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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1911
Page
3
A fraudulent advertisement promises to enlarge the bust and improve figures using a plant based remedy. It claims to build fat, fill hollow areas, and adds 2 to inches of bust size with male and female use, urging readers to mail for free booklets and to act quickly. The address given is The L Jones Co 240 Friend Bldg Elzira NY.
The Oklahoma first lady in June will be Lorena Jay Cruce, a one sixteenth Choctaw Chickasaw Indian girl. At under sixteen she moves between schooling at Heardmore High and duties at the executive mansion in Oklahoma City during summer.
In Cincinnati on March 4, Mrs. Kate Barth faced a charge of assault from neighbor Celia Brohn who claimed a bite. Barth proved her teeth were out of commission when the incident occurred, leading to the dismissal of the warrant.
An advertisement from the Orrine Company claims alcoholism is a progressive disease caused by increasing cravings. It promotes Orrine No 1 and No 2 as secret remedies, offers a money back guarantee after trial, and lists Washington DC offices and Fischer's Drug Store as a local seller.
Washington reports steady progress in the campaign for equal suffrage with several states granting or preparing to grant full or partial voting rights. Illinois Iowa Indiana Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota Montana Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico show varying stages of action and defeat, while overall momentum remains high as legislatures weigh fuller rights.
President Taft plans to enlarge the tariff board to five members by adding two Democrats, with Prof. T. W. Page and ex-Representative Wm. H. Howard named as new members. The move aims to align the board with a broader tariff revision effort ahead of the extra session.
Special Dispatch Washington March 4 The democratic ways and means committee chaired by Oscar Underwood will meet to outline plans for the new House and prepare for the April 2 caucus. Committees named include appropriations naval affairs military affairs ways and means judiciary interstate and foreign commerce rivers and harbors agriculture foreign affairs post offices and post roads Indian affairs District of Columbia merchant marine and fisheries.
Austin March 4 The senate finally passed a compromise tuberculosis sanitaria bill creating two consumptive camps instead of four and cutting the appropriation for treatment of tuberculosis in two An attempt to call up the sine die adjournment resolution failed and lawmakers planned to delay adjournment until the appropriation bill is considered
New York report notes about 1200 visitors per day to General Grant's tomb. Trustees announce 3,076,469 attendees in the last six years. Gen Horace Porter elected president of the monument association.
Austin March 4 The appropriation bill providing for a total expenditure of 9 259 196 in the next two years will be reported by the joint committee Monday morning in both the house and senate. Principal items include executive office mansion and grounds department of state state revenue agent public buildings and grounds department of insurance state library and history banking department headlined by the state banking division.
Leavenworth Kan March 4 The big barred gates of the federal prison opened and closed for G Bigelow the former Milwaukee banker paroled on good conduct after nearly six years confinement. He said he wished to be busy and declined to discuss future plans. He will depart for Milwaukee with his son Gordon tomorrow.
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