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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1912
Page
3
Perspi-No powder keeps arm pits dry and natural for use indoors and at social events. Sold at druggists for 25c a box or by Perspo Co Chicago with local San Antonio availability through Bexar Drug Co W C Burns & Co and A M Fischer.
Reports from Melville indicate water over store floors with most residences likely to remain dry only on upper levels. Floods from Atchafalaya crevasses drive traffic concerns on the Texas and Pacific line while engineers plan to tie the Alto break. Jules Freytel, 35, drowned near Morgan City as U S engineers prepare to close the crevasse.
The eighth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America in Dallas emphasized absolute truthfulness in advertising. Delegates from Baltimore to Toronto showcased campaigns and debates, including receptions for President George W. Coleman and shows highlighting regional resources and advertising opportunities.
Clarence V T Richeson was executed by electric chair at 12 17 a m after a 12 10 current start He faced the chamber calm saying I am willing to die for Jesus sake and spoke of faith as witnesses watched The brother Douglas will claim the body for burial likely at Amherst Virginia after an autopsy and possible disposition to a medical college denied brain donation by officials
Health talks urge daily bowel movement and stomach care. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is praised as mild and effective, with testimonials from Texas readers. Free sample offer for trial by sending name and address to Dr W B Caldwell.
Demonstrations at Fischer's Drug Store in Gibbs Building show Plant Juice delivering rapid relief for indigestion liver and kidney ills claims of vitality and restored energy cited by the demonstrator and backed by Cincinnati laboratories. Call today to investigate the tonic’s effects in San Antonio.
At the Northern Presbyterian general assembly in Louisville Kentucky resolutions urge lay commissioners to mentor potential ministers after noting about two thousand churches lack pastors. Leaders say aging clergy and scarce elders hinder new candidates while discussing a proposed intermediate catechism and other technical reforms.
Capt. Co. W. Shreve aged 79 dies at White Cloud Kansas. He was grandson of Col. Israel Shreve a close friend and favorite colonel of George Washington. A Nebraska pioneer, he helped organize the Republican party in Nebraska in 1859 after meeting at General Samara's Omaha home.
In Halletsville Texas the Irish potato crop is very light while corn and cotton are good. Rain is needed soon to improve conditions.
An ad extols Eckman’s Alterative as effective for tuberculosis and other lung diseases. It cites a theretofore hopeless case from 1904 to 1905 and asserts the remedy, with fresh air and good food, arrests the disease and aids recovery. Sold by Fischer’s drug store.
Will Hunt was waylaid and shot to death at the Temple depot last night. He had married a 16 year old girl named Chambers on Saturday. He is divorced from his wife in Lometa, his home.
A 25 cent bottle of Danderine claims to cleanse the scalp remove dandruff stop hair loss and promote new hair growth within days. The ad asserts easy inexpensive use with dramatic gloss and fullness and urges buying at drug stores.
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