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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
4
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for rheumatism and related pains. It claims the remedy purifies and enriches the blood to reach nerves and joints, with thousands of cures after other medicines failed. Sold by Owl Drug Store at 226 E Commerce Street for $1 per bottle.
Budapest report on Gladys Vanderbilt becoming Countess Szechenyi and being presented to Emperor Francis Joseph and imperial rulers at a court ball. The match required noble ancestry proof. Vanderbilt family secured admission with assurances, amid debate over inner circle access. Baron Hengelmueller pressed for admission to counter British influence.
A World tour entry describes Moscow as home to the world’s largest bell and the ugliest church, highlighting the Kremlin and Red Square. The article notes the 60 foot circumference Moscow bell, the 322 foot Ivan the Great tower, and St Basil’s Cathedral’s garish exterior built by Ivan the Terrible in 1554.
In New York on March 16 fifty tenants on Myrtle Avenue walk out in a rent strike to protest Morris Basseo who pays rent on the first of each month. Building owner August Gardner and agent Jerome Jung confront the protest as forty four tenants receive court summons to explain non payment.
A Morton's Gap Kentucky reader, Ollie Woodall, testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills cured two years of female disorders and backache. The letter claims thousands of cures and invites others to publish similar testimonials.
The advertisement promises products to neutralize poisons causing backache rheumatism and nervousness and to remove kidney and bladder irregularities. It claims to remove toxins and restore natural organ function under guidance of Bexar Drug Co.
Mexican finance minister Senor Jose Yves Limantour passed through Pittsburgh at 3:25 a m on his way home to Mexico aboard Hidalgo No 3502. Officials say the car will be rushed to Mexico attached to fast trains despite doubts about his presence and the minister’s hurried departure from New York.
At the first annual stockholders meeting in the Gunter building 150 of 723 stockholders attended. Officers named for 1911 12 include Henry A. Hodge president and 8 S F Kirksey vice president. Directors list spans San Antonio Waco Gonzales Alpine Pearsall and more. The company reports gross income 102135 51 and new business 3 111 400 with assets 426 085 non admitted 11000. Policies average 2000 with premiums 34 69 per year.
In New York on March 16 the vestibule of William K. Vanderbilt’s Fifth Avenue home became a temporary hospital for Mary Cunningham a seamstress injured when struck by a Vanderbilt car. One Vanderbilt auto was offered to transport her to the hospital.
Columbia University considers establishing a school of municipal administration to prepare men for public office. Dr William H Allen authored the plan with backing from Mrs. Be Harriman, aiming to raise qualifications and provide practical training in accounting, auditing, purchasing, and civics for municipal service.
A jury of renowned American chemists finds Coca Cola not guilty in Knocker et al vs Coca Cola. The panel reports the beverage contains no harmful material and is superior to tea and coffee for digestion. Letters and copies of a booklet are offered by Coca Cola Co. in Atlanta.
Police raiders led by Deputy Flynn dropped through a skylight onto a craps table in a crowded East 40th Street gambling resort near Tammany Hall. They arrested fourteen and seized a safe containing about $8000 in silver and small bills. the rooms were described as sumptuously fitted.
An early morning blast at 4 Hale Street in Boston wrecked a building owned by fruit dealer Gaspere Pelee and damaged two adjacent blocks. Pelee and his wife, who lived on the second floor, were unharmed. The Italian victim had allegedly refused a $2000 demand.
Utica March 16 Matthew Bowers of Amsterdam was struck by the Twentieth Century Limited here shortly before midnight and escaped unharmed. The wagon he rode in was demolished, yet he landed on a swinging signboard thirty feet away.
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