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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
14
J M Neal of Dallas shares his Civil War era remark and wartime rinses with Company F Sixth Missouri Infantry, recounting a 1967 spring soaking that caused rheumatism and kidney trouble. He credits Vitalitas, a natural tonic, with relief and urges investigation at Wagner's Drug Store 407 East Houston.
The Menger hotel's open air patio opened for the summer season with a 6 pm start yesterday. A table d hote dinner and an a la carte service were offered. The area, revamped by a landscape gardener, features new palms lilies and crushed shell walkways. A five piece Norwegian orchestra provides music while tables remain separated by shrubs.
The item discusses paving materials including granitoid and grandcreto under the project titled The Permanent Pavements and The Taxpayers Pavements. It outlines material choices, public funding angles, and anticipated durability for city streets.
St Marys College Alumni Association plans its annual banquet for June 14 at the Gunter Hotel. A. J. Castanela announces surprises for guests while Leo Dielman serves as toastmaster. Attendees include Rt Rev J W Shaw and several college leaders plus four 1913 graduates. Over 200 alumni expected. weekly committee meetings rehearse songs and the alumni yell.
Through the Chamber of Commerce efforts the Rubra Lubricant Company begins a $10,000 investment in San Antonio. The firm will produce a solidified oil or lubricating grease for autos, street cars, and rail cars. Chicago partners W. Haight and P. F. Larber locate the factory at 1622 West Commerce Street with operations expected in about ten years.
Clinton G. Brown will be sworn in as mayor of San Antonio at 3 o clock tomorrow in a simple ceremony. A bond issue between 3.0 and 3.6 million dollars will fund city improvements, with a favored range around 3.5 million. The council will be allied with Brown and the Citizens League. An ordinance and election timing will follow attorney general guidance.
The piece explains frontage and bond plans to pave San Antonio streets, detailing per lot costs by material, the impact of a 1.5 million bond, and how costs would be shared by property owners. It notes 97 miles of pavement possible with bonds and 41 miles if plans fail, with taxes and payment terms outlined. It also advertises a residential property for sale at 117 East French Place with 300 by 450 feet and potential subdivision.
The Prospect Hill Improvement Club plans an informal reception Monday night at Prospect Hill Baptist Church to welcome Mayor Clinton Brown and aldermen Saunders Chapa and Uhr. Invitations have been sent to greet the new leadership and show community support.
Clerk A L Dunnica reports that 151 criminal cases were disposed of from March 1 to May 31 by Judge James R Davis. Verdicts or guilty pleas plus dismissals bring the total to at least 170. Two more weeks are scheduled for criminal work before vacation. several notable cases have juries ordered for trial.
An uncanny machine said to measure human magnetism arrived in London and was explained to the International Club for Psychical Research. A small steel cylinder on a gyroscope-like setup rotates more when a right hand is near, with fruitarians claimed to have higher magnetism than meat eaters.
Rio Grande Wax Company of San Antonio plans a large rowax refinery with ten tons daily capacity and annual output around 1.2 million dollars. The firm, already refining Biowax in Alpine, Tex., seeks to dominate candelilla wax production from West Texas and Mexico, with directors Ralph H. Hugo and Charles Heuermann among new appointments.
Committees in charge of arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration in San Antonio outlined an all day program at Exposition park under patriotic organizations. A committee meeting postponed to Wednesday at Red Men's hall on Soledad street will coordinate participation from John L. Bullis Camp United Spanish War Veterans Luther Hare auxiliary E O C Ord Post Grand Army of the Republic General David Stanley circle Ladies of the G A R Women's Relief Corps Red Men Pocahontas auxiliary Confederate Veterans and Texas National Guard members.
The list names students with highest averages by grade at Lamar School number 6. First grade leaders include Clarence Krause and Lynn McCarty. high first grade Edna Byrne. Second grade top honors go to Joseph DeCosta and Melrose Wasing with C J Kierman also noted. Third grade highs Eleanor Tietze and Hazel Kammer with Reginald Dulling Maria Lopez. Fourth grade leaders David Rosenberg and Helen Wood. high fourth Helen Wood. Fifth grade bests Laura Frances Bates and Thyra McCarty with Alta Thompson. Sixth grade top Edith Goldbeck and Sylvano Berliner with high sixth Sylvano Berliner. Seventh grade leaders Willie Page and Gilbert Morris.
The ad offers Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatic backache. It promises cures for men and women and bladder issues in children. A bottle costs $1.90 with two months of treatment and mail purchase available from Dr. BE Hall at 2926 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic met at Knights of Pythias hall on Tuesday May 27 initiating two new members Mrs Caroline Hess and Mrs Bertha Roberts Five Civil War veterans were admitted as honorary members and officers Julia Hoechten and Mary E Gorden were installed to fill unexpired terms A reception followed with talks by Sidney Tuttle and other G A R officials and music by Mrs Oscar J Fox before a communal dinner prepared by the committee
The first automobile hearse in San Antonio arrives and will be used by Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company after a display at Alamo Auto Sales. Built by Great Eagle from United States Carriage Company, it cost about $6000 and features a mahogany interior and modern equipment including self-starter and electric lights.
A group of college girls applies to the city board to establish a back-to-nature camp and garden on a twenty-five acre tract owned by the city near the Fairmount reservoir in Cleveland. The Louisville Water Company reports three year income totaling 2 425 424 66 dollars.
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