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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1899
Page
12
A fragmented ad promotes a five percent discount on a purported beauty product. It touts health as the path to good looks, claims benefits for the stomach kidneys and skin, and advertises a tonic named Blocttie Winters sold by P Teateyer & Son's dog store at 50 cents per bottle.
Mrs Calla Osgood Peterson of Cyl arady is appointed deputy state superintendent of public instruction in Colorado. A Democrat in a Republican state, she has a long record in education, teaching in Denver and Denver normal schools, with roles in summer institutes and U S history, and will speak for Colorado at the Federated Clubs biennial convention.
A London cabmeter proposal aims to record distances and fares, guiding both drivers and passengers. It promises fairness by reducing disputes over underpayment while boosting cabmen’s business as trust in meter readings grows.
A historical profile chronicles David Ueemner Venderson Henderson born March 14, 1840 at Old Deer, Beotlind, Iowa. Raised near Dubuque, he studied law in Dubuque, served in the Union Army, and held roles from enrollment commissioner to United States district attorney. He later led the Henderson Wid, Daniels & Kiesel firm and was elected to Congress in 1883, becoming a Republican leader and judiciary committee chair respected for parliamentary expertise.
Lawrence Townsend, youngest son of Philadelphia lawyer Henry Townsend, was born August 15 1860. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania he traveled abroad and ran a ranch in Mesa County Colorado. Appointed by President McKinley in 1897 Townsend served as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Portugal before transfer to Brussels with a salary increase. He married Miss Hanns in Nice France after leaving college.
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