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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1916
Page
6
A home made cough syrup using 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar syrup promises relief from coughs chest colds and bronchial conditions within 24 hours. The ad notes Pinex as a Norway pine extract based concentrate and warns against imitations while offering a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co Fort Wayne Ind.
Senator Bee signals possible Veith defense while court rules out certain testimony. Mrs Carrie Veith stands trial for the killing of her husband Simon Veith at their San Pedro Avenue home on September 22 1914. Judge Anderson reserved final ruling on the admissibility of the contested evidence as testimony proceeds.
Ex postmaster R. G. Collins of Barnegat New Jersey praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for stopping a severe grippe cough that exhausted him. The ad notes availability by A. M. Fischer in Gibbs Building.
An article promotes Sargol tablets to help thin people gain weight by aiding digestion. It claims the body wastes nourishment from meals and that Sargol mixed with existing food aids fats and sugars to produce fat for tissues and blood. The ad states weight gain within two weeks and offers a money back guarantee through H. L. Wagner and other leading druggists.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is described as a physician prescribed kidney liver and bladder remedy with a long proven record. The ad claims it strengthens organs and helps them function naturally and offers samples for ten cents with a request to mention the San Antonio Light.
Witness recounts events at the Veith home after the shooting. He described finding Veith’s body with hands crossed on the chest and blood at the temple, and identified others present. The defense question on Veith’s mental responsibility was ruled inadmissible. Detectives testified about the call to the Veith residence and viewing the wound, alleged to be from a pistol shot.
In Society SOCTAD CALENDAR Tuesday Night San Antonio Club hosts a 8 30 to 11 30 dansant. Daughters of Isabella stage a benefit card party at 8 at the Gunter. Dramatic Club presents Miss Virginia Beraud in The War Brides at the Gunter Hotel. Dr and Mrs A Sachs host a dinner at 7 at the Gunter in honor of Mrs Thomas Johnson of New York.
Wednesday events feature Mrs Robert P Ingram hosting a luncheon. Tuesday Musical Auxiliary Chorus gathers at 10 am with Mrs Eli Hertzberg. German Classics Reading Circle meets at 3 pm at St Anthony Oak Room to study Lessing Nathan the Wise Act III. Pompeo Coppini lectures to Woman's Club literature department at 3 30 pm with guest invite. Equal Franchise Society meets at 10 am. Prospect Hill Christian Mission Ladies Aid at 2 pm in the cottage. Holy Name Society plans a card party Thursday evening for Sacred Heart Church fundraiser.
Mrs Eli Hertzberg hosts a Tuesday afternoon reception at her West Euclid Avenue home on January 25. The event honors Mrs Harold Schramm president of the Mozart Society who soon moves to Houston, with guests from the Tuesday Musical Club expected to attend.
Three community meetings will push an $800000 school bond proposal in San Antonio with speakers at Crockett Prospect Hill Beacon Hill Stephen F Austin Lamar No 12 Eleanor Brackenridge Bonham Burnett and South Heights schools. A mass meeting for negro citizens is set at Second Baptist Church.
Monday night at Temple Beth El marked B'nai B'rith Day with Rabbi Henry Cohen of Galveston delivering an appeal for aiding suffering Jews in war districts. The program featured choirs, soloists Edith Goldstein and L L Marks, a cello Mediation, and a variety of musical numbers with a long list of participants and organizing committees.
The Girls' Monday Five Hundred Club met for the first time this week with Miss Louise Stumberg as host. Two course refreshments were served and prizes awarded to May Van Hoogenhuyze Peggy Bliss and Nana Atlee Young. Members listed include Jamie Kerr Myra Van Hoogenhuyze Gladys Robbins Doris Avery Pegsy Bliss Nana Atlee Young Charlotte Newton Phyllis Shiner Marion Seymour Alice Kirkland and Louise Stumberg. Hosts L D Stumberg and Marshall T Hearne assisted. Next meeting set with Nana Atlee Young. Unitarian Church event postponed indefinitely.
Mrs. Robert W. Carr hosts a Saturday afternoon bridge in honor of her aunt Mrs. Fleming Pendleton of Kansas City who is her guest.
Mrs W S Hendrick entertains Tuesday afternoon with a bridge tea for her guest Mrs C W Holmes of St Joseph Missouri. A 500 party is planned Wednesday afternoon in Mrs Holmes honor at the Hendrick residence.
Miss Sarah Robbins, guest of Mr. and Mrs Walter W. McAllister, will depart Tuesday night for her home in Dallas.
