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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
12
The irrigation committee of the food and feed campaign commission met at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss securing irrigation for land cultivated by school children and Boy Scouts. They favored the spile system where feasible, otherwise open ditches. Costs may limit spile use.
Day classes offered by the YWCA Stenography School with instruction at one dollar per week. Registration closes June 1. For details call Crockett 1442.
Sixteen damage suits totaling 45050 are filed against the San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway by Highland Park property owners. Claims cover $29550 in actual damages and $15000 for future injury from trains and construction through Highland Park.
Unsolicited testimonials claim Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has restored health and happiness to women burdened by pain and illness. Writers report relief from displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities nervousness weakness stomach troubles and blues.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a reliable antiseptic liquid to clear pimples blotches and skin eruptions. It claims rapid relief from itching and blemishes with safe, non staining formula available from druggists at 25 cents or one dollar for an extra large bottle. The B. W. Rose Co. Cleveland.
The Fort Worth market is paying strong prices for cattle as Texas steers move heavily to the city. E B Spiller, secretary of the Texas Cattlemen's Association, reports good state conditions with rains and grass growth adding weight to beeves. Spiller and his wife are in Fort Worth. both have brothers in the Officers Reserve Corps at Camp Funston.
Ten or twelve shippers from Southwest Texas testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission accusing the new tariff of discriminating against Texas interests. Eikel of New Braunfels led most of the morning session, detailing rates on rock and cement shipped to and from Texas. The commission plans to conclude the hearing in San Antonio with no sessions in other Texas cities this time. A similar probe was held in Houston two years ago with witnesses from South Texas.
Four board members were re-elected and three new directors chosen for the Travis Club for the coming year. Re-elected were Harry L. Miller R. T. Pruitt Ed Rand and J. H. Savage. New directors are W. S. Hendrick John W. Warren and A. B. Weakley.
A British navy recruitment rally at Loew's Theater drew a dramatic interruption from an English girl in the gallery who urged men to enlist after mourning four brothers killed at the front. Organizer C A B Brown calmed the crowd as a boy named Albert Harrowsmith, seven, requested to join but was told to wait.
Kerrville Lt Mason and Galveston Dr Carroll stay at St Anthony. Chicago figures Gerhardt and Hitchcock at Gunter and St Anthony. Palmerton Pettit, Corpus Christi Mayor Roy Miller, Wharton Kelley, Chicago Vogel, Dallas Stoneham, Pearsall Winters, Houston Waggle and Harris couples reside across Gunter Lanier Menger St Anthony. New York Johnson among arrivals.
A landlady proud of her visitor book recalls guests' praise while puzzled by an American gentleman who wrote only the line Quoth the raven. The remark amuses those who read it in Tit-Bits.
The ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels, relieve constipation, and improve mood and health with a pleasant taste. It warns to avoid counterfeit syrups and to buy a 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
United States Weather Bureau Houston reports beneficial showers and ample sunshine boosted growth of corn wheat oats rice cane potatoes peanuts truck crops and feed crops in Texas. Cotton advanced slowly with cool early week conditions and western counties needing moisture. Planting of cattle and feed crops continued in western sections.
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