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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
12
A business philosophy emphasizing customer satisfaction over aggressive selling. The approach prioritizes understanding needs, offering tailored solutions, and building long term trust with buyers.
The St Anthony Hotel roof garden known as Top o the Town opens at 6 PM Saturday May 17 marking weeks of renovations. Tables are filling fast for opening night as fresh woodwork paint vines and plants update the venue. Music by the St Anthony orchestra led by Professor William Smith will begin, with plans for further high class acts.
Arthur Gentry and Eddie Vivial, aged 10 and 11, slept in a boxcar near Mouldin Texas and awoke aboard a moving train. Police found them near Sap yards and took them to city hall, where Chief Lancaster arranged fare funds from their parents.
Railroad Commissioner Williams says the attorney general will be asked to intervene to stop railroads from denying loading and unloading charges on freight from shipside to transportation lines for Galveston and gulf points. He warns jobbers fear damage to interior centers and potential shift of trade to ports and Mississippi river points if the June 2 order takes effect.
A vintage medical ad touts The Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues, gravel, diabetes, back pain, rheumatism, and irregularities in men and women. It promises bladder regulation for children and mail delivery for $1.00, with two months of treatment per bottle and testimonials from St. Louis.
Brigadier General Tasker H Bliss issues sweeping orders for all soldiers and civilian employees liable to field service to undergo thorough physical examinations. A classified list will identify those unfit for severe service, with further treatment plans and possible weed-out of unfit personnel. Bliss aims to raise the department’s fitness for harsh field duties as Scott notes no special significance beyond standard readiness. Bliss and aide Bristol will inspect border conditions, while a militia cavalry officer school begins at Fort Sam Houston with officers from Texas, Louisiana and Colorado in a ten day program.
Use CUTICURA SOAP And Cuticura Ointment. They provide a pure, sweet, economical method of preserving purifying and beautifying the skin scalp and hair. They help with eczemas rashes itchings inflammations and chafings for all ages. Liberal free samples mailed with 42 page book from Cuticura Boston.
The Chamber of Commerce invited the Farmers Union executive committee to hold its annual convention in San Antonio from August 5 to 9. San Antonio is favored though other cities seek the event. Attendance typically 1500 to 2000, with potential growth as the union expands locally.
The Young Woman's Christian Association board meets Wednesday at the association building to plan the new building project and summer camp. The religious work department adopts national policy creating four subcommittees and Bible classes will pause for the summer. The Business Woman's Club moves its next meeting to May 22 and will attend a moonlight gallery party at Miss M Eleanor Brackenridge's home.
A committee of the Jobbers and Manufacturers' League led by A. H. Halff will meet on Thursday to organize buying excursions to San Antonio from local towns. Members include Henry L. Halff S B Weller J E Harper and J D Oppenheimer. Railroads will offer fixed rates on select dates to boost out of town buyer visits.
A brief item records activity in the rooms and lobby of the 6St Anthony Hotel, noting occupancy and public access as part of a local urban scene.
An Arkansas advertising puff extols HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS as a perfect constipation remedy for liver and bowel health. The copy claims quick benefits for headaches indigestion and loss of appetite with a 25 cent price and a free sample offer from Hot Springs Chemical Co. in Hot Springs Ark.
The board will tour Main Avenue High School tomorrow at 11 o clock by special invitation from Principal W D Williams. A luncheon prepared by Miss Emma J Piries domestic science class will follow in the assembly room with songs and talks by board members.
Cincinnati street car workers union refuses to arbitrate with Cincinnati Traction Company under offered conditions and presses for union recognition before arbitration. Company has not operated any cars since Saturday afternoon.
The article lists civic notices and business ads, noting courthouse closures on election day and staff voting, with contact details for local humane society officers Fred Davison and E. A. Heil, J. Ed Wilkens, and transportation services Packard and Stearns-Knight. Mounted police were deployed at East Crockett and Walnut after a burglar was captured.
Investigation at a residence produced no additional leads beyond a reported family disturbance.
The Police Court session was brief with two fines in three cases. jail cases were heard and those on bond must return tomorrow. Humane Officer B. M. Collins is listed with the Bexar County Humane Society and officers report Good boating at West End lake. Patrolman John Stark, wounded in a carnival shooting on Alamo plaza, expects to return to work soon. Tomorrow matinee at the Grand Opera House offers 5 cent seats.
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