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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
2
An advertisement extols Vitalitas as a universal tonic for the sick, claiming it relieves indigestion biliousness rheumatism nervous debility catarrhal disorders and liver and bowels. It touts worldwide shipments and urges purchase through Sommers Drug Store and other druggists.
In Waukegan Illinois on June 2 the Orpet murder trial remained at eight sworn jurors after sixteen days. A new panel of fifty men was summoned as William Jones, who had served five days and seemed accepted, was excused on a perceptory challenge by the state.
A coconut oil based shampoo avoids alkali in soaps which can dry the scalp and brittle hair. Rubbing plain refined coconut oil into damp hair creates rich lather, cleans dust and dandruff, and leaves hair soft, glossy, and easy to manage. Coconut oil is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
Three members of a fishing party in Ardmore Oklahoma Claude Stubblefield his daughter Claudia 18 and Miss Georgia Martsfield 19 were drowned when they waded into deep water Stubblefield attempted a rescue. In Newellton Louisiana Clara Poe 12 and Margaret Barker 16 drowned after stepping into deeper water while wading near a levee pool formed in February.
Three men sleeping in a barn were drowned when a cloud burst flooded M'Gregor Iowa about 8 PM. Water rose six feet in five hours washing the business district under several feet of water.
In New York City 656 401 tickets were sold for a war relief bazaar to aid entente allies. Conducted by 3 500 women citywide, tickets at 25 cents each aim to reach 1 000 000 before opening night.
A Glass Mountain district fire twelve miles west of here destroyed thirty sections of timber and grass and spread rapidly. Lightning likely started the blaze last Tuesday. efforts to check it failed due to extreme dryness, with heavy losses to cattle and goat raisers.
Continued report places the clash off the Danish coast with the action extending toward Helgoland, about 100 miles from the German main naval base in the North Sea. Denmark is the noted vicinity of the encounter.
Berlin reports the German high sea fleet engaged a British force on May 31. The admiralty says heavy losses followed for Britain, naming Warspite and Indefatigable among sunk ships and noting many destroyers and torpedo boats also went down. It adds Marlborough was torpedoed and lists crew salvaged from sunk vessels. The German fleet allegedly returned to port June 1.
Corpus Christi churches from across Nueces County will join in a monster union service on Sunday afternoon June 4 to pray for rain. Multiple congregations will take part in the interfaith gathering.
June reports from Petrograd describe phenomenal cold across Russia. Kazan streetcars halted by snow while Nizhni Novgorod sits at freezing. Berlin wireless dated May 23 notes crops damaged by the cold across the country.
Report on the Republican presidential race cites Roosevelt and Hughes as leading choices at the convention as party factions clash. Arkansas and Oklahoma contribute 14 Cummins votes on the first ballot, with Root supporters claiming New York backing Elihu Root.
An old time newspaper feature promotes Plant Juice as a tonic for indigestion and related ailments. It includes a testimonial from William Perry of Detroit claiming multiyear stomach liver and kidney relief after five bottles. The piece mentions sale at Fischer's Drug Store in San Antonio.
In a crucial vote the Roosevelt and Hughes factions blocked a Republican national committee move to send delegate disputes to sub committees. Senator Reed Smoot led the defeat, claiming the plan aimed to hide disputes in secret sessions. The outcome boosts Roosevelt and Hughes, while Hilles’ supporters deny political meaning. Progressives face questions about Roosevelt’s possible bid if the GOP nominates another candidate. A separate judiciary bill expanding civilian government accident compensation to all government workers was submitted to the Senate as a model for state laws. The measure narrows to include negligence and intoxication cases in injury coverage. The text notes the farthest north coal mine on Spitzbergen’s east coast, owned by an American.
The committee on arrangements of the Democratic national committee in St Louis deferred naming a temporary chairman until tonight. McCombs suggested Clark or Missouri Senator Stone likely would not be permanent chairman due to duties in Washington. The sub-committee began selecting 200 assistant sergeants-at-arms and 52 assistant secretaries, one per state and territory, and Glynn as temporary chairman seemed a mere formality.
Washington June 2 President Wilson meets with Fred B Lynch to pick the permanent Democratic national convention chair with Senator James as a leading candidate. Cabinet members and Senate House leaders plan speeches on campaign issues while Congress stays in session into July.
When asked if Frank H. Hitchcock represented Justice Hughes in Chicago, his secretary L. H. Green stated that Justice Hughes has no representative. The remark clarifies there was no official intermediary for the justice in the matter.
A unanimous report on the Federal Compensation Act outlines findings and recommendations. The document details governance, funding, and potential impacts on workers and industries across the nation.
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