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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
13
The Tinley Method Construction Company bids tarvia work at 53 cents per square yard with a five year guarantee. Half the work will go to the Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased the main line of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad from Cincinnati to Toledo, a 201 mile stretch, for 3.5 million dollars. The deal transfers the route giving B&O control of the Cincinnati to Toledo corridor.
Spring health tonic claims to purge winter poisons as blood becomes sluggish from diet and confinement. It promotes Sulpheric Tablets, a root herb and sulphur blend sold by druggists at 50 cents per sealed tube with directions.
In London on June 8 photographic plates from aircraft document Ostend bombardment. The images demonstrate Ostend will be crippled as a German base for weeks or possibly permanently, highlighting rapid advances in aerial observation.
Secretary of Labor Wilson in Washington on June 8 denied reports that the government considered forming a national industrial control board. He insisted no labor dictator is needed and urged cooperation among all classes of workers.
Springfield Mo June 8. Rumors about the Lloyd Keet baby search clouded by early explosions of reports. No new developments emerged and the case remained unresolved with no trace found to date.
Mothers rely on the product to ease feverish or cross children with gentle cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels. A teaspoonful is said to relieve sour stomach and indigestion in hours with no griping. The ad warns against counterfeits and promotes the genuine bottle by the California Fig Syrup Company.
Governor Ferguson travels with the locating panel through San Antonio to Kerrville for a site inspection and a proposed land gift. Kerrville offers 2121 acres near town with rivers streams and artesian wells, while San Antonio leaders rally to secure the branch college.
A U S district court judge signed a decree to sell the homes of 140 workmen in Danbury Bethel and Norwalk to satisfy the Danbury Hatters case judgment. Special master Sidney F. Hawley will conduct the sales starting July 16 and continuing through August.
All states except Washington report near completion of registration figures. Provost Marshal General Crowder tells governors with only a few precincts missing to await final totals. Storms disrupt wire communications, delaying early reports in many states.
June 8 reports the cabinet will submit a bill to regulate provisions, fuel and other essentials of life by methods other than maximum price controls. The move aims to stabilize costs amid economic pressures and seeks alternative regulatory tools.
Secretary Lansing in Washington denies Chinese reports that the United States is backing a revolution or has furnished funds to the movement. No evidence supports American involvement and the claim is rejected as unfounded.
George A. Bellamy and Rev. Harris Masterson will speak at a mass meeting in the Gunter Hotel ballroom. The event aims to gather ideas for entertaining men at training camps and to promote women’s constructive service.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas will elect officers during the sixty-fifth conference at St. John's Church in San Antonio. Delegates and pastors will also select attendees for the 400th anniversary of the Reformation in Dubuque Iowa. The sessions include readings by Rev. A Dzie and sermons on the Augsburg Confession delivered by Rev. Myebraff and Rev. H Weymeier.
Virgil Beck, 21, son of Alderman James Beck of Texarkana, Tex., has organized a Red Cross ambulance corps at the University of Missouri and will sail for France soon, according to local information received.
A Lowell Massachusetts woman describes relief from Change of Life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter lists anxiety headaches suffocation hot flashes backaches and other warnings and invites confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn MA.
George H. Carnahan says France plans to ship 100000 Chinese workers via the Pacific and Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver for field labor in France to feed troops in trenches. About 35000 had landed. 2200 aboard the same vessel. Rubber production in Malay states dominates world supply, with 80 percent of 200000 tons.
Sadie Billa Dinterman of Philadelphia seeks the address of her father believed to be in a regular or guard regiment at Fort Sam Houston. A recent letter said he would go to France in a few weeks and he has not written since. She asks that he write to ease her and her mother’s anxiety.
Abram T. Elkus former American ambassador at Constantinople departed for Paris yesterday afternoon with his wife, children, and members of his staff. The journey proceeds via Genoa as part of a diplomatic reassignment.
N V Nekrasoff the minister of communications said the arrival of the American Railway Commission will aid Russia in reconstructing and reorganizing its railway system. He noted potential American help in various special tasks and reported improvements after touring coal centers.
Lieut. Kennah Heron of the U S N aged 34 commandant of new work at Puget Sound navy yards Bremerton was found dead from gunshot wounds in his Bremerton room A naval board will investigate whether the wound was self inflicted
Confederate veterans who joined their Washington reunion and Grand Army veterans gathered at the battlefield as Virginia’s memorial was accepted by William M. Ingraham assistant secretary of war. He said the scene showed Americans as a reunited family on the historic field.
German minister Dr Lehmann and his wife and the legation attaches left Guatemala City after receiving safe conducts. They will travel to the German embassy’s route via New Orleans New York and Halifax.
Paris authorities report the three week strike movement in the city is practically over. June 8 records note the end of organized stoppages with workers returning to jobs and shops reopening across Paris.
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