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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
4
The Berlin Vonwaerts report four miners' federations telegraphed the war feeding department protesting a reduction of weekly potato rations from five to three pounds. They argue turnips cannot substitute potatoes and urge restoring prior rations.
London reports Premier Clam-Martinic of Austria and General Hoefer, head of the Austrian war feeding department, met with Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg Foreign Secretary Zimmermann and Adolph Batocki, German food controller, to discuss the food problem.
Hague dispatch reports a conference mainly focused on economic questions with extensive discussion on peace. The item notes E. W. Grove and Laxative Brome Quinine ads in the same column, mentioning a 25 cent price and box signature.
Luling opens the Luling Hospital with full equipment ready for business. Managed by graduate nurses Misses White and Good enough, formerly at San Antonio City Hospital.
Advert says blood and skin diseases like eczema and tetter can be cured by Swift Specific Co. a fifty year remedy. It claims to reach the root of trouble and offers free medical advice from a chief medical officer at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
In Austin on January 19 the House weighs a submission amendment for women's suffrage while the Senate stalls until House action. Amid filing of the resolution, opposition grows, and a committee report is expected. The session also probes bills on optometry, anti blacklisting, pool halls, and a water rights return bill for Waters-Pierce.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a painless, low cost remedy to lift corns and calluses. A quarter ounce from any drug store claims to remove all foot corns without infection or irritation, even with high heels said to cause widespread corn buildup among women.
Helena Mont Jan 19 A statewide strike is planned tonight in all Marysville district mines after an official Marysville Miners Union statement. The dispute centers on a demanded pay increase of 60 cents per day.
Former President William Howard Taft defended the League to Enforce Peace at a Pittsburg dinner, arguing Roosevelt and Bryan both oppose it yet the plan is more likely to succeed with wide support. He said the league seeks hearings and a potential decision before war and that delay aids peaceful settlement. Judge Buffington presided. Henry Drinker and Charles C. Michener spoke. messages from neutral European nations were read.
President Wilson sent to the Senate naval promotions created by Congress. Cary T. Grayson becomes medical director as Passed Assistant Surgeon. William C. Braisted advances to medical director. David W. Taylor becomes naval constructor inspector. Samuel McGowan becomes pay director and civil engineer.
London January 19 women will not be permitted to practice law in England if the lawyers can prevent them. A general council meeting, chaired by Attorney General Sir F E Smith, defeated a resolution to consider admitting duly qualified women to the profession.
A fragment describes clothing items including a cape collar and skirts to be placed on the next table. The line mentions an embroidered piece and a minor error in a catalog or display. The phrasing suggests a tailors or dressmaker setting with textile details and arrangement notes.
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