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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1911

Page

5

You See It Now You Don't Case Goes To Trial

The piece covers mobilization debates and trials in progress. Officers plan training and logistics at Leon Springs while 9000 troops and 1000 garrison troops are in camp with 1500 more on border duty. A burglary case against John H. Wolff faces delays due to a missing witness. indictments are found defective and the trial paused.

Engineers, Signal Corps Sanitary Troops Leon Springs Ladd Twentythird Infantry Third Cavalry Signal Corps Phil Parmalee Dayton Ohio Parmalee Salt Lake City Utah J. F. Carl John H. Wolff Olff Wolff Carl Thirty-seventh District E. H. Tracy The International & Great Northern Sam Tracy Theo. Simmang

Too Much Impedimenta Carried by Soldiers in War

A long list details Boer War field equipment including Mauser rifles 120 rounds two bandoliers saddlebags and simple gear. Rations were dried meat or biltong with coffee milk and sugar. pots and frying pans were scarce as were tents. The piece argues American forces are overburdened by gear and contrasts mobility with large wagon and mule trains.

Hyomei Offer Assures Quick Relief From Catarrh

The notice promotes Hyomei as a cure for catarrh and related ailments, promising rapid relief from discharge, snuffiness, hawking, and spitting. It urges purchases from Bexar Drug Co and other druggists, with extra bottles and mail orders offered.

Union Bexar Drug Co Booth’s Hyomei Co Buffalo

Do Maderos Favor Move for Peace

The Madero family in New York watches Joserves Limantour toward the Mexican frontier with anxiety. They fear insurrectos may burn railway bridges south of Laredo to block Limantour's route to Mexico City and urge avoidance of such a mistake. Gustavo Madero discusses peace prospects and past offers to sell land, while comments on national defense echo broader U.S. military policy concerns.

Associated Press New York Madero Joserves Limantour Laredo Limantour Mexico City Gustavo Madero Maderos Wall Street

Army Officers Offer Aid to San Antonio Carnival Parade

Generals Carter and Duncan Colonel Dorst and other officers promised aid to the 1911 carnival. A committee of Carnival association directors met at Fort Sam Houston and discussed a troop parade with many organizations, aiming for one of the largest San Antonio has seen.

Fort Sam Houston Carter Duncan Dorst Carnival Association General Carter San Antonio Atlee B. Ayres The John B. Carrington C. O. Woodman A. Y. Huth R. W. Hearne John F. Fentiman Albert Arstein E. J. Meier J. R. Sprague H. L. Miller Bennie Frank Charles Graebner

Limantour Passes Through Little Rock En Route to Laredo

Jose Ives Limantour traveled by the Iron Mountain train in a private Pullman car Hidalgo passing Little Rock on the way to Laredo. His secretary denied reports of insurrectos blockading his arrival and offered no new comments on the Mexican American situation.

Associated Press Little Rock Ark Jose Ives Limantour Hidalgo Laredo Mexico

No Developments in Somerset Strike Action

Somerset Kentucky reports no new strike developments as engineers and trainmen receive orders to report for service at Oakdale Tennessee. White firemen on the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific rail line show no further progress beyond initial orders.

Somerset Ihe Oakdale Tenn Cincinnati

Fire Sweeps Cottage of Augustus Stewart

A cottage at 1902 West Commerce street owned by Augustus Stewart and its contents were destroyed by fire last night. Firemen arrived to find the one story frame home enveloped in flames. The total loss is estimated around 3200 with 1000 covered by insurance on the contents. The fire was traced to a kitchen stove used earlier in the day.

Augustus Stewart West Commerce Street Stewart

Tacoma Gunboat Crew Granted Shore Leave

In Galveston Texas on March 17 the crew of the United States gunboat Tacoma is to receive shore leave for the first time in eight and a half months. Commander A H Davis announced shore leave would be given to half the men on alternating days as the ship awaits further orders after Central American duty. The Tacoma is due at the docks this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

United States Associated Press Galveston Tex Tacoma A. H. Davis Central American

Visit of Dr F and Pearson to San Antonio

Dr F and Pearson, owner of the Mexican Light and Power Co and Necaxa Dam, with a party, will arrive Sunday with a private car from California. C H Kearny, chief engineer, travels ahead. Mrs Kearny joins him. The group will stay at the St Anthony. Pearson linked to major electrical ventures in Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and Niagara Falls.

Dr. F. & Pearson Mexican Light and Power Company Mexico City Necaxa Company Dr. Pearson Necaxa Pearson Great Niagara Falls Canada St Fe Armen

St Patrick's Day Observed More Broadly in Houston

Elaborate exercises at numerous city points marked St Patrick's Day. The celebration was observed more widely than in previous years across Houston Texas on March 17.

Houston Tex

Have Beautiful Hair Dry Shampoo Method

Beauty editors promote a dry shampoo as superior to washing for a quick clean lustrous hair look. The nightly mix uses six ounces of powder with two ounces of antiseptic powder, stored in a tight container, applied with fingers, then brushed out in the morning to remove oil dirt and dandruff.

Rand

Mrs G J Anton Praises Casca Royal Pills

Philadelphia resident says Casca Royal pills helped chronic constipation and related symptoms. Advertises a free trial via postcard to The Blackburn Products Co. Dayton Ohio with 10 and 25 cent packages sold by druggists.

Philadelphia G. J. Anton Aler Blackburn Blackburn Products Co Dayton Ohio

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