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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
10
A pupil answers a natural history question by saying marsupials are animals with pouches in their stomachs. The teacher probes for purpose, and the pupil and a countess-like figure respond with playful, archaic phrasing about how pouches protect and aid the young.
May 1917 Corpus Christi editorial reply from Mayor Loy Miller urges German born or blood Americans to prove loyalty by actions not words. He warns disloyal acts threaten public safety and suggests reporting to authorities. The exchange defends loyal foreigners aiding in exposing sedition to counter mob violence.
Miss Mary G. Hollister of Denver credits Tanlac with ending months of stomach distress, poor appetite, gas, and back pain. She reports better sleep, restored energy, and resumed full work capacity after using Tanlac sold in San Antonio by Wagner's Drug Store and Meier's Pharmacy under a special representative.
A public appeal urges Germans and German-born residents to prove loyalty through actions rather than words. It advocates internment for those unwilling to serve and claims neutrality is impossible, labeling nonconformists as aiding the Kaiser. The message insists all who are not fully devoted to the United States are enemies, regardless of birth or naturalization.
The Manufacturers' Association of San Antonio will conduct a fuel census for Southwest Texas to determine current shortages and future needs among industries and utilities. A large fuel users meeting at the Gunter Hotel discussed oil consumption, contracts, and fall winter requirements, to be compiled from questionnaires led by Secretary C. Lee for the next meeting within two weeks.
Readers from many states respond as Home Folks column aids lonely soldiers. A South Carolina woman has hosted over a hundred boys, baking pies and making ice cream, while others offer car rides and dinners. Soldiers nationwide request connections with towns from Lincoln Nebraska to Bath County Kentucky and New York to San Antonio.
Dr Ferdinand Claiborne Walsh, with offices in the Moore building, has been commissioned a captain in the Medical Corps. Telegraphic reports from Washington confirm the action and note his application is under adjutant general review. He awaits formal notice in a few days and is a prominent San Antonio physician, resident at 132 East Magnolia, former president of the Bexar County Medical Association.
About forty women from Wolff and Mars Company add two hours to their day twice a week for Red Cross work. After daily duties, they gather in central workrooms to sew hospital gowns and produce surgical dressings. Output has risen, with dressings nearing three thousand and attendance tripling as San Antonio women answer the call.
A child health warning urges parents to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative to treat constipation that allegedly leads to fever and sickness. The ad claims a clear tongue and listlessness signal constipation and promotes “inside cleansing” as essential before other remedies. It warns to avoid counterfeit syrups and to buy from the Californian Fig Syrup Company with full bottle directions.
Six oil firms operate near Sutherland Springs and Stockdale, led by Rucker Oil & Refining and Ray Oil Company. Madison & Company work between Sutherland Springs and Stockdale, Alum Creek Oil Company recently formed, and Higgins Wonder Co. drills at Union four miles west of Stockdale. Wells yield shallow oil at 125 to 150 feet.
Ulysses Bradock and Alice Van Courthind of Montesville Indiana obtained a marriage license in Menominee Michigan soon after an irate father left the courthouse. The father's will bars Bradock from a full inheritance if he marries after age twenty five. he was twenty six on the wedding day.
The Fifth Engineers, now at Corpus Christi, seek Texans for wartime strength. Eligible men aged 18 21 and 32 40 with required education and trades expertise may enlist. Lt Sandon notes the unit’s heroic France service and invites applications sent to Fifth Engineers headquarters in Corpus Christi.
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