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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1912
Page
8
An advertisement touts Hay's Hair Health as a non dye remedy to restore gray hair to natural color and preserve a youthful appearance. It offers a money back guarantee, lists price, and notes availability through Bexar Drug Co and direct from Philo Hay Spec. Co. Newark New Jersey.
The jury in the divorce suit of Ethel Croker Breen against John J. Breen returned a sealed verdict of deadlock in Supreme Court New York on February 28. Eight jurors favored granting the divorce while four stood for the defendant. Breen is daughter of Richard Croker.
The Southern Merchants association meeting in Nashville decided to send a protest signed by 1162 delegates to the rules committee chair against applying the cloture rule to the post office appropriation bill.
The Pittsburg and Parkersburg packet H. K. Bedbord sank in the Ohio River at Marietta Ohio. Two women passengers and a boy were rescued while the crew and remaining passengers swam to safety. A crew member hurled the boy ashore to avert danger.
This letter warns grip can be serious especially for children and elderly. It urges building up the body with Vinci cod liver and iron without oil, claiming energy and appetite restore, and includes a customer testimonial from R. J. Lown of Oneonta, with a money back guarantee from Fischer's Drug Store.
Statewide highway drive emerged from the Port O Connor San Antonio Highway league convention in Port O Connor. Delegates from San Antonio, Victoria, Seadrift, Cuero and other towns approved resolutions backing a San Antonio to Port O Connor route and related links. Meetings set for last Mondays in February and August with an executive committee from each county to coordinate regional representation.
In New Orleans on February 28, Capt. J. C. Dinkins argues that if veterans do not parade at the Macon reunion, there will be no reunion. He says the parade is the chief incentive to join and march with comrades from other states, countering Gen. C Irvine Walker’s suggestion that veterans skip parades.
A daughter of J. W. Minter died when her clothing ignited from an open stove in Texarkana Arkansas last night. This marks a second Minter child killed by similar flames, with other relatives recently suffering fatal or severe burns in related incidents.
This winter remedy claims the quickest, most reliable relief for coughs and colds. It directs a mix of Glycerine and Concentrated Pine with whiskey, dosed after meals and at bed time, with children receiving smaller amounts. It warns to use only genuine Pine compound and to avoid cheap substitutes.
A past article extols a discipline benefiting customers servants and children by instilling accuracy and punctuality in purchases through a national cash system.
Captain D K Lansing calls a 8 PM Friday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce assembly hall to organize a Texas National Guard company for San Antonio with Gen Roy W Hearne and Col Oscar Guessaz backing. Mustering into state service will occur after organization. armory plans, officer vacancies, and age eligibility are defined.
In municipal court Frank Rock-E-Feller swore his name is the Rock-E-Feller variant, citing kin to John D. Rockefeller while denying a wage suit by former chauffeur Sam Fried. He said he has not spoken to John D. Rockefeller in twelve years and notes the royal tone of his lineage.
In the Dalhart Texas area a blizzard caused two deaths by exposure. Mrs M Sayler, wife of a ranch foreman, wandered fourteen miles on the frozen range before dying. A second death occurred near Romero forty miles west of Dalhart with the deceased man unnamed.
Crown Princess of Sweden, daughter of the Duke of Connaught governor general of Canada, gave birth to a son this morning. The couple already has three sons and one daughter.
Jaacke Bros unveils a new automobile top upgrade for the new year. The company promotes a high quality top designed to refresh vehicles and enhance styling and weather protection.
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