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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
8
A testimonial from Miss Mary A. Al Horneh of Windom Kansas praises Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving long standing female troubles. The letter urges other women to try the remedy and notes its forty year history as a tonic and invigoration for the female body.
City officials and school leaders agreed to separate polling places for the city and school bond elections on July 14 while keeping them at the same venues. The arrangement reduces school sites while keeping common voting boxes to ease access, with officers named for each ward and location across the city.
A San Antonio barber Jake Chernick promotes Plant Juice as a cure for indigestion constipation and stomach and kidney troubles. He claims three bottles relieved his symptoms and urges readers to buy from Fischer's drug Store at the corner Houston and Alamo.
A jumbled OCR chunk lists schools and streets across Indiana and California, with stray names such as Ward 8 and Brackenridge High. Mixed in are partial addresses and nonsensical phrases including contact bits and unrelated items.
State Banking Board holds a special meeting in Austin to certify banks of Brenham Vera Perry Schertz Placedo Riverside Bettie and other counties to operate in Texas. The issuances list capital stocks from 9 000 to 36 000 and name presidents and cashiers including Spencer Dickinson Furnete Coffman McDonald Buttler etc.
Aged woman Tuana Rivers dies at County Farm Hospital aged 197. Claims birth in 1805 during Mexico's turmoil, witnessed early revolts, spent years in Musica country and San Antonio before settling near San Flores street with daughter Mrs Rae Calin. Cemetery memorial at San Fernando.
Honors were awarded at Ursuline Academy graduation exercises with six seniors receiving diplomas in a ceremony decorated with palms and lavender. Notable moments included a Milton readings segment, salutatory by Miss Laurence Laima, valedictory by Miss Mary Walsh, and special medals and certificates conferred, including a gold medal to Miss Nathryn Henan.
An advertisement discusses skin conditions tied to the blood and promotes a blood purifier called S.S., claiming it clears acne eczema lupus and other skin issues by aiding blood flow. It cites a Swift Specific company banked in Atlanta Georgia and urges readers to buy a bottle today.
The Texas National Guard troops from San Antonio and Brownsville assembled at the armory and left at 2 o clock in May for the annual encampment at Camp Mabry near Austin. About 309 soldiers from several companies joined the march, with formations formed and officers leading. the units will spend ten days at camp.
Weekly naval recruiting summaries show new enlistments, applications and rejections across stations including Galveston and San Antonio. The report lists names of veterans, counts of applicants, rejections, and enlistments, noting overall trends and week-to-week changes.
The Summer Normal at Main Avenue High School opened yesterday with 260 teachers present. Marshall Johnson, in charge, expects attendance to rise to about 300. Six instructors will join the staff, with more to be added as needed. The program runs six weeks daily from 5:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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