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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1912
Page
2
Health statistics warn kidneys drive overall health and neglect leads to serious illness. Bright's disease caused about ten thousand deaths in New York in 1910. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root touted as a kidney liver and bladder remedy with free sample offers and two bottle sizes 50c and 1.00.
In Laredo Texas on January 20 Francisco Saenz dodged a gunman as he prepared to sign a Mexican style marriage agreement in the home of the bride Vera Cardenas. Domingo Jaime a boatman fired six shots before being captured. The affair involves business disputes and the bride is not implicated.
Public placards announced a shift to smoking only on the forward platform of street cars. Manager W B Tuttle said the rule protects women from impoliteness and aligns with riders' comfort. Previously the rear platform housed smokers, but the change aims to reduce smoke travel backward in motion.
Ottawa reports a 90 cent per ton bounty is foreseen to protect Canada’s iron and steel industry. The Associated Press notes this measure as a possible government incentive to bolster domestic production.
The four remaining crew members of the three masted schooner Harry Prescott were rescued by the revenue cutter Itasca near Hatteras after clinging to masts and rigging for more than thirty hours in freezing northwest wind. Captain W R Philbrook and Mate T S Smith cast themselves into the sea for rescue. the crew faced starvation and exposure until daybreak.
Obituaries report Dethleffsen a 50 year old local drummer and merchant died after a long illness. Gene Clark Shelton a San Antonio journalist died at home. Harriet Butler a 44 year old teacher died after arriving from Iowa. Joseph Claude Cowdry a 37 year old painter died in a local hospital. T F Best 40 died at 8 am and to be buried in Port Lavaca. Funeral plans note relatives and burial sites for each entry.
Jacob Anderson died early this morning at a local sanitarium. He will be buried in cemetery No. 3 after a 2 PM funeral conducted by Rev. O Hartman.
Special to The News Austin Jan 20 Comptroller W P Lane left for Fort Worth to consult city officials about the Fort Worth treasurer report on bond funds. Lane said the report did not meet the law's exacting requirements and he will discuss the matter.
An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion and fermentation in the stomach. It describes symptoms like heartburn belching and nausea and urges proving relief within five minutes by taking one 22 grain tablet from a 9 60 cent case.
Crowds gathered around Rev. Dr. W. D. McFarland and a Pittsburg detective as police struggled to control the mob. Escorts protected the preacher from possible kidnapping while reporters and pedestrians pressed for a view before his train departure. McFarland declined to speak.
Pure Food Commissioner Abbott and inspectors are testing milk sold by about a dozen Austin milkmen and samples from Marshall dairies. Meat analyses are also underway as Abbott returns from Dallas and North Texas. The department has an extensive laboratory enabling broad scientific examinations of foodstuffs.
John J. Bertolete brother of Commander L Calvin Bertolete of the gunboat Yorktown is reported ill with yellow fever in Ecuador. A telegram from the Yorktown executive officer quotes the message from Captain Bertolete's wife in San Francisco noting fever contracted ashore about the tenth, taken sick the fifteenth, and an outlook that is still undetermined.
Exposure to foul air from ill ventilated places and cars harms health with colds and illnesses such as consumption pneumonia bronchitis and grip Promulsion is marketed as a tonic and food to build strength and prevent colds A free sample bottle offer via mail to Ozomulsion Oromulsion 548 Pearl Street New York
Secretary Knox argued before the New York State Bar Association that the U S should assist Nicaragua and Honduras to restore financial stability. He tied this to the Monroe doctrine and urged a middle course between avoiding responsibility for others’ wrongs and ignoring their needs.
Bob Jones will deliver his famous address The Sins of Men Sunday afternoon at Travis Park church. The notice notes a closing hour of ten o'clock tonight for Light want ads and mentions Mission Park adjoining Concepcion mission.
Porter Charlton, who killed his wife in 1910 on Lake Como, Italy, is considered sane by the Hudson County New Jersey prosecutor and jail officers. He remains in jail awaiting proceedings to determine if he will be returned to Italy for trial. the case is before the U.S. Supreme Court with a decision not expected until early 1913.
Lawrence Mass January 20 The appeal by William H Wood president of the American Woolen Company to strikers to return to work and promise of later wage increases was the day's main topic among workers with no signs of impact yet.
A habeas corpus hearing for J. B. Sneed who fatally shot A. G. Boyce Sr. in a Fort Worth hotel lobby was postponed to Monday after defense counsel sought more time. The hearing is slated for 2 pm in Judge Simmons' court. Cone Johnson joined defense counsel as they requested the continuance. The state indicated readiness but no insistence on the hearing.
Directors and members of several organizations met to study a proposed amalgamated Chamber of Commerce with plans for a general ratification meeting Tuesday night. If approved the federation will seek $75,000 in subscriptions over two years via a citywide campaign led by committees.
At Chicago on January 20 the Armour & Co. South Omaha office manager Edward J. McAdam testified on business methods. Prosecutor Godman read beef cost sheets showing per head charges and credits for by products. Judge Carpenter overruled objections to the data. James McLeese, Armour Kansas City plant clerk, testified on seven years of test beef costs.
Letter from Elgin Illinois and another from Kearneysville West Virginia praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing long standing female complaints. The Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts notes thousands of grateful letters and offers confidential advice from a woman.
Margaret Mayo presents the new comedy Baby Mine with Marjorie Cortland and Earle Mitchell in leading roles. Werba Luescher brings Mizzi Hajos and a 94 strong cast, backed by the Spring Maid orchestra under Clarence West, for a gleeful, self contained celebration of laughs and romance.
Viennese operetta The Spring Maid arrives in the city for six nights starting Wednesday January 23 with a matinee. The production, praised for sparkle and saucy sentiment, showcases Reinhardt music and a story of coquettish rivals and lively comedy.
This evening's Plaza performance closes the current ery era for San Antonio eaters with a strong bill headlined by Maurice Freeman and company in Tony and the Stork. The program also features Five Musical Lands, Kenney Nobody and Platt, Zara Carmen Troupe, Buford Bennett and Buford, the Strolling Players, Marseilles contortion act, and the Plaza scope in motion pictures.
A bustling Royal Theatre matinee drew mothers and children as the Ren nee family delivered scenic comedies and singing with Bowery Trio and Gaynelle Everett exciting the audience. Duffy and Dyso closed with a roaring novelty act and boxing parody amid laughter throughout the show.
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