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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement asserts Sensapersa tablets boost nerve health in ten days. It claims benefits include improved digestion, purified blood, sharper memory, clearer brain, better sleep, and a stronger system with lasting vitality.
A bold claim touts Sensapersa as a flood tonic and nerve sedative that rebuilds and restores the nervous system. It urges immediate use and notes two sizes 50c and 1.00, sold at Druggists and Wigner Drug Store or Fischer's Drug Store.
In France on June 6 seven more officers and men of the American expeditionary forces received the distinguished service cross for actions in Gouzeaucourt and the Cambrai sector during a November 30 fight. Patrol encounters are reported separately from Washington.
A World War I AP dispatch from a correspondent with the American expeditionary forces describes life under fire in France. He praises American troops morale, recalls near shell hits, gas exposure, and the notion that fighters remain upbeat, saying you can't beat an army that sails in with a grin.
Victor Hugo II, great grandson of the author, attached to the American army as an instructor in Picardy. The 22 year old, once a Paris student, distinguished himself in the recent Cantigny capture while serving with a renowned chasseur regiment.
Obituaries report Joseph Grimsinger 79 of 309 Nevada Street died Thursday night. Also noted are Julius Ackermann 25 from Bexar County, Robert B. McRae 58 of San Antonio, Claudia Baker 01 from Salado, and L H Bronough 48 from Edna. Funerals planned for Saturday and Sunday with interments in National Cemetery and City Cemetery No. 1.
Porter Loring Funeral Director operates at 453 Soledad Street with a private ambulance service and Cr. 5738. Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co and Hingy McCollum advertise ambulances and motor equipment. Coracra and Pecan at Cr 107 and 1 advertise Ling Motor Service.
Police vice squad arrested 29 people, including 22 men and nine women, in a raid on a dwelling in the eastern part of the city between 10 p m Thursday and 3 a m Friday. Six women were fined $25 to $50 for vagrancy, others $10 to $25 for rooming house violations, with two intoxication arrests and several idlers fined.
Austin June 7 Mandate issued by the Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex parte G H Mollingsworth from Tarrant County. The court held the zone saw constitutional. Trial on merits will be held. Mandates also issued in cases involving Harvey Hubert Trievis death penalty for murder of Randolph Clark Steve Brown Wanfman County death penalty for killing George Jackson Wilbur B Klewellyn Williamson County 99 years in penitentiary for murder of Roy McKinley.
The Rotary Club elected Ht Sprague as president for the year with Elmer Abbey as vice president. Paul H Scholz as secretary treasurer EBritt Tt Webb sergeant at arms and Max Blum Rev Hugh McLellan and Tom N Smith as directors. A library dedication and hospital school graduation were announced with a June 14 ceremony for the Kelly Field Library.
Representative Moore of Pennsylvania urges cotton taxes as a revenue source in drafting the revenue bill. He calls cotton a profitable material and suggests eliminating special deliveries, limiting merchandise returns to three days, and organizing cooperative delivery systems with Texas merchants to align with War Industries Board plans.
Adolph Grasso of San Antonio is appointed director of commercial economics for Texas. The War Industries Board telegram notified him on Friday. His duties extend his work as state secretary of the Retail Merchants' Association of Texas. He immediately began an educational program to aid Texas merchants and the public in reducing wartime economic leakage. The War Industries Board has three goals in Texas, starting with restricting deliveries to one.
A simple home remedy mixes fresh lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to form a gentle lotion for the face neck arms and hands. Squeezing fresh lemons through a cloth avoids pulp and preserves fragrance so the cream stays fragrant and usable for months.
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