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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
6
Charlies M. Schwab discusses success amid wartime industry and theatre. He cites a path through munition making and notes a playwright’s road to triumph lies in a happy ending, amusing a girl who jokes about Shakespeare’s endings.
Howard Gould of the Garden of Allah Company argues that moving pictures cast a hypnotic spell on audiences. He notes theater calm and dim lights aid fixation while actors discuss the weather of cinema and predict a shift toward legitimate drama as big new houses like the Strand invest in grand stages. Gould also discusses his role as the French count in Garden of Allah and his influence on the desert garden tale.
The Citizens League seeks a convention to pick a police and fire commissioner candidate for the April 1 election. Former alderman Charles T. Fincham is announced as a candidate, with support from his allies and county officials awaiting more decisions from others. Mayor Brown remains noncommittal as talks continue on whether a party convention will govern the nomination.
A reader writes endorsing Dr. Pierce's Anuric tablets for kidney and bladder trouble. The letter praises Dr. Pierce's medicines, notes the product's recent public availability, and urges readers to ask for Anuric in drug stores or order a trial package. It references Dr. Pierce's Hotel and Institute in Buffalo and lists other popular preparations by the physician.
The farmer questions the practical use of superior knowledge as he recalls a man calling a galler jacket by its true scientific name. He notes the creature remains no more sociable or forbearing despite the label.
Mrs H H Reeder formerly of Monterey Mexico dies at 110 East Craig Place after a long illness. She was 55 and lived in San Antonio during recent troubles in Mexico. Survived by husband H H Reeder two sisters Princess Albert Radiziwill and Mrs O Hart and brother Patricio Milmo. Funeral at residence Friday at 4 pm. Body sent to Monterey after.
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and offers two phone numbers for contact.
Galveston seeks a civilian training camp like San Antonio to run May 1 to 28. H H Haines met with Adjutant General Hutchings in Austin and discussed with Major General Frederick Funston. Funston supports a San Antonio site but urges consideration of Fort Sam Houston facilities. Major General Leonard Wood leads the Eastern Department. Galveston favors Fort Crockett. The camp would include at least 250 local citizens and faces funding constraints.
Charles Sweeney, an American who joined the foreign legion at war start, wears the Legion of Honor for a Champagne battle wound. Wounded Sept 28, he spent four months in hospital, now on a three month furlough and due back May 1 with wife and children in Paris.
The sixth annual San Antonio Art League show arrives in the city and will hang at the Carnegie library auditorium. A five canvases by English French and German masters join selected American works gathered with the American Federation of Arts. Local San Antonio artists R. J. Onderdonk Julian Onderdonk Eleanor Onderndonk Tom Brown Henry Moody Rollo Taylor Leo Cotton Eloise Polk Magill Adams Stella Elmendorf Pompeo Coppini Elizabeth Eberle Waldine Teuch and Holman are invited to contribute.
Hendersonville North Carolina Mrs M A Redman writes that Cardui lifted her from severe pain and a 107 pound frame to a healthier 135 pounds since November 1918. She says the tonic built up her system when other medicines failed and saved her life. It is advertised as the woman's tonic sold by druggists.
Edward M. Goldstein will read a paper titled Cotton: Its History and Economic Value at the Scientific Society of San Antonio. The talk, held Friday night at 8 15 in the Stevens building, is part of the biology section’s Applied Science meeting. Wicks will present Irrigation Its Advantages Over Rainfall.
Special train to Houston for the Cattlemen’s Convention departs 11:00 p m on March 20 via Southern Pacific. Round trip fare listed as 7.55 dollars. Advance notice advertises travel option for attendees and interested parties.
The Light invites buyers and sellers in San Antonio and Southwest Texas to place want ads through Sunday light. Advertisers reach daily circulation and gain exposure with classified listings for buying selling renting and trading. Ad rates are 15 words priced at 15 cents for one insertion up to $1.05 for ten insertions.
A newspaper item promotes buying capital stock in the Oso Land and Cattle Company a new venture promising 20 percent dividends. It describes a large ranch north of El Paso with thousands of cattle horses and deer hunting rights for stockholders and notes an optioned site with deeded and leased land.
The success of the cow business rests on three factors Good Range Sufficient Water and Efficient Management. The Old Land and Cattle Co will provide all three and thus expects handsome dividends.
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