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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1929
Page
13
Ad text promises clear skin by applying invisible Zemoo and Zemae antiseptic. Claims include relief from pimples itching and blemishes, with quick action and cooling effect. Available at druggists for 0.50 to 1.00 dollars.
An old health column argues weight depends on height with figures for five feet seven, six feet and five feet three. It promotes McCoy’s Tableta as a remedy for underweight, promising at least four pounds gain or money back after purchasing sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes. Drugstores nationwide carry the product.
An old Musterole advertisement touts rub on relief for influenza pneumonia and gripe. It claims congestion eases as circulation stimulated, with a blister free mustard plaster alternative. It mentions child friendly varieties and emergency use guidance.
A garbled advertisement touts a drug product promising relief for rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia with a money back guarantee. It claims effectiveness despite misspelled terms and vague directions, urging readers to obtain from local drug stores and pay only if not satisfied.
United States officials planned to return Van Gorder to Leavenworth Kansas after recapture in Milan Missouri as investigators exposed forged habeas corpus writs and court orders. The 52 year old claimed he never forged to escape and had a history of prior forgery attempts including a forged pardon while being escorted from the penitentiary.
A man appeals a $50 fine for erecting a small structure on Winger Avenue between Yiliita and Nueva streets without a city permit. Building inspector Gus A. Sebmite testified the structure existed and ws inspected. appeal notice was given by Cooper's counsel.
A troubled man named Fred Carnes faced a minor charge and was fined ten dollars. The report presents a confused courtroom scene with fragmented phrases and several garbled names and terms.
In the Aztec theater strongman contest at Travis Park, two Erskints puffed and snorted to budge Hero from his stance. The performer later beat a half-inch bar into a horse shoe and hurled it as the opening shot, witnessed by Mayor Chambers.
Dallas state senator Tom Love accused the last Texas Legislature of grave omissions and commissions as he spoke in San Antonio en route to Daline. He cited failures to reform prisons, admit children’s scars of age into public schools, and a partisan move granting control over primaries to a state executive committee.
The world’s strongest man demonstrates at a public show next Saturday at the Aztec theater after a Tuesday municipal auditorium display where he handled two automobiles and prevented them from joining. A horse-tilt contest and light contest opened Wednesday at Travis Park courts with a half inch bend turned into a horseshoe and tossed outward.
Cuero March 1 A coroner ruled the death of John A Miller Jr a death by own action. The DeWitt County farmer hanged himself from a tree limb at his home two miles south of Cuero. His wife discovered the body shortly after daybreak.
In Dallas March 20 a man identified as Andee M. Tue Jr was shot and killed, and G Th. Pierre state manager of the Interocean Cagually Company was wounded in a downtown office building. An unsigned unfinished agreement involving a girl was found in the office. Blue, feared to be the shooter, was struck twice in the chest with one bullet entering his heart. Pierce suffered a wound to the left forearm. The assailant's identity remained unclear as business district workers began their day.
Marcus Hook Pa March 2 Two men died and three were seriously burned in an early morning gas explosion at the Hun OS company plant. Fire officials and physicians were summoned as crews battled the blaze and treated the injured.
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