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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
2
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey gargle claimed to soothe throat irritation and hoarseness for speakers singers and public workers. The preparation marketed as antiseptic and soothing aims to prevent complications from colds and influenza with early use. Price listed as 25 cents.
Advert explains Vitalitas as a general health tonic claimed to cleanse the system, remove toxins, and invigorate organs. It targets back pain tied to kidney, liver, or stomach issues and markets itself as alcohol free with no added drugs, sold at Sommer's Drug Store and other druggists.
A massive blaze destroyed a hotel and several large stores in Brooklyn, with no fatalities. Firefighters confined the fire to a tenement district and halted spread. origin undetermined. The Steiger Company department store basement ignition touched adjoining buildings, drawing aid from nearby cities. Lexon Hotel residents fled as flames hit the façade. The disaster ranks as the city’s worst in memory.
A passerby notes a structure described as brick and ranging from three to four stories in height. The fragment mentions size but lacks location or purpose details.
Investigators probe incendiary origins after a blaze caused 100000 dollars damage to the Dal ton cargo of British steamship Dalton at a Philadelphia wharf. The fire started in two hold sections, a sign of foul play, and marks the sixth blaze on British sugar ships in a month.
Miss Della Taylor a milliner died in a blaze that destroyed four buildings in Midland Michigan today causing an estimated 150000 dollars in property damage authorities investigated the cause and secured the scene.
Dallas residents report no listing for P. I. Hairston in city or telephone directories today, despite a fire in Toronto early today that allegedly claimed a man's life. Local authorities have not confirmed identity or linkage to the missing person.
Mrs. Clementine Picnot wife of C N Picnot of San Antonio died at 2 30 Tuesday morning at her parents home in St Louis after visiting there for weeks. She was 26 and is survived by her husband, her parents, and a brother Wiley Young of St Louis. Interment will be in St Louis.
Henry Herbert 55 a New York City native and longtime San Antonio resident who worked as a barber died at 6 p m Wednesday at City Hospital after a hemorrhage left him unconscious days earlier at a local bath resort. No relatives are known to survive. Funeral services will be from Riebe parlors Thursday with interment in cemetery No 2.
Advertisement from the Sydney Bulletin notes the Shelley Loring Undertaking Co with two phone numbers for automobile equipment. The text mentions Our Reg has been made a Lieutenant and Cecil was made a Sentry last night in playful phrasing.
Washington reports say Count von Bernstorff delivered a draft Lusitania settlement to Secretary Lansing with Berlin changes. The tone is optimistic that the form could be acceptable to the United States, pending President Wilson’s approval.
A. B. Hillan leads Eagle Pass coal men to San Antonio and Austin to protest Southern Pacific switching charges raised from 5 cents a ton to about 30 dollars per car, claiming the change violates established commission rates. The group met with Allison Mayfield and will present the protest to the railroad commission.
The Messiah at the festival opened with high praise as soloists George Hamlin and Gustav Holmquist delivered powerful, moving arias. H. W. B. Barnes showcased exceptional chorus directing, turning years of labor into a seamless, devout performance, with Elijah to follow and a clear threepart outline of prophecy, suffering, and triumph.
Joseph W. Bailey former U S senator from Texas arrived in Dallas from Washington on private business and declined to discuss his plans for seeking another Senate term this year.
A newspaper notice promotes Plant Juice as a universal stomach remedy citing Mr. M G Folger of 84 Victoria Avenue Buffalo NY who claims relief from indigestion nervousness and sleeplessness after three bottles. The product is advertised as sold at Fischer's Drug Store in San Antonio.
A Roumanian consul in Saloniki has ordered all remaining reservists in the city to return to Roumania immediately, dispatch from Athens reported by Havas.
At the close of the oratorio the festival president J. Woodward commended the audience for their generous backing. He announced four remaining concerts and promised they would be as excellent as the performance just heard.
Marcella Craft, noted soprano of the Royal Opera Munich and Havanna, will perform the final scene from Salome with the San Antonio Music Festival Association at the Majestic Theater. Max Zach will conduct the St Louis Symphony Orchestra and the festival chorus will render Hail Bright Abode and Inflammatus from Stabat Mater. Officer Quinn's pistol incident is noted in a separate report.
Mrs Minnie Quinn, wife of city policeman J R Quinn, was taken to P and S hospital at 10 oclock Wednesday with a bullet wound in her ankle from an unloaded gun held by her husband. Doctors exam bones for possible fracture. The accident occurred at the home.
At the Corpus Christi Commercial Club board meeting on Monday evening a new committee was appointed to investigate several proposed sites for locating golf links in the city.
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