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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1911
Page
10
A grand Houston organization is reclaiming hundreds of men and women from whiskey and morphine bondage. The article details its methods, successes, and path to restoring them to useful, self mastered lives.
The Neal Institute in Houston promotes a humane, drug free program for whiskey and narcotic addiction. Facilities include private rooms and nurse care. Testimonials from Tyler, Fort Worth, Dallas praise rapid recovery and privacy while inviting inquiries and mailed booklets.
Special to The Light Senator Smoot, a stand patter, said the president would veto the wool bill after the Democratic insurgent version passed. He argued the bill would depress wool industry and cautioned a veto would not contradict denouncing the existing tariff schedule.
Practical guidance on improving skin by nightly mercolized wax treatment. Applies wax like cold cream to remove disfiguring cuticle and blemishes while revealing natural complexion. Includes freckle removal and overall complexion beautification via old fashioned remedy.
A Connecticut party led by Mr and Mrs Thomas Reilly Patrick Duffy Michael Joy Daniel Casey and Richard Freeman arrived in San Antonio to tour the Cross S Ranch Land company and will continue to the ranch with C B S Wood. Wood notes more parties are planned as Texas land inspections draw many to permanent settlement.
Alfonso Lombardi the musician faced Acting Judge Richardson in the south municipal court after a midnight kiss at a local park. Lombardi was fined 300 for alleged thefts of affection attracting a protest from J A Samuels for 11 year old Ruth Miller who cried out during the incident. Lombardi claimed the kiss was mere passion before departure for Italy.
The executive committee of the San Antonio and Mexican Construction Company will meet early this week to decide actions regarding problems delaying work on the road to Brownsville. The discussion aims to resolve impediments affecting construction progress and contract obligations.
A grocer quips with his new assistant Silas about a string of unsold goods bought by Mistress Brown. The uneasy youth confirms each item as Brown, hinting at a later tea invite. The piece then shifts to a note about the Arizona newspaper Dam Truth and the French use of sealed envelopes in 1726.
The article recounts how American and European correspondents covered the Mexican Revolution, detailing improvisation, arrests, and dangers in Juarez and El Paso. It notes Felix Sommerfield and reporters like Hagerty, Turner, and Lawrence guiding dispatches and the chaotic lack of a central news source.
The piece contrasts Madero's rise in Mexico with American tolerance, cites labor exploitation in Texas cotton camps, and cites Mr. Diebold’s plan to unite and protect Mexican workers. It condemns the mistreatment of Mexicans abroad, urges consular protection, and calls for action to support expatriate laborers.
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