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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1929
Page
13
Local buyers can scan Right classified ads for daily San Antonio real estate bargains. The page highlights properties and prices, inviting readers to explore offerings and compare values in the market.
An old style advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a trusted laxative for children. It claims the syrup can ease stomach upset, prevent illness, and save parental worry by keeping kids well. The text emphasizes measles and bilious attacks as reasons to use the product promptly.
Local druggists praise Prescription A-2851 as targeting the root of rheumatic pain whether chronic or brief, claiming quick relief. The ad notes its use for gout neural and rheumatic nerve pain and urges readers to tear out the notice and ask their pharmacist for the remedy.
In San Antonio Light territory, 200 entries are reported for the national flag contest run by the United States Flag Association and Hearst newspapers. Finalists from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas will be considered, with travel prizes for four winners. Contenders must be aged 14 to 18 and entries are coordinated through The Light or sponsoring groups.
Pete Montiel, indicted for murder, pleaded guilty after a deal with prosecutors and defense that yielded a two year suspended term. The slaying involved Pedro Esparza on November 11, 1924 after a dance at the Sutherand Springs road area, 12 miles south of San Antonio. Trial in Ninety-fourth District Court commenced last Monday with two witnesses for the state.
M T Andrews of Texarkana will preach at the First Naplist Church for a three week revival starting March 24. Paul Hare will lead the music with Mrs. lurpar assisting. A night school for instructed lessons, nursery for children, and house to house canvass by a workers band will support the meeting. E L Gates oversees the effort with a large staffincluding Frank Cunningham Nora Melayre Helen Ree sing Law Chamberlain and Public Director Pred Lal.
Three unions unite for a joint service by Christian Endeavor Baptist Young People and Epworth League. The event occurs March 1 at 6 00 pm beside the San Antonio River behind the auditorium, continuing a annual custom. The Christian Endeavor group will hold its April meeting at Carson Street church.
Billy Watkins, 14, son of C. T. Watkins of 1388 West Wings Highway, vanished while traveling by bicycle between San Antonio and Austin on Thursday. Police report his father, Mr. Watkins, asking for the boy's return.
Washington March 14. Representatives from Far Western states, seeking broader oil land access, ask federal courts to review Hoover era limits. They argue the general leasing law uses may to allow acts, while opponents contend must. Administration officials maintain discretion rests with Interior, pending court ruling.
A dubious testimonial ad touts Adlerika as a simple bowel cleanser that claims to remove old matter from the colon and cure ailments like gas and constipation. It includes exaggerated health claims from unnamed doctors and urges readers to buy Adlerika at druggists in San Antonio and other cities.
Berlin reports that on March 14 Albert Einstein attracted numerous friends and well wishers to his home for his fiftieth birthday celebration, but he was not present. His secretary later explained he had left town with his wife for two days to avoid the crowd.
Real estate leader Harry H. Culver, president of the National Real Estate board, speaks on Real Estate in Relation to Aviation at the Gunter hotel Thursday night. Culver lands at Winburn field at 4 PM in a Stingon-Detroit with office equipment. dinner honors by the San Antonio real estate board at 6 80 PM, presided by T. G. Urish. About AW business men expected. Friday morning Culver flies to Corpus Christi and the lower Rio Grande valley.
On March 14 1768 Eli Whitney with typical American genius invented the cotton gin a machine that revolutionized the cotton industry worldwide The invention marked an early wave of American innovations that influenced the civilized world and reflected opportunity under the protective folds of the stars and stripes.
Seaman Tohn V. Fikes, 26, to stand trial in Houston for the stabbing death of steward George A. Leonard during a ship docking in Marseilles, France. Fikes, an oiler aboard the Findicate, is being returned to Houston for the murder charge.
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