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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1914
Page
2
Mrs. Evans of Polytechnic Heights Fort Worth endorses Vitalitas as a safe tonic and blood purifier for children noting improved sores after use. The ad claims Vitalitas cleanses purifies and vitalizes and urges investigation at Wagner's Drug Store with sales by all druggists.
Francis Kossuth eldest son of Louis Kossuth, longtime Hungarian patriot and former minister of commerce, dies in Budapest aged 73 after months of illness. He married Countess Benyorsky on his sick bed in January and led Hungary’s political efforts after his father’s death in 1894. Born November 16, 1841, he was educated in London and Italy and returned his father’s body to Hungary for burial amid grand honors.
In New York on May 25 Charles F. Becker handles routine tasks for his appeal after a guilty verdict in the Werman Rosenthal murder case. He aims to have the groundwork ready for a third trial by next October, with Justice Samuel Seabury to hear sentencing before Friday and District Attorney Whitman considering perjury charges tied to witness testimony. Freas plans a Civil War memorial after noting 500 soldiers buried nearby and lifting a monument to twelve feet high, weighing four and a half tons, costing $5000.
Melville H. Freas, a Civil War veteran, will unveil on Memorial Day a granite monument he erected in his own honor at Philadelphia. The monument features a life sized Freas statue in Union uniform and includes a reproduction service gun.
Austin Texas May 25 The higher courts will adjourn within three weeks for the present term. The Court of Criminal Appeals is up with its work while the Supreme Court has many important cases pending to be carried over to the next term opening in October. No more submissions will be made this term but pending cases will be acted on.
An old advertisement text frames a Children Org campaign using a Castoria line, noting value and comparing it to giving away gold dollars. The snippet reads like a product ad with a blunt evaluative aside.
Rome May 25. Pope Pius announces the creation of nineteen new cardinals in a Vatican consistory. Among the names are Monsignor Louis Nazaire Begin archbishop of Quebec and Monsignor Domenico Serafini, tooward the Holy Office. The ceremony featured formal allocution and a display of ceremonial splendor.
Mrs. H. P. Stovall of 4005 Guadalupe Street Austin extols Plant Juice claiming it cured her long standing indigestion constipation and torpid liver after thirty years of suffering and says it makes her feel years younger. She calls it the greatest corrective curative and tonic for stomach kidneys liver and blood and notes it is sold at Fischer's Drug Store.
Chamberlain roles assigned as Chamberlain directs church affairs during the conclave. Caroling Dioimede Falconio, once apostolic delegate in the United States, also elevated to chamberlain. The pope’s allocation is urged to restore religion and church influence for political and social peace.
A brief fragment notes regret or critique about a loss of valuable money or resources, implying squandered wealth in a public or social context. The line suggests disappointment at potential waste of gold dollars.
A morning blaze in Atlanta's National Stock Yards killed seventy five head of horses, mules and cattle and caused about 150000 dollars in damage to nearly a block of buildings. The fire's origin remains unknown.
In Berlin on May 26 an invention mocks a Prussian court injunction barring Felix Weingartner within thirty miles of Berlin. A moving picture directs an orchestra with Weingartner's likeness, enabling audiences to see and study his conducting without his presence.
Port of San Antonio Texas May 16 1914 notice of public auction at the Custom House on June 2 1914 at 10 oclock a m for one barrel containing 23 1 2 gallons of mescal seized at Marfa Texas for violation of U S custom laws Deputy Collector H C S Smith Adv
Dublin report notes Michael J. Jordan secretary of the Union Irish League of America urges against emigration to the United States. He argues benefits are illusory and that young Irish men face tougher competition against locally trained peers.
In Marlin Texas on May 25 a body of an unknown man about 60, found in Oil Mill lake within city limits, was identified through papers as Walter Jones and Williams Son of Maple Avenue. A coroner's jury ruled accidental drowning after the man had been missing for weeks and could not be identified.
United States sulfur output reached a record 311,590 long tons in 1913 valued at 5,479,849 dollars, up 8,188 tons and 223,427 dollars from 1912. Louisiana Texas and Wyoming led production as the U S nears Sicily in global rankings. Sulfuric acid production totaled 3,538,890 short tons worth 22,366,482 dollars, up 662,980 tons from 1912.
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