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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1916
Page
12
Advertising pitch emphasizes The San Antonio Light as the home paper with high paid home circulation. It argues direct home delivery boosts advertiser patronage and notes women in households drive most spending, urging ads to reach San Antonio and Southwest Texas readers.
In Lufkin Texas on January 18 the defense won a continuance in the E E and Louis Sapp murder case against Richard Watts as 200 witnesses and 150 veniremen were present. The judge reset the case to Tuesday May 2 after the state admitted the witnesses were material. Missing witnesses were fined.
A fragment mentions Robby admitting to stealing James's candy and debating breaking the eighth commandment versus coveting the tenth. The text appears as a dialogue snippet with religious moral framing. No clear location or date is provided.
A harmless yet effective treatment is offered for quick removal of hairy growths. Mix powdered delatone with water to form a paste apply for 2 or 3 minutes then wash. One application usually suffices but use delatone in its original package for certain results.
House Ways and Means members divided as European war pressures prompt debate on revising the Underwood-Simmons tariff. Several Democrats favor waiting for peace while Republicans push for immediate changes, citing revenue and dyestuff protection as key issues.
An old advertisement touts TEy s Cream Balm to open blocked nostrils and end head colds or catarrh. It claims instant relief as the antiseptic cream soothes swollen mucous membranes when rubbed inside the nostrils and promises easier breathing and night comfort.
Col Joseph H Dorst U S A retired died January 11 at Warrington Virginia. He commanded the Third Cavalry and was post commandant at Fort Sam Houston before retiring in 1911. Born April 1852 in Kentucky he served in West Point the years 1869 to 1878 and held multiple posts including military attache Vienna and Cuban landings in the Spanish American War. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.
Dr Edward W Ryan of the American Red Cross said 260 persons perished when the Italian steamer Brindisi struck a mine in the Adriatic. Among the dead was nurse Stefano Hample from New York. Montenegrin soldiers and other refugees were noted as needing evacuation. The Red Cross plans a relief ship to Corsica and English relief aid was reported.
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