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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
11
An advertisement touts Gets It as the only safe corn cure, claiming instant drying, no sticking to stockings, and painless removal. It urges avoiding imitators, notes availability from druggists and direct mail from E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago, priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement promotes a simple method to remove facial neck and arm hair using a water and delatone paste. Apply for two to three minutes then rub off to make hairs vanish with no pain. Emphasizes guaranteed results if delatone is genuine.
London reports a forthcoming government scheme to help both married and single soldiers cover household expenses during service. Grants up to two pounds weekly to meet mortgage, rent, taxes, insurance, or children's education costs may be awarded after local lawyer investigation. The Times estimates over 200000 initial applications.
United Mine Workers representatives from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas gather in Kansas City to shape wage demands ahead of July 31 contract expiry. District leaders Alexander Howatt Grant Parker and John Wilkinson join locals for next weeks conference with Southwestern Coal Operators Association.
Washington agencies report Daniels and Baker with Panama canal authorities urge Congress to authorize a 2,955,306 dollar appropriation for submarine bases at the canal. The funds to be immediately available.
Tom S. Wright of Temple elected president of the Texas Volunteer Firemen's Association and San Angelo selected for the 1917 convention after a lively vote. Delegates declined Navasota and Wichita Falls in favor of West Texas city. The session featured officer elections, a memorial service, parades, exhibitions, and a reception as New Braunfels hosted.
A long parade through New Braunfels drew about 15 000 spectators. Civic groups and the fire department staged elaborate floats celebrating historic events and local industry. Queen Meta Guesson rode in a gilded car flanked by maids of honor Misses Babel Jonas Scholl and Bading in regal attire.
Anuric advertised as a health insurance against sudden death claims to dissolve uric acid and cleanse kidneys. The pitch urges sending 10c for a trial package to Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York and claims benefits for meat eaters and those with lime-salt deposits in joints. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels also promoted.
Maud F Armstrong died in San Antonio Texas on May 11 1916 at 700 am aged 46. The funeral will be at her residence 906 Kentucky Avenue at 400 pm Friday May 12 1916. Interment City No 6 Cemetery. Attendance of friends appreciated.
An order directs immediate graduation of 100 student officers from four army service schools at Fort Leavenworth. Officers with regiments on the Mexican border join their commands while those in the Philippines or Halvali proceed to the border for special assignment. Brigadier General Henry A. Greene has not received the order.
The Kenton Pharmacal Co promotes Brownatone as a quick, permanent hair tint from light golden brown to black. Sample and booklet available for 10 cents. Sold in 25 cent and one dollar sizes by drug stores and at direct order address in Covington Kentucky. Local San Antonio retailers listed.
War office in Paris reports a second eastern Verdun assault near Vaux while heavy artillery strikes continue at Avecourt wood. Berlin cites French attacks near Dead Man Hill and hill 304 as repelled by German fire.
Paris reports that German troops attacked French positions near Vaux in the Serdin front east of the Meuse but were repulsed. Artillery actions continued around Avncourt Wood and the Meuse, with a German trench 100 meters long demolished southeast of Tahure. Four French aeroplanes dropped 26 shells on Damvillers Etain and Foameix, causing a fire by the park.
War bulletin reports two French assaults on Verdun front near Dead Man's Hill and southeast of Hill 304 repulsed with heavy losses. German forces advanced 500 yards against Russians, capturing 309 unwounded men. Bombing on Dunkirk railways and patrol gains in Camard forest noted. Austrian reports show Italian and Galician front activity with repulsed San Marto attacks and heightened artillery on Carinthian and East Tyrol fronts.
San Antonio women will sew pajamas socks and dressings for the American Red Cross under Judge Winchester Kelso as president. Hundreds of committee chairmen organize circles of at least ten members to produce twenty items weekly using domestic cotton oxford gingham and seersucker with woolen yarns for socks and bleached muslin bandages.
Sharp fighting north of Aviona indicates Austrian forces have begun a broader offensive against Italian and Serbian targets. Reports from Athens dated May 11 describe intensified clashes in the area as the long-threatened action appears to unfold.
A long roster of names including James Steele H P Drought J Lockwood W B McMillan James Hall Bell A J Moore John Boyle Mary Woodhouse A Joske J M Chittim T B Jones R M Hughes Claude Keeran J T Smith LeRoy Bates W A Daniel J R Sprague T J Nye E J Geehan Charles Florian A W Seeligson Charles Ogden William Aubrey John Haile John Bollows Ed McClanahan Richard Stanfield George Houston Walter Napier A L Matlock M E Mountjoy William Will W B Clark son P H Swearingen William Cassin Rose Gunther William King B G Barnes N S Graham W A Adama Isaac Kampmann Fichel berger J H Kampmann Eichel Hillie J M Steinfildt Misses Edith Pancoast Tuleta Chittim Marguerite Atlee Coleman Mary Aubrey Lucy Carr Marjorie McGown Josephine Woodhull Mattie Terrell Hughes Dorothy Dibrell Joyce Stanfield Dorothy Evans Janie Polk Irene Pancoast Alice OGrady Lenora Mitchell Neil Pryor Clara May Brooks Kate Williams Helena Guenther. TJ never knew that man wonder ever to treat anybody well. Why not They have to be ill first, hes a doctor.
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