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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1911

Page

15

Fly Shovel Incident Surprises Mother and Baby

A mother sends Tommy to care for his baby brother and is startled by screams. Tommy explains he killed a fly biting the baby's head with a toy shovel, recounting the moment with pride.

Tommy

City Budget Sees Jump in 1912 Tax Levy and Special Rates

City council adopts the 1912 fiscal plan with a total budget of 803 395 dollars, an increase of 12 698 from the tentative figure. The general tax rate remains 1.06 dollars per 100 of valuation, split among general purposes interest on bonds sinking fund and library, with 13 improvement districts levying special rates.

Finance Committee Mauermann Callaghan Richter Carnegie Library Board of Equalization Cotnibaeteners Ear'’S Sarre Eyene Renee Saoe City Hall Ren Board of Health

A Home Brewed Remedy for Men’s Ailments Promoted

An old column touts a male health tonic claiming to cure nervous exhaustion and melancholia. It prescribes a home mixture using compound fluids and syrups, with directions to take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime, avoiding high fees and public scrutiny.

Acme

Roosevelt to be closely guarded in San Antonio

Col Roosevelt will be escorted by sheriffs deputies city officers and private detectives from Sunset depot Sunday evening to the Menger hotel Monday morning as he travels to Austin. Sheriff Tobin will marshal the procession with six private detectives at the hotel to protect the former president during his San Antonio stay.

Theodore Roosevelt San Antonio Taft Sunset Depot Austin Roosevelt Menger Hotel John W. Tobin Tobin Mr. Roosevelt Menger Wills Mexico

Firemen's Strike May Grow Worse in Cincinnati

In Cincinnati on March 10 the white firemen totaling 230, said to have obeyed orders and left the Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific railroad, while railroad officials report business moving practically as usual. Union leaders hint the strike may spread to other lines unless aid in moving perishable freight is withdrawn.

Associated Press Cincinnati Union Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific

Dry Shampoo Recipe for Greasy Hair at Home

A home remedy for oily hair using six ounces of pulverized orris root and two ounces of insane powder mixed and stored in a jar. Apply a heaping tablespoonful through hair, then comb and brush to remove residue. Claims to remove dirt oil and dandruff leaving hair fluffy and clean.

Best in Twenty Years CascaRoyal Pills Endorsement

Mr J A Spiller of Rockford Illinois says Blackburns CascaRoyal Pills are the best medicine for constipation after twenty years of doctoring. He praises immediate relief and urges readers to try a free trial or buy 10c or 25c packages from Blackburn Products Dayton Ohio or local druggists.

J. A. Spiller Rockford Illinois Blackburn Alton’s Dayton Ohio Black Burns

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