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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
6
Senator J C McNealus introduced a concurrent resolution in the Senate proposing sine die adjournment of the Thirty fifth Legislature at noon Friday March 9. The measure drew swift approval from members as the governor prepared to re assemble the body to pass certain bills.
A newspaper advertisement urges readers to cut out the slip, mail with five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive trial packages of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills Foley Cathartic Tablets and a list of ailments they claim to treat. The notice notes A M Fischer as a seller.
The article describes senators tabling a resolution to end the sixty day session, with an extra session planned at once by Governor Ferguson. Members will receive five dollars per day for thirty days, and only governor-submitted measures may be considered. The Looney bill to bind railroads to Texas Railroad Commission rules looks likely to pass the Senate despite opposition.
Lawmakers clashed over a pari mutuel betting bill as the House rejected engrossment 54 to 59 amid broad debate. Other measures advanced include ban on ambulance chasers, warehouse law changes, and campaign expense limits. Senate actions covered school district condemnations for playgrounds, monument funds for Sul Ross, park tax authorization, and militia reforms aligned with the national defense act. A House committee reported Gatesville and Gainesville facilities needs, with dormitory builds at Gatesville estimated at 125000.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a valuable general tonic claiming the tonic ingredients quinaine and iron. The copy emphasizes its widespread use as a general health product.
Dr S L Brown associate professor of physics at the University of Texas lectured Monday night in Corpus Christi High School auditorium on Electric Waves as Applied to Wireless. The Corpus Christi Science Club arranged the address to guide wireless investigation and demonstrations. Brown, a leading South authority, described recent telegraphy and telephony developments and noted the university’s extensive wireless apparatus and campus demonstrations.
A roundup from Austin lists new charters for Gosho Company Fort Worth with 50 000 capital stock and Osaka Japan incorporators. Laidlaw Engineering in San Antonio with 1 000 capital. Marlin Retail Merchants Association in Marlin with no stock. Consumers Ice and Coal in Port Arthur with 30 000 stock. Medina Fullers Earth in San Antonio with 100 000. Scobey Cutting in San Antonio with 5 000. Permits to do business granted include Alfalfa Lumber of Kansas City Missouri with Texas HQ in Lubbock and Peyton Packing of Charleston West Virginia under El Paso HQ. Moody Calculator of Arizona with Dallas HQ and capital increase to 4 000 Benjamin?
A renowned authority on Fireless Cooking will conduct daily demonstrations this week in our Sixth Floor store from 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Housewives are urged to attend as the expert claims modern Fireless Cook Stoves save fuel time and labor, reducing cooking costs by about half.
A debate on whether Congress should enact conscription for all able bodied men is to be held at Central Christian Church on Main Avenue Tuesday night. The Athenaeum Society will oppose, the Hugh McLellan class supports, with named speakers and judges listed. The public is invited to attend.
Sir Edmund Walker president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce told the trust companies section of the American Bankers Association in New York on February 27 that the entente allies did not know how long the war would last or how much their nations could endure.
An old newspaper ad touts Cascarets as a 10 cent box that clears the head and cleanses the liver and bowels. It claims gentle, candy like tablets relieve headache biliousness indigestion constipation and bad breath and suggests giving them to children.
An old home remedy using Sage and Sulphur turns gray hair dark and glossy. A ready made Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound sells in drug stores for about 50 cents a bottle and dampened through hair hides gray without obvious telltale signs. It is described as a cosmetic, not a medical cure.
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