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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1913
Page
8
The ward seven auxiliary to the board of health convenes Tuesday at 3 PM in a tent at McKinley avenue and South Presa street. Ward residents are urged to attend as speakers will be announced. multiple notices list music and social events nearby.
The page lists a political debate between Ernest Gray and G. Tamer with I. Chasman speaking on Abraham Lincoln. It notes next Friday's topic on educational ballot restrictions, mentions Y M C A talks by Rev. Hugh McLellan, and lists services, dental and legal ads, clock and jewelry repair, a Kaufman Runabout for sale, and the Texas Independence Day program at Main Avenue High School with Jeffersonian Literary Society arrangements and student addresses.
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as rapid relief for colds and catarrh with claims of opening nasal passages, easing discharge, and curing symptoms by morning. Promotes small bottle at drug stores and uses promotional language to urge trials and belief in immediate soothing effects.
Bertram Lewin will preside as master of ceremonies at a Y M C A men’s meeting with Rev Hugh McLellan delivering the family topic. Humane Society officers listed, and a horse theft affidavit names Pedro Avila alias Juan Duran. A dance, new office move, and local business ads accompany a hay barn fire reporting $25 damage.
A question posed about avoiding meals sent from Chicago Kansas City or Omaha. The note references Union Meat Company and questions the convenience or value of home cooking versus distant suppliers.
D. Union Meat Company advertises a selection of hams bacon lard and compound priced attractively. Call phone number two ninety two for the right price and premium quality. The copy stresses home production and top quality standards.
A 14 karat gold plate bearing a Knights Templar invitation to William McKinley is on sale in a Broadway pawnshop. The plate, with a blue white diamond insignia, was bought for 700 by Morris A. Forgotson from McKinley’s niece Mabel Baer and her husband Dr. Hermanus Baer. The McKinley family criticizes the sale and ponders its fate.
Honor guard of about 80 officers attended the funeral of motocycle policeman A V Bonnett who died from injuries in a collision. Chief Lancaster led the procession from 117 North Eda Street to St Mark's Church with burial at Hermann Sons cemetery.
A six part biblical photo drama depicting the life of Christ plays at the Princess, formerly the Orpheum, with performances next Tuesday through Friday.
A letter to U S Immigration Inspector G Gordon Pulsford from Heinrich Kolbe of Kroisbach near Graz Austria requests guidance on establishing a dairy chicken hog or bee farm near San Antonio Texas. Kolbe and three nearby farmers plan to sail here once land prices and stock equipment costs are advised.
An advertisement urges wives to try Orrine as a home remedy for drink problems affecting households. It promises secrecy, a money refund if ineffective, and offers a free booklet, citing a Houston Street and Avenue C location and a representative H. L. Wagner.
Fiesta Association outlines week long events from April 21 to 26 with grand pageants burlesque parade and mythological display. E. J. H. Meier Emil Frank lead West Side and general committees as contracts are prepared and bands contest at Beethoven Hall.
Dozens of visitors and residents arrive for stays at the Menger Gunter St Anthony Crockett Savoy and other hotels. Names include H A Peck Emmons Rolfe H C McGlasson F F Thomas M Harwood J T Parker J R Russell Walter Smith J J Thomas and many more from New York Dallas Austin Houston Atlanta and beyond.
A long list of visitors at the Harlandale hot sulphur baths includes Alex Monroe Terre Haute F W Rhodes Kansas City J W Taloe Memphis R 8 Dilworth Gonzales Frank Gebbie Rochester Mrs W A Smith Sioux City and many others from across the United States and Canada. A placer tin mine discovery near Funglin village in Swatow district promises daily yields of seventy to eighty cwt of tin. Consular Report details a biblical dramatic photo play from Manger to the Cross and related pages in today’s Light.
Transcontinental travelers recall a Rocky Mountain Herald item from forty years ago noting unprecedented antelope numbers. Passengers report antelope herds are extensive with many sightings along western routes, signaling a notable wildlife peak of the era.
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