearing down the north wall with Governor Colquitt inspecting the excavation. After the north wall, workers will remove the east wall and reuse stones in reconstruction. The report notes dense London overcrowding as background.
M L C Fisher sues Sheriff Tobin and bondsmen for 10000 damages claiming false imprisonment after arrest on October 27 1911. He alleges rats and vile language while jailed from 10:30 pm to 5 pm the next day and sleeping on a stone floor with one blanket. He states he earned about 10 dollars daily in his amusement business before confinement.
Piratical assault at daylight on junks along the West River near Canton reported by the Associated Press. The era of frequent piracy waned after river gunboat patrols intensified. A separate dispatch from Swatow notes the Kum Chow, a British-flag steamer from Hong Kong, carried 2000 revolutionary soldiers bound north and faced port protests.
General Li Yuen Heng, Hankow republican leader and vice president under Sun Yat Sen, urges Wu Chang as the republic capital. His move appears aimed at influencing Yuan Shi Kai by sowing division among southern Republicans.
In Gonzales Texas on February 16 the day brought violence and tragedy as three black residents died due to family troubles, a white man was killed by a train near Waelder, and Berry Davis suffered severe facial injuries from a horse accident amid six street fistfights. The San Antonio Boy Scouts plan a 9 am hike to prep for a Floresville trip on February 22, with a joint track meet in Floresville. South African mining companies reported 8,058,319 pounds in dividends for gold mines and 2,753,1 pounds for diamonds. Transvaal gold mines paid 5,213,550 pounds in dividends.
Directors of the Bexar County Highway League meet in the Real Estate Exchange auditorium and decide to send a strong delegation to Port Arthur February 26 for a mass meeting on the San Antonio Port O Connor highway. The group plans a train trip and backs efforts from Cuero to route the highway through Seguin and Sutherland Springs. An election of directors is set for Tuesday night with a nominating committee naming thirty five candidates for twenty five seats.
LEAVENWORTH Kan Feb 16 Clarence C Waller once linked to a Fort Smith Ark bank was among ten prisoners granted parole at the federal penitentiary today. The list included thirty one ocean steamers with speeds above twenty knots tied to the British flag in a stray paragraph.
The Bexar County mane society report shows 31 children and adults, 37 horses, 6 dogs and 1 cow accounted for in the past month. A special meeting read the report, and no action was taken on merging San Antonio charity and humane groups.
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