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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1913
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a reliable safe remedy for indigestion and related ailments. The copy claims they stimulate gastric glands and restore digestion, helping those with poor appetites, insomnia, and other stomach issues.
A vigorous drive for the Associated Charities begins this week to restore the group after the failed amalgamation. Miss C. V. Taylor will serve as solicitor starting Tuesday, and about 1500 letters go to members and supporters urging financial backing and cooperation. Directors sign the letters to outline the association’s work and aims.
An advertisement praises Union Dentists as reliable, sanitary dental care with a long record. It stresses painless extractions, low prices for plates starting at five dollars, free teeth examination and estimates, ten year guarantees, and extended office hours including Sundays.
The San Antonio Light free cooking school closed with a baking contest and prize awards. Prizes ranged from a Jewel gas range to a refrigator and kitchenware. J H Kirkpatrick acted as auctioneer as articles were sold to benefit Associated Charities, raising 71.95 dollars for charity.
At the San Antonio Congress of Mothers open meeting in the High School auditorium Tuesday at 8 pm attendees will discuss the American education standard versus Germany and Texas efforts to raise local standards. The program includes lectures by Carlos Bee and Mrs. A. Sachs, a legislative snapshot, and music directed by Lula Griesenbeck with Rev. J C Felger giving the invocation.
Dr Edgar J Banks adds two more free Carnegie Hall talks in San Antonio under Carnegie library sponsorship. His 8:15 p.m. lecture next Tuesday features Bismya the Lost City of Adab with plates from his Babylonian expedition.
Businessmen attend weekly Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Menger Hotel to hear a San Antonio postal official explain parcel post rules. Talks by local merchants cover extending trade territory and using parcel post to deliver goods to a vast tributary area.
An ad offers Pyramid Pile Remedy as a fast cure for piles. It invites readers to send name and address for a free trial by mail, then purchase a 60 cent box at drugstores. It warns against surgery and claims the remedy reduces inflammation and eliminates itching and ulcers.
A vintage ad invites readers to fill blanks with name and address to receive a free Pyramid Pile Remedy trial package mailed in a plain wrapper from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan. It requests name street city state details for shipping.
National Bank of Commerce buys the Elite Hotel at Main Plaza and Soledad, planning a new skyscraper of eight to twelve stories. The site, once home to Jack Harris theater and Captain Ben Thompson’s fatal shooting, anchors a West End business center revival as Commerce Street widens.
George D. Marshall government highway engineer, based in San Antonio, travels to Cherokee Iowa to speak at the Iowa State Highway Association meeting on February 19. He will return to Texas after the address, aiming to relay Texas highway progress and praise Southwest Texas Chamber of Commerce highway work.
The list records numerous late arrivals at Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths including Mrs. C. L. Gardner from Mexico City and J. W. White of South Carolina among many others. It notes guests from Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, and beyond, with cities like Houston, Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles represented. The roster reflects a broad range of U. S. and international visitors seeking the baths.
A long list of visitors and guests at San Antonio hotels includes O W Hawley and Miss Agnes Bamford at the Menger, Thomas Fountain at the Crockett, B E Forbes at the Bowie, G Cransbay at the St Anthony, A Denny at the Gunter, F P Kowalik at the Savoy, Paul Rogers at the Bexar, John Butler at the Crockett, W C Duncan and sister at the Bowie, and many others from Texas and beyond arriving for stays or business. Charles Macks, J W Rainbolt, Edward L Kittridge, and Alanson D Brown are noted among arrivals at multiple hotels.
A reader asks if bad breath from catarrh can lead to social shunning and seeks advice on remedies and dental or medical steps to improve breath and social comfort.
An advertisement promises to cure catarrh with a simple coupon method. It urges readers to supply name and address, claiming no money is required and asserting instant relief from hawking and dripping nasal symptoms.
Barbarita Ramos aged 65 died February 14 at 901 South Flores street Adolf Klein aged 85 died February 13 at 618 Avenue D Herff Williams aged 17 died February 18 in city hospital Mrs J Carter aged 39 died February 14 at 1915 North New Braunfels avenue Local burial permits list these deaths and addresses for record keeping.
A series of birth notices record a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bradford on February 13 at San Jose station, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. A Munoz on February 10 at 327 Big Foot street, a girl to Mr. and Mrs. R H Innes on February 7 at 1217 Avenue D, and a boy to Mr. and Mrs. F J Zintgraft on February 11 at 212 Barrett street.
A list of recently received titles includes Gienandt Twentieth Century Book for the Progressive Baker Carpenter Debate Outlines on Public Questions Williams Guardians of the Columbia Saylor Bongalos Stickley More Craftsman Homes Rand McNally Library Atlas of the World Boy's Life Boy's Magazine Chila Labor Bulletin Drama Echo Keramic Studio Librarian Poet Lore Tradesman Travel Velhagen Elasing Nat ette. Hood's Sarsparilla advertised claiming cures for scrofula catarrh rheumatism kidney complaint dyspepsia and general debility.
A series of 1913 1918 property transfers listed include D A and Lillie Vern Ham to J A and Elizabeth McCurry on San Antonio Avenue Harlandale for 10 dollars, Floy Stephenson to Wilfred Hyhenson for lot 10 block 21 Buena Vista street, and numerous transfers involving Los Angeles Heights Lakeview Townsite and other parcels to buyers in Texas and Illinois with prices ranging from 10 to 650 dollars. The notices name numerous parties including Albert and Ernest Steves C L Burris W A Purgason G N Lytle and others with dates from February 1913 to February 1918.
Executors of estate Wickes Nease move to transfer lot 11 block 4 River Park for $1000 to H. B. Churfoil on October 21. Other entries show J. R. Spradlin selling lot 10 block 113 for $525 and references to volumes and pages in property records dated February 14, 1913 and later.
Building permits issued for multiple properties including alterations on E Houston street valued at 500 dollars and 2 room houses on Tunst street for 125 dollars. Additions listed on Morales street and South Flores street, plus 3 room houses on Cules avenue and Call J D Sipple with two 4 room houses on We fall avenue totaling 1200 dollars. Other permits include Juan Alonzo 4 room house on Juan street for 100 dollars and Kerr street addition valued at 10 dollars.
John W. Adams wed Edith Inez Shiri Christino and Jimines wed Rita Hernand Ramon Cisneros wed Angela Luna Estanision Garcia wed Guadalupe Hirera Ebara Myles James Severa wed Mildred Pocok Finnegan Charles Everett Jackson wed Hazel Roach Jacinto Gonzales wed Juanita Castil Allen Smith wed Margaret Grant Eduardo Cantu wed Magdalene Martin
Licenses listed include 3251 H. Weber West Commerce 8255 B J Richeson 107 Jefferson 3256 W E Herring 330 Summit 3267 W T Rowan 107 Aransas Street totaling 458 Auto Equipment Co 1207 We Houston Street.
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