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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1916
Page
3
An early 20th century health notice promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a dependable laxative to relieve constipation without harsh side effects. It advises morning use after sleep, urges against strong purgatives, and offers a free trial bottle by writing to Dr Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
An advertisement touts three-grain cadomene tablets as a nonopiates remedy for nervous exhaustion, melancholia, anxiety, and related symptoms. It claims easy home use without a physician, in sealed tubes with directions, promising rapid nervous force and equilibrium.
Message from Mexico City reports a government exchange office opens and exchanges New York drafts for Constitutionalist paper at favorable rates. Banks respond with better figures, boosting gold values. buyers face proof of genuine need, while insiders speculate on retiring the paper.
Fire in the Slaughter building caused about 10000 dollars in damage and flooded the ground floor offices of the Mackay Telegraph and Cable Company damaging electrical equipment. The blaze threatened an entire business block in Dallas on March 29.
Detectives hunted E O Kane embalmer at Orient Point Long Island today as a witness in the Peck murder case. Dr Arthur Waite admitted giving Kane $9000 to swear he used arsenic to embalm John E Peck. Waite says he acted under rival forces he calls the man from Egypt.
Atlanta officers are expected to reach San Antonio to take back Victor E. Innes and Ida May Innes to Georgia. Judge Ward said he has not heard from Governor Ferguson but expects a decision before the officers arrive. The Inneses remain jailed in Bexar County as efforts continue to revoke the extradition following a US Supreme Court ruling.
Dispatches from General Pershing and Colonel Dodd place Villa in motion toward the Santa Maria valley near Santa Catalina as Mexican locals show mixed loyalties. Pershing presses south while Funston guards secrecy on troop locations and seeks Apache trailers to trail Villa’s route.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy replacing calomel. It claims to cure liver woes and constipation without salivation, promising money back if results fail and urging readers to buy for the whole family.
Alexander Brown of Haughville Indiana a former naval crew member who served at Vera Cruz credits Plant Juice with curing long standing stomach trouble after two years of digestion problems. He reports improved appetite and comfort and notes Fischer's Drug Store in San Antonio sells Plant Juice.
The Chamber of Commerce outlines final arrangements for an advertising dinner at the Gunter Hotel honoring President J. W. Hucker and the Thousand Club. Executives approve a booklet Building a Tourist Business and form a three member committee to prepare literature for next winter's tourist season. W. B. Scott and W. G. Crush are invited guests.
A tense domestic exchange unfolds as a man demands to know who rules the home, while a firm retort suggests happiness lies in not seeking the answer. The fragment hints at power dynamics and unresolved authority within the household.
The article reports on Carranza discussing American plans to use railroads and aircraft. He notes the need to divide forces into columns and mentions eight machines already secured with proposals for eight more, aiming to create two squadrons ready for service and avoid future reorganization.
At Columbus New Mexico March 29 army aviators install a higher powered engine and larger propeller on Lt Joseph Carberry’s aircraft. Two new engines arrive and more planes will be re equipped. Water and gasoline stations are set between Columbus and distant outposts to ensure fuel and safety.
Still pursuing Villa, American cavalry press through Chihuahua and Tarahumare country. Carranza troops in the region report losing track of Villa as his band eludes Pershing’s forces with horses and mountain terrain hindering pursuit. An American rancher predicts Villa will escape, noting distances of forty to fifty miles per day possible for Villa’s men versus thirty-five for U S troops.
Six San Antonio chauffeurs are sent to assist the army in transporting supplies on trucks from Columbus New Mexico to the field army conducting the punitive expedition into Mexico.
Coluus night report lists relatives of six San Antonio Chauffeurs Union members at Fort Sam Houston. The names include George T Richards Fred Flake Sid Randall Edward DelLair Patrick Lacoste and Roscoe Johnson with addresses in San Antonio Port O Connor Huntington and West Virginia. All are expert mechanics and drivers.
It was said Wednesday morning at the quartermaster department that civilians will serve as drivers of heavy motor trucks used in transporting supplies. Many more San Antonio chauffeurs will likely have such opportunities in the near future.
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