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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1913
Page
4
The Battle of Flowers Association calls a 4 PM Monday meeting led by president Mrs T A Coleman at the St Anthony Hotel. Committees on flowers and floats will report. Float drawings and flower samples for Fiesta San Jacinto Spectacle will be shown as seven weeks remain to build.
Readers are urged to send full name birth details and a handwritten verse to Prof Clay Burton Vance in Paris for a life reading test. Letter from Prof Dixon endorses the reading as nearly exact and invites ALD SAN ANTONIO LIGHT readers to apply at once for a free delineation of life, talents, and prospects.
The Laredo Rio Grande twin cities celebrate Washington's birthday with a mile long parade. San Antonians visit Nuevo Laredo as games, tents, and illuminated floats entertain thousands. Officials and committees organize a large display featuring military bands, scouts, schools, trades displays, and a busy program.
The Kaiserin and her daughter Princess Victoria Louise are portrayed as inseparable companions. The text notes they rarely travel or attend events apart, with Victoria Louise always joining shopping trips hunting expeditions and summer cruises, and remaining by her mother's side at court functions.
Advertisement promises Pyramid Pile Remedy cures piles without surgery. Claims quick pain relief and reduced congested veins. Encourages sending for a free trial package, then purchasing a 50 cent regular bottle at drug stores. Includes coupon request and medical reassurance.
Citizen requests a free trial shipment of Pyramid Pile Remedy by mail in plain wrapper. The message provides name, street, city, and state for delivery from Pyramid Drug Company at 452 Pyramid Building Marshall Michigan.
The document lists organizers for a civic pageant with names for general chair, committees on automobiles floats burro brigade bicycles carriages and other vehicles and a cowboy cavalcade for girls. Several individuals including Mrs A H Jackson Mrs Aug C Richter Mrs Wm Brennan Miss Mary Sames and Miss Emmy Westbrook appear across groups.
Dr R H Rhea city veterinarian has begun rating all local dairies on sanitation. Over half of San Antonio’s 110 dairies require radical improvements to meet standards. Dairymen are warned after first inspections and certificates are issued to those complying.
Theodore Anderson, named pure food inspector, will scrutinize dairies and slaughter houses under new state authority. Dr J S Abbott advised heightened dairy product inspection and planned a San Antonio visit to confer with the city official. The ratings system weighs 40 percent equipment and 60 percent methods in dairy quality.
The attorney general's department approved a batch of bonds to be registered in the comptroller's department. Issued: Limestone County road district district No 4 bonds 150000 dollars. Granger independent school district bonds 10000 per 1000 Limestone County common school district bonds 47633 Brazoria county drainage district bonds 16000 Madisonville city waterworks bonds.
Years of catarrh and blood disease ended for Miss Mabel B Dawkins of 1214 Lafayette St Fort Wayne Ind after using Hood s Sarsaparilla She reports strong improvement after two bottles and urges others with similar ailments to try the remedy.
R. O. Whiteaker chairs a special Chamber of Commerce sidewalk committee drafting an ordinance to encourage sidewalk construction. He has written to six cities with good rules to obtain copies and study differing specifications suited to climate and local needs. The group aims to form a Property Owners' Sidewalk League and consult authorities before finalizing plans.
The San Antonio Humane Society continues steady work caring for animals and deserted babies, removing children from questionable surroundings and placing them in good homes.
Ruth E Morris 68 died at her son's home in San Antonio after coming from Devine for treatment. Rudolph Stauss 21 died after a short illness in a local hospital with funeral at his sister’s home. Michael Katz 49 to be buried in San Antonio. A F Krause 83 died at his Van Ormy home.
Three obituary notices from Texas. C L Tanner, 66, farmer of Dawson, died in a San Antonio area sanitarium and funeral in Dawson. Henry Potnode, member of the Coop Union of Chicago, died in a local hospital and funeral at Zizik Undertaking and St Marys Cemetery in Chicago relations. Mrs J J Ken of Bexar Texas and A Krause two sons in Antonio and Van O are listed as survivors with funeral plans in Ormy.
San Marcos sanitarium, opened in January, is adding 12 rooms in an extension to be completed in three weeks. The project will mark a staged expansion to accommodate growing demand and improve facilities at the Texas facility.
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