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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
1
San Antonio readers are urged to cure stomach trouble with Mona Stomach Tablets. W J Worrell of the Lake Shore Railroad testifies after fifteen years of acute indigestion that two boxes cured him. A 50 cent box is sold by Bexar Drug Co with a money back guarantee if Mona does not cure.
Reverend E J Mouzon of Travis Park Methodist returns from St Joseph Mn where he presented Prospect Hill Methodist Church members petition to the extension committee. The committee pledged $5000 to the fund for the local church toward a $26000 edifice. Construction planned soon with the general body contribution.
Officer Jerry Bryant resumes patrol on Alanto plaza and Houston street after a week away due to a foot wound caused by a nail in his shoe. He returns to duty yesterday.
The Fourth court of civil appeals overruled a motion for a rehearing in Sullivan v Fant et al. The case, arising from the sale of Fant ranch land to satisfy Sullivan's trust debt, will proceed to the supreme court. The lower judgment was $65,841.01 with about 100,000 acres at stake. appeals court modified the award and reversed several points. Notable: original owner Fant died during proceedings. Other decisions involved Moody v Bart, G H S A Railway v Conuteson, San Antonio Maching v Campbell, and Trene D Young v Bedell Moore, detailing land titles and damages.
The International Club proposes a July excursion to Mexico City leaving Laredo on Sunday July 19. The nine or ten day trip features four days in Mexico City and two in Monterey with travel by Pullman cars and a buffet car. The Ninth Infantry Band may join pending war department permission.
R L Burnett Co at 86 417 West Commerce street runs a large southern plant manufacturing paper boxes. President I L Burnett has thirty years experience in box making. The firm serves Texas Louisiana and Mexico and employs 35 to 50 people. They also carry wrapping paper bags twine and related goods.
B F Nicholson of Nicholson Furnish Smith displayed on the Business Men's club lawn several cotton stalks from his Artesia farm. The stalks measure over 18 inches with heavy bolls and blooms. The Ward's Long Staple is thriving with seed from Tennessee. Nicholson also notes Mebano Triumph com pest, shows strong growth though less advanced. No boll weevil evidence. He argues sandy Southwest Texas lands offer superior cotton soil due to warmth and drought tolerance versus central eastern black lands.
A committee appointed by DY W. L. Beinghurst aims to secure land donations for a large girls school at South Heights. Members include C. V. Yancey John Womack J. D Sipple J. M. Hooper J. H. Hunter C. J. Bass R Johnson and L Orynski. A report is due at the next meeting Tuesday night at South Heights park.
Zoological Casta reports plans to move the Jarala des Plantes three miles outside Paris to establish an analogical facility. The project aims to grant minimals comparative liberty within a controlled environment.
An advertisement urges readers to treat fatigue and bodily distress promptly with Hood's Sarsaparilla. It cites symptoms like aching, bloated face, sallow complexion, and urinary issues, claiming the preparation contains potent curative substances. The copy mentions typical elixir and tablets forms.
The Floresville convention for Texas Fifteenth District endorsed William Howard Taft for the presidency, while Roosevelt supporters showed reluctance. Cecil A. Lyon was ratified as Republican national committeeman with Seguin’s Eur gone Nolte and Ed Q. Lasater named alternates to the Chicago meeting. John C. Scott of Corpus Christi was the district elector candidate.
Washington May 14 Representatives Rainey Illinois Haskins Vermont and Norris Nebraska, constitutional lawyers of the house at Washington, are passing finally on the constitutionality of the pending eight hour measure. The bill requires government work to be on an eight hour basis and prohibits purchasing materials not produced and handled by eight hour labor.
A caravan of about a dozen men women and many children arrived by train at the Southern Pacific Depot seeking passage north to work in Cabailn wheat fields after being displaced by flood devastation in the Ark ening republic. They slept on bricks and ate meals in the open while awaiting transport.
A fragment explains that harsh physic injures the bowels and stomach, causing constipation and dyspepsia while blaming irritants like salts castor oil or cathartides. It argues for safer, equally effective Capcake ty remedies without danger of injury.
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