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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
1
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for back pain and kidney related issues. It claims various urinary symptoms and general health benefits, urging readers to request a free sample bottle and booklet by mail from Binghamton, New York, and to read the San Antonio Daily Light.
Washington analyzes a Texas county result in a disputed electoral matter. Zapata County reportedly cast 429 votes for De Pat and Sherman electors, with certification from Texas Secretary W R Davie. The analysis notes a rare past parallel and questions the county’s role in the presidential electors.
M. E. DuBose a Houston lineman collapsed suddenly in a city home after a respite from travel. He slid from a chair and died before doctors could reach him. Survived by a widow and four daughters. Body shipped to Houston for burial.
Special from The Light Austin January reports Kraring Myere has resigned as state librarian. Banking Commissioner Lave will select a successor after the vacancy. No further details provided.
E A Kalkburnt local Burroughs adding machines agent departed for Fort Worth to attend a state agents meeting. He will be joined there by his wife who has been in Chicago to attend her brother's funeral.
Sheriff Van Pelt lacks support to block Sunday business, threatening Lin Wel’s scheduled Pensacola visit. While many venues were closed last Sunday, authorities may stay firm, as the official cleanness orders drew challenge. Judge Nicholson refused warrants against prominent merchants arrested for reading mail in their offices.
San Antonio mourns the sudden death of National Bank Examiner C F Fargo in Dallas Sunday. A well known banker in local circles, Fargo had been a familiar figure in the banking scene and in San Antonio social life for years.
The city plans to abandon the ornamental park between the market house and the bay pigsty to enlarge space for hay wood and truck dealers. Council will consider the proposal from Market Master Bare Crowthes. Fire department horses were approved after tests, with funds already allocated. Street improvements on Nevada Town and Peach streets were ordered, with multiple resolutions and petitions considered by the committees.
An elderly man from CopeMIsh, Michigan, 75, extols Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey as the best tonic. He and many others near eighty report renewed vigor, strength, and daily work, claiming the product cures disease germs, enriches blood, and promotes circulation.
Two affidavits were filed against J. E. Jovin, an architect and builder, charging him with violating the building ordinance connected with the construction of chimneys resting on woodwork. Warrants issued, case to be called in corporation court tomorrow morning. Fires at homes of F. J. Kearful and W. Moore White cited as supporting evidence.
Weatherford Tex January 18 report notes the Knights of Pythias widows and orphans home will be the centerpiece of the opening events at Tatler park of the week.
A legal notice states Obie Tate of Toledo and Latous County pranks, with J Cheney as filer, would pay one hundred dollars for an oath regarding a calcium extract product’s expiration. The document mentions a notary and references F Cheney & Co and Hall’s Family Pills sales. The text is a garbled historical OCR fragment from a civil matter and a patent medicine advertisement.
Wives of autoists were fined $25 each by Judge Buckley for speeding. John A. Lefmann and F. Schutz, charged with exceeding eight miles per hour, were fined $25 each. Anderson’s case continued. A Kelly fined $48 for careless operation. Kellum, linked to a January incident with Captain Wise, faced a related charge. Jones fined $5 for driving through a funeral procession.
Washington, Jan. 1. President Gompers of the Federation of Labor favors either appealing to labor for funds to prosecute a new appeal from Judge Weight's contempt decision or dropping the effort. He cited the dire mood and many unemployed and said the federation has exhausted its available funds. The decision was announced in a report read by Gompers at the AFL executive council meeting.
An old remedy touts a pine concentrate with two ounces of elycer ine and a pale pint of whiskey to be taken every few hours as a cure for coughs and colds. It claims rapid relief and broad systemic benefits, with directions to obtain ingredients from a druggist or mix at home. The pine product is advertised as preserved in ale-tight bottles with crown tops.
A first person account details a day in downtown San Antonio with aimless wandering from Alamo to Crockett and Alamo to Bexar drug store, Carter’s, and Navarro street. The narrator describes encounters with a brown eyed girl, shopkeepers, and a watchful audience, planning a future lunch over imagined clues of a hoax or con. The piece ends with a vow to repeat the performance tomorrow, walking Alamo plaza and sampling a plan to reveal an alter ego at midday.
An advertising notice promises instant relief from piles and rectal disease with Pyramid Pile Cure. It urges readers to send name and address for a free trial package, then buy a 50 cent box from Pyramid Drug Co at 188 Pyramid Bldg Marshall Michigan and claims dramatic healing without surgery.
Disjointed phrases suggest a riddle about recognizing a person and a $50 stake. The text implies ownership or reward linked to identification, hinting at a monetary prize tied to the reader’s recognition.
Relief effort extended for another week to aid Italian earthquake victims. Two new members added to the relief fund list. Fund aim raised to 3000 dollars, with a mass at Ban Fernando Cathedral on Thursday at 9 a.m. for the dead, collection supporting the relief fund.
In county court the estate of W Taylor is probated and Anna Taylor applies for probate of Will and appointment as independent executor. An inventory for J G Booth is filed. American Surety Co of New York seeks release from Mrs Agua P Cohe as guardian of Hans Paul and Philip Ochs minors. Will of August Zander probated. Duthine Zander named independent executor without bond. Appraisers named. other probates list executors, appraisers, and sale report in minor estates.
An old time advertisement touts Miona tablets from the Bexar Drug Co as a cure for acid stomach, belching, indigestion, and related ailments. It claims rapid stomach nourishment, improved blood and nerves, and brighter eyes, urging readers to purchase a large tin box for 50 cents. It also praises Enoth's Laxadlus Pills for constipation and general stomach troubles.
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