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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1913

Page

5

Civic clubs plan union meeting schedule details

A federation of civic improvement clubs is to be formed with representatives meeting at the Gunter Hotel this afternoon to discuss organization. Another session is set for Crockett school Friday night at 8. Nightly meetings tonight include First Ward South Flores street South Presa Riverside Baptist Beacon Hill and Fourth Ward High School.

Gunter Hotel Crockett School South Flores Street South Presa Riverside Baptist Church Beacon Hill Beacon Hill Baptist Church West End Club West End Presbyterian Church Turner Hall Pine Street

Brackenridge Grammar School Mentioned With Ward and Plumber

Church and Eighth Ward reference Brackenridge grammar school. A Collman, a plumber, listed with two phone numbers 397.

Brackenridge Grammar School A. Collman

Planning Session Ahead for Texas Medical Convention

A Bexar County Medical Society meeting at the St. Anthony Hotel tonight outlines plans for the Texas State Medical Association convention set for May 6 7 and 8 in San Antonio. Dr Holman Taylor Fort Worth secretary of the state body and editor of the State Journal of Medicine will speak and detail convention activities. The society has about 3200 members and an expected attendance of 1200 at the San Antonio gathering.

Bexar County Medical Society St. Anthony Texas State Medical Association Holman Taylor Fort Worth State Association Taylor State Journal of Medicine State Medical Society San Antonio

Objectionable Methods Alleged in Harvester Report to Taft

Washington March 3 The International Harvester Company known as the Harvester trust is said to hold a monopsonistic position and strong capital links to J P Morgan Co and John D Rockefeller in a report by Luther Conant Jr commissioner of corporations submitted to President Taft. It alleges monopolistic control in harvesting and expansion into farm tools with discriminatory pricing and dealer compulsion. It notes the 1911 share of production and profits rising over time and a shift toward higher overseas sales.

Washington, D. C International Harvester Company Harvester Trust J. P. Morgan & Co John D. Rockefeller Luther Conant Jr Taft Conant Harvester Combine

Inward Humors Worsen Health, Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure

The text claims inward humors threaten the entire system and that Hood's Sarsaparilla eliminates all humors and their inward and outward effects. It positions the remedy as a great alterative and tonic with widespread merit.

Hood

League's Good Work At First Baptist Church

The Business Men's League of the First Baptist Church met to promote three aims of church life including winning men for God's kingdom and aiding the Sunday school. The Moore Baptist mission at West End is a special focus with numerous officers and committees listed.

J. K. Harris J. J. Maurer R. A. Holland W. C. Holland H. L. Kokernot C. W. Sanders A. J. Moore W. T. Mitchell W. H. Colquitt Ed McClannahan J. M. Bradford M- S. Robertson L. B. Sherwood J. A. Taylor J. W. Maddox Dr. L. B. Jackson B. C. Parmele R. N. Garrett W. C. Farrington Roy Ripley B. H. Kelly G. W. Matthies C. G. Deitrich J. J. Arthur H. B. Linscott J. Clyde Williams C. C. Todd T. A. Tirado W. H. Price N. H. King B A. Wilson G. H. Lewis W. S. Stephens G. W. M Matthias BJ. Kelly U. S. Pawkett W C. Holland W. H Colquitt N B. Garrett

Rheumatism Affects Lungs and Blood Purifier Claim

An advertisement claims rheumatic coughs stem from the blood not lungs and promotes Swift’s Specific No. 8 as a cure. It touts the drug as cleansing circulating acids, increasing red cells, curing fever and chest pains, with sale at $1.00 per bottle and mail contact for medical advice.

Swift Specific Co Swift Bldg Atlanta, Ga

Mission Services Begin at St Marys Church

The first sermon of a four week mission at St Marys Church was preached by Rev Father P B Donnelly O M I of Dublin Ireland. He will preach nightly except Holy Week. Donnelly, a noted Oblate orator, spoke on the blind man at Jericho crying Lord That I May See and urged prayer to seek the Lord rather than alms for wealth and pleasure.

