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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1918
Page
3
Washington March 4 Temporary suspension of the meatless meal and pork restrictions is announced by the Food Administration as a readjustment to meet higher meat production and wheat-saving goals. The change extends for months, with beef and pork still limited to one day a week while mutton and lamb restrictions are dropped.
Kemp Mrs Minnie Cheek of this town recounts severe side pains and fatigue. After doctor advised operation she used Cardui, felt better after a bottle, then ten, and has been well since. She praises Cardui as a vegetable tonic for women’s ailments.
Many titled British women contribute to war relief. Baroness Margaret Ampthi leads the Bedfordshire Red Cross and heads the Voluntary Aid Society. Miss Violet de Trafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, works in France behind the lines. Viscountess Curzon, famed for her beauty, is an active Red Cross volunteer.
The United States farmers are increasing hog production due to factors like transportation limits and weather, pushing average hog weight from 205 to about 232 pounds. This 16 percent gain expands meat supply, enabling greater exports and stronger domestic use, with guidance to extend home pork preservation to ease transport and packer costs.
A publishable health tip recommends dissolving dandruff with four ounces of ordinary argon liquid applied at night to the scalp. It claims morning results and further applications remove all signs of dandruff, improve scalp feel, and enhance hair shine.
Six years of stomach distress including indigestion headaches and stomach pains relieved in two days by Stumbze. User reports restored appetite and no further pain after taking the remedy. Sold by all druggists with guarantee.
St John Lutheran Church held a jubilee rally to celebrate the campaign's success to raise 750000 for soldiers and sailors welfare work. San Antonio church surpassed its 600 quota by over 109 with more funds still incoming as Rev Acker Janson Kraushaar and local leaders spoke. Walter Tatsch reported over 700 raised and more contributions expected.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, weeks after surgery, left Roosevelt Hospital today to rest in a local hotel for several days. Physicians caution that he may remain deaf in his left ear and require fortnightly rest, yet expect he can fulfill a Maine speaking engagement on March 28 if caution is kept.
The San Antonio aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold memorial services next Sunday at 3 p.m. in their hall on Man Avenue to honor 22 members who died in the past year. A 75 star service flag will be displayed for the first time. Rev John S B Beckwith will read Gray's Elegy. Marcus W Davis a life member and D A McAskill will speak. Travis Parks Methodist quartet will sing. The lodge officers will conduct ritual, taps will mark each name, and the Nagles invite the public.
LOCKHARY Tex March 4 Slow rains have been the means of putting moisture in the ground during the past week and as a result the growing conditions have greatly improved for crops and farming in the area.
Washington March 4 The Senate is in stride to pass Secretary McAdoo s war finance corporation bill early this week with action on the Overman empowering bill and the urgent deficiency bill pending. Conferees on the railroad bill met to report back Monday as senators press for war measures and budget appropriations.
Testimony at court martial of Twenty fourth Infantry in Houston recounts Corporal Charles W. Baltimore expressing regret at not killing the officer who beat him but claiming to have killed the man’s partner. Witness Private Draper testified on riot day, naming threats from several defendants and noting cries of rooting for action before the shooting.
Social notices detail a bold slate in San Antonio including the Dramatic Club’s Cousin Kate benefit at the Grand Opera House and various meetings of the Red Cross Circle Alamo Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Attendees include Mrs R Schaefer Miss Ruth Muir and Miss Carrie Saunders.
Civilian alien enemy Ackerman, confined at Camp MacArthur Waco, has been ordered to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia for interment during the war at the war prison barracks.
Ireland reports calm after Viscount French and General Mahon travel to County Clare. Troop deployment to support police appears to have reduced disturbances, with no new incidents noted in recent days as authorities seek lasting peace. A stray line mentions a Hawaiian Girls meeting and a stray invention note about a surgical tool.
Citizens of San Antonio are urged to donate to a million dollar Salvation Army fund supporting war work in France and at home. President Wilson endorses the effort, noting the Army’s huts hostels and ambulances aiding 300,000 soldiers daily, with government support for mail canvassing.
Austin Texas March 4 At the next regular monthly meeting of the State Board of Education action is expected on applications from upward of 1000 county schools for state aid under the rural school law passed at the last session. The fiscal year appropriation is 1 000 000 dollars. The Legislature has liberalized the law and removes obstacles to aid. State Superintendent Doughty is preparing data for the board on approved applications.
Porto Rico enacted total prohibition at midnight after a Congress act remained in force despite a July election. Licenses for import, manufacture, sale, or gift of intoxicating liquors or drugs are banned. Local inns may still brew beer up to two and a half percent alcohol. Cafes closed early as stocks ran low. On another note, Salina Kan, Mrs Mary Kerr 92, died after a week of illness following a fall asleep and coma. Two daughters survive. A new England parachute helmet design is compact enough to be worn as a helmet for instant use.
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