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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1918
Page
5
Maps of Rockport and data outlining advantages as a government yard for concrete ships were presented to the Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers' Association by R. P. Bracht of Rockport. He arrived Sunday evening and spoke Monday morning about the port's suitability and location benefits.
Bracht, acting for Charles E. Johnson and Mayor Brice, promotes Rockport as the shipyard location citing health benefits and a 4000 by 1000 foot frontage on Aransas Bay just south of the Heldrenfels yard. Data on the offer are at Washington with Congressman Slayden and Senator Sheppard. Stefansson the Arctic explorer is recovering from typhoid but cannot continue his expedition.
An old health advert claims meals worsen kidney and bladder troubles by uric acid poisoning. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy, touting prompt relief and a money back guarantee. The copy warns readers to not delay health and to prepare for funeral costs.
Texas physicians faced a strenuous day as two conventions and a patriotic mass meeting crowded Monday before the State Medical Association opens Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen was the keynote speaker at the patriotic gathering at Travis Park Methodist Church.
The council of defense and Gov W P Hobby will feature doctors as special speakers. Dr Martin will address Tuesday morning instead of Wednesday. Noted surgeons from Houston Dallas Washington and Ohio attend the railway surgeons meeting. A military board will open an office in the Bedell building for doctors seeking Army Medical Corps commissions with details at the St Anthony Hotel lobby.
Special War Department directive appoints Captains Morter Langley Baynton and Lieutenants Crow Lane Pfannkucke Johnson to Tulane University New Orleans to aid administration and instruction of drafted men. About four hundred will go to Tulane and similar to Austin under study for mechanical and aviation subjects. A Signal Reserve Corps exam board at department HQ will commission officers, led by Maj. Hineman Jr. and Maj. Creitling. May.
Mrs Hazen Chubbuck of Porterville Pa reports long side pains and weakness eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation backache headaches and nervousness to seek relief from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass based on the company’s long experience.
A San Antonio woman writes praising the Home Folks column in The Light and says she offers hospitality to soldiers. She also encloses a letter from a Hood River boy injured at Kelly Field and mentions other lonely servicemen in France California England Salonica and Australia. Civilians seek missing people Charles Moran Wes ton West Virginia and John and James Poley joined the colors. The Home Folks editor invites all soldiers and natives of other states to write and have towns named for potential contact.
A long list of place names in many states including Massachusetts California Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin and multiple counties and regions. The text appears as a fragmented inventory of municipalities and locales without cohesive narrative or event context.
In Houston on May 1 17 000 manufacturers in timing sugar and whooes are required to use sugar only as issued under a ration system and must apply beginning May 13 through their county administrators for the application blanks. Blanks were sent to all administrators Saturday.
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