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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
5
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Fred W. Davis reflects on 1915, praising cotton price relief from boll weevil, corn up 52 million bushels, wheat up 8 million, oats up 20 million, and boosted livestock feeds. He cites doubled diversified farming and stronger cooperation as Texas moves toward larger crops and local markets.
Review praises David Griffiths The Birth of Texas for its vivid reenactment of travis crockett bowie and bonham saga. It lauds fidelity to life and dramatic precision mirroring historic events from the Alamo to San Jacinto with convincing realism and powerful ensemble movement.
Rail construction between Tampico and the oil region advances with passenger service, rails reaching Paso Potrero and grade to Chijol. completion will extend service beyond Tampico to Panuco. Local oil and farming leaders report modest gains and ongoing road work. A social event highlights include the Scottish Rite Masons banquet in Dona Cecilia and a football match between English and Spanish colonies ending in a tie.
Simple home remedies claim to cure rheumatism by neutralizing blood acid with Toris compound and syrup of sarsaparilla in whiskey. Also offered is Globe Pine Compound for coughs and Calocide foot bath for foot pain, with warnings to buy only genuine labeled products from Medical Formula Laboratories Dayton Ohio.
The piece recalls old sayings and songs as Masons share remarks on Masonry as an industrial asset. Speakers include H. H. Greenleaf P M and Clarence A. Miller M M, with Cecil C. Freston D D G M and E J Nichols W M among those contributing. Mangilla Berry catered the banquet.
Gran Quivera discussed plans for selecting the Fiesta king at a beefsteak dinner meeting at the Travis Club. The king will be crowned publicly with ceremonies and receive the scepter from 1915 king Dr. T. T. Jackson.
Harold Morris and Mme d Acagna will headline the San Antonio Symphony opening at Beethoven Hall under Arthur Claassen. The program features Mozart Jupiter Symphony, Liszt E flat Concerto, Rubinstein Feramors ballet music, Weber Euryanthe overture, and Bizet Carmen selections. A reception and a daytime public rehearsal are planned.
D. E. Colp president of the Meridian Road Association Texas division, Lake Robinson log maker, and H. R. Harrison federal engineer turned back to San Antonio after abandoning the Meridian highway trip to North Texas because of rain and poor roads. A good roads meeting occurred in Pflugerville after the group traveled from Austin with local officials guiding them to Pflugerville.
German railroads report that maintaining electric locomotives is cheaper than running cars equipped with individual motors.
A recipe for a warming drink uses butter brown sugar allspice orange and lemon juices Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey and water. Mix let stand then serve in a wine glass as a stimulant to combat cold bronchitis or pneumonia.
An old advertisement promotes St. Jacobs Oil as a magical and harmless remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. A small trial bottle is claimed to ease soreness in about fifty counts with a single use, promising prompt and lasting relief.
Five ships no longer fit for reserve duty have been removed from the navy list by order. Two, the monitors Terror and Miantonomoh, will be used as targets. The others include the wooden steam frigate Lancaster once a marine corps hospital ship, the gunboat Concord of Dewey’s Manila Bay fleet, and the fuel ship Justin. The Terror, laid down in 1886, still carries experimental pneumatic guns and steering gear. The gunboat Concord served with Dewey at Manila Bay in 1898.
Hana Schumann-Heink, son of the famed contralto, died in San Diego today from pneumonia with his mother by his side. The report notes 2,000,000 clove trees on 20,000 acres as a separate detail in the dispatch.
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