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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
10
The director general of the United States Employment Service urges 50 000 ex-miners who left the industry in the past year to return to mining. He aims to restore coal and metal mine forces to required levels as bituminous production remains below needs despite strong efforts.
The Fuel Administration and Department of Labor press a drive to reassign experienced miners to mining as winter coal needs grow for trans Atlantic shipping and war industries. Many veterans are back, but thousands remain in nonessential work or farming, risking reduced output.
A Massachusetts man patents a machine that delivers water at intervals and scatters measured feed into a trough to aid poultry farmers. The device aims to automate feeding and watering schedules for hens.
A Ft Smith Arkansas woman writes of long head pain and weakness, credits Cardus as a healing tonic. She reports improvement after using two, three, then four bottles, urged for troubled women to restore natural conditions and strength.
City health officer Dr. W A King says quarantine remains in force in San Antonio due to influenza and pneumonia cases. The joint health meeting was postponed to Tuesday to decide on possible lifting if conditions improve. 14 new influenza cases and three pneumonia cases were reported, with 21 deaths on Wednesday.
Post Office Department official George J. Armistead told Ned Gross officