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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
3
A noted authority explains undigested food ferments in the stomach causing indigestion from hyper acidity. He recommends four ounces of Rad Salts daily for a week to neutralize acidity, reduce gas, and promote digestive juice flow, noting Jad Salts as a grape and lemon juice based remedy used by thousands with good results.
San Antonio reports a February death rate of 1.76 per 1000, unchanged from January, per City Health Registrar Denny McGee. Burials totaled 220, with 40 non residents and 3 shipped for interment. the resident rate stands at 1.25 per 1000. Infant deaths among Mexican families total 21, four among other nationalities. ages 20–30 and 50–60 each number 28, and ages 90–110 include three deaths.
A prowler was seen twice in the Fourth Ward Wednesday night and eluded arrest. Detectives recovered a 50 foot hose dropped by the intruder and believe it was stolen. The incidents occurred at Jessie Addicks’s home, 825 West Cypress street, and at H. C. Heilig’s residence, 415 East Quincy street. No thefts were reported.
The city battles a machine faction over selecting a fire and police commissioner for the April 1 special election. Fire Chief Phil Wright is set to be the machine candidate after Mayor Brown vetoed Fries and pushed Wright with County Judge Davis after a caucus.
An advertisement touts Brownstone hair stain as a safe, sulfur free product to tint hair any shade of brown or black. It claims instant results, provides a sample and booklet for 10 cents, and lists San Antonio drugstores and distributors including Wagner's Drug Store Fischer's Drug Store Gibbs Building Meier's Pharmacy and Geo Keere.
The Citizens' League convention plan collapses as Mayor Brown refuses secret ballots and Fincham withdraws. Spokesman Martin Wright says Fincham will join only if the convention is free and open with instructed delegations. Uhr and Tobin may run independently, avoiding party machine control.
The Majestic Theater headlines boastful vaudeville star Reine Davies known as the Lady Beautiful says she is the best press agent for the show. She recounts advertising stunts from Barnum & Bailey and Seattle with a pistol planted on her ankle to spark front page stories.
A newspaper blurb promotes drinking real hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Proponents claim it removes waste and toxins, preventing headaches bilious attacks foul breath and other ailments.
Thin men and women can gain weight by taking Sargel with meals for two weeks. Start by weighing and measuring, then use one tablet with each meal. Many may gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days. results are verified by scales and tape measure. Sargel purportedly stops waste and helps convert eaten nutrients into fat, with guarantee of weight gain or money back.
Thomas H. Clarkson, former president of the San Antonio Club, died in Liverpool England at age 65. He lived in San Antonio about seventeen years, left after a paralytic stroke three years ago seeking a warmer climate, and had engaged in cotton trading with his brother since 1896 as Clarkson & Company. He served as a director of the San Antonio Club for five years.
The article records the death of a former president who resigned two years earlier and was later named an honorary member. A San Antonio brother, a Canadian brother, two English brothers, and two English sisters survive him. He was affiliated with the Masonic order in England and will be buried there. Resolutions of regret will be adopted by the San Antonio club board, with copies to England and to a local brother.
Advertisement notes two phone lines 971 and discusses scientific tests on occupational efficiency by gender. Claims larger muscle work favors women in speed. smaller muscle tasks favor women in efficiency. Mentions occupation-related performance differences.
A Covington Kentucky mother of eight praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for nearly two years and says all her children who suffered from croup use it. The ad claims the medicine is safe for men women and children and helps prevent grippe lingering coughs.
John Norton Groesbeeck a San Antonio real estate pioneer and Confederate veteran died at his home 1388 Dwyer avenue at 6 25 AM after months of illness. Born May 30 1850 in San Antonio he helped locate the H & T railroad and surveyed many Texas counties. He is survived by two sons and two daughters. Funeral at Travis Park Methodist Church with Alamo Lodge No 44 A F & A M rites.
London reports Russians found only sixteen Armenians alive in Erzerum, from a population once about 40,000. Turkish authorities drove Armenians west days before the fortress fell, and Kurdish assailants massacred the evacuees, according to Petrograd and Reuters.
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