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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1917

Page

4

Favorite Prescription touted for women's ailments and back pain

An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for female health problems including backache headaches and hot flashes. It cites Mrs Layson's success with relief from weakness and kidney trouble and urges readers to obtain the product today in liquid or tablet form with a trial offer.

Dr. Pierce Doctor Pierce Invalids Buffalo N. Y

Forum Debating Club elects Green H. W. Green president

Green H. W. Green was chosen president for the ensuing year at the Forum Debating Club annual meeting. Other officers named were Israel Chasman vice president Stanley Banks secretary and H N Crewe treasurer. The next meeting set for February 1 will debate a military service law with Harris and Banks for the affirmative and Scholz and LeStourgeon for the negative.

H. W. Green Forum Debating Club Israel Chasman Stanley Banks N. Crewe Gress United States Robert G. Harris Paul Scholz E. G. LeStourgeon

What Do They Do It For

A playful exchange between a pretty girl graduate in science and a male skeptic in a yacht suit. They discuss kissing and sanitation, with the woman arguing its place in science while the man questions its applicability to the world.

Impurities Threaten Blood Health Warns Advertisement

An old health ad urges readers to protect blood quality to prevent fatigue and illness. It promotes S. S. S. as a vegetable blood remedy, claims fifty years on the market, and directs readers to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for a booklet and advice.

Swift Specific Co Swift

Milliken Has No Plans Yet For SAU Gulf Rail

St. Louis banker John T. Milliken, who controls stock and bonds of the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf, tours the line and says the future depends on a 90 day option expiring March 15. He travels with receiver A R Ponder to assess ownership and future action.

John T. Milliken St. Louis San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Milliken A. R. Ponder St. Anthony Hotel Ponder San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf Corpus Christi Raymondville Rio Grande Valley Crystal City Uvalde Texas Mexico Mr. Milliken

Local bottling foreman praises Tanlac for relief from rheumatic and kidney troubles

Emil Fischer, foreman at the Bottling Works, reports dramatic improvement after taking Tanlac. He suffered for years from rheumatism, kidney issues, fatigue, headaches, and poor appetite but now claims weight gain, restful sleep, reduced pain, and renewed energy. The Tanlac sales note cites broader appeal for nervousness and digestive disorders.

Tanlac Emil Fischer Mesquite Street Wagner Mr. Fischer Taniac San Antonio Wagner Drug Co E. J. H. Meier Pry

Optometry Bill Moves Through Texas House Committee

The optometry bill to regulate eye glass fitting is under review today by the House committee on public health. Endorsed by the Texas Optical Association, supporters include H. C. Rees San Antonio G. H. Aronsfeld Galveston H. A. Terrell Dallas Edgar Heitman Dallas W. W. Chamberlain Houston J. G. Eagan House Houston F. R. Baker San Angelo A. H. Bauer Fort Worth J. Wood Bastrop and Greenberg Ward Burstyn Austin with others expected from Texarkana El Paso and Amarillo before final action.

Austin Tex House Committee On Public Health Texas Optometrical Association H. C. Rees State Optical Association San Antonio G. H. Aronsfeld Galveston H. A. Terrell Dallas Edgar Heitman W. W. Chamberlain Houston J. G. Eaganhouse F. R. Baker San Angelo A. H. Bauer Fort Worth J. &. Wood Bastrop Messrs. Greenberg Ward

France to Build Tourist Hotels After War

In anticipation of a large postwar tourist influx to France and visits by foreign business representatives, plans aim to spend 100 million dollars on constructing and enlarging hotels. The figure appears in the fourth installment of the American Industrial Commission report published today.

New York France American Industrial Commission American Manufacturers’ Export Association

Disinfecting Plant Opens at Eagle Pass Stirs Cross Border Woes

The Eagle Pass disinfecting plant opened Monday drawing Mexican complaints over quarantine rules. Inspectors require bath treatment for all entrants or return to Mexico, with clothing sterilized in a steam chamber and travelers scrubbed and vaccinated before entry. Quarantine strictness follows reports of typhus in Piedras Negras.

Eagle Pass Tex Piedras Negras Hume Public Health Service

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