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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
4
A society girl and the criminal Circle Jim Borden meet, sharing a tense moment that exposes heredity and pursuit. Albert Payson Terhune presents a romance and adventure in a story later adapted to film by Pathé. Balboa releases the pictures at local theaters.
Charles Welbourne Knapp 68 longtime St. Louis Republic editor and publisher and recent New York Times Company treasurer died of apoplexy at his desk in the Times building. He had just spoken with assistants and was found with pen in hand. He moved to New York Jan 1 1916 succeeding Samuel Strauss. The death followed a day of health apparitions and a New York Times editorial conference.
An advertising blurb promotes Danderine a 25 cent bottle for dandruff. Rub into the scalp nightly and by morning most or all dandruff will vanish. Two or three applications claim to stop itching and prevent hair loss.
In Corpus Christi, after grand jury impanelment, several local ambulance firms were found to use the Red Cross emblem in business. They were summoned and told to stop or face prosecution, and they began removing the insignia from their facilities.
See Pallas and Honey Peach trees and fifty other bearers with plums pears apricots nectarines grapes ju jubes haupt and grafted pecans. Includes sixty varieties and a great stock of shades shrubs and more at the San Antonio ranch across from the post office under the big sign.
At Beethoven Hall Thursday, Harold Morris wowed a large audience with Liszt E flat concerto, prompting multiple bows as conductor Arthur Claassen kept the San Antonio Symphony on course. Mme d Acugna sang Bizet’s Carmen numbers, while the orchestra showed marked improvement since last season. A public rehearsal drew many schools pupils, ahead of the next concert on January 20.
W J Doyle traveled to Brownsville to meet Colonel Blockson at Fort Brown seeking approval for a fifty man machine gun squad to visit Corpus Christi for the Gulf Coast Annual Exposition opening January 19. If permitted, they will bring machine guns and demonstrate marksmanship at the event.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a cooling liver oil and nerve fortifier for those over fifty. It claims to renew blood, strengthen organs, and soothe the respiratory tract with glycerine, noting no alcohol or harmful drugs. Beott & Bloomfield, N. J.
New York Jan 7 United States Judge Henry D Clayton of Alabama told grand jurors investigating German espionage to favor America first and to leave if they cannot. He urged naturalized citizens to love the United States over their birth nation and warned combatants to fight for the country they chose. The jurors continue probes into strikes at munitions plants and shipyard explosions, already leading to charges against Congressman Frank Buchanan and seven others.
The Gulf Coast Fruit & Steamship Company announces purchase of two steamships, Gaines and Fort Morgan, for service between Galveston and Tampico Vera Cruz and Puerto Mexico. The Norwegian vessels will join American registry, with capitalists from Kansas City backing the deal and new trade prospects in Mexico.
G. E. Langford of this city is reappointed state bank examiner for his district with Corpus Christi as headquarters. Bankers here express favorable comment and praise the efficient service he has rendered.
A special train will run from this city to Laredo next month to attend the Washington birthday celebration there. The service aims to facilitate travel for residents taking part in the event.
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