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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
2
The San Antonio Symphony conducted by Arthur Claassen performed at Beethoven Hall with soloists Mrs. Warren Clark and Charles Cameron Bell. Highlights included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, the Hungarian Fantasy, The Nutcracker Suite selections, and an encore by Claassen, illustrating a varied program and strong audience response.
Washington officials said shipping orders could affect U S commerce with no one able to foretell the full impact as of February 18. The Department of Commerce announced potential consequences for trade and industry.
The Synod of Texas U S A selects San Marcos Texas as the site for a ten day summer encampment for young people with lectures Bible history and church work topics. Noted instructors include Dr William Ralph Hall Dr Finis Farr Dr B P Fullerton Dr W A Provine and Rev B L Rice. Tentative dates July 27 to August 1.
President Wilson forwarded to the Senate a Mexico report and documents on U S and Mexican lives lost during 1913 15 and on border protection by the Carranza de facto government The letter supports Henry P Fletcher for ambassador to Mexico and notes border incidents and policy context
The Railroad Commission in Austin set a March 14 hearing on Eagle Pass shipper complaints about Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway abandoning a $5 per car coal switching charge and replacing it with a 55 cent per ton rate. A Eagle Pass delegation discussed the proposal with the commission.
The sale of Robert Louis Stevenson letters, books, manuscripts and paintings totaled 88116 dollars. The items belonged to Mrs. Salisbury Field of Santa Barbara, California. A letter from Stevenson at age 19 describing his Shetland Islands visit sold for 387 dollars.
Advises using pure cocoanut oil as a mild shampoo instead of alkaline soaps or grocery brands. Describes rinsing benefits, dust and oil removal, rapid drying, and silky finish. Notes malsified cocoanut oil is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores for family use.
Col John S. Akin, general manager of Vital Remedies Co of Houston, shows a file case of hundreds of statements and letters praising Vitalitas. He says the expressions come from professionals, farmers, laborers, society women, bankers and railroad workers across the South, calling Vitalitas a superior tonic and remedy. It is marketed as a universal health booster and available at Summer Store and by druggists.
The steamer Pavlof of the Pacific American Fisheries Company was driven onto Tugidak Island west of Kodiak and began breaking up. The captain and crew reached shore after losing a propeller and being towed to an anchorage earlier. Built in Detroit in 1889, the Pavlof was a 1805 ton wooden vessel formerly named A. G. Lindsay.
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