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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
2
Pauline Soles of 1605 Tulane avenue reports a weight gain from 102 to 111 pounds after using Vitalitas for several weeks. She says the tonic improved appetite, energy, complexion, and overall health, urging others to try it as a safe earth product. The advertisement notes Vitalitas is sold at Wagner's drug store and by all druggists.
Letters were mailed to President Wilson and congressional leaders by the Chamber of Commerce urging that provisions in the sundry civil appropriation bill and the Clayton anti trust measure discriminate against commercial interests and favor agriculture.
Arrangements are under way for a larger Fourth of July celebration in San Antonio with plans to use Luna park or Electric park. The joint committee invited Patriotic groups to join the parade and events and granted San Antonio Equal Franchise League participation for an address on woman suffrage. A Catholic societies invitation was assigned to a special committee.
The first ten days of June brought 84 marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Frank R. Newton as Cupid powers clash with the Demon of Divorce in San Antonio.
A San Antonio Driving Club event at the fair grounds promises exciting races at 2 PM Friday with a large local turnout expected. The card features free-for-all trots and pace races led by horses such as Nathan Boy Delaware Punch Lady Bess and Sir Shelby, with two additional entrants noted.
Engineers from the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway complete right of way surveys for the Katy terminals on South Flores street. The Chamber of Commerce must raise a $75,000 bonus from affected property owners to compensate for a damaged portion of the route while planning two equal payments as properties are acquired and construction begins.
An advertisement proclaims Gets-It the leading corn remedy, claiming quick two second application and painless removal of corns. It condemns plasters salves and knives and cites safety and effectiveness, urging purchase from druggists or direct from E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
The article notes eleven crossings along West Fall avenue the longest stretch on any street in York or the metro area. Only Skinner avenue crossing will be grade. the others will feature subways or viaducts. Subways are planned at Hackberry Olive Pine Maryland and Palmetto avenues while viaducts cover New Braunfels Washington Gevers Mittmann and Walters streets.
The sixty second commencement exercises of St Marys College will be held Thursday night at the Grand Opera House. Eleven graduates will receive diplomas including seven with bachelor of science degrees. R J Boyie will deliver the principal address and Bishop J W Shaw will speak at the close. The class salutatory will be given by Merlin T Miller and Leon Kaufman. The college and high school departments total 220 students. The grade school closing exercises were held last Monday. The 1914 graduation class will be honored at a banquet at the Gunter hotel next Saturday night hosted by the Alumni Association, featuring a gold watch for the top literary student. The new drink Delaware Punch is noted. Galveston bond issues: $300,000 municipal city hall bonds, $150,000 street improvement bonds, and $75,000 fire boat bonds approved by the attorney general.
San Antonio merchants and jobbers pledge about 250 tons more, bringing monthly freight to 1000 tons as committees press to restore steamship service to Port Aransas. W. A. Scrivner and Chamber representatives solicit remaining tonnage from coast areas and big shippers, with Corpus Christi and San Antonio firms pledging hundreds of tons.
The religious wedding of Kermit Roosevelt and Miss Belle Wyatt Willard was held at the British embassy chapel in Madrid with clergy from Paris and London. A large crowd watched as the couple left for Ambassador Willard’s residence. The bride wore ivory satin and lace with yellow orchids. a reception followed at the embassy. The couple plans a honeymoon in southern Spain. Suffrage Wins in Louisiana House is reported as the House committee recommends passage of a women’s suffrage constitutional amendment by six to three.
Adlai Stevenson, former vice president, seriously ill for nearly a month, is gradually growing weaker at a Chicago hospital as family members watch at his bedside. A nurse for hire ad appears in the notice along with a beverage ad for Delaware Punch at 5 cents.
The San Antonio Playgrounds Association seeks two playgrounds at Buena Vista and Smith streets and at a gravel pit site in East End. A wading pool on Buena Vista street grounds is proposed. Mayor Brown backs converting a 22 acre city gravel pit into a park with play areas. Mrs Belle Dilgarde leads equipment efforts, aided by Kaebel of the Tura Verein who plans to build apparatus and invites youth cooperation.
The Rotary Club lunch Friday at noon at the St Anthony hotel features a debate on Woman Suffrage with Judge James R. Davis and Harry Hertzberg, toastmaster Dr W B Russ. Installation of new officers follows Friday night July 3 with a committee led by P L Jackson to arrange the function.
The I and G N announces a bull fight season opener in Laredo on Sunday June 14 with excursion rates for a 10 PM Saturday or 730 AM Sunday train and return Sunday night. The piece notes long gap since last Laredo bull fight and I and G N prepared for many travelers.
Fontella Virginia tale credits W H Ogden with relief from dizzy spells after taking Thedford's Black-Draught. The wife used it for cramp colic, headache, and catarrh, improving neuralgia. praised for kidney trouble. The 70 year old liver medicine promises quick, safe results and broad use, costing one cent per dose.
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