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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1913
Page
12
Local notice announces an Alamo Social Club dance at M W A Hall on Wednesday February 26 with music by Carolus and a diamond ring giveaway. Admission charges and venue details not fully clear in fragments.
A suspect, under suspicion of theft, unloaded a piano at the Southern Pacific freight depot yesterday afternoon. As he drove away, hams were discovered in his wagon, said to have been stored at the depot prior to the unloading. Fire report notes stove blaze damages at 719 Howard Street.
Poslam is advertised as a leading skin cure for eczema acne fetter barbers itch and other skin afflictions. It claims immediate use and a strong healing record with first application. Poslam Soap is recommended for daily care and skin health. Free samples offered by Emergency Laboratories New York.
Forty eight women’s shoes discovered in brush near the International and Great Northern tracks south of the Union Stock Yards are held by city detectives. They believe a box car may have dumped them and seek owners.
Ten Indian chiefs from the west departed Gotham after a two day stay for the ground breaking ceremony of a harbor memorial. Crowds followed their every appearance as they toured the city though Chief Two Moons, blind, remained at his hotel. The delegation heads to Philadelphia for more sightseeing before returning home.
A. M. Fischer advertises Vinol cod liver and iron as a guaranteed strength builder for old people delicate children and all weak rundown persons available at leading drug stores with money back if not satisfied look for the Vinol sign in San Antonio.
Fortunate party members rode the elevated train and subway visiting the zoo the aquarium and the Statue of Liberty. A chief lamented the pity that a rich city has so little of God’s earth and must burrow underground or soar above ground to see it.
The snippet markets Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier tonic for convalescence after pneumonia typhoid fever and grip. It touts onion meat company products and urges buyers to call two ninety two for attractive prices on hams bacon lard and compound while asserting quality with the Made at Home claim.
Counsel for Medina Valley Irrigation Co and landowners seek Friday hearing in Austin before Judge T. Maxey over whether the company must produce books papers and maps. Experts on reservoir land values will testify as the case contends over 25000 acres near the dam. The judge delays ruling to hear both sides on a key issue delaying continuation.
An old union meat company ad promotes Groves’s Tasteless Chill as a malaria remedy for children and adults. The copy touts malaria relief and system buildup with a price of 80 cents, urging readers to avoid meals rented from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha.
Bexar County Grand Jury returns twelve more indictments charging blue sky schemes in real estate sales across Brooks Zapata and Duval counties. The suspects were jailed after towns and hundreds of thousands of acres were sold on bogus abstracts and deeds to innocent buyers. The panel plans to review county books tomorrow as part of annual year start duties amid ongoing land fraud probes.
The state motion to expunge Grace Brown Guggenheim and William Guggenheim's divorce on grounds of collusion and fraud was denied by Judge Heard in Chicago. Both parties have remarried since the original decree. Various attempts to annul the divorce were noted.
Local promotional note touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a gentle safe remedy for constipation and liver and bowel troubles. Physicians reportedly prescribe them and visitors are urged to take one at night, with free samples advertised by Hot Springs Chemical Co. in Arkansas.
After March 1 the San Antonio Blue Print Supply Company will be 1 in the new Hart building from College street opposite the C Office building just acre street and two doors west of the present location.
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