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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1916
Page
12
A San Antonio Chamber of Commerce campaign seeks a broader, better financed organization under the banner A Greater San Antonio. The plan emphasizes education before a five day membership canvass starting January 31, urging cooperation from big and small business, and declaring every citizen a partner in the city’s future.
An Associated Press report describes Yuan Shikai’s day from daybreak to dinner. He rises early, works intently on documents, holds cabinet conferences, and entertains visitors after lunch. The nearly sixty leader is sturdy with strong appetite and takes a tiger bone tonic. A Peking Gazette photo shows him with fifteen sons and three grandsons, highlighting a large dynasty potential.
The piece argues that a larger city benefits all classes by creating more jobs and wealth. It describes a planned expansion of San Antonio's Chamber of Commerce led by experienced business leaders to build a stronger, better financed organization and invites citizen support.
An advertised home made mix using 2½ ounces Pinex and sugar syrup claims to stop bronchial coughs in 24 hours. The ad praises Pinex as a concentrated Norway pine extract and sells the product from The Pinex Co. of Ft Wayne Indiana with a money back guarantee.
Members of St Marys parish held a mass meeting to discuss a permanent home for the San Antonio diocese bishop. Officers elected for the parish branch of the Bishop's Residence Fund Association include T T Downey president Mrs James OLeary secretary and E W Tynan treasurer.
Thomas S. Ingersoll executive secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges will spend Thursday in San Antonio on a Southern tour. He will be hosted by the Real Estate Exchange with a board meeting at the Brady building at 4 30 Wednesday afternoon and a luncheon at the Menger Hotel. He will deliver the principal address and then tour the city as part of the real estate fraternity’s program. Eighty two licenses were granted ending May 1 as new prohibition laws take effect abolishing near beer saloons and locker clubs.
About half of Atlanta's 164 near-beer saloons had closed by today or will shut within days, as reported from Atlanta.
Solomon Bequette of Flat River Missouri says a 50-cent box of Foley Kidney Pills strengthened him after years of back trouble. The ad lists symptoms like backache headaches rheumatic pains puffiness under eyes and blurred vision and promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy sold by A M Fischer Gibbs.
Judge Vall M. Taylor names Manuel Rogers Jameson Puig and V Mendoza as Duval county commissioners for four precincts after ouster causes removal. He dissolves injunction on a county courthouse project. Construction proceeds in San Diego under previously signed contract.
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