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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
13
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable cure for a sluggish liver and constipation, claiming it replaces dangerous calomel and offers quick relief without salivation. It guarantees results or a money refund and urges readers to buy at local druggists.
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings returns from San Antonio after talks with General Funston. Texas National Guard to form nine more units under Governor Ferguson's authority, boosting total strength to about 7500 men. Applications already opened.
Dyspeptics instinctively avoid danger but often rely on drugs and patent digests. Such remedies only offer temporary relief and leave the underlying excess stomach acid unchanged, risking increasing quantities. Physicians commonly advise taking an ounce of pure bisulfated magnesia after meals to neutralize acid and prevent fermentation, enabling better meals with less discomfort.
Former State Senator D. E. Decker of Quanah meets General Hutchings to discuss forming a new cavalry or infantry unit. The adjutant generals department prepares for organization while C. G. Hallmark remains superintendent and T. P. Walker seeks county school superintendent role.
Kenedy Texas May 26 at a Kenedy School Board meeting the following teachers were elected for the coming school year Miss Minnie Bosse English and foreign language and Misses Lois Tip-
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a river of quinine and iron for malaria prevention and general health. Brand emphasizes tasteless formula printed on label.
The Texas State Fire Insurance Commission hears an application by fire insurers seeking a 33 1 3 percent rate rise that could affect premiums nationwide. San Antonio merchants warn higher costs will push business out of state while proponents cite risk coverage. About seventy five representatives attend the session, with hearings likely to last days.
Officials returning from San Antonio say it is virtually certain a new bank will be organized to take over the assets and liabilities of the West Texas Bank & Trust Company. The governor has not named two special judges for the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals to preside over the appeal in the injunction against the commissioner of insurance and banking. If reorganization occurs, special judges may not be needed to replace Mour sund and Swearingen.
Corsicana Roller Mills of Corsicana with 10000 capital stock exempted by L. J. Halbert J. N. Garrity and H. A. Halbert. Riverside Telephone Company of Morris ranch Gillespie county with 3675 capital stock by August Rabke John P. Weber and William Jt. An amendment filed by Robert Dry Goods Brownwood changing its name to Roussel Robertson Company. Dissolution certificate filed by Farmers Bonded Warehouse Cuero. 60 cents Sutherland Springs and return every Sunday. 7:55 a m Southern Pacific.
Reports from Athens indicate heightened activity at Saloniki with British chief General Howell and allied officers recalled from leave. Bulgaria reportedly reinforced the front around May 13 as the Entente presses to use Greek railways for troop movement and may push a general offensive. Florina was occupied by French and British forces on May 23.
Fragmentary dispatches indicate Serbian forces moving toward the Salonin front while Paris and London offer no official statements on Balkan developments. The lack of confirmation leaves observers awaiting clearer signals from the Allies.
The Norwegian American Line will have all its America Norway steamships enter Kirkwall for mail inspection to head off British authority evasion. It bought an 1800 ton coal relief ship to supply Norway's vessels and reduce reliance on English bunkers. The Bergensfjord, sailing from New York May 18 to Bergen, reached Kirkwall with its mail detained by British authorities.
The attorney general's department approved several bond issues in Texas. Hidalgo county Road District No. 1 authorized $250000 in 5.5 percent bonds due in 40 years, serially redeemable. Rouse Independent School District approved $20000 in 5 percent bonds due in 40 years with a 10 year option. Camp County Common School District District No. 10 authorized $600 in 6 percent bonds.
Elimination trials for the sixth annual international sweepstakes race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be held Friday and Saturday. Thirty entrants must average 80 miles per hour for one lap of the 2 1/2 mile Brock course, or withdraw from the race. It is believed all cars will qualify.
A man with a crushed hip, once self supporting, needs a wheelchair. He is a patient cared for by Public Health Nurse Association nurses. Communicate offers to Mrs. E. Parsons at the city health department.
The ill man remains bedbound while his wife supports him and their two children. A chair would improve comfort and allow him to roll himself, reducing the many steps his wife must take to assist him.
Barn of Clem Reasoner burned in Kenedy Texas early today destroying about 200 bushels of corn and other feed. Contents valued at about 1000 dollars and partly insured.
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