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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
3
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a remedy for tired nerves and poor appetite. It claims improved digestion and strength, cites 50 years of purity, and offers bottles for one dollar with ordering directions from the Rochester company.
In Peoria Illinois James Wallerstein of Louisiana challenged the convention as not legally organized due to the credentials report not being adopted. The report was adopted after debate, with President Hopper ruling prior business valid. Edward Smith of Louisiana led the National Good Roads committee report as a feature.
At the Texas Pharmaceutical Association state convention in Austin on June 19 President Bechrodt opposed a Texas laboratory for manufacturing anti toxins and serums saying it would injure local druggists. Pure Food Commissioner Abbott urged pharmacists to support the department and cooperate.
The body of Miss Nan nie Moore, who died last Monday in San Jose Texas, was transported by Shelley Loring Undertaking to Lott Texas for burial. A sister accompanied the body. Moore, a native of Alabama, had been staying in San Jose seeking health improvement.
Mrs. William Moore of Burlington township led twenty six children to town from Marshall to mail a letter to Theodore Roosevelt and visit church. Fourteen are twins and she notes the large brood while praising Roosevelt. The piece mixes personal family detail with a London Nation quotation and ends with Ceylon tea export figures.
In Chicago on June 19 Roosevelt supporters wagered even money with Taft backers after the opening convention, with bets for and against the Oyster Bay candidate. Odds rose and fell as delegates discussed prospects, amid frenzied betting and a flagged bull dog effigy in a Loop store window.
Two broadhat delegates from the west with Roosevelt ribbons pressed Senator Borah for preferences during a Roosevelt cohort gathering. He listened to various suggestions but kept them private. A whispered parting line promised: Count on us for anything and we will pull the rope.
Mrs Hiram W Johnson wife of the California governor resists photographers in hotel lobbies as six chase her. She exits to Michigan avenue dodges cameras then seeks shelter, doubling back and nearly encountering the governor who steps in to help her.
A group of photographers camped near a hotel waited for United States Senator Root. They shouted for a striking pose as he appeared and asked him to raise his mitt. Root paused, then posed theatrically and quipped about a Rooseveltian pose.
Bill Tully and Ed Merritt comment on a hotel earning about $30,000 daily since last Thursday. They note the surprisingly low prices, with breakfast advertised at $9, while officials coordinate arrangements amid ongoing precautions.
Doorkeepers passed counterfeit or friend based entrance tickets at the Coliseum while Chief Doorkeeper Jonn J. Hansen removed aides and expelled two former aldermen after finding them taking “entrance fees.” Counterfeit passes matched regular tickets except missing seat details and bore “admission only” on national committee envelopes. A joke room label K-9 sparked laughter during a convention exchange.
Florence C. Porter and Isabella W. Blaney became the first women to cast votes at a national convention. Porter said she enjoyed the historic moment and likened it to Joan of Arc, while Blaney said she simply voted and did not recall the impact.
The United States likely will ignore Estenez’s plea for a mediator to end the Cuban conflict. Speaker Ferrara plans to depart Washington for Haracan via New York. In Santiago insurgents burned Pompo Manganese company buildings while 40 marines bolstered the garrison at Firmeza mines. 300 insurgents surrendered without weapons, signaling unease among white residents.
Atlanta officer G Maddox kept a silver half dollar minted in 1853 in his pocket for seven years. The rare coin, valued at 2500, is one of only three known examples, with others in Los Angeles and ownership details tied to Charles L Cross.
Figures from local telegraph companies show all outgoing dispatch records shattered on the opening day of the Republican National Convention with about 1 000 000 words handled.
William Jennings Bryan, at the convention, says he enjoys the gathering more than any national Republican meeting. He notes he has been beaten by the two main candidates, so he can tell losers defeat is not fatal, and he is in position to help the winner by signaling Democrats will have full power to respond at Baltimore.
The piece notes widespread early opposition to tobacco with over a hundred pamphlets. It highlights James I's Counterblaste to Tobacco describing tobacco as loathsome, harmful to the brain and lungs, and resembling brimstone smoke, as cited by Harper's Weekly.
Samuel Gompers and John B. Lennon arrived in Chicago to draft AFL planks for the Republican platform. They seek relief from anti-trust provisions and federal injunctions in labor disputes, plus a ban on prison-made goods shipments between states. They plan to present these requests in Baltimore at the Democratic convention.
Through a private telephone wire Roosevelt will continue directing his battle at the national convention. The line runs from his hotel suites to a booth in the Coliseum basement.
In Douat France on June 19 Captain Dubois and Lieutenant Albert Pieignan officers of the French army were killed when their biplanes collided during a morning flight. The two friends could not sight each other in the haze as they neared. both machines crashed to the ground with fatal impact.
The Overland band from the Willys Overland factory in Toledo arrived in San Antonio for a transcontinental tour. One concert was held this evening in the Gunter hotel lobby after afternoon plans were canceled due to weather. The program included operatic and ragtime selections with Gustav Koehler directing. The itinerary covers El Paso Tucson Pasadena Los Angeles Fresno Sacramento Portland Salt Lake City Rawlins Cheyenne Denver Colorado Springs Kansas City Des Moines Minneapolis Milwaukee and Chicago in coming days.
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