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.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1911
Page
15
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Union leaders hint the strike may spread to other lines unless aid in moving perishable freight is withdrawn.
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.
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.
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