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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
9
An old marketing piece touts 8S 8S 8S as a vegetable blood purifier from The Swift Specific Co, claiming it fights blood diseases and replaces mineral drugs. It promises a free mailed booklet and advice, urging readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist and noting alleged benefits for rheumatic and neurological conditions.
On his second day in office Mayor Brown met delegations urging different bond allocations. He aims for a broadly approved plan balancing paving streets sewers storm drainage and widenings, while delaying appointments as discussions continue with Police Chief Lancaster.
Mayor Brown says changes will be studied for public service efficiency, not political whim. He prefers cautious appointments and notes legal hurdles delay the bond ordinance, with a possible Austin trip to resolve issues and a council meeting likely postponed to next Monday if needed.
Crowds celebrate after Police Captain Rose defeats John W. Shenk to become mayor. Early returns show Rose leading by about 7000, signaling a shift from the good government organization that has dominated city politics since the Harper recall. The campaign was marked by opposition from most city papers citing fears of an “open town” regime.
Sacramento June 4 Farmers urged to fight grasshopper plague with fire and poison. Dr Cook warns crops will be saved with quick action using stubble field fires poison pellets and a hopper doser that kills insects in kerosene. Colusa county reports large numbers of hoppers while unplowed or fallow land suffers more.
The YWCA finance committee mails letters to subscribers as members reach 1750 and departments expand for a new building. In 1912 the budget was 27000 with 2898 from the public, about 90 percent self supporting. For 1913 the estimated budget is 29000 with at least 4000 expected from subscriptions.
The San Antonio Credit Men's Association holds its monthly dinner in the Gunter Hotel tea garden at 6 30 tonight followed by a get together meeting. Topics include Insurance Bad Accounts Homestead Laws and other city business. President D J Strauss presides with R T Pruitt leading the entertainment committee.
Two terms Granitoid and Grandcrete appear as labels or slogans for pavement projects. The excerpt contrasts material names with civic slogans tied to road improvement efforts, signaling debate over long lasting street surfaces and funding.
Steps are under way to form a bootblacks union in New York City where an estimated 60,000 workers exist, roughly one per hundred residents. Many earn as little as five dollars a week and workers at stands report long hours.
Defense in the Frederick E. Atteaux dynamite conspiracy trial contends he was subjected to blackmail by John J. Breen who has confessed to planting dynamite to misdirect blame from textile strikers. Atteaux testified and details of Breen’s visits and payments are outlined to show alleged extortion after civil suits against Breen.
J T Bradford received a six room dwelling permit on Drexel avenue for 1750 dollars. BE Garza secured an eight room dwelling permit on Colima street for 400 dollars. A Belzing a four room dwelling on Leal street for 800 dollars. Niggli planned an addition on W Carolina street. O N Johnson obtained a five room dwelling on Wilmington avenue for 1600 dollars.
Mrs. M Melhorn of Johns Alabama says she suffered severe health issues last year with headaches backache and fatigue until using Cardus the woman's tonic. She reports quick improvement after four bottles and urges others to try it. The message notes Cardus as a vegetable remedy backed by 50 years of use and invites readers to request advisory information from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
Washington reports 24 governments have accepted the Panama-Pacific exposition invitation for San Francisco 1915, with 15 delaying. Countries accepting include Argentina to Uruguay. declines include Egypt to Turkey, with Roumania requesting time. Only Panama and El Salvador will attend both San Francisco and San Diego events.
Tokio reports Baron Eiichi Shibusawa and Buei Nakano leading bankers and chamber officials in efforts to quell agitation for boycotting California products and related actions. The move involves prominent figures coordinating to ease tensions amid economic dispute.
Mr. Nakano leads an agitation to send the finest Japanese exhibits to the exposition to display Japan’s civilization. He also plans a meeting of Japanese chambers of commerce to resist boycott efforts. Government stance remains undecided.
Judge George Calhoun refused the appointment of a receiver and issued no injunction in the San Benito Sugar Manufacturing Company versus W. C. Shaw F. Augustus Heinze and others. Plaintiffs seek about $300,000 and a receiver for the mills. case remains pending for trial.
Dr. Hamilton Wright will represent the United States at the International Opium Congress gathering in The Hague on July 1. President Wilson takes a deep personal interest in suppressing the opium traffic, viewing it as a striking example of temperance in international affairs.
The article notes broad international representation for a July gathering on opium traffic management. Turkey previously abstained over fears of harming its opium industry, but new evidence of high grade Turkish opium suitable mainly for medicinal use may lead to adherence to the global agreement.
Advertisement copy promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate to relieve physical and mental exhaustion nervousness and weak digestion. It references Granitoid and Grandcretel The Permanent Pavements as related products or slogans.
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