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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
3
Louis H. Severance, a founder of Standard Oil and renowned benefactor to colleges and missionary schools, died last night at his Cleveland home of acute intestinal trouble. He passed away at the residence of his son in law Dr Dudley Pf Alien.
In Denver on June 26 the pageant showcased German nation building and German American contributions to the United States. Three sections depicted the German citizen soldier poet and artist, the medieval struggle against Romans, and the rise to global commerce, music, and science.
An advertisement highlights Granitoid and Granocrete as economical pavement options under the themes The Economical Pavements and The Modern Pavements.
Attorney General McReynolds advised President Wilson that an army officer ranked highest for promotion can be superseded by juniors if his record disqualifies him. This Opens the way to promote over Major Beecher B. Ray, deemed disqualified by the War Department expenditure committee report. The committee found Ray active in Republican politics and favored by Taft, with postings in Chicago during every presidential campaign.
The St Anthony Reof Garden billed as the coolest venue for dining and music features soloists Signor Arturo Lugaro and Charles Cameron Bell tonight. An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a safe non habit forming kidney remedy by Foley & Co through Fischer Drug Co.
The Democratic Senate caucus approved free sugar and free raw wool as part of the tariff revision, while opposition to a countervailing duty on wheat and flour grows. Six senators backed free sugar and six opposed free wool, with President Wilson pressing administration support amid lobbying concerns.
J F Wallich of Partlett Nebraska suffered backache and dizziness from kidney trouble. He used Foley Kidney Pills and reports being entirely rid of his kidney trouble. Fischer Drug Co. advertisement.
Cary Maine resident Mrs Hayward Sowers details severe pains back ache and fatigue leading to surgery avoidance after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports better sleep appetite and ability to perform daily tasks and urges others to seek guidance from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
Washington June 26 Officials handling the new currency reform bill report a flood of public ideas. Proposals include direct treasury issue to citizens against land values, farm land value backed loans, inclusion of building and loan associations, government bonds to raise funds, and fiat money backed by general credit.
The Corpus Beach Hotel advertises the coast’s finest surf bathing boating and fishing with a European plan and fireproof safety. Descriptive folder available from resident manager W A Roachman Corpus Christi Texas.
Riebe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 211 E Commerce. Phone 341 advanced notices or advertisements.
Dress percale yard wide light and dark Zephyr dress ginghams thirty two inch assorted patterns mercerized cotton pongees twenty seven inches solid colors per yard Linen finish suitings twenty eight inches wide stripes and solid colors per yard Saul Wolfson Co.
A temporary Texas to San Francisco Highway Association was formed after a Denver to Gulf meeting in San Diego Texas. Thomas Owen of San Angelo was named president and E P Eason of Winters secretary with Homer D Wade of Stamford on the executive committee. The group aims to complete the El Paso to Fort Stockton stretch then extend via San Angelo to Fort Worth and Dallas and on to Texarkana and San Francisco linking to a continental auto highway.
An unofficial estimate puts J. P. Morgan's total estate near 100 million dollars with roughly 15 million abroad. If correct, it would be the largest inheritance tax in U S history, boosting New York state revenues by about 4 million under a four percent levy.
The Waco freight bureau and the Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution opposing the abolition of the Galveston differential and a revision of cotton rates. They argue abolition would cause hardship for railroads, cutting cotton earnings by about one million dollars annually and hampering railroad efficiency during a period of state growth.
In Baltimore on June 25 the first eugenic wedding in Maryland was held uniting Mary Buchanan Albert and Lennox Brrockhead from prominent families. Guests at the reception at Mrs. Eugene De Bullet’s home learned the couple had certificates of good health from their physicians, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Hugh Birckhead.
federal action to stop I W Bliss Company from showing the Bliss Leavitt torpedo process to Britain in Brooklyn court. Assistant US Attorney says the weapon is the navy s main defense and public disclosure could allow any country to obtain torpedoes, causing irreparable harm. Bliss argues only a public right is in the balanced turbine feature already known.
Union Meat Company offers old-time breakfast sausage in boxes of 1 pound each. Place your order with your butcher or grocer. Price twenty five cents per pound. Advertisement copy appears from the period.
An advertisement from Moody & Hermann at 120 Ave GC condemns counterfeit paints sold as affordable options at $1.75 and $1.50. It warns that cheap oil substitutes fail to protect surfaces like genuine paint, likening counterfeits to fake money and urging customers to trust the genuine product.
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