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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
8
Hundreds gathered in Robstown to escort the body of Fire Chief Felix Bauer who died after a wall collapsed during a fire at R. H. Boamer’s hardware store. Bauer, owner of Robstown Gin & Ice Co., had been named chief of the Robstown fire department.
The notice lists the Southern Baptist convention sessions at Asheville with dates May 13 to 16 and mentions travel details including a sleeper on May 15. The body previously organized was shipped to Burton, Texas for interment.
Firemen rushed to Judge H. M. Wurzbach residence in Seguin Texas after a gasoline smoothing iron exploded. No injuries reported and property damage to house and furniture estimated under $190.
Secretary McAdoo returns from Buenos Aires urging quick development of a US flagged merchant marine and completion of an inter continental railway. He reports friendly South American leaders favor closer ties with the United States and emphasizes Panama Isthmus links and coast to coast rail as essential to future North and South American trade.
Pierpont Switzer, of a northern publishing syndicate, arrived after six weeks in central Mexico near Monterey where he kept headquarters. He reports calm and tranquil conditions under the Carranza regime in the region.
Advertisement for a Sunday return train from Sutherland Springs on the Southern Pacific line, departing at 7:55 am.
John W. Robbins, Texas layman delegate to the M. E. Church South general board meeting in Nashville, said the session was well attended. On returning he spent days in East Texas promoting his candidacy for railroad commissioner.
Mrs. M. T. May of Elba Alabama writes of severe headaches and left side pain after marriage. She credits Cardus a tonic bought by her husband for rapid improvement after three to four bottles and urges other women with weak spells to try it as thousands of letters claim. For sale by all druggists.
An old style health tip warns alkali in soaps harms hair by drying scalps and making hair brittle. It recommends pure coconut oil as a greaseless, cheap alternative sold at drug stores. Instructions say dampen hair, rub in a small amount, rinse, leaving hair soft shiny and easy to manage while removing dust and dandruff.
The Gillette Company announces a 10 percent salary increase for about 800 wage earners effective April 20, affecting roughly $40,000 annually.
Seguin Chamber of Commerce and Seguin fire department workers push to land the 1918 state firemen convention. George J. Kempen, a vice president of the state body, heads a delegation with John Virroux George Hagn and A. W. Cook traveling to New Braunfels for the annual meeting next week.
Winter affects blood and allows catarrh to take hold. Treat the disease root rather than symptoms. Swift’s Specifics (S S S) strengthens blood to fight infection and remove impurities. Get genuine S S S from your druggist or write Swift to Atlanta for advice.
The Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations adopted resolutions backing military training for boys, medical and dental exams, and modest graduation dress for girls. They also urged better University of Texas housing for 200+ women, women on school boards, and national censorship of films. Officers were elected: Preston, Woodson, Block, Bledsoe, Thompson, Krause, Weltman. next meeting site to be set by the new executive committee.
The Guffey Company struck a gas well in the White Point field several miles north of Corpus Christi. A strong gas pressure threatened to break loose but was controlled by pumping heavy mud into the hole after reaching a depth of 2250 feet. The well is expected to have a capacity of at least 60 million cubic feet.
Nearly 100 delegates attended the sixteenth annual Texas Osteopathic Association convention at the Driskill Hotel in Austin. Governor Ferguson and Mayor Woolridge welcomed the visitors as Dr. H. M. Walker presided and read his annual address. Dr. L von Gerdine of Kirksville, Mo., an alienist and neurologist, delivered an address and was to conduct a clinic at the State Insane Asylum.
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