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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
16
Guidance urges replying by telephone instead of letters to speed answers. It notes talking to writers saves time, conveys a personal and complete reply, reveals writers’ views, and improves business relationships.
The finance committee will propose increasing the San Antonio school tax rate from 39 to 40 cents at a special board meeting Wednesday. The move aims to offset uncertain state per capita apportionments for next year amid a larger student body and changes to compulsory education laws. The 1915-16 budget and proposed 1916-17 budget outline higher administration and instruction costs, with equipment and major renovations funded by bond money.
Light Want Ads claim 70 percent more paid home circulation and reach 90 percent of the best San Antonio homes daily. Rates listed: 15 words 1 time 15 cents. 4 times 45 cents. 7 times 75 cents. 10 times $1.05. The ads connect buyers and sellers in Highland Park Beacon Hill and the north and south sides.
The Eagle Oil Company steamer San Onofre has exhausted coal and is drifting toward ice fields at about a mile per hour, a wireless message to the marine department reported from Cape Race radio station in Halifax Nova Scotia.
National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers grants a 12 percent wage advance to hand glass factory employees across the United States. The raise covers Oklahoma Kansas Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania and West Virginia and takes effect March 15.
Carrie Chapman Catt told the Federal Conference of New York State Woman Suffrage leaders that women must hire lobbyists in Washington to push the Susan B. Anthony amendment. She criticized complacency and urged steadfast action to prevent defeat and swing votes in New York.
Officials from Piedras Negras and the U S Public Health Service deny rumors of humiliation for travelers and describe a strict quarantine process using a $30 000 fumigating plant. Men and women are processed separately with body sponging and clothing steaming to yield a health certificate and departure ready status.
Advocate cleansing the nostrils with warm salt water and applying vaseline at night to ease nasal catarrh. Suggest a spoonful of Scott’s Emulsion after meals to feed tissues and soothe membranes, noting it acts through the blood and contains glycerine with no alcohol.
In New Orleans relief workers in inundated Northern Louisiana await Washington advice on Mississippi River Commission recommendations. Colonel Townsend, MR C president, said no cases of great destitution were found after investigations. Lower Concordia parish reports relief under way and improved overall. only isolated areas seek more food and shelter.
Ad promotes using Laxative Bromo Quinine to stop colds and grip. Claims to remove the cause with one tablet. Mentions E. W. Grove’s signature on apox and a 25e price.
Reports from Monclova indicate the Reforma mine of the American Smelting and Refining Company has restarted ore mining after months of closure during Vilisthag occupation. The mine hires many locals paid in Mexican silver dollars, boosting regional business and signaling return to normalcy amid growing wheat acreage near Redujal.
Jules Bois, a French playwright and novelist, is in New York on a Paris mission to arrange a visit by the Comedie Francaise to the United States next fall. Bois says the trip is not commercial but a tribute to American sympathy for France.
Delays in cable message and mail transmission provoke rising Dutch complaints. Letters from New York have taken as long as thirty three days to reach their destination in Holland.
The Duma budget shows ordinary revenue 3,022,049,318 rubles and ordinary expenditure 3,232,468,698, with a deficit of 210,414,280. Factoring extraordinary costs, total outlays reach 3,658,156,510 rubles and a deficit of 377,107,192. War expenses may rival ordinary spending. bank deposits hit 800,000,000 rubles. Neurological risks linked to standing for long in streetcars noted.
A Chicago woman Mrs J May reports relief from female illnesses after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites pain with walking irritation bearing down backache nervousness and digestion issues improved after six bottles and urges others to try it. She grants permission to publish the letter.
Syracuse N Y March 1 Party leaders planned today s informal Democratic state convention to invite national support for President Wilson for re election The draft platform endorsed Wilson and called for four delegates at large to the Democratic national convention including James A O Gorman William Church Osborn George J Meyer and Samuel Untermyer The platform urged peace with honor preparedness and banking privileges Incorporators Kenneth Wimner E R Richardson and Graham Dowdell also named Waco Boating and Fishing Club Corp and Zorro Tobacco Co were listed with capitals and Texas HQ in San Antonio Amendments filed for Republic Box Co Ahrenbeck Vehicle Co dissolution certificates for Peerless Clothes Pin Co Farmers Union Warehouse Co Central Toll Line Telephone Co
Charters granted include Beaumont Motor Car Company of Beaumont with 15000 capital stock and incorporators James G. Minter William L. Walker and H P Jirou. Also Austin Street Social Club of Waco no capital stock with J E Farr D W Russell and Matt Shirley. Churchill Oil Company of Victoria 6000 capital stock and F S Buhler Oscar Roos B C Armstrong. German American Oil Company of Houston 15000 capital stock and J O Ehlinger S G Stokes and George E Ehlinger. Houston Construction Company of Houston 2500 capital stock W F Warfield Gus H Moore Rodman B Cosby. Phoenix Oil Company of Houston 60000 capital stock John H Kirby T H Bass and T J Eyres. Sullivan Oil Company of Halletts ville 9500 capital stock J R Boles Martin Arrendondo John A Kerr. Wimer Richardson & Company of San Antonio 100000 capital stock. Purpose accumulation and of money without discounting.
Amsterdam reports the fourth German war loan opens for subscription March 4 to 22. A 5 percent imperial loan is offered at 98.50, redeemable after 1924, and 4 percent imperial treasury bonds at 95, divided into ten series redeemable yearly from 1923 to 1932.
Wheeling output of stogies reached 11,543,350 for the last month, up from 8,895,200 a year earlier. Revenue from the industry totaled 34,600 dollars, versus 26,685 the previous year, per internal revenue office figures.
Voting the first presidential nomination referendum started today in Chicago with results expected by March 3 and final tally by March 10 at party headquarters. Candidates listed include Allan L. B. Yonkers Arthur Le Sa Minot and James H. May for president with George Kirkpatrick K Richards O'Hare as vice president candidates.
A neighbor found B. Jens and his young wife dead at their Muskogee area farm home four miles west of the city on Tuesday night. The couple were discovered with their throats cut and arms entwined.
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