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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
7
Luke O Connor aged 57 died yesterday afternoon in a local hospital. A West Virginia native, he recently moved from St. Paul Kansas to the city seeking health benefits.
A dated testimonial promotes Eckman's Alterative as a cure for consumption and lung troubles. Jas W Kanaly reports severe cough and fever labeled consumption but recovered after using the remedy in 1906. The ad claims benefits for bronchitis asthma hay fever throat issues and upbuilding the system. Sold by A M Fischer and other druggists with an offer for a recovery booklet from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
European remedies often succeed in America and the Swiss Lane product Sirolin gains strong endorsements from foreign specialists. Sirolin claims to stop tissue wasting and boost appetite to aid overall body building. Available from the Sirolin Co in New York and various local druggists.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat chest colds with MacLaren's Mustard Cerate from Sommers-McElroy's drug stores. It claims quick relief from pneumonia risks and other chest ailments, touts a home use method, and offers free samples from MacLaren Drug Co. in Cleveland and Los Angeles.
Multiple obituaries list deaths of Santiago Villanueva 66 at 9 this morning and Mary Bowman 62 at 10:15 last night in San Antonio. Also Mary Antonette Kuentz 52 dies at home in Olmos. funerals set for Wednesday and 3 pm tomorrow with services and interments at San Fernando and St Joseph cemeteries. Surviving relatives include spouses children and siblings.
A note reading the ax-man will get you was found near the Southern Pacific depot and turned to Chief Lancaster who treats it as a crank threat. The piece recalls two past San Antonio family murders on Olive and Center streets in March 1911 and 1912 involving the ax-man.
Frederick A. Hornbeck of the United States and Mexico Trust Company manages a Johnson county Holstein herd near Kansas City. The herd, 35 strong and largely from Syracuse New York stock, includes Crescent Butter Maid who yields forty quarts of milk daily.
Columbia reports 21 percent of country churches idle as Rev. C F Adams presents findings to farmers at University of Missouri agriculture week. He notes 69 percent of country residents lack church ties and ministers move from rural pulpits to cities, urging parsonage building and farming to sustain rural ministry.
In town rumors claim a local debutante has begun socializing with several men, reflecting a broader gossip culture noted by the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Miss Ella Ewing who died yesterday near Gorin Missouri was reputed the world’s tallest woman at 8 feet 4 inches tall. At 10 she stood 6 feet 9 inches, faced isolation, and later toured with Barnum and the circus before building a home with 15 foot ceilings and ten foot doors near Gorin. She never married and had two notable suitors linked to Barnum era shows.
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