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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
2
Governor issues emancipation day pardons to forty inmates including a negress on two life terms. Pardons were sent June 11 to the prison commission with orders to release in time for prisoners to return to their homes and celebrate today. The custom dates from his first year in office.
Miss Marion C. Mabie, 20, died yesterday in New Rochelle from diphtheria after an eight month battle using anti-toxin. She contracted the illness while working in the laboratories of the police clinic hospital in New York City.
A form to perfect an anti toxin or serum to immunize against diphtheria has been under close watch by leading physicians and bacteriologists, signaling significant attention from medical experts.
Mayor Brown and Alderman Weakley announced that Fomby-Jones Clothing will replace defective police uniforms. The supplier won the contract but some outfits were made from cloth different from the approved sample. Responsibility lies with the garment maker, who must fully comply with the contract.
A California railroad station remodeling cost 30000 dollars after engineers found the large waiting room carried whispers across every corner. The discovery prompted the project to ensure privacy and quiet in the public space.
J E Farnsworth urges private operation of Texas telephone system while warning against government takeover to protect public interest. Will H Mayes says press educates the public. J R Ransone argues for divorcing newspaper and job office. Frank P Holland Jr proposes a Texas ad space organization to attract foreign advertisers and boost targeted campaigns.
A Texas railroad commission petition filed by leading railroad attorneys asks approval of interstate rates adjusted per the Shreveport rate ruling. Dallas and Houston to Texas points toward Shreveport would rise in commodity trade while Shreveport class rates fall, avoiding discrimination against Shreveport.
J. L. Fowler, 34, a Oak Grove Louisiana mail carrier, shares his quick relief from long standing indigestion and two years of constipation after using Vitalitas. He reports gradual full relief after two days and plans to finish a third bottle, claiming the Nature product cleanses the system and revitalizes tissues.
A terse line from the Baltimore American quotes a lis tener declaring the reason a man cannot own a house is that his wife forbids it. The exchange captures a sharp domestic jab within a broader chatty item.
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will press to obtain a centrally located post exchange for Fort Sam Houston. Army inspectors and post officials have long urged a new building. current facility near the horse corral is deemed unsuitable. If an appropriation is secured, a central, multi‑room post exchange with reading and lounging areas will serve soldiers and benefit supporting companies.
A boy circulates a letter claiming his mother and father are dead and an aunt who cared for him and two sisters also died. He says he must beg to keep his family alive. Associated Charities notes the case and reports on the boy’s appeal.
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