Mrs Harry B Jordan hosts an afternoon tea Thursday at the arsenal to honor Mrs Walter Stewart and Miss Ida Stewart of Plainfield New Jersey who have returned to the St Anthony for a several week stay with many friends in post and social circles from last winter.
Manuel Mayo Berrenechea of San Luis Potosi wed Elizabeth Meyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Meyer in a 6 PM ceremony at St Marys Catholic Church officiated by Right Reverend Augustine Jiminez with Father James H Quinn assisting. A reception followed at the Travis Club with a ros e garden pergola supper.
Amusements include Majestic Vaudeville with Society Buds and six acts. Grand presents Douglas Fairbanks in Double Trouble. Film attractions headline tonight with top attractions and local showtimes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved on rehearing the Southern Pacific Company plan to keep operating oil steamers on the Pacific coast via its stake in Associated Oil Company, despite the Panama Canal Act.
Mr and Mrs Harry Landa hosted Sunday at their New Braunfels home with guests General and Mrs George Bell Jr Judge and Mrs T 8 Maxey Mrs Roy Campbell and Mrs George Crabbs of Cincinnati Ohio Miss Carrie Trueheart of Louisville Kentucky visiting Mrs Bascom Bell
A health column advocates daily morning use of hot water with lime stone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims this simple routine improves digestion appetite and overall vitality, urging readers to obtain a quarter pound of stone phosphate from a drug store for cheap, lasting benefits.
An advertisement states the season book for the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra may be used at any single concert of the series, allowing flexibility for concertgoers to attend one performance with their pass.
Mrs IL WK Roberts will entertain with an afternoon tea in the Wolff Marx tea room Wednesday. Big sale Wednesday features granulated sugar 17 pounds for $1.00 best hams 19 cents picnic hams 14 cents breakfast bacon 22 cents cash. Nichols Gro Co phones Cr 51 207 Ave C Adv.
In Eagle Pass Texas on January 18 the region endured its coldest day with temperatures falling to 24 degrees. Unprotected vegetation died and many poor Mexicans faced significant suffering due to the freezing weather in the area.
Real working model of Battleship 7 exhibited at the YMCA company Jan 18 to 22 with advances noted.
Pittsburg school children received the first tranche of savings from the closed Pittsburg Bank for Savings. Union Savings Bank clerks disbursed funds to about 200 children on the south side, paying out around $1,000 as part of Henry Frick's pledge to reimburse the $167,000 held by 41,000 young savers. Distribution will continue until all deposits are repaid.
B M Grafton assistant tax clerk in the comptroller department sustained an eye injury after a pencil accident in Austin Texas. He was expected to need an operation but a specialist advised against it and he is now recovering.
Gladys Clark and Henry Bergman headline The Society Buds at the Majestic this week. The pair, praised by producer Jesse L. Yasky, star in a vaudeville bill with Vincent Erne Jack Claire Long Tack Sam James B. Donovan Marie Lee Britt Wood the Natalie Sisters and Camille Trio.
The Grand offers a Triangle program with A Janitor's Wife's Temptation and a D W Griffith production Double epee gl. Fred Mace and a strong Griffith cast support Fairbanks in a dual personality role. The Lily and the Rose with Lillian Gish and Rozzina Dolly follows midweek as a top release.
Quartermaster General Aleshire told a House military committee that equipment for an army of eight hundred thousand men is in government storehouses or can be bought in the open market in under three months. He added that equipment for a half million is in depots and factories could produce three hundred thousand in ninety days, leaving the country well positioned.
A San Antonio business delegation led by Governor Ferguson and Mayor Brown will depart at 10:30 PM Tuesday for Corpus Christi to attend the Diamond Loop highway conference opening Wednesday. The party includes city officials, engineers, and heads of Good Roads groups, with additional contingents traveling by auto to join the convention. The governor also spoke in Seguin Tuesday morning at the Texas Swine Breeders Association event.
Austin Texas January 18 State Treasurer J M Edwards received 208754 in tax collections the highest daily total so far this year Dallas County contributed 153727 a new one day remittance record for the county in this period.
A long standing issue in the United States involves the disposal of about 50 million eggs each year. The practice highlights food waste concerns and calls for recovery or redistribution efforts.
A periodical health notice promotes regular morning elimination and warns against harsh laxatives. It endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a dependable mild remedy and notes a free trial offer by Dr W B Calada in Monticello Tl.
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