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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
16
Twenty hours a day is right for the first month and then gradually less until six months when sixteen hours a day is just right. Your baby must sleep that much to stay fat and rosy, and will do so if fed regularly and evenly on mother’s milk or a substitute.
An advertisement urges mothers to avoid cow milk due to widespread cow infections in one state. It promotes Nestlé's prepared baby food as a safe alternative, stating it is watered only and made under strict scientific conditions with airtight cans. Readers are invited to send for a box via a coupon.
Washington June 24 The opening of federal reserve banks is unlikely before September 1 due to Senate delays in confirming the federal reserve board and bank directors. The organization committee drafts director nominations for twelve banks and ballots will require weeks for banks to vote, then the treasury awaits ballots before final director selections and chairmanship. Subsequent terms and bank readiness follow as nine directors elect, designate class terms, and assign three-year terms. The piece ends with an unrelated advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla noting appetite and system health.
In Ennis Texas on June 24 members of Hood's Texas Brigade gathered for their 43rd reunion to honor comrades and recall Civil War days. Speakers included General Felix Robertson Judge John West John Kirby and others. Roll call of the dead was planned for the afternoon session along with officer reports led by Captain N J Watts and C H Gray.
In Louisville on June 24, over 100 German singing societies from about 50 U.S. cities gathered for the thirty fourth Saengerfest of the North American Saengerbund. A parade through main streets and a welcome by Governor McCreary and Major Buschemyer set the tone, with German consul Mezger delivering Emperor William’s greetings. A 700-voice opening concert by the Louisville Festival Chorus and guest soloists followed at the First Regiment Armory.
A Palm Beach style suit ad claims genuine fabric in all colors made to spec with a perfect fit guaranteed by tailors. No alteration charges, fit or no sale at $8 to $10. Lentz Tailor, 312 W Commerce St. Adv. Also mentions Roast goose at White Horse Tavern.
Fourteen bids were presented for about 30 miles of street paving and turned over to Paving Engineer Pollock for tabulation. The Parker-Washington Construction bid was rejected and results on all bids depend on the engineer's tabulation, with the next council meeting to receive recommendations.
The Scottish Rite Cathedral at Eighteenth and Lavaca Streets is awarded to Watterson & Ledbetter for $25,000. Heating and lighting contract goes to A Hancock of Austin. Construction starts immediately on the new structure owned by the Scottish Rite Holding Association.
At the International Sunday School Association convention in Chicago Marion Lawrence outlines joint Bible study in public schools as a step toward brotherly regard and toleration. He notes cross-denominational recognition of church and Sunday school in day schools and discusses potential credits for Bible study and planned campaigns.
Washington and Jefferson College will unveil a tablet in the chapel during the 113th commencement honoring Dr Francis Julius Lemoyne founder of several chairs and builder of the first crematory in the United States. The tablet was erected by the Cremation Association of America through Dr Hugo Erichson of Detroit. Lemoyne, a noted physician, was son of a French political refugee. The 1876 crematory on Gallows Hills overlooking Washington is no longer in use.
The Georgia Casualty Company of Macon Georgia is licensed to operate in Texas by the department of insurance and banking. It is a new company for Texas with capital stock of 500 900 dollars. Heigel and Ryan of Galveston act as Texas agents.
A testimonial on digestion and nutrition credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health and energy after indigestion. The writer, from Battle Creek Michigan, describes improvement in digestion, strength, and well being after using the cereal.
About 200 Masons from San Antonio and families depart at 7 15 am for the third annual Masonic picnic and public installation at Sutherland Springs. Judge W S Fly officiates with other speakers drawn from local Masons. A noon picnic lunch and afternoon amusements, swimming and dancing await, with return trains due home around 8 30 pm.
Virginia division leaders urged the federal tobacco inquiry to publish findings quickly A. D. Blankenship said Virginia growers face collapse if the commission delays remedial legislation as production costs exceed prices and farming becomes unsustainable.
The attorney general’s department approved an amendment to the charter of the American Indemnity Company of Galveston increasing capital stock from 300000 to 500000, fully paid up. The amendment was filed in the department of insurance and banking and approved by the commissioner.
The Texas Pan American Pacific Exposition Commission voted to erect a replica of the Texas Capitol at Austin for the San Francisco fair. Architect C. H. Page of Austin designed the temporary wooden plaster building to Texas production standards. Funding and material donations will be sought from local lumber firms as the commission also plans sculpting by Pompeo Coppini and a plaster cast of the Johanna Troutman statue.
San Antonio Light offers landowners and acreage counts in Bexar County on a map for sale priced at 50 cents instead of two dollars. The item targets property owner readers with a countywide listing collection.
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