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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1916
Page
5
Mrs. Mara Nicholson of Yeptune Tennessee reports blisters, itch, and eye swelling from facial eczema. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she heals within a month. Free sample offer via mail with skin book requests.
Practical guide showing how to craft an effective cough remedy at home and save about two dollars. Offers simple ingredients and steps for a inexpensive, accessible remedy suitable for a family setting.
A home made cough syrup method uses 2% ounces Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup costing about 54 cents, claiming it outperforms $2.50 store bought preparations. The ad touts Pinex as a pine extract guaiacol formula from The Pinex Co. and offers a money back guarantee.
The Traction Company withdraws permission to reroute the Highland Park car line via Warwick boulevard and the council rescinds the ordinance. City funds include seven thousand dollars for Warwick paving while the company would have paid about six thousand. A chili stand proposal for Alamo plaza is referred to the health board with chili queens in costume envisioned as a tourist draw. Mayor Brown gets approval to travel to Austin for Texas Independence Day events.
Washington February 29. The Interstate Commerce Commission modifies its order in the anthracite coal case to permit hard coal carrying roads small increases in rates and prepared sizes on pea and smaller sizes.
Try Thilo for a cold with Pape's Cold Compound. Take a dose every two hours for three doses to clear nasal passages ease feverish symptoms and relieve headache and sore throat. The remedy costs 25 cents at any drug store and acts quickly without inconvenience.
A vintage health note advises waking to drink hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive system. It claims internal cleansing improves breath, complexion, and energy, preventing poisons and toxins from entering the blood and promoting overall well being.
About one hundred San Antonio Rotary Club members will ride a special I G N train to Austin at 1 pm Thursday to visit the Austin Rotary Club for a day of touring and a banquet. Stops at New Braunfels and San Marcos convert the trip into a trade excursion with access to Lake Austin and golf at the Austin Country Club. Governor Ferguson will officially welcome the delegation at the capitol, and return travel to San Antonio begins around midnight with berths available Friday morning.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching, bleeding or protruding piles. First application brings relief. Price 50 cents.
The San Antonio Club announces the Tuesday 29th evening dansant is postponed to Tuesday evening March 7th. Hugo, chairman of the Entertainment Committee, signs the ad.
The storm from the Southern Rocky mountains has moved to Alabama. It brought rains to gulf states and snow in Tennessee North Carolina and the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys. The Weather Bureau expects a northeastward move with cooler temperatures on the east gulf coast and little change elsewhere east of the Mississippi for the next four hours.
The owners of the Peninsular and Oriental Line steamer Maloja reported 301 survivors after it struck a mine and sank off Dover on Sunday. The total includes 72 passengers, 92 European crew, 137 Lascar crew, and 86 Lascar members.
Rear Admiral Austen Knight told the House Naval Committee that Navy construction must be limited only by facilities to reach parity by 1925. He warned of a possible two-front assault and urged rapid expansion of battle cruisers and scouts to strengthen the fleet.
Proven tonic claims to cleanse the liver intestines and stomach and relieve bilious symptoms. Advertises benefits for constipation sour stomach and bad breath with assurances of natural minerals and gentle action.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser. It claims quick relief from headaches constipation sour stomach and biliousness and promises clear skin bright eyes and energy for a full day. The copy also targets mothers giving Cascarets to sick children.
The Department of Agriculture rules that eggs with more than six percent bad items cannot be shipped across state lines. Candling cannot reduce bad eggs below about five percent. decomposed eggs must be peeled and rendered unsellable for food before shipment.
The permanent organization committee met at Prospect Hill Baptist Church approving the constitution and by laws from the Russell Sage Foundation. The club will be San Antonio’s first to follow the Foundation’s model and officers were nominated for a general meeting at Crockett School next week.
Miss Mary Adelaide Devol daughter of Brigadier General and Mrs Carrol A Devol of Washington D C will wed Lieutenant George H Brett of the Aviation Corps United States. Brett is stationed at San Diego California.
Charters issued for Manufacturers Oil Company of Houston with 15000 capital stock and incorporators T C Bering A C Bering J W House. Tartar Oil and Gas Company of Houston with 10000 capital stock and incorporators J C Nelson F I Ward W J Wade. Charles E Purdon Co Inc of Dallas with 5000 capital stock and incorporators Charles E Purdon Abe Goldstein J B Moody. Trussed Concrete Steel Co of Youngstown Ohio granted permit to do business in Texas with 2000000 capital. Texas HQ is Dallas. Name changes include Wadel Dickie Hardware to Wadel Connally Hardware in Tyler and Dallas firms name changes to J W Hassell Realty Company and Dallas Coffin Company increasing to 300000.
Two women died and twenty people were injured when hundreds of pounds of dynamite and nitroglycerine exploded at a construction company's powder house in Maplewood Missouri. About twenty houses were destroyed and 250 damaged with property loss estimated at 200000 dollars. The deceased were Mrs. Maggie Evans and Miss Effie Barnett.
Severe weather observed along Newfoundland's west coast with a bright sun raising temperatures by six degrees during the day, followed by a cold night gale restoring winter readings.
Benny Leonard of New York defeated Rocky Kansas of Buffalo in a ten round boxing match held in Buffalo on Monday night.
A Life magazine quip notes an actress earned 200 dollars weekly on stage and 500 dollars in films, contrasting stage and film pay. It adds a joke that keeping a woman from talking could be worth 300 dollars weekly.
An old medicinal ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder diseases and urinary issues. It claims years of testing and urges readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample, with a note to mention the San Antonio Light.
A simple inexpensive shampoo uses a teaspoonful of canthrax dissolved in hot water then rinsed with clear water. Hair dries quickly and evenly, looks fluffy and abundant, and becomes easier to style. It cleanses scalp, reduces dandruff, and leaves a bright glossy feel.
Post office inspectors probe the theft of four registered mail pouches from a transfer truck crossing the Hudson on a New Jersey Central ferry. Rumors place losses from 1000 to 1,000,000 dollars with currency likely destined for New York banks. Officials say the thief had access to both the truck and pouches and expect arrests soon.
A caddie teases a golfer sifting turf with a line about being born there and having family buried nearby. The golfer jokes back about driving depth and using an iron. The exchange mimics humorous newspaper chat in Tit Bits.
The advertisement outlines uric acid as harmful since 1775 and credits Dr. Pierce with Anuric a remedy claimed to erase uric acid from the body claiming 37 times lithia potency. It urges readers to request a pamphlet and a 10 cent trial package from the Buffalo institute and to ask druggists for the tablets citing Dr. Pierce’s long-standing reputation.
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