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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
5
Two men discuss hope and despair with a nautical edge. One asserts the sun shines somewhere beyond clouds while the other notes a solid bottom below the sun, implying practical knowledge during a fall overboard.
An at home cough syrup recipe uses 2 1/2 ounces Pinex in a pint of sugar syrup to treat throat and chest infections. It claims rapid relief for bronchitis whooping cough croup and winter coughs with hoarseness and coughing resolved within 24 hours. Pinex is described as Norway pine extract with guaiacol and the ad suggests asking a druggist for 2 1 2 ounces of Pinex and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
Congress tightens schedule with four remaining days to pass army and navy bills and other appropriations before a possible special session. Filibuster fears loom over naval measures while President Wilson’s emergency revenue bill becomes law. Senator Sheppard praised for advancing Fort Sam Houston funding and aviation appropriations boosting San Antonio.
Prohibition leaders celebrated after the House approved the bill to establish the national capital as dry and to enforce nationwide prohibition policies. The decisive vote underscores a major policy shift and signals impending legal alignments nationwide.
An audience of over half a million Americans favors internal bathing using warm water as a natural cleanser. The ad touts lower intestinal health, improved sleep, and refreshed daytime function. It highlights the J. B. L. Cascade device by Tyrrell and promotes a San Antonio firm selling it along with a booklet on efficiency.
Conference on the post office appropriation bill included Reed bone-dry amendment, paving way for District of Columbia prohibition. District bill passed House 273 to 137, Senate action pending president Wilson’s signature with veto risk. Texan vote split with nine for and eight against the Sheppard measure. Henry opposed but blocked by steamroller tactics.
Dutch mezzo soprano Julia Culp won the crowd at Beethov en Hall in San Antonio with a dramatic program aided by pianist Coenraad V. Bos. The performance featured Schubert, Brahms, Chopin like works and encores, earning high praise for both artists.
About 75 percent of the world’s rubber last year was produced in the British empire, which consumed only 12 percent, while the United States used 62 percent.
Eddie Murphy a thirteen year old boy learned to exhale fire and performed from his seat at a South Side cinema. The stunt caused a panicked exit rush but no injuries. Theater attache and police intervened, with the boy handed to his mother for corrective treatment.
Former President Taft telegrams to the National Security League endorsing the army bill favored by the general staff. He says the Chamberlain bill does not go far enough, though it is better than nothing. The main difference is an eleven month initial training for 18 year olds versus six months starting at nineteen.
Lawmakers from the Texas Legislature arrange a Saturday departure to San Antonio with a return Sunday evening. Representatives Nordhaus and Lange report eighty signatures on a petition, enough to secure a special train from railroads. Negotiations with Katy and International & Great Northern seek favorable terms.
George Ambler born in Russia 103 years ago pleaded guilty to selling liquor in Punxsutawney Pa. He fought in the Crimean War, spent years in Elderton mines, survived a cave-in and a broken back, and has long been a public charge. Judge Corbet sent him to the county home.
An advertisement urges readers to replace calomel with Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liquid that starts the liver without causing sickness or salivation. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury harming bones and promises relief from biliousness constipation sluggishness headaches and sour stomach.
The body of Sergeant Albert G Arlington of Company C Thirtieth Infantry was found in a rooming house at 600 East Commerce Street Eagle Pass with a gunshot wound to the head. Police say he died likely hours earlier the pistol’s hammer left indentations on the spent cartridge. notes suggest he was on leave and despondent over finances. Body moved to Fort Sam Houston base hospital pending relatives.
The YWCA plans a seven day campaign beginning with a Thursday supper at 6 30 in the association Cafeteria Crockett and Losoya Streets. Teams will start work with final instructions and reports posted on a wall bulletin board. Col W S Hendrick will chair the opening meeting with executive members and team captains named.
Corpus Christi Texans plan a mass meeting at Artesian Park to express allegiance to the flag and to President amid the national crisis. The Corpus Christi Commercial Association board urged loyalty, urging peace but ready to support the president if war is unavoidable.
The Cincinnati Times-Star laments the decline of authentic emotion as cinema shows cheapened tears. It argues modern film images drain genuine sorrow, likening tears to camera tricks and predicting a loss of sacred sentiment in public display.
The Swiss are described as having no single language though French and German are official. Public documents use both tongues and about 75 percent speak German while others use French Italian and other languages. In parliament most members deliver speeches in French or German and understand both.
A new sailor before the naval commandant faced insubordination for resisting a swim lesson. The petty officer recounted a rough onboarding: three days in, dental extractions, vaccination, and a mock “drawing” to begin training.
The advertisement claims washing with can thrax creates a simple inexpensive shampoo that cleanses the hair and scalp of dandruff dirt and oil. It says hair dries quickly evenly never streaks and appears brighter softer and fluffier after use. One teaspoonful dissolved in shampoo liquid is enough for all hair.
Senator Sheppard helped amend the sundry appropriation bill to provide 50000 for an arsenal machine shop and supplies at San Antonio, while 130000 asked by the War Department was rejected. Utah Senator Smoot opposed. House action cited. Texans warn Germany plot underscores border posts' strategic value.
Analysts express strong doubt that any invasion is feasible, arguing practical and strategic barriers make such a move unlikely.
An Irish out of work applies to a Detroit repair shop boss. The superintendent tests him with odd carpentry and craft questions, including making a Venetian blind and poking a finger in an eye as a strange demonstration.
Oklahoma oil and gas magnate J. C. B. Walthall says reading a newspaper prescription changed his life after a nervous collapse. He praises judicious living and urges others to use the remedy of tincture eadomene and compound syrups, noted by local druggists and physicians.
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