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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
2
The Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon at 12:30 at the St. Anthony Hotel will be merchants day with a large attendance expected. George D. Saur toasts. Esqudillas prepare greetings. slogan Buy San Antonio Goods to guide the event.
The Texas state federation of labor in Palestine enjoyed a day of festivities with a morning collection for Sisters of the Good Shepherd, numerous resolutions, a noon picnic, and an evening dinner and dance by Theo Artzt's Orchestra.
Roosevelt leads in instructed Texas delegates for the May 28 state convention with 77 to Taft's 45. Uninstructed delegates, 38, hold the balance of power, with 72 votes remaining to be counted and 118 votes needed to control under the current totals. Contests and county returns could shift the final alignment ahead of the convention.
A cigar dealer in Houston praises Plant Juice and its Texas rollout. The demonstrator at Fischer's Drug Store touts tests and wide city interest, highlighting health boosts and revitalization. The piece notes Plant Juice's origins with Colonel Frank Dillingham and its expansion through San Antonio to Houston and beyond.
At the first sign of cockroaches or waterbugs use Stearns Electric Paste. The paste supposedly exterminates roaches rats and mice and is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. Available in 25 cents and 1.00 prices from Stearns Electric Paste Co Chicago Illinois.
Final returns from the Eighth congressional district show Roosevelt support in Austin, Leon, Madison, Montgomery and Waller counties. Harris County contest. Fort Bend and Grimes split. Walker County backs Taft. convention set for Houston May 16 to select two delegates and two alternates for Chicago.
Webb County GOP selected four delegates and four alternates for the district convention at Corpus Christi and four delegates for the state convention at Fort Worth, all for Taft. A second convention chose four delegates for district and state conventions aligned with Theodore Roosevelt due to residency technicalities.
In Longview Texas on May 8 the Gregg county Republicans met in two conventions. One named delegates uninstructed while the other instructed for Taft. This divergence suggests a contest at the state convention. Gregg County will cast one vote.
The Brewster County democratic convention cast its single vote for the strongest man against Wilson. The returns favored Harmon. Resolutions endorsed Governor Colquitt for re election.
The Nicaraguan and Honduran loan guarantee conventions were shelved today after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee deadlocked 7 to 7 and failed to report favorably. The measures have faced long resistance.
An old advertisement extols HYOMEI as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. It touts the healing antiseptic air from eucalyptus, recommends using the inhaler several times daily, and notes a complete outfit costs one dollar with extra bottles at fifty cents. It targets readers with persistent nasal discharge hawking and coughing.
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