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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
3
The advertisement claims good blood means good health and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as an unmatched blood purifier. It emphasizes a formula with more than 20 ingredients, warns against inferior substitutes, and notes the product is sold in liquid or patent medicine tablets.
Vintage market list of vegetables fruits fish and poultry with prices per unit or weight. Items include tomatoes peppers garlic watercress onions okra cucumbers beans squash potatoes berries strawberries apples oranges peaches coconuts dates and fish such as pompano Spanish mackerel red snapper shrimp and mixed fish. Also listed are eggs butter honey and turkey with varying price quotes.
An Italian neighborhood is rattled by a reported Black Hand threat after a suspect, Giuseppe (Cahburo) Cahburo, was found guilty of first degree murder in a vengeful feud. Police searched the area and escorted a resident home as authorities investigated potential further threats from the Black Hand.
A large cotton seed oil plant in Memphis, noted as the South's largest, burned severely, threatening nearby operations. Firefighters saved the bailing section and evacuated workers as about $200,000 in losses were anticipated. Investigators focus on cause amid lingering damage at West Gardendale.
Special Diapaten Mauston May 1a 7 Resphen Diitte euunEetOL with EM Towsten Belt and Terminal companies died last night after morphing taken. It was bald his sividul intern Atephonaayy 3 wife le nhw residing at Talks. Myex Wael roOMAYLY Refaraledd.
Mrs ALS Ege hosts Thursday Bridge, Milam School Mother's Club invites to Friday meeting with songs by pupils. Daughters of the Confederacy hear Kentucky program at Mrs J D Guinn's, St Marks Guild to hold ice cream social. Mrs Silliman hosts reception for brides, listed guests and gowns. birthday party honors Harold Youg with seven pink candles and games. Bishop Jalisston branch Woman's Auxiliary meets tomorrow at 4 pm. Miss Fearless comedy at Casino thrills audience. Various society events unfold across San Antonio area social scene.
A 19th century note credits Lydia F. B Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts with discovering a vegetable compound from roots and herbs. The remedy is praised as a universally effective cure for women’s ailments and argued to surpass other medicines of the era.
The railroad commission examined a plan to set three cent fares and seating changes, with commissioners discussing a first vote on a proposition by Commissioner Sort that failed to gain a second. After explanations by Tee and Weld, Moe Booth moved to reverse the vote, while petitions from several parties influenced the proceedings.
Roosevelt pursued a large game after a major match. Theodore Roosevelt hunted with George McMillan’s horses. A female whine linond was shot after six rounds. The head and skull weighed heavy, marking a notable hunt near the coast in a remote area.
A long, fragmented 1920s style advice page urges readers to write in for personal guidance. It mixes messages on self image, youth, fashion, mood, and relationships with practical notes on mole removal and home economics, punctuated by quips about romance and social norms.
An advertisement extols VELVO Liver Syrup as a pleasant tasting remedy for indigestion headache constipation and liver troubles claiming no minerals and no bad after effects. Testimonial letters from Mrs Lola Durham Cairo Missouri praise its family use with children noting easy dosing and cough cold and indigestion relief. A large bottle costs 50 cents and a free trial bottle can be requested by sending a two cent stamp to The Chattanooga Medicine Co. Chattanooga Tenn.
Prenn New York May 49 Miss Minima Totter a mission ary for the Floruine Geilendan circle at Asbury Park related today her remarkable experience as prisoner of three men who abducted her from Asbury Park, assaulted her, and held her for three days before she escaped last night. Police investigated and located the scene near West Gardendale where she led officers.
An ordinance extends pound limits to the city, prohibits running livestock and certain animals within the area, and prescribes fines from one to twenty dollars on conviction. It repeals conflicting ordinances. Passed April 1, 1909, by Mayor Bryan Callaghan.
Stephen Barna of New York suffered a back fracture on April 1 with multiple vertebrae shattered in a fall. He underwent surgery at White Pinina hospital and remained paralyzed below the waist, but his condition improved remarkably after the operation, described as a rare recovery from a broken back.
Walter Tenney schemes to wed Miss Julia Bancroft by courtship of a noble count. Bancroft plots to ship her to Europe for a profitable alliance, while Tenney quietly navigates consent, resistance, and romance in a melodramatic tale of class, manipulation, and love.
A report on whooping cough notes it as more dangerous than commonly thought with higher death and pneumonia risks. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is cited as successful in epidemics, with a testimonial from Hartinu Town praising its effectiveness after a child aged months recovered following a single bottle. The notice lists druggists as sellers.
A recipe describes halibut fillets rolled and skewered, baked with a butter sauce, served with a dates and bread layer, and finished with a spiced cream sauce. Includes steps for buttered toast, a date bread layer, and a sweet brown sugar and cinnamon glaze.
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