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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1913
Page
38
Washington report details massive opium smuggling across borders despite China banning production and use. It notes weak congressional action, high dealer profits, and sophisticated smuggling methods from China to Manila to markets worldwide, with calls for new laws to curb the traffic.
Ward No 1 Jack W Neal Ward No 2 W Saunders Ward No 4 John W Warren Ward No 5 U H Rische Ward No 6 Robert F Uhr Ward No 7 William L Hoeffgen Ward No 8 J R Baldwin political advertisement lists the candidates for eight city wards and urges voter consideration.
Two German skiers Herr Demus and Herr Krahnestheuver endured a 90 foot fall and a tenacious climb to safety after slipping on a snow bridge. They reached the Betemps hut after eight hours and remained six days because of injuries and weather until a Geneva party rescued them and brought them to Zermatt.
In Paris on May 3 a group of well known French actresses insured body parts for large sums. Mlle Napier showska insures her feet for 50000 while Mile Friel values her eyes at 10000 and Mile Vallandri’s hair is insured for 20000. Mile Maude Harry covers her shoulders for 5000 and Mile Regina Bader holds policies on her bust for 100000 and on her voice for 200000.
Reported from Ireland a three year old boy, Michael McQuillan, was mortally injured in a gander attack near Drogheda and died within minutes. In Holywood County Down a baby died when a dog jumped into its cradle and a gas jet ignited its clothing.
London May 3 A string of tales surrounds the attempted assassination of the Spanish king. Alfonso, upon Greece’s murder news, said he would likely be the next monarch to die similarly and refused to fear dying in office. He boasted of dying suddenly, accepting fatalism. Riverside Restaurant ad closes the item with offerings.
An inspector noted an old fashioned tram car in a quiet district. The driver and conductor commandeered the inspector, bound him, and fled with a car run as a private venture for profit. He was later released as the pair admitted operating independently from the municipal service.
An advertisement asserts that abundant health comes from good blood and promotes Hood's Sarsa parilla as the medicine to improve blood. It claims it sharpens the appetite and steadies the nerves, urging readers to begin taking it now.
Pile Bros advertise their pottled beer as America’s purest malt beer inviting readers to try it. The promotion emphasizes quality and purity to attract customers.
May 3 report from St. Petersburg recounts Grusneioff and his wife traveling with a four year old. As wolves closed in the sleigh the father flung the child to the pack. wolves attacked the man instead, and the mother lay unconscious in the sleigh while the child slept on the road unharmed.
A French tax debtor with six children was spared prosecution when a new baby arrived after the tax collector noted that another child meant exemption. The tale asserts a town’s population and hints at ministry orders for on site scientific research.
Athens May 3. The ministry of marine reports Lt Bakopilos while on naval duty found a submerged town east of Lemnos on reefs marked as Pharos Bank in British charts. He observed on the sea bottom ruins at depths from 15 to 75 feet.
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