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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1916

Page

3

San Antonio Chamber Prospectus Appeals for Membership

A campaign aims to boost San Antonio Chamber of Commerce membership with letters mailed to over 2000 prospects. The memo outlines benefits, democratic control, city growth, and targeted efforts to attract industry and tourism while promoting civic pride and regional development.

San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Gus Zalmanzig H. J. Hayes Charles Graebner Franz €. Groos J. W

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound For Grippe Cough Relief

Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a healing remedy for the severe la grippe cough. Claims it eases chest tightness, helps raise phlegm, and shortens a racking tearing cough. Ex postmaster R. G. Collins of Barnegat New Jersey endorses its effectiveness. Sold by A. M. Fischer Gibbs Building.

Foley R. G. Collins Barnegat N. J A. M. Fischer Gibbs Bldg

A Simple Way to Remove Dandruff

An old home remedy promotes four ounces of liquid arvon applied at night to dissolve dandruff. Repeated applications claim to remove flakes and itching, leaving hair fluffy and glossy by morning and after several uses.

Wilmot Goodwin Recital At St Anthony Hotel Friday

Barnard E. Bee chapter hosts bari tenor Wilmot Goodwin with Maurice Warner and Lee Cronican in the Oak Room. Program includes works by Gounod Liszt Beethoven Mozart Bizet and more. Second recital with an entire program change set for Saturday evening. Production note cites aluminum output rising from 88 pounds in 1883 to an estimated 100 600 000 pounds this year.

Barnard E. Bee United Daughters of the Confederacy Wilmot Goodwin Oak Room St. Anthony Hotel Mr. Goodwin Maurice Warner Lee Cronican Mozart Bizet “Yeoman Poniatowski Hes Brahms-Joachim Maurice Warner Chadwick United States

Insurance Agents Aid Fire Chief in San Antonio Credit Estimate

Chief Wright seeks statements from fire insurance agents in San Antonio on premiums and losses paid over three years. He expects a credit under state law equal to three fifths of the saved percentage, totaling about $54,000 for policyholders if premiums exceed 55 percent of total insured fire loss.

San Antonio Chief Wright Wright

Thousands suffer kidney trouble undetected

An advertisement for Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root claims many people have hidden kidney problems. It urges readers to try the remedy, notes tests show quick benefits, and offers sample bottles with a Chicago address and a San Antonio Daily Light mention.

Kilmer & Co Binghamton N. Y Dr. Kilmer & Co San Antonio

Agents urged to file 1916 loss and premium data in Austin

The article notes the need for complete losses and premium data to qualify for credits in 1916. Chief Wright pushes the effort, with agents showing no opposition as they risk losing proportionate premiums. In Austin, some agents resisted until Mayor Wooldridge threatened to publish their names.

Austin Wright Wooldridge

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as General Tonic

Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is a valuable general tonic due to its tonic ingredients QUI NINE and iron. The copy markets a 50 cent size and emphasizes its old standard status.

Grove

Stairway Escapes Being Installed in Downtown Buildings

Scores of stairway fire escapes have been installed on downtown factory and business buildings since a statewide law by Commissioner Woodman. The new rule requires all two story or taller buildings with workers to have stairway escapes, replacing inadequate ladder escapes. Fire Chief Wright notes many buildings still lack escapes and warns of prosecutions for delinquents. Also cited is Hattie A. Bunker, the first white woman married in Topeka, who now resides there at 88.

Woodman Wright Market Street Central Police and Fire Station St. Mary’s Navarro Streets San Antonio Topeka Kan Hattie A. Bunker Woburn N. Y Territory of Kansas

Buffalo herd to be moved to new walled range near zoo

Plan explores delaying the buffalo removal while completing the wallow near the river drain. Park superintendent Al Henson says the fence work and wallow must be finished before moving the herd, which will require lassoing and hauling the powerful animals in wagons.

al Henson Lambert

Mexican Women Meet at First National Congress in Merida

The first women’s congress in the republic of Mexico is in session at Merida Yucatan with seven hundred delegates. The meeting, reported via the Mexican Consul, discusses religious educational and social progress and advocates reforms of the revolution.

Republic of Mexico Merida Yucatan T. R. Beltran Mexico

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