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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1917
Page
10
A fragment shows a woman praising a man’s aristocratic air inspired by a white heir. The speaker, described as a dissipated man, concedes the look comes from this influence as the scene hints at social appearances and class.
Frank Williamson a retired U S soldier and watchman at the San Antonio Arsenal says Tanlac eased a year and a half long rheumatic attack. He now moves more freely eats well and has gained weight while praising the tonic as a cure. The Tanlac line is offered in San Antonio by Wagner Drug Co. and E J H Meier with a local representative.
Col George W Brackenridge presents the city with 45 acres adjoining Brackenridge Park to recognize Commissioner Lambert’s work on park improvements. The deed was presented and accepted by a rising vote. Council also confirms 18 bonded employes in Commissioner Garland's department and approves various street and utility costs and permits.
Thousands with chronic coughs seek relief as a folk remedy named 212 ounces of Pinex promises to loosen phlegm and end coughing. The note recommends mixing Pinex with sugar syrup, claims rapid throat and chest cold relief, and offers a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
An expensive at home preparation Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is promoted to darken gray hair naturally. The ad explains mixing Sage Tea with sulfur and alcohol as a home remedy, then favors the ready-to-use Wyeth's product costing about 560 cents per bottle available at drug stores.
Austin dated January 16 reports new charters for Ash Motor Car Company Palestine Cooper ative Chautauqua Bureau Dallas Carbonate Copper Company Texas Holt Oil Company Sour Lake Hill Oil Company Beaumont and amended charter for Connor Dry Goods Ve nus changing business to Longview. Charters list capital stock incorporators and locations.
Washington reports the Brazil government has enacted new import duties and consumption taxes. The measures, some raised as much as twelve percent, are expected to materially help meet the 1917 expenses.
Local druggists report a sharp drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains favor. The vegetable remedy is pitched as safe, effective, and guaranteed with a 50 cent bottle, promising gentle relief without the next day discomfort.
In his inaugural address Governor Walter E. Edge of Atlantic City urges a careful scan of New Jersey’s seven sisters corporation acts to see if the state loses revenue and prestige. He notes language that may render provisions null and contradicts the Clayton act while balancing anti monopoly aims with practical revenue needs.
Austin Texas January 16 The board of managers of the Colony of the Feeble Minded will meet tomorrow to name a superintendent for the new institution filling the vacancy left by Dr L B Bibb who has moved to New York The governor will also appoint a successor to Churchill Bartlett as board member after Bartlett became secretary of state
Volunteers for Germany's home army are numerous and expanding rapidly, making compulsory civil service unlikely. Dr. Sorge states civilian enrollment will proceed slowly to minimize business disruption, with women volunteering in large numbers.
A promotional slip invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. It requests name and address and is signed by A. M. Fischer.
The article notes a strict campaign to keep youths in school as many left early to work for the fatherland, creating labor shortages. The emphasis is on government effort to enforce schooling amid wartime demands and rising workforce gaps.
Chief Justice Nelson Phillips administered the oath to Allison Mayfield chairing the Railroad Commission and to Charles H. Hurdleston to fill the Williams term. Mayfield begins his fifth term as railroad commissioner.
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