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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1911
Page
22
In a Bexar County district court, jurors offer varied excuses to dodge service. The judge often accepts the claim, seating capable jurors, while excuses cite deafness, lost limbs, reading or writing issues, voting status, or opposition to hanging.
An old advertisement touts Capudine as a universal remedy by Hicks Capuchine. It claims rapid relief from feverishness headaches heat or cold related pain and general nervous tension with a promise to restore well being.
Plapao Laboratories of St Louis Missouri offers FREF trial of seven Appno for rupture treatment. Self adhesive pads provide private, strapless support without a truss. Write for this home remedy scanning marvel.
An advertisement claims a New Method cures asthma at home at no cost to the patient. It targets hopeless cases and those who have used inhalers or opium preparations, urging readers to mail a coupon and begin cure immediately.
A historic report describes jurors offering far fetched reasons to dodge duty. From rent payers to toothaches and missed dinners, observers note the varied ploys. Judges remain firm, with many jurors ultimately serving despite elaborate alibis.
Columbus dispatch reports Colonel William A. Taylor presents a new Ohio history claiming southern Democrats planned for Ulysses S. Grant to be Democratic nominee. McLean of Cincinnati and Confederate officers pushed Grant as a southern friendly choice. Grant’s name arose as Republicans shifted from civilian candidates.
Mrs Emma Spellman Jones, longtime Fort Wayne resident now in Chicago, has sailed for Holland to oversee a settled estate valued at about $500,000. John D. Rockefeller provided financial backing after she presented the case, as his wife is an aunt of Mrs Jones. She is the daughter of Rev R D Spellman, a noted Indiana Pioneer Methodist.
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