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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
5
The city will cover all funeral costs for 37 victims and care for the injured from the pier disaster. A special tax levy will raise a fund for these expenses, with the city attorney instructed by the council to prepare the necessary measures.
An ordinance calls for an election on a proposed tax. The citizens’ relief committee will present the council Thursday night with an estimate of the needed amount, expected to reach about $307000.
Philander C. Knox former secretary of state and his wife narrowly escaped injury when their automobile left the road near Atlantic City New Jersey last night. The car struck a rut and crashed into a ditch. Mrs Knox was thrown from the machine but suffered only bruises and scratches. Knox remained in the wrecked vehicle.
A Catholic ceremony in San Antonio marks the re dedication of La Purissima Concepcion mission and the corner stone laying for a new orphan asylum. Bishop Shaw, local clergy, and visiting bishops praise two centuries of Franciscans and the Sisters of the Incarnate Word while honoring Mary Immaculate Conception doctrine and the orphanage tragedy of 1912.
An old-fashioned health notice touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for constipation and indigestion. It claims benefits beyond pills and purgatives, citing a North Carolina example and promising guaranteed results or money back. Free samples are offered by mail from Monticello Minnesota? to Dr W B Caldwell.
A large crowd filled Thaven Hall for a high mass honoring the bishop. Attendees included Archbishop Blenk Bishop Shaw Governor Colquitt and several notable clergy from Natchez Mobile and New Orleans among others.
Early summer rush of skin woes calls for quick action. The S S S blood purifier is praised for penetrating the blood to cleanse and nourish skin tissue, curing pimples eczema lupus and other conditions. Claimed to be plant based and free of minerals or laxatives, produced by The Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
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