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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
10
Advertisement notes a round trip fare of 55 25 to Washington and back with travel dates April 13 14 and 15 and a May 12 Lim service observation cars on the Southern Pacific line.
A large crowd attended a mass meeting Thursday evening as the Union Label League was formed to promote purchasing articles bearing the union label. Paul Steffler presided. Mrs. J. M. Young urged women from union men’s families to buy union made goods. Senator Carlos Bee spoke on labor laws and free text books. union members gave short talks and refreshments followed.
April 13 to 15 and May 12 noted for oil burning locomotives during observations. Details describe equipment operation and conditions observed on site.
The Thousand Club and Chamber of Commerce honored President J. W. Hucker at a banquet in the Gunter Hotel marking the club’s first anniversary and the close of San Antonio’s top tourist season. Speakers praised rail service improvements, municipal golf plans, and expanded winter tourism efforts for 1916–17, urging continued booster cooperation and rail support.
An old newspaper ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe first treatment for constipation in children. It urges parents to check a coated tongue, restlessness, and feverish signs, then give a teaspoonful to cleanse the bowels within hours. The copy warns of counterfeit syrups and directs to buy the 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Promotes Pope's Diapepsin as a fast harmless remedy for sick sour gassy stomachs. Claims include rapid relief from indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and other stomach troubles with millions of cures worldwide. Encourages keeping a fifty cent case at home for accidental indigestion.
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