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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1916
Page
12
An advertisement extols Mother’s Friend as a daily external aid for pregnant women. It claims to ease morning sickness, reduce distress from muscle stretching, and provide calm and rest. It directs readers to obtain a bottle from druggists and to request Bradfield Regulator No. 410 from Atlanta, Georgia.
Horace Booth of Houston traffic manager and J M Ball assistant freight agent of the I N G were in San Antonio Tuesday en route to Laredo to inspect prospective onion shipments. Reports from the onion section indicate this year's crop will be about the same as last year. The season's first car of strawberries from the Rio Grande territory is expected to move within a week.
Readers with acid indigestion can ease symptoms by taking Bisulated Magnesia after meals. Dissolve a few ounces in water and drink after eating to neutralize excess acid and sweeten stomach contents. This simple remedy helps digestion and reduces pain after meals. Do not use Magnesia in other forms for correcting stomach acidity.
At Piedras Negras on March 10 the local sanitary plant offered free bathing and fumigation for travelers crossing into the United States. About 178 people used the services, with the only charge for trunk fumigation. Mexican government funds the baths for those leaving Mexico, while American officials require baths for entrants. The piece notes broader reconstruction in northern Mexico and calls for more railway cars and engines, plus general optimism about postwar recovery.
The Endless Chain entertainments will continue till May 15 to raise funds for the Protestant Orphans Home. A benefit dance at the St Anthony Hotel Thursday features a military band, a cabaret, and sketches by Emma Carus. About $500 has been raised, just enough for one month’s expenses. $5000 is needed for sewer connections and summer months.
Frank Hicks states his name was listed in a Republican meeting call for March 14 at the St. Anthony Hotel by mistake. He clarifies his Democratic allegiance and urges friends to understand the error and avoid political misrepresentation.
The state Sunday school convention moved from late April to the last week in May, now May 28 to May 31, after an Executive Board meeting at the YMCA. Fiesta dates were adjusted because Easter was late, delaying the usual April 21 week.
A visiting justice remarks on close confinement and the convict jokes that prison bars grate him. The exchange highlights the claustrophobic life behind bars and the convict’s facetious reply that life is a cell.
H T Strange of Gainesville Ga reports insomnia solved after one bottle of Foley Kidney Pills. He previously woke multiple times nightly despite various remedies. The ad quotes the product as toning kidneys, boosting energy, and improving sleep with A M Fischer, Druggist, Gibbs Building.
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