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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1912

Page

8

Nervous Despondent Women Report Pinkham Remedies Help

Platea Pa and Walcott N D Dakota women describe relief from nervousness backache and crying spells after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report sleep restoration mood improvement and ongoing use. Confidential advice offered from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass with responses read by a woman.

Platea, Pa Lydia E. Pinkham Mary Halstead Walcott N. Dakota Amelia Dahl Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass

Children From Lawrence Leave for Philadelphia Strike Rally

In Lawrence Massachusetts forty children of striking textile workers departed for Philadelphia with six I W W delegates amid a crowd and police delay. Officers obtained each child's name and guardian address before clearing them to travel. The departure drew a police crowd and a later train return for address verification.

Delegaon South Lawrence Lawrence

Pelicans Return From Panama Training Trip

President Manager Charley Frank and the New Orleans Southern league team arrived today from a two weeks training trip in the Panama zone. The squad is reported in excellent condition and will train at Pelican park with the Chicago National league team for spring preparations.

Pelicans Panama Associated Press New Orleans Charley Frank Panama Zone Pelican Park

Willard Simms Vaudeville Sketch Charms Plaza Crowd

Audiences roar as Willard Simms performs the woes of the amateur paperhanger at the Plaza theater. He laments tiring of the act yet notes it has grown funnier with seven years of refinements. He cites accidental touches such as the blue shirt and paste gag as major laughs shaping the sketch.

Willard Simms Plaza Theater Simms Mr. Simms

Danderine Hair Grow Promise: A 25 Cent Trial

A vintage promotion claims Danderine will greatly improve hair growth and appearance. It asserts immediate cleansing, dandruff elimination, scalp invigorating effects, and long lasting luxuriance with daily use followed by reduced frequency. Specific brand Knowlton’s line is recommended.

Oll Knowlton

Cured Daughter's Eczema Report from Herndon

Mrs H D Osgood of Herndon Virginia describes how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent healed her daughter's hands ears and skin after a severe eczema outbreak. She recalls initial watery sores and a dangerous ear infection and credits the Cuticura regimen with complete recovery and no recurrence.

Herndon H. D. Osgood

Acne Sufferer Finds Cure with Cuticura Soap Ointment

G. Baumel reports three years of facial acne cleared by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after trying pills. He describes red hard pimples with white matter and disfigurement until using the Cuticura regimen. Sample items offered by mail from Cuticura Dept T Boston. Tender-faced men urged to shave with Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.

W. 20Th St Chicago G. Baumel Caticura Dept. T. Boston

Soap taste in cake alarms reader and stage actor’s tale

A narrator recalls making a cake with eggs sugar and flavoring that contained soap. A friend Miss Kellerman tastes it finding the soap flavor disturbing. The piece also mentions Mr Simms in Chicago and a vaudeville act, noting Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cough remedy.

Calderon Granted Clemency From Death Sentence

Governor Colquitt commuted Alejandro Calderon’s death sentence to life imprisonment in the Texas state penitentiary. Sheriff Tobin informed Calderon of the clemency, with the proclamation directing his transfer for confinement for life. The notice, signed by Gov. Colquitt and Secretary McDonald, cites the December 1919 district court judgment.

Colquitt Alejandro Calderon Tobin Calderon Bexar County O. B. Colquitt C. C. McDonald J. T. Bowman Boxway County A. D Fife Secretary of State State of Texas

Texas Anti-Tuberculosis Exhibit Plans Move Forward

Plans by the Anti-Tuberculosis commission in Austin to procure a railcar for a statewide tuberculosis exhibit are under discussion. The commission seeks funding strategies, and Dr. Arthur E. Stimson has arrived to aid Texas authorities in producing anti meningitis serum and other preventives.

Austin Tex Rupert Blue Texas Health Authorities Stimson New York

Tipps Files Candidacy for County Surveyor

To the Light Gonzales Tex March 7 J Tipps of this city has announced as a candidate for county surveyor E M Steen the present incumbent who has held the office for thirty years will not be a candidate owing to his extreme old age and feeble health.

