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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
7
The ad promotes Mother’s Friend as an external remedy to ease stretching muscles during pregnancy. It claims reduced pain, smoother figure after birth, and relief from morning sickness and headaches. It invites readers to write Bradfield Regulator Co. for a guide book.
The funeral for James Lloyd Miller, who died aboard the U S S Pittsburg, was held with full military honors at Shelley Loring chapel at 9 am Tuesday. Interment followed in the National cemetery. Miller, born in Philadelphia, was 25 and educated in San Antonio public schools before enlisting in the navy in June 1910. He is survived by his parents, a sister Mrs Van Tine of Seattle, and three brothers Matheis D Joseph G and Milton Miller of San Antonio.
Democratic nominations for the Texas legislature in Bexar County will have no contests as filing closed. Four candidates sought the four seats led by C B Fowler, with incumbents Otto Wahrmund Edward Lange and Eugene Northaus. Justice seats on the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals have two candidates A N Moursand and P H Swearingen. The Times notes Booker T. Washington advised trades over pulpit work and mentions black opals found in a New South Wales tract.
The French radical anti clerical campaign highlights the heroism of chaplains and rabbis serving with troops. Priests, Protestants, and rabbis were authorized to accompany divisions and stretcher bearers, with several key figures killed or wounded while tending wounded and leading prayers under fire.
The Abbe Henrocque, a simple wartime priest, saved comrades under shelling and gas. He was wounded in the head and arm while aiding injured soldiers and officers, then continued to dig and rescue after a trench explosion buried six men.
Estella Jordan Quasso aged 24 died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital after birth in Fredericksburg and five years in the city. She belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Spanish American War Veterans. Survived by husband Henry Quasso of San Antonio, son Robert Henry age three, sisters Adeline Jordan of Austin and Alice McCormick of Houston. Funeral at 4 p.m. Wednesday from Ludwik undertaking parlors. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
St Paul June 6 James J Hill railroad builder died without a will His widow filed a probate petition asking Louis W Hill son and president of the Great Northern Railroad Company be appointed administrator The estate is valued at 10 000 000 and eight children joined the petition including Louis Hill as administrator potential heirship noted for probate proceedings
Pearsons Weekly surveys bed customs in nations. Russians sleep on stoves in winter while warming topside beds. Japanese and Chinese prefer hard floors or thin mats. French follow similar patterns to Britain.
A workman digging for a building in London found a bucket of jewelry from Elizabethan times. The London Museum acquired the treasure and paid workers $500. After disputes over ownership, parts of the collection went to Guildhall and the British and London museums with a joint gift plaque from the city corporation and the crown.
The German general staff reports Christian Kunziger of Heilbronn has been awarded the Iron Cross first class for defending a trench with nine men against a much larger enemy force. A veteran of 1870 71 he volunteered at outbreak of war despite being over 65 and was initially rejected before serving as a munitions transport corporal then sergeant before front line service.
The war renews interest in traditional crafts such as Bran don flint knapping and Sussex charcoal burning. Flint-knapping in Bran don, Suffolk, sees a revival as flint demand rises for tinder boxes, while Sussex charcoal production expands to supply the trenches.
The piece notes fake medicines advertised as ineffective, contrasting them with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted as a dependable remedy. It claims the standard remedy has stood the test of time and helped women for over forty years, benefiting the community across generations.
A fragment describes jar sizes 66 tees and 35c prices for assorted fruit preserves including Plum Strawberry Raspberry Blackberry and Damson. The garbled OCR hints at a catalog brief or advertisement for preserving goods.
A historic piece describes traditional crafts including charcoal burning with green oak logs formed into conical stacks covered with turf and burned to produce charcoal. It notes the ferret industry’s decline, revived by need to control trench rat populations in France and Flanders during war. The passage also mentions jet fashion revival in Yorkshire, a New York and return fare, and a tongue reading glossomancy science alongside automotive feed indicators.
The Rochester Post Express reports that the New York City Public Employment Bureau links non employment to a reluctance among youths. Officials urge young men to seek wages in shops and factories over white collar roles and afternoon tea costume work for women, stressing earned income to buy desired goods.
A Nebraska reader from Holdredge credits Foley's Honey and Tar for curing a severe cough and cold after two doses. He says the first dose relieved the cough and the second helped him sleep all night, with complete recovery in two days.
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