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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
7
A consumptive husband with a wife and three children is trapped in a 10 percent note scam where $10 becomes $12 each month with no receipt. The scheme drains his income, forcing loss of tools and livelihood while he seeks work to meet the debt. Mrs Haley of Associated Charities condemns the practice as illegal.
The Ex Bluejackets met at the YMCA and formalized their club with Charles Broadbent as captain and R C Op perman as chief yeoman. A committee led by A R Arey will secure club rooms. semi monthly meetings are planned. twenty members are in, with growth expected. They will wear blue and white for the Fourth of July parade with Warrant Officer Bledsoe in command.
Lecturers at two meetings urged approval of a constitutional amendment allowing state institutions to issue bonds for better dormitories and classrooms. Dr. E. D. Mezes and C. E. Evans warned that 85 percent of state buildings are firetraps, urging faster construction and repairs to protect students and staff.
Seadrift State Bank of Seadrift Calhoun county receives charter with capital stock of 10000 and incorporators J F Walker BE H Reemer and J T McIntire The Beaumont Lumber Company of Beaumont gains charter with capital stock 27500 and incorporators W A Priddle W W Wallace and D J Williams
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder issues in men and women and regulate bladder troubles in children. Priced at $1.00 with mail-order option and two months of treatment per bottle. Dr. E W Halil of St. Louis advertises. sold by druggists.
Speaker Chester H. Terrell said the general appropriation bill will be ready for introduction when the Legislature’s special session opens. A House appropriation committee quorum is planned for July 14 to review items and shape the bill for quick presentation. Rep Louis J. Wortham chairs the committee and will likely invite Sen J. G. Willacy and other Senate finance members.
Henry Rochefort a long time prominent figure in French politics has died in Aix les Bains at age 88 from complications of maladies. He played a major role in national affairs and was widely known across political circles.
An advertisement touts Granitord and Granocrete under the slogan The Economical Pavements and The Modern Pavements, promoting durable surface solutions for roads and sidewalks.
The ad warns that rheumatism can settle in the heart affecting valves and urges curing by removing the cause. It claims Foley Kidney Pills tone and strengthen kidneys to keep blood free of poisons and uric crystals causing rheumatism and related symptoms, urging readers to try them via Fischer Drug Co.
Visit the St Anthony Roof Garden open from 6 30 to midnight with delightful music and fine food and drinks. Soloists Arturo Lugaro a noted baritone and Charles Cameron Bell a tenor perform tonight in a lively city venue. Also mentions breakfast pork sausage for twenty five cents per pound from Union Meat Company and Corpus Beach Hotel offerings in Corpus Christi Texas with a descriptive folder from manager W A Roachman.
In a lively morning at the Y M C A league Hyenas beat the Weasels 12 5 as Breen and Miller led the victors with most hits while Warren struggled on the mound for the losers 5S Brown starred behind the plate. In the second game the Tigers edged the Lions in a tight game Flaherty and Hawk supplied scoring for the Tigers Becker and Straughn for the Lions Hawk collected three hits in four at bats and Postelwaite made three putouts in the field.
At National League headquarters President Lynch will investigate the assault on John J. McGraw at the Philadelphia game even though no complaints have been filed. The statement came today from league officials in New York.
A new booklet issued by W. B. Keenan of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway promotes Texas as a top resort destination. It features photographs and descriptions of major hotels in San Antonio, Galveston, Houston, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, and Dallas, arguing Texas now offers standard, luxurious accommodations comparable to California and Florida. The guide aims to attract tourists by showcasing nine pages on San Antonio’s three inns and extensive depictions of other city hotels.
Bombardier Wells retained his heavyweight crown by defeating Packey Mahoney of Cork at the National Sporting Club. The knockout occurred in the thirteenth round on July 1.
Taylor Texas hosts the 32nd annual fair with an opening day program including music and an elaborate parade. Horse races are scheduled for today and tomorrow, followed by automobile and motorcycle races on Thursday and Friday. Numerous entries are listed across all classes.
A Chippewa Falls Wisconsin resident says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved standing related pains, improving health, and she would use it again. A Providence Rhode Island worker reports organic displacement and backache improved, enabling her to perform factory and home duties and she grants permission to publish her name.
An account recalls the July 1898 battles at El Caney and San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War. Colonel Roosevelt led Rough Riders up Kettle Hill, while Hawkins directed the San Juan assault amid extreme heat and barbed wire. The sieges at El Caney and San Juan preceded Santiago’s fall sixteen days later, with 6464 and 7919 engaged respectively.
Governor Colquitt says no whitewash is desired as he addresses Lieutenant Governor Mayes and the penitentiary investigation committee. He urges candor, offers to provide letters, and critiques current law as full of monstrosities while backing businesslike reform. Farmers offer to sell state lands as lease abolition spurs bids.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liquid to revive a sluggish liver and relieve constipation biliousness and sour stomach. It claims to replace calomel and offers a money back guarantee from Fischer's Drug Store with a 50 cent large bottle price.
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