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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1911
Page
3
In Thorndale on June 20 a mob of about 100 took an 18 year old Mexican boy from the town jail. The boy had been accused of killing Charles Zeitung, owner of the local garage and a member of a prominent family. The body was left in the street near a telephone pole on Main Street.
A Kansas City woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing years of acute indigestion after doctors failed to stop spells. She reports dramatic weight gain and lasting relief after three boxes, and urges others to treat stomach issues first. The ad notes the pills cost 50 cents per box or six boxes for $2.50.
A Mexican man accused of stabbing Zeitung was lynched on a main street pole by about 100 townsmen who seized the jailer and mobbed the jail. The victim Zeitung, 28, left with a fatal wound and a crowd dispersed within minutes after the lynching.
A dispatch from Austin reports Governor Colquitt has no official word on the overnight lynching of a Mexican boy in Thorndale. He says local authorities are capable of handling the case and would act promptly if asked.
The Rathskellar in San Antonio offers good service and a choice delicatessen with short orders. Elite Cafe is noted as part of the scene.
The Navy Department orders withdrawal of marine detachments from training stations at Newport and San Francisco and transfers them to Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Marines likely to be based at Philadelphia and Mare Island yards, with the Port Royal school moved to Philadelphia.
Mayor Callaghan uses a substitute ordinance to fund city departments for 1911 12 totaling 1 029 743 with no new funds while delaying the sixty day budget. He confirms appointments including Newnam Russi Eldridge and Norton and casts deciding votes on several measures amid sharp council clashes.
The article promotes red lips and pink cheeks by boosting red blood cells. It argues many young people are pale due to anemia and credits three-grain hypo-nuclane tablets with increasing red blood corpuscles, improving weight and facial color over months. It notes doctors prescribe the tablets and apothecary shops sell them in sealed packages.
Advertisement promotes Pain Away Pills as harmless for headaches and acute pains, urging use for relief and claiming safety. No medical endorsement provided.
Mrs Herman StxTs of Pound Wisconsin says after fourteen years of misfortune and failed doctors Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her dyspepsia and female troubles. Her testimonial praises the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration. She invites others to write Mrs Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and confirms long standing trust in the product.
Mrs. Mary Winn Smoots of Texas visiting Atlanta for liquor law coverage was served beer with her buttermilk order. The incident reflected cafe practice as she gathers material ahead of Texas liquor election. Also notes death of Judge Thomas M. Hunt, 72, Confederate veteran and former Caldwell county judge, with funeral planned in Cleburne.
An old fashioned laxative critique contrasts harsh calomel and salts with Cascarets. The ad asserts Cascarets stimulate natural bowel movement without griping and urges carrying a 10 cent box for instant relief and daily well being.
In Stamford Tex a traveling man Robert S ONeil of Dallas was killed in the washroom of the Stamford Inn by Dr J M Alexander of Abilene who fired several shots and surrendered the weapon. Alexander was released shortly after. cause of the killing remains unknown. ONeil worked for the St Louis branch of the National Lead company.
Robert O Neil, the traveling man reported killed at Stamford, left Dallas Sunday night for West Texas. He was married, with wife living in Milwaukee. O Neil is said to have ties to a prominent Milwaukee family. his father worked for Beden O Neil Wholesale Drug Co. He recently lived on South Akard Street before moving to the Waldorf Hotel.
Abner Lewis Taft, 65, cousin of President Taft, died at his New Amsterdam home in La Crosse County Wisconsin yesterday. The Associated Press report notes the death occurred in his Wisconsin residence.
William E. Ross a Buffalo official spotted an open manhole on Seneca street and was bumped through the opening by a street car. Workmen freed him and he was taken to a hospital with injuries not serious.
Golden wedding observed in Mineral Wells as Taft marks his silver anniversary nearby. Uncle Tom Richards owner of Star well and well known figure in Texas celebrated his own golden anniversary with decorations and refreshments from fifty years ago. Twelve children attended, one absent.
If Your Head Aches You should Take Capudine Capudine targets the headache cause quickly whether heat cold grip or stomach troubles and cures even sick or nervous headache Capudine is the surest remedy for colds and grip feverishness and nervousness disappear and normal conditions are restored It is a pleasant liquid take and acts immediately 10c 25c and 50c at drug stores
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