St. Mary's Church Father P. B. Donnelly O. M Dublin Ireland Father Donnelly Jericho

Preacher Jenkin Lloyd Jones Talks Education at Carnegie Hall

The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of All Souls Chicago lectured tonight at Carnegie hall on The Three R s or the Better Education under the Woman s Alliance. He spoke yesterday at the Unitarian Church on the Parliament of Religions era and unity of faith across Hindu Mohammedan Shinto Brahmin and Jewish traditions.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones All Souls’ Church Chicago Unitarian Church Odd Fellows Hall Carnegie Hall Woman's Alliance of the

Flying Squadron Day Luncheon At San Antonio Chamber

Chamber of Commerce to host a Thursday luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel to honor a week long membership campaign aimed at adding 1000 new names. Admiral T. L. Conroy will lead a 8:30 a.m. kickoff with rear admirals gathering to begin canvassing for new members.

Chamber of Commerce St. Anthony Hotel T. L. Conroy Good Ship San Antonio

Gas and Indigestion Cure Promises Heart Relief

An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution to gas and indigestion that press on the heart. It claims the product supplies digestive elements, tones glands, and restores stomach function, offering relief within minutes and after meals. Prices are listed at 50 cents per box.

Stuart

Convicts Urged for Public Roads at Good Roads Congress

The fifth International Good Roads Congress in Chicago adopted resolutions favoring convict labor on public highways with ten days commuted for every thirty days worked. It urged Colorado style convict labor, construction of post roads, and a national Lincoln Memorial Highway linking Washington to state capitals. The next congress is planned for San Francisco in 1915 during the Panama-Pacific Exposition.

Good Roads Congress Chicago Fifth International Good Roads Congress Colorado Washington Union San Francisco

Boy Electrocuted Flying Kite in Portsmouth

March 3. Sidney Bright, 16, was electrocuted while flying a kite yesterday. He tied a thin wire to the kite and when the kite touched an electric line 11 000 volts passed through his body killing him instantly.

Portsmouth Sidney Bright

Senate panel to carry over campaign inquiry to new Congress

The Senate committee investigating campaign expenditures of 1904 1908 and 1912 and ties between John Y Archbold Standard Oil and members of Congress will not report to the dying congress. Members could not agree and the matter moves to the new Congress.

Congress Washington Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee John Y. Archbold Standard Oil Company

Women Admirable Health With Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy

The article argues men admire healthy happy women more than mere looks and endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness backache and blues, claiming it has helped many American women and should be tried.

Lydia E. Pinkham America

End of Two Years of Congressional Turbulence

Washington reports the Sixty-second Congress ends with a brief short session focused on routine work. Key actions include Canadian reciprocity, various tariff bills vetoed by Taft, a popular election amendment, liquor import restrictions, and the creation of the Children’s Bureau. Struggles over Lorimer and Archbald dominated, while major anti trust and labor topics await the new administration.

Washington Congress Senate Taft Wilson Canada Great Britain France Russia United States Children’s Bureau Department of Commerce and Labor William Lorimer Illinois Robert W. Archbald Commerce Money Trust John D. Archbold Standard Oil Company United States Steel Corporation Archbald Ile Panama Canal House

Arrange for Exhibits Home Products Expo Planned

San Antonio wholesalers and retailers organize a home products exposition at 117 Main Avenue under the Chamber of Commerce. Local manufacturers will display their wares. A dinner to discuss plans is set for Friday night March 7 at 8 o'clock in the exposition hall, with retail merchants as guests of wholesale dealers.

San Antonio Main Avenue Chamber of Commerce Exposition Hall

New Auditor Appointed in Texas Penitentiary System

At a penitentiary board meeting in Austin on March 3 the resignation of A M Barton as auditor was accepted and John M Moore of Alvin was appointed to fill the vacancy. Barton resigned to enter private business at Palestine.

Austin Tex A. M. Barton John M. Moore Alvin Barton Palestine

Danderine Promises Hair Growth With 25 Cent Bottle

An advertisement claims Knowlton's Danderine will produce heavy soft hair free from dandruff within minutes and, after about two weeks, grow new hair all over the scalp. It pledges easy use, immediate gloss, and total dandruff control with dramatic before and after promises.

Knowlton’s

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