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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
7
An old advertisement explains rheumatism as caused by acid deposits in the blood and promotes S S S as a vegetable blood purifier. It touts targeting the blood, claims local treatments only relieve briefly, and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Company in Atlanta.
Miss Arline Pretty the Vitagraph leading lady arrives from New York to begin the second episode of The Secret Kingdom in San Antonio. She stays at the Menger hotel and looks forward to filming in the open under Theodore Marston.
Beeville Texas March 1 hearing of the local option contest has been postponed to Monday next week. It was to be held today but lead counsel on both sides are tied up in the Timon will case at Corpus Christi. Judge J F Mullally of Laredo has been appointed by Governor Ferguson to hear the contest.
M. M. McFarland, Brewster County legislator from Alpine, will seek re election to the Texas House in the Thirty fifth Legislature after spending the day in Austin.
Daniel H. Caswell, 80, a pioneer oil manufacturer and former owner and manager of the Austin Oil Manufacturing Company, died in Austin. A resident for 25 years, he was born in Harrison County, Maine.
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for kids, praised for pleasant taste and gentle cleansing of stomach and bowels. It warns of feverish or irritable symptoms and urges mothers to use the genuine product, with a 60-cent bottle available and counterfeit warnings.
Washington March 1 Defense legislation advances in both houses with the army part ready for next week. Navy expansion urged to build nine battle cruisers and eight fast scouts with factories and yards prepared for accelerated output. A citizen army test plan seeks broader federal volunteers and federalization of the national guard.
Texas women share testimonials praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for womanly health. A Waco reader recalls dropsy relief after treatment and timing during motherhood, urging others to try the remedies.
Reports say the strange aeroplane over Duluth and Superior was seen again Tuesday night. Commissioner Silberstein announced instructions to police to watch the lakefront for the aircraft. Three men were aboard when sighted over Superior.
Governor Ferguson Captain J A Owens state superintendent of public buildings and grounds and John Lester Wroe private secretary to the governor will go to Brenham for an Independence Day celebration. The group will inspect the site of Texas first capitol at Washington on the Brazos recently purchased by the state for park conversion. He is expected back Friday.
Commissioner of Agriculture Fred W. Davis left Austin for Lamar County to address the Lamar County Farmers Institute at Givens on March 2 and then head to Pattonville for a Farmers Institute program on March 3 accompanied by C. W. Goodman.
Local druggists report strong shift from calomel to Dodson's Liver Tone. The vegetable remedy promises safe, pleasant tasting relief for liver sluggishness and constipation with a money back guarantee and no next day sickness.
John Bryan of Yellow Springs outlines a method to divert flood waters via masonry canals across river bends. The system would create a level bottom channel that carries water far faster than natural bends, preserving the original river while preventing town flooding and reclaiming farmland.
Austin plans to organize a light artillery battery at a March meeting in the adjutant general's department. The unit will join two existing Texas Guard batteries, totaling three statewide. The new battery will have 133 men with five officers, 102 privates, and 26 noncommissioned officers, with Dr. D A Lane likely elected commander.
A vintage advertisement touts Tiz as a magical foot remedy that relieves aches burns corns blisters and bunions. It promises rested comfortable feet for workers dancers and walkers and sells a 25 cent box through druggists and department stores for all year foot comfort.
General Fernando Peraldi has assumed command of the Rio Grande and Monclova districts with headquarters at Piedras Negras replacing General Gonzalez Cuellar. He plans to speed mail through the Eagle Pass port and Piedras Negras and to aid U S Mexico commerce. He also considers controlling corn prices to ease cost of living under the de facto government and bolster popular support.
The American consul at Piedras Negras, W P Blocker, and Miss Ovada Johnston of Corpus Christi married at 8:30 AM Tuesday in Comanche Texas at the bride’s sister home. They will live in Eagle Pass and return home to friends after March 10 with visits planned in Dallas Fort Worth and Austin.
Rio de Janeiro dispatch says Bahia police accuse two German agents, Neworth and Phesciman, of responsibility for the bomb explosion aboard the Lamport and Holt Line steamship Tennyson. The men are said to be unfindable.
On February 21 the steamship Tennyson entered Maranhay port badly damaged by a bomb explosion that killed three crew members.
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