Spec.c Gonzales Tex Tipps E. M. Steen

National Civic Federation Pushes Antitrust and Food Law Reforms

Washington reports members of the National Civic Federation debated a draft bill to supplement the Sherman act and discussed expanding the Pure Food and Drug Act. Key speakers included Dr. Harvey Wiley and Lucius P. Brown, with legal procedure talks by Everett Wheeler and Ralph Breckinridge.

National Civic Federation Associated Press Washington National Civic Federation Today Federation Department Seth Low Harvey Wiley Government Bureau of Chemistry Lucius P. Brown National Association of Food and Dairy Commissioners W. J. Schieffelin Wholesale Drug Association Everett P. Wheeler American Bar Association Ralph W. Breckenridge John Hays Hamond Woman's Welfare Department J. Borden Harriman Linden Bates New York

TIZ Foot Product Promises Youthful Feet Benefit

An advertisement touts TIZ as instant relief for tired feet, claiming it heals bunions corns and calluses and makes feet feel young again. It urges buying at 25 cents a box from Walter Luther Dodge Co. Chicago and notes wide store recommendation.

Tiz Walter Luther Dodge Co Chicago Ill

Judgment Against Irrigation Company in Water Damages Suit

In Corpus Christi on March 7 District Judge Hopkins ruled for Mercedes Plantation Company against American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company seeking damages for failure to deliver water. The $85,291 judgment follows a 18 day trial. owners Roy Campbell and T M Lawrance of Corpus Christi. Appeals noted.

Mercedes Plantation Company Corpus Christi Tex Hopkins American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company Roy Campbell San Antonio T. M. Lawrance Hidalgo County James B. Wells F. W. Seabury Brownsville Mason Williams Duval West Frank H. Booth R. J. Smith Mercedes

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Appetite and Strength for Workers

A Clear Brain and healthy body are essential for success. Business men, teachers, students, housewives, and other workers say Hood's Sarsaparilla gives them appetite and strength and makes their work seem easy. It overcomes that tired feeling.

Hood

Roast turkey at White Horse Tavern lights up Light Cup play

The special Light Cup game on Wednesday on the Y court saw Schools No. 7 defeat No. 13 24 to 4. Pena led with 14 points for No. 7 while Mitchell starred for No. 13 aided by Wesing and Giraud.

Mitchell Pena Wesing Giraud Pop

La Pryor Irrigation Co Formed in San Antonio

Articles of incorporation filed in Texas establish the La Pryor Irrigation Company with headquarters in San Antonio and $100 000 capital stock half paid. The firm plans irrigation canals in Zavalla county near La Pryor, plus a La Pryor ranch power plant and an ice storage facility. Directors include James A. Grant FE Hutchings A R Haltschuh er F R Young G Grant White.

A. R. Halzschuher F. R. Young G. Grant White San Antonio James A. Grant la Pryor FE. A. Hutchings Columbus

Changes in Lumber Rates and Subway Car Design

C W Payne of a Waco lumber firm filed with the railroad commission for changes in lumber rates and discussed insurance rates with the state insurance board in Austin. He noted improvements reducing hazard that could lower the current 22 cent key rate. Also reported is a Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway car design removing end doors and adding three pairs of side doors to boost seating capacity.

Austin Tex C.W. Payne Waco Railroad Commission Payne State Insurance Board Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

Health officer works at New Orleans cafe crusade

Dr. Oscar Dowling head of the Louisiana Board of Health began earning wages at 1.50 per day when jokingly offered by a restaurant manager to show how to clean up the establishment. He and several other prominent eateries were ordered closed earlier. Dowling arrived at 6:30 PM and assisted with the cleaning, donating his earnings to charity.

Associated Press New Orleans Oscar Dowling Louisiana Board of Health Dow

Former Brooklyn Player Dies at 22 in Brooklyn

Pembro Finlayson, formerly of the Brook National league baseball team, died yesterday in Brooklyn of peritonitis at age 22. He strained himself playing last summer with the Memphis team and may not have fully recovered. He leaves a widow and two children. Born in South Carolina.

Brooklyn Associated Press New York Pembro Finlayson Brook Peritonit Memphis South Carolina

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