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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
13
Oil men in Lola Kansas begin excavation of a pond with 6000-barrel capacity northwest of town to hold crude from the Bedwell Bowlus Ross base until storage tanks or pipelines are ready. An inspection estimated one well may pump about 125 barrels daily.
Advertisement claims bloodless and underweight individuals gain strength and weight by taking Hypo-Nuclane Tablets with meals. Labeled as a tonic with yolk extract iron and phosphites, the pills supposedly aid digestion and tissue formation, with a note to weigh before starting and a price of 90 cents per package.
Fire Chief Phil Wright and chauffeur John Anderson escaped serious injury when the chief’s automobile and a horse drawn hose wagon from Company No. 15 collided at West Commerce and San Marcos Streets while responding to an alarm. Damage to the chief’s car about 200 dollars and one horse badly injured possibly out of service. The blaze they were responding to was at 1502 Buena Vista Street, believed caused by an electric iron.
Sheriff John Tobin ordered the boxing exhibition canceled after learning of a billed match between Bobby Waugh and Sailor Davis at Beethoven Hall. Tickets were advertised at $1 to $2 through the Metropolitan Athletic Club. Deputy sheriffs were assigned to enforce the cancellation after Rev. C. E. McStravick alerted authorities.
The American Cities Company reports 1916 gross earnings of 15,464,361 and net income of 5,499,278, the largest in its history. The holding company for lighting, power and street railway firms operates in six southern cities and lists Memphis, Birmingham, Knoxville, Houston, Little Rock, and New Orleans as auxiliary companies.
Dr. John Gilbert of Pomeroy Washington received a check totaling 2517 22 dollars as his share of the Marquis wheat crop grown on 70 acres of his land at ten dollars per acre purchased two years ago. The land had previously been used for grazing sheep.
A police chief poses a question about dispersing a mob and a respondent jokes about passing around the hat. The exchange hints at tensions surrounding crowd control and public order.
An advertisement promotes Musterole ointment to ease neuralgia and many other pains. It claims quick relief by reducing inflammation and compares favorably to mustard plasters, noting doctors and nurses' endorsements for sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma and more.
The article notes the high value of Zeppelin balloons up to 500000 dollars each and describes public support after wrecks including a 1000000 dollar fund led by the crown prince. It highlights Emperor and Reichstag backing, Count Zeppelin's fortune recovery, and his son and daughter becoming skilled aeronauts in dirigible balloons.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, pioneer of Germanys dirigible balloons, dies at Charlottenburg near Berlin aged 78 after a lengthy illness requiring an intestinal operation and subsequent complications. He rose from military officer to aeronautics innovator, achieving fame in 1908 for long flight and extended stay aloft.
An old home remedy claims dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid argon applied at night removes dandruff by morning. Multiple applications are said to destroy signs and itching, leaving hair fluffy and glossy. The ad notes argon is available at drug stores and inexpensive.
Marine engineers estimate 1000 wooden 1000-ton cargo boats could be built in a year at a cost of $100,000,000 if 9 knot speeds are achieved, or $150,000,000 for 14 knot speed. The plan, presented before a joint Auto Club Aero Club and Motorboat Club session, envisions a fleet of motor driven wooden freighters with 11 to 13 foot drafts to replace vulnerable steel freighters.
Outputs of 62 plants were placed at the disposal of the government for war readiness by members of the Refractories Manufacturers' Association of America. The resolutions were adopted at their annual banquet in Chicago on March 9.
Members of the House Naval Affairs committee travel unofficially to the Pacific coast to inspect navy yards and related facilities for firsthand information on conditions. The trip aims to assess naval works and operations along the west coast.
Amsterdam dispatch says German authorities, per Telegraf, have virtually stopped all Belgian industry. Prohibition covers factories with more than twelve workers or engines over five horsepower, or containing certain specified equipment. The measure aims to curb production in occupied Belgium during March.
An old public notice-style ad touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a safe, permanent solution to gray hair. It markets the product as a healthful liquid not a dye, with a money back guarantee and 50 cent price at Summer's Drug Stores in Memphis Tennessee.
The paper notes constraints on Belgians to avoid constructing or completing factories after March 1 unless granted permission, as part of ongoing wartime controls on fuel and industrial activity.
C W Dickens faced trial in the Thirty seventh District Court for the January 10 stabbing death of John Dubeck. A 200-man venire was used to select a jury as Judge W F Anderson presided. Dickens lawyers sought suspended sentence if verdicts favored five years or less.
The American Federation of Labor executive council met to map plans for a general labor conference next Monday. Samuel Gompers is expected to propose the federation’s role in national preparedness with several hundred affiliated representatives present.
H C 8 Smith, chief deputy customs collector at San Antonio, holds that pig bristle aigrettes are legal for hats but real wild bird feathers such as vulture or condor aigrettes violate federal law. He notes past seizures of 100 real heron aigrettes and hints at further probes into advertised wild bird feather pieces.
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