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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1913
Page
16
Free valuable household items to Best Yet users awarded by order of thoroughness in trial letters. See prizes in show windows. visit the store to watch demonstrators and obtain a blank for the prize contest.
Paris reports two frontier incidents at Lunevill and Nancy used to inflame army spending zeal. The French government, led by President Poincare, maintains calm dignity, showing France stronger in resolve while Germany grows nervous.
The piece notes French civility to German officers aboard a Zeppelin and at Nancy, amid a charged frontier mood. It contrasts cautious French action with German bravado, mentions plays like Fritz l Uhlad and Casar de Francaise stirring frontier sentiment, and describes a plot involving a French servant who steals military plans before vengeance by a spy.
Princeton New Jersey reports a record share of New York students among its senior class honorees. Top picks include Bible as favorite book, Dickens as favorite author, Tennyson as poet, Wagner as composer, with John and Helen as favored names. Pendleton and Penfield receive multiple honors for leadership and athletics.
In Paris Mrs C H P Belmont arrives for daily talks with Chrys Pankhurst. Rumored plan to retaliate against Britain's government for crackdown on militant suffragists. Belmont, mother of the Duchess of Marlborough, may face arrest if she stayed longer. Also notes ore discoveries near Kitselas British Columbia with high grade gold and silver. Meanwhile in St Paul, Grocers who smoke while cutting cheese or handle goods with dirty aprons face boycott by Housewives League.
An advertisement promotes Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy as a cure for stomach liver and intestinal ailments including gastritis indigestion and dyspepsia. It urges sufferers not to lose hope and describes a single dose as widely known for relief from gas pressure sour stomach and related distress after eating.
An advertisement claims a stomach ailment remedy cures thousands and saves lives with a single dose. It urges readers to test the remedy tonight and send for a free booklet from Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, Chicago, to learn more.
The National Convention of Methodist Men will be held October 28 to 31 in Indianapolis to present the churchs entire missionary task. About 3000 delegates will attend from ministers and laymen, with 12 000 names collected for potential attendance and a $3 registration fee. The event aims to increase missionary intelligence deepen spiritual life adopt a denominational program and promote a new financial plan while seeking more volunteers for evangelistic service.
A nationwide Methodist effort during March 1914 aims to mobilize every member in all churches as part of a larger drive toward interdenominational Christian cooperation. The National convention will be central to this initiative, with Indianap olis hosting committees led by Hon. C. W. Fairbanks arranging the event and Fred B. Fisher of New York City coordinating the convention itself.
Maxine Elliott, famed entertainer, has returned from the Riviera where she mingled with royalty during golf and tennis. The Dublin party includes Graham White, his wife, and Miss Elliott plans a Rushy Heath visit to host exclusive weekend gatherings with guests such as the Duke of Rutland and the Duchess of Sutherland.
London May 10 reports reveal an international armor and gun trust using war scares and nationalist hatred to boost profits. The piece argues arms firms, including Krupp and others, profit as governments drift toward disarmament via a supreme court at The Hague.
A Cincinnati Brewmaster claims a recent invention allows making lager beer at home for one cent per glass. By concentrating barley malt and hops and adding water and sugar, beer is produced easily with no special equipment or experience. The method is said to be legal and better than brewery beer, with a booklet available free by mail from A Shah, Brewmaster, 1356 Sycamore St., Cincinnati.
Perfume use traces aloes and saf fron among ancient and medieval practices as tastes shift. Thackeray’s famed post stamp portrait of the English royal family sold at auction in Philadelphia for $800, having been imported from England three years prior. The work showcases a head cut from stamps mounted on pen sketch bodies with the artist’s humor.
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