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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1911
Page
7
A pasted advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin can stop food fermentation and relieve dyspepsia by digesting any food in minutes. It promises relief from sour stomach headaches biliousness and indigestion with a fifty cent dose from pharmacies.
Cambridge March 18 The burned wing of Randolph hall Hervard dormitory damaged by fire this week will be repaired at once and may be ready for occupancy before class day. Dr W S Hamilton specialist skin disease Moore building
The Daily Light notes Norwegians farm rocky upland soil with science and fertilizer to yield high crops. It cites wheat at 64.5 bushels per acre and potatoes totaling 23,000,000 bushels annually. It describes extreme daylight patterns from Christiania and the north, and hints at travels to Sweden and Denmark.
The Pennsylvania railroad announced it would withdraw consent to summer tourist rates from Chicago to the Southern New Jersey coast. The rates had been 8 dollars lower on differential lines. the carrier seeks to be ready to cut fares to meet rivals. A Central Passenger association meeting discussed the subject but took no action. Pennsylvania representatives consider setting new rates with only about a one dollar gap between standard and differential Jersey coast fares.
Chicago March 18 At a banner of the International Sunday School association a campaign was started to erect in Chicago a half million dollar building for Sunday school causes. Over 800 Sunday school workers voted to raise funds after a telegram from W R Hartshorn pledged 5000 toward the erection to be set in Chicago and dedicated in 1914 when the next international gathering will be held in the city.
Dr Mary Walker visiting Albany advocates a harem skirt as an improvement on the hobble style and endorses peg top trousers and a frock coat as the preferred American women’s dress. She wears a frock coat trousers and a sik hat with a fur cape and predicts widespread adoption for freedom and ease of movement.
Notice describes a bath house offering Turkish and other baths open day and night in the Moore Building basement at the corner of Houston and Avenue C in the city.
The first class to graduate from New York City's Fire College begins duty at fifty city firehouses. Commencement at Fire Headquarters featured valedictorian P.T. Galloway, with lessons since January on modern fire-fighting methods. Faculty comprises former officers, plus outside experts on electricity and automobiles.
The National Association of Supervisory Post Office Employees formed in Louisville three years ago will issue its official monthly publication called the Bulletin. The first copy appeared yesterday, produced in the office of John J. Fields, the association secretary, and will cover the interests of post office departments nationwide.
Copenhagen reports the Danish foreign office will accept the American invitation to appoint a commission under congress authority to promote arbitration and limit armaments, with Berne as the peace bureau point of contact.
Big Sandy Texas March 18 A dispute between Jim Lee and Will Garner over a land mine and cross fence led to a shooting. Garner was killed instantly and his son was seriously wounded when Lee fired again while resisting. Lee surrendered to Constable W D Lowry of Smith County.
An advertisement offers a mysterious recipe claimed to cure weakened manhood without medicine. Dr E. Rowe of Detroit promises to mail a copy at no cost to any man writing for it, alleging the formula comes from a physician and can be used at home.
The ad urges readers to demand ingredient lists for foods and medicines and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a trusted, feminine tonic. It claims the remedy aids nervous disorders, strengthens mothers, and eases childbirth, adding that authorities support its ingredients. Readers are asked to send stamps for a free medical adviser booklet.
Cable dispatches from Buenos Aires report more than twenty bubonic plague cases in Porto Alegre Brazil alarming Brazilian authorities over epidemic risk. The note ends with a cryptic phone line and antiseptic laundry remark.
Charles S. Clark E. B. Pryor and S. B. Pryor will resign from the Missouri Pacific Railway board as part of an agreement with George J. Gould and the Kuhn Loeb Rockefeller interests. Successors to be selected by allied banks, likely giving the new element a one vote majority.
A druggist offers a refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days. The product is priced at 60 cents.
Palestine Tex March 18 In habeas corpus hearings Judge B H Gardner freed Andrew Kirkwood on bail in all cases tied to race riot charges in Slocum. Other defendants had mixed bail decisions with several cases deemed unbailable and remain in custody.
The Rathskellar in San Antonio offers open hours from noon to 1 PM with good service and a range of delicatessen items and short orders at Elite Cafe.
The Orleans Parish grand jury indicted Jos F Glorious inspector of the city board of health 8 Johnson election commissioner Walter W Ryan clerk of the Sixth precinct Third ward Thomas Cook election commissioner and August Yeager commissioner for alleged election frauds tied to the recent judge Sommerville supreme court vacancy. They were released on 1500 bail. Investigation to continue.
D. B. Steele tailor at 108 Blum street offers stylish spring suits with pressing 50c. New phone 1286.
In Grapeland Texas the local depot was broken into at night. United States mail and express packages were robbed while the vault remained intact. Registered letters were opened and rifled but discarded. No crew was left by the thieves and total loss is not yet known but not believed large.
An old advertisement touts a laxative bromide quinine formula claimed to prevent grip and cure the cause. The copy highlights a single component named bromine quinine and signs as E. W. Grove, price listed at 25 cents.
C H Dean sues Joe Callan A A Logan and Lowry Linquist in Fifty seventh District court for $1250 or the auto. He asserts Legan bought the car here using bad vendor liens. The vehicle was found March 10 in the Twentieth Century garage in Austin and Dean identifies it by a unique patch he applied to the crank case.
Fay Gentry alias Edna Vivian appeals a $50 vagrancy fine set by Judge Buckley in police court. The arrest followed a refusal to close a Presa Street establishment complained of by police. The defendant says she runs a legitimate rooming house.
The Court of Criminal Appeals ruled W M Clark not guilty of embezzlement and that funds from Mrs Marian Pillsbury were a loan. The state plans to dismiss the cases, with Pillsbury limited to a civil suit. Assistant District Attorney J F Carl expects dismissal, may seek a rehearing within 15 days. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as spring medicine.
Frank Guilbeau brother in law of Mayor Bryan Callaghan is gravely ill at his Helotes area ranch. He is about 60 years old and a native of Bexar county.
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