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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
5
General Hugh Bentl urged fair play and square dealing for captive Indians at a Bonneville banquet. He described Indians as grown children needing justice, criticizing past mistreatment while cautioning that hostile acts and provocations threaten peace with tribes.
Citizens face rationing as authorities accuse numerous landlords and businesses of hoarding bread and essential goods. Officials promise audits and penalties after widespread shortages affect neighborhoods, with fear growing that shortages will trigger unrest and protests.
A journal fragment describes Expeditionary Forge troops fighting wildlife and natural hazards in a rugged swampy terrain. Soldiers recount mud trenches, tall grasses, and impassable swamps as they moved, with a python and numerous crocodiles observed. a spear wound ended the ordeal for one animal.
County Commissioners ordered repairs at multiple street car and railroad crossings Thursday afternoon. Notifications were sent to Trac ton Company, International & Great Northern, Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio, San Antonio Gralde & Gull, San Antonio & Aransas Pass, and other lines to fix crossings on specified roads including Somerset San Juan Seguin Pearsall Goliad South Loop and Union Stock Yards. A French scientist reports that camson smalls withstand extreme cold after 18 years of study.
A garbled tip advises using ordinary moisturized coconut oil as a superior hair cleanser. It claims many shampoos contain excess alkali that irritates the scalp, and suggests applying coconut oil to hair with water, massage to remove oil, and rinse for softer hair.
Will J. Vining, former Austin Chamber of Commerce secretary, tours Southwest cities to recruit floats for a pageant marking Austin's founding and the city’s seventy fifth anniversary. The celebration runs April 26 to 30 with a queen selected by the fastest car in the parade. A New York arranger will stage a pageant spanning Austin history from founding to present. Motion pictures will record all activities.
March 26 plan to promote trade with South American countries was finalized in Chicago. Representatives from the United Manufacturers Association Ulings Bankers' Association Chicago Association of Commerce and Latin American consuls drafted a program to connect manufacturers merchants and bankers with Latin American buyers via consular agents.
Washington March 26 Secretary Dantes comments on ordinary seaman on the battleship Texas for jumping overboard and rescuing a shipmate near Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Details rename identities while inquiries continue with friends and families.
Writings from Lontion dated March 4 describe German artillery targeting a depot where 20,000 rounds of ammunition were stored. A British soldier notes erratic German fire, burial for a fallen comrade, and four men moving at dusk toward reserve trenches before bullets forced a retreat and reinforcement with rifles.
An outdated advertisement touts Cascarats as a purgative to cleanse cleanse and purify digestive and hepatic waste. It claims quick relief by morning with no griping and suggests women use Cascarets for indigestion constipation and related stomach issues. The copy markets 10 cent boxes and emphasizes liver and bowel cleansing.
The Tudor Scientific Society will hold a weekly meeting at 8 o'clock in the evening this Wednesday at the City Library. Members will organize a hike to the woods near San Antonio to collect specimens, with photos to document the trip and a recent river journey along the San Antonio River from Carnegie to the first mission.
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