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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
5
Mrs A Campbell of Spokane Washington reports regained health and youth after using a tablespoonful of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey before meals for eight years. She credits the stimulant as helping appetite and vitality, noting a dealer's substitute attempt was rejected in favor of the genuine product.
Miss Clara Wiemers tops the February class with a 93.08 average and becomes valedictorian while Bertram Lewin, at 92.93, is named salutatorian. Commencement at Beethoven Hall on February 17 features a colonial tableau directed by Miss Lucy Newton and music by the 12-member High School orchestra under Professor Walter Rohmberg. Invitations will be issued soon.
At Temple Beth El Friday service Rabbi Samuel Marks will speak on The Jewish Child. The talk begins at 8 o clock during the regular Friday evening service.
Congressman G. S. Legare of the First South Carolina District died at his home after a lengthy illness. He was 43 and had just entered the Fifty-eighth Congress.
An ad touts swifts S S S as a blood purifier that treats rheumatic chest pains and bronchial coughs. It claims the remedy cleanses the circulation, increases red cells, and relieves fever and sore throat, with a $1.00 bottle sold at drug stores.
A clerical error added one cipher too many in Citizens Auto Company taxes, listing 17000 instead of 1700. County commissioners, the old board, tax collector, tax assessor, and State Comptroller are tangled. Joe S. Newton works to remove the extra digit and fix the rolls.
A February 8 election will include a legal bond vote for widening Commerce Street and a separate preferential poll for non-resident property owners. Only residents of the improvement district may vote in the bond election, with non-residents voting in the advisory poll to gauge district sentiment. Officials worry about overloading the ballot with propositions.
The Carnegie Library has received copies of Bought and Paid For The Typhoon and Officer 666. Plans call for these plays to be produced in San Antonio soon. The librarian will maintain a collection of popular plays for public reading.
Electricians in San Antonio who were on strike for a new working agreement have resumed work. Non-union electricians have returned as well. A future meeting between contractors and workers is planned to finalize terms of a contract to resume ongoing work.
San Antonio Water Supply Company representatives met with city officials at the city hall to discuss a new contract. They refused any horizontal rate cuts, urged readjustment, and adjourned to allow presentation of the company's valuation and proposed rate schedule at a future meeting.
Advertising copy touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution for indigestion and related symptoms. It claims the product digests all foods completely and enables eating freely, with asserted benefits of better mood, health, and memory. A 50 cent box is advertised at drug stores.
Painful rheumatism blamed on blood toxicity and treated by Dr Williams Pink Pills. Ad claims pills restore blood purity to cure the disease at its root, with pricing 50 cents per box or two boxes for 2.50, available by mail from Schenectady New York.
Lic Demetrio Salazar national senator of Mexico proposes moving thousands of Mexicans from Texas and southern states to a Tamaulipas colony. He met Governor Colquitt in San Antonio and gained apparent support. The plan envisions land parcels sold to settlers with tools and transport provided to relocate families.
San Antonio detectives seek public help to recover about $600 in jewelry stolen from more than a score of residences by two Mexican girls aged 10 and 14. The girls sold pieces on the street, claiming they were helping a dying mother, and named several homes they had robbed along the city.
Sala Zarars rebel army retreated after 1000 federal troops arrived over the past two days and American border patrols intensified. Rebel leaders say assurances from democratic leaders will gain recognition, while U S forces maintain border security and the Juarez port remains closed due to rail uncertainty.
Fuels scarce after a recent railway strike, with Torreon and Gomez Palacio diverting coal against orders. Parral and Chihuahua fear plant closures without 25 carloads daily. Smelters like El Cobre and Asarco face shutdowns, Velardena and Terneras work with limited fuel, hoping relief arrives in two weeks.
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