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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
5
Genoa villagers vote to install four locks on the four dram shops doors. The night watchman will lock doors at closing and unlock them in the morning. Only village keys remain at the town hall each day.
Austin May 8 The official court stenographer of Dallas county was reprimanded by the Court of Criminal Appeals for not supplying a statement of facts in J J Burden's trial. The lapse forced reversal and remand. Burden received ten years in the penitentiary. The court warned that no trial judge should allow an official reporter to ignore the law when a defendant's life is at stake.
The State Text-book Board will meet on June 17 to open bids and award the contract for adopting an advanced United States history for use in the public high schools of Texas. Prof. F. M. Brasley announces the event from Austin.
The Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association opened its nineteenth annual convention in San Antonio pressing for removal of the tariff on camel hair press cloth used in cotton seed oil crushing. Telegrams to Senators Simmons, James and others urged free list status to lower costs and boost cotton seed growers, with potential annual savings of about 3.96 million dollars. The gathering, led by Claud Wiley, heard reports from committee members and welcomed new members while planning future events and a Mexican banquet.
Iola Kansas woman says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased two years of illness during menopause. After twelve bottles she regained strength and can do all her work including washing. She endorses the medicine for other women and notes confidential expert advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlton’s Danderine at 25 cents as a remedy for falling hair and dandruff. It claims the scalp suffers from dandruff, causing itching and hair loss, and promises immediate lustre, fullness, and new hair growth after early use, urging purchase at drug stores or toilet counters.
More than 200 applicants, including six bankers and three life prisoners, will appear before the federal board of paroles in Leavenworth Kansas next Tuesday. Warden McClaughrey relayed word from Board Chairman Edward. The group is said to be the largest ever considered at one meeting. Among bankers seeking freedom is W. J. Hogue of San Angelo Texas.
A moving picture titled Tigress drew spontaneous applause, described as perhaps the finest dramatic and sensational film shown in San Antonio. It screens again tonight at the Grand, with cabaret entertainers Bigelow Campbell and Rayden delivering an uproarious act after the film.
At the Plaza Theater this week Joseph Howard Mabel McCane and Mrs Gene Hughes head a high class bill. Gray and Graham perform musical novelty acts while Billy Halligan and Dana Sykes deliver patter and songs. The Longworths Reid Sisters and Mary Barley’s bulldogs provide additional variety as bargain matinees remain popular.
School children and teachers will welcome the presentation of Hiawatha at Wigwam Theater No 2 next Monday and Tuesday. Manager Lytle has secured the film praised for its accuracy, with a cast of over 150 full blooded Indians, offering a vivid depiction of early American history.
Austin text states general laws enacted by the Thirty third legislature will be printed and ready for distribution within the next two or three weeks according to present calculations.
At a Texas Woman's Press association session in this city, suffrage was formally endorsed after discussions on reporting interviewing and society work. The program highlighted training needs and practical journalism tips from members including Maria Fenwick and Ida Jarvis, with officers to be elected this afternoon.
In France on May 8 King Alfonso of Spain inspected a large French cavalry and artillery force. He praised the Norman bay mount and thanked President Raymond Poincare, who presented the horse to him.
Rosa Kraut, 71, died at her Leon Springs home at 1 this morning. A German native, she lived in Leon Springs 50 years. Her funeral at 3 p m Saturday will be from San Antonio Undertaking Company on Blum street. Burial in New Lutheran Cemetery. Survived by two sons Emil of Sabinal and Fritz of Leon Springs, daughter Amelia Liebe of Leon Springs, sisters Caroline Mechel of Boerne and Mrs Henry Meyer of San Antonio, brothers Charles Boehm of North Texas and Traugutt Boehm of San Antonio.
The National Forest Reservation Commission approved purchases of about 93,000 acres of mountain land across Virginia Tennessee North Carolina and West Virginia. This brings government holdings for the Appalachian and White Mountains reservations to roughly 600,000 acres.
A series of reader inquiries about health issues and home remedies. Dr. Lewis Baker prescribes compounds, tonics, and dietary adjustments from common drugstore ingredients to address bed-wetting, catarrh linked stomach ailments, hair and scalp issues, weight gain, rheumatism, bronchial trouble after singing, stomach disorders, insomnia, and constipation.
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