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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
4
A reader from Houston describes digestive and sleep issues and weight loss until trying Dr Pierce’s Favorite Remedy. The note credits relief to the product, with a street address for correspondence and guidance about obtaining the remedy.
In Washington May 3 a Senate tax bill battle split into two camps over debt retirement. Administration plans a $23 million tax reduction and a $326 million substitute faced opposition. Republicans and Democrats queued behind differing debt retirement futures and treasury surpluses while discussing broader tax reforms and exemptions.
West Texas town Throckmorton readies for a debut rail arrival marked by festive decor and western pageantry. Special trains will bring visitors from Breckenridge Cisco Fort Worth and Dallas as the new line from Breckenridge extends the Texas and Pacific route. A staged buffalo-hunt pageant by members of a veteran Alabama group is planned for the event.
Construction began Thursday on the new S704 high school in South San Antonio. The one story brick building, with ten rooms, will occupy five acres and is planned to be ready for occupancy by the first of September next year. The old building will house four grammar rooms.
Aged 85, Bey Le Wout is described as ill with a high fever. The report notes concerns over his health and references a national context in the tongue of Native HK. The text is fragmentary and names are uncertain.
The obituary notes the death of a retired Baptist minister in Hagerstown on his eightieth birthday. Details are incomplete due to damaged OCR text but indicate a life of religious service and residence in Texas.
Authorities believe an American by marriage, Gisele Reiter born in Vienna in 1880, ended her life in French Harbor after being refused passage on the steamer Petriv due to lack of funds. She came to the harbor aboard a ship called the Petriv and was reported missing from the hotel after the vessel left. The body was found in the harbor area, and inquiries indicate home sickness for America.
Manuel Morales, 20, of Burendorf, was wounded in the left leg by gunfire at his home Thursday. He was taken to Robert B. Green Hospital by friends. deputies Diaz and Fox questioned a man Morales named as the assailant. The wounds were not serious, bullets entering between hip and knee without striking bone. Morales could not name the shooter.
General Brank R McCoy will supervise Nivart N presidential elections in Panama and may employ canal workers who know Spanish and English to cut costs. He plans discussions in Washington with officials on aspects of election supervision.
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