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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1909
Page
3
A drug claims to combine over twenty ingredients designed to cure many ailments including stomach troubles and bleeding disorders. It asserts a unique proportion giving it curative power unlike substitutes and recommends Hood's in liquid or Sarsatabs form.
County Tax Collector John A Bittery reports state taxes in Bexar for the year near 26 000 less than last year plans by county commissioners to finish the review today total state taxes collected amount to 112 804 down from 140 712 last year a drop due to the full rendition rule poll taxes brought in 15 181 50 with 1 085 receipts and 85 exemptions an increase in poll tax receipts over last year January ad valorem taxes 243 556 74 and other taxes listed but garbled in OCR
Miss Maz Powell is paying a visit to her brother in Dallas for a month or 59. W. B. Cheek of Dallas is 2 business. "ety in the city. H. Parker and E. Webb of Giroes seek were callers lere yesterday. J. Rt. Taurence of Austin is a guest at the Southern holel. AW. Divingston of Patfurrhig is in re oily on business, Gus Jeffe of Carrizo Springs apent yesterday here yetending to pusiness matters.
Marriage licenses issued for Robert Goodlow and Melissa Per Timian plus Timian, Tt Coin and M Minards, and Gifford with Caroline Ford. Officer W H McRae ill at home 514 West Marshall after eating fish three days ago, condition unchanged, influenza and grippe complications noted.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a safe candy like antacid and digestive aid. It claims indigestion results from fermented food and promises relief within minutes, asserting the product cleanses the stomach and neutralizes souring effects. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from a pharmacy.
San Antonio officials discuss municipal takeover of an abattoir as private operators suspend business March 1. Mayor Callaghan proposes a city committee to study purchase or rental of the present plant while plans for a future city run abattoir proceed.
Jesus Martinez, shot last Wednesday near San Luis and Medina while en route home, remains in city hospital with a neck bullet lodged. Police say they have no trace of suspects despite checks of the area.
Charles Meatows, a pivemian of Ponpahy No 8, was badly hurt when he fell against a loose wiggnng as a fire wagon started after a blaze at 31% Ban Lads street. The incident followed a house fire at Robert Wilson’s residence, with a second alarm to Aa ton Court where the home of Mion, valued at 1500 dollars, was destroyed by fire believed to have started from a defective flue.
A collection of burial permits lists several local deaths with ages and interment sites. ata Pina, 35, died February 8 and is to be buried at San Fernando Cemetery. Tiwhry Vach, 29, died February 24. funeral at Palynury hospital and interment to be at an unnamed cemetery. Jesusa Garei, age 45, died in February with interment at San Pernin cemetery. Falipa Gonwaler, 96, died February 86 and to be buried at Elmendorf cemetery.
A Boston area case report claims Theresa E. Whitt of Whitefield New Hampshire recovered from incipient ataxia after fourteen years of paralysis with Williams Pink Pills. Doctors had said incurable but she regained ability to walk after months of treatment and continued good health afterward. The ad promotes the pills as effective for diverse nervous ailments including neuralgias headaches and partial paralysis.
The city mourns Professor F L Kristeller a former West Texas Military Academy instructor and private-schooled leader who died yesterday at his home on Van Nuss Street. He was years old a San Antonio resident eighteen years and left behind a preacher relative in Newari ND and a colleague in Germany. He belonged to the Anghar Masonic lodge and was connected with local military academy circles.
Mrs Felipe Gonzales aged 95 died at 6 o'clock this morning at her home 72 Plim Street New Tytyglod. A native of Mexico she had lived in San Antonio seven years and was coming here from Telavainrt. The body will be shipped preanport to Bendort where interment will take place.
City committee debated extending Pecan Street over Travis Street to relieve Houston Street congestion. Property values and city benefits were weighed with calls to widen streets, resist eminent domain, and await council action while keeping owners to offer figures by Monday.
Property on Soladad Street near Silas Street exchanged hands for 912,000 with Antonio Brewing acquiring the Doppler homestead. No future use disclosed by Hin Brewis, though the deal logs a riverward boundary and a 9 foot frontage. Chamberlains Salve is advertised for sale with claimed rapid relief.
A long list of 1900s real estate transfers from San Antonio area, detailing deeds between individuals and several property blocks, streets, and city lots. Names include Jas F. Broal, Mary Hill Phillips, Backus, and many others with prices ranging from 200 to 20,000 dollars. The transactions reference blocks and streets in new city areas, Alamo Heights, and Riverside park additions with dates from 1900 to 1909.
A vintage advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted patent medicine. The copy claims universal confidence from buyers and practitioners, touting its effectiveness for digestive ailments and pains without detailed clinical claims.
Special to The Lt Comanche Tex reports Capt Alderdice, age 67, struck by a switch engine and wagon derailment near Wy Chourtaig. He was hurled into the dilvk sustaining a broken leg, concussion, and brain injury. He will likely recover.
Birth notices indicate a girl born February 22 to Mr and Mrs Adams at Richaris City Hospital. Other details are garbled in the clipping but suggest multiple births reported with names partially legible.
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