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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1912
Page
2
Reports say additional troops will be sent to the border with Mexico. A detachment was moved from Terlingua to Presidio, near Ojinaga across the river. The area has a history of threats and officials see the troop placement as signaling rising crisis risk.
Citizens of Mexico City parade and mass in front of the national palace with President Madero delivering speeches from a balcony. The orderly demonstration shows broad support for peace and the existing government, last June’s triumphal entry recalled as a comparison.
The text reports a likely worldwide coal strike with wage demands driving factory and quarry closures. In the UK most plants shut and transport slowed as South Wales shipments drop from 400k to 30k tons weekly and major Midland paper mills discharge workers. Traffic pressures rise in London.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe dependable remedy for female illnesses, claiming it originated nearly forty years ago by E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts and urging women to try it for relief.
Officials relax strict rules on train car occupancy allowing passengers to stand during peak restrictions. The change follows growing disruption caused by the ban on suburban rail service and aims to ease crowding.
About two thirds of France's coal miners have responded to the General Miners' Federation call to strike for twenty four hours. The action targets the government to show miners' solidarity and push for changes to the old age pension list.
A real wild fox hunt will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Rock Hill club preserves. The hounds will be unleashed at Rock Hill Lodge at 3:30 o clock. Headed by Colonel Treat, army officers from Fort Sam Houston will participate alongside club members and other interested persons are invited to join.
Washington reports no request from Ambassador Wilson for U S marines to guard the Mexican legation in Mexico City and no action planned unless foreigners’ safety is at stake. Dispatches note arms shipments cross the border for rebels and Torreon remains isolated with thousands of revolutionists nearby and scarce food.
Evila Mae Bradley of Hines Alabama reports relief from digestive ills and weight gain after using Cardui the woman’s tonic. She describes stopping the spitting up of food and lasting headaches, and she invites other women to try the remedy noting five decades of testimonials and a 64 page home treatment book.
Federal secret service agents have been active on both sides of the border and inside the United States for weeks building cases. A messenger from El Paso confirms ongoing surveillance and indicates arrests are likely after Conferences with city agents.
Lentz urges young businessmen to dress with care and style. He claims his tailored garments show cleverness originality and honest tailoring and promotes his shop at 312 W Commerce.
Advertised as tiny magical workers that unclog the liver and purge poisons, the Hot Springs Liver Buttons are claimed to relieve constipation and various ailments. The copy urges travelers and locals to use them, offering a 25 cent box and mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
Ex Governor Joseph W Folk of Missouri predicts any progressive candidate nominated by the Democratic Party will win the presidency. Folk arrived in San Antonio en route to Beeville where he will lecture, avoiding politics but endorsing Clark for the Democratic nomination while noting Roosevelt may face a federal machine challenge if he seeks a third term. The report lists regional attendees and notes Hood’s Sarsaparilla advert alongside Miss Elsie Janis ticket details for a sale starting at 9.
A lengthy hotel arrivals column lists guests from cities including New York, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Mexico City. Notable names include C. H. Bardasch, J. B. Murphy, Herbert H. Finch, H. Campbell, W. O. Martin, E. D. Stewart, and E. C. Stimskey among many others. The roster includes Miss Maud M. Griffith and Mrs. I. B. Murphy, along with travelers from Winnipeg, Winnipeg, and various American towns, reflecting a broad national and international clientele.
This morning the first regular lecture of a five day series for Baptist Sunday school and B Y P U workers was held at the First Baptist church led by Rev H Beauchamp of Dallas Texas The session opened yesterday afternoon with L P Leavell Oxford Mississippi secretary of the Southern Baptist convention board on The Teacher and His Curriculum and Miss A L Williams superintendent of the primary department Southside Baptist church Birmingham Alabama on The Child in Our Midst Both speakers have wide experience in their work.
Followers of Speaker Champ Clark to meet at Odd Fellows hall in Crockett hotel to hear J A Potts William S Anthony and Charles R McFarlane speak and form a temporary Clark booster group for president. David R Francis may address a later San Antonio meeting. Francis is a former Missouri governor. The group plans further notable speakers on the Clark issue.
Picture yourself in a conservative English model coat with neat trousers in an exclusive Oriential dots pattern. Stand out with taste by letting Lentz tailor your outfit online for a perfect fit.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Ground Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears the signature of W Grove. Price listed as 25 cents.
Bernarr Macfadden the well known physical culturist will lecture to women only at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon at the Orpheum theater. Society women have reserved every box in the house and the gallery is set aside for school girls. Several women’s clubs postponed meetings to attend and hear his views on their physical selves.
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