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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1913
Page
3
An additional 3 pm matinee of Everywoman will be staged at the Grand Opera House Wednesday after high demand for seats. The change aims to allow school girls to attend the afternoon performance.
More than ten thousand residents in Bexar County may qualify as voters as County Collector Bitter closes his office this afternoon. A rush at the tax office yesterday and this forenoon saw about 400 people pay poll taxes for receipts. By noon today the county total neared 10 000. city figures show 993 qualified in the last day, 8 226 poll tax receipts issued, with about 800 exemptions.
Hundreds visit the Harlandale baths on South Flores street car line to hear testimonials about the curative powers of the water. Afflicted individuals report relief and praise for the mineral spring treatment.
An advertisement lists GYLT EDGE and ELITE shoe polishes including French Gloss Star and Dandy for russet and tan shoes. It promotes quick white for dirty canvas, a 10 cent polish with brush or cloth, and a 25 cent Elite polish. Orders sent by mail from a Massachusetts company claiming to be the oldest and largest shoe polish manufacturer.
Double lines of street car tracks will be built almost the entire length of North Flores street by the traction company. Construction from Utica street to the North Flores bridge will start this week. Additional double tracking on Nazogdoches street on the North Saree Street line will begin once the street is widened. After completion, more cars may operate on the line. There are two Chinese voters in Worcester Massachusetts both Democrats born in San Francisco.
An old advertisement explains Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready product to darken gray hair and stop dandruff. It claims natural color return after several applications and notes ease of use with a sponge or brush.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a reliable vegetable liquid remedy for sluggish liver constipation and biliousness. It claims safety for children and adults, replaces calomel, and offers a money back guarantee by A. M. Fischer at 50 cents per bottle.
About fifty five graduates will receive diplomas at the Main Avenue High School exercises on February 17 at Beethoven Hall. Four top students compete for valedictorian and salutatorian after a chemistry exam. The term’s class is smaller than last June, while June’s graduates set a future record. expansion of enrollment is anticipated this year.
J H Dabney, superintendent of the Petty ranch six miles east of Boerne, treed a 34 pound bob cat that had been preying on chickens and turkeys. After a bombardment it was brought down. The cat appeared at the hen house, seized a fat hen, and was treed by the dogs. It was among the largest seen in the area this winter.
A Southern husband praises Grape-Nuts and cream for his wife whose long illness improved after four weeks on the food. He notes every morning and supper use, calling it delicious and nutritious and credits Postum Co. with the testimonial as part of a genuine letter.
Mrs W L Bemis of Mobile Alabama declares kidney trouble nearly killed her. After poor results from two doctors she tried Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, felt better after one bottle, continued use, and believes it saved her life. She urges others in the South to use the product for cleansing impurities. Notary public authenticated March 30 1912.
Grow Your Kidney Health Aimed at readers of Daily Light and Gazette this ad promotes Swamp Root from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY offering a sample bottle plus a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It markets regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
The House Ways and Means Committee closed hearings on schedule K as Democrats signal a wool tariff revision akin to the 1911 1912 bills vetoed by Taft. Mohair duties may fall from 40 to 20 percent ad valorem while a requested 12 cent per pound rate is urged by a Texan Angora producer. The hearing adjourned with sundries schedule to be taken up next.
Engineers have reconnoitered the ground for an interurban line between San Antonio and Austin. Actual surveys are expected to start soon and continue about three months, delayed by recent bad weather.
TOPEKA Kan Jan 28 Judge William H Thompson of Garden City a Democrat was chosen United States senator to succeed Charles Curtis Republican by the Kansas legislature in a separate session today. Thompson will be formally elected at a joint session tomorrow.
A party of forty Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce members and families passed through San Antonio late last night on their way to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. The trip aims to study conditions in Panama and advance plans for the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Judge William Kavanaugh wins a short term U S Senate seat in Arkansas by separate house and senate votes. He secured 52 of 100 house votes and 25 of 35 senate votes. Opponents were T C Jobe and BE L King.
Years of comfort and happiness can be added by a course of Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths. The waters are advertised to aid nervous disorders insomnia and after effects of grip with marvelous medicinal properties. Take South Flores street car.
Dr J R Cunningham is listed as an osteopath at 449 Moore Blog with an old telephone number 984-5.
Columbia, Jan. 28. U. S. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman was re-elected to succeed himself this morning, securing another term in the Senate. The action confirms Tillman's continued leadership representing the state.
Charles G. Stamford a 42 year old bridge builder was found in Brackenridge Park on January 16. State chemists reported no trace of mineral poison in the stomach. Charges against two men in the county jail likely will be withdrawn after today’s conference.
Corpus Christi joins Houston and Galveston in a bid to host a three day coastal celebration in early March after the Intercoastal Canal completion. The Inland Waterway League of Louisiana and Texas will meet in Victoria on February 6 to choose the site. Twenty five Corpus businessmen plan to travel to present Corpus claims.
Austin Texas January 28 the attorney general s department approved an issue of 92000 Jefferson county drainage district bonds bearing five percent interest and maturing serially.
The text notes the sessions of both houses of the General Assembly and mentions a member in his fourth consecutive term. It ends with an imperative to pay your poll tax.
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