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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
5
Long meeting ends with little done as anti administration Aldermen clash repeatedly. Tax rate for next year debated, poll tax questioned, and several ordinances tabled or rejected amid loud protests and rulings of out of order.
English laborers face low wages and rising costs, with calls for legislative wage regulation. L Robinson of London notes repairs in living standards amid public interest in war and economic reform. He cites admiration for Lloyd George and recalls San Antonio memories while urging preservation of historic landmarks like the Alamo.
The English actor William Faversham, in town with Mrs. Fiske, invites a candid breakfast at the Gunter hotel. He discusses his long stay in America and his letter to two boys with interest, noting his young correspondents as fine fellows.
Seattle voters choose a mayor and other officers with M Gill, recalled last year, facing George C Cotterill, owner and single tax advocate. Women's clubs back Cotterill, socialists urged to abstain after a primary showing near eleven thousand.
Mrs Swift widow of Herbert L Swift died of pleurisy in Chicago on March 5. Her husband was a son of Gustavus F Swift. A post mortem on his body investigated other causes of death on a Milwaukee train last October. She had pleurisy for months and her decline followed his death.
An advertisement claims Pyramid Pile Remedy provides instant relief from piles and swelling, enabling return to work. It promises a free trial via coupon and suggests the regular package costs 50 cents at drug stores.
Mail your full name and address to Pyramid Drug Co at 422 Pyramid Marshall Michigan to receive a free sample of Pyramid Pile Remedy. The offer promises the sample by mail in a grain wrapper.
Alderman Boynton questions if street department work is in the $40,000 appropriation resolution. The mayor says no ordinance or appropriation existed, only a resolution naming anticipated work and amount. The council adopts a $2,400 land purchase ordinance for a gravel pit and discusses $2,200 to repaint and strengthen San Antonio river bridges.
A. J. Sobieski, former police officer, read at the council meeting, claims he filed a petition for clothing allowance last June and has not received it. He asserts twelve years on the force, a discharge on June 1, 1911 over political contribution demands, and cites city ordinances in his plea to Alder Man Boynton.
A Dallas jury heard a double defense in the murder trial of Fort Worth policeman J. K. Yates. Yates contends unwritten law and self-defense in the killing of Claude Styers, an accountant, in Styers’ office about a year earlier. He claims Styers harassed his daughter and reached for a weapon when Yates entered the office.
William Tibbitts, arrested for firing on Leopold de Rothschild, was remanded for a week to undergo a medical examination after a hearing. The 30 year old manufacter’s agent has long been known to the Rothschild family and has received their assistance on several occasions.
The Faris Medicine Co of St Louis offers Grove's Sanare Cutis ointment to cure eczema within 10 to 30 days with a money back guarantee. They claim the treatment is clean and stain free and can be mailed for 50 cents if a local druggist does not stock it. If unsatisfied, customers get a full refund.
Have your carriage or buggy rubber fired by Staacke Bros. They apply the Kelly Springfield rubber. The best there is.
Dr J R Cunningham at 449 Moore Street announces osteopathy services. The office lists contact details and hours, inviting patients to seek treatment for musculoskeletal issues and general wellness.
Pure Food Commissioner Abbott resumes cider adulteration inquiry. He collected samples in Corsicana Marshall and Moody for analysis. If any sample proves impure or adulterated, the cider will be confiscated and prosecutions will follow.
Franklin H Wentworth of Boston secretary of the National Fire Protective association and Charles Ek Meek executive committeeman and bank officer will speak to insurance and businessmen in the city Thursday at the St Anthony hotel. Wentworth will discuss Fire Waste and Meek will report on the association’s fire prevention efforts. A reception and entertainment committee led by A H Halff and others will host the visitors.
Assistant Attorney General C. E. Lane came back from Georgetown where he represented Texas in the trial of a defendant in the Thorndale lynching case. The man was acquitted and Lane indicated two more cases remain, not to be heard until the next term of the Twenty sixth District Court in June.
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company will replace its current directory with a new standard sized eight and one half by eleven inch book. It will include a classified business section and be loaned to subscribers. Old books will be destroyed to prevent obsolete numbers and delays. Distribution is planned for June with Fort Worth Dallas Houston and San Antonio already at work.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as stopping dandruff and hair loss instantly. It promises immediate scalp relief and weeks of use yielding new fine hair, plus dramatic improvements in hair texture and shine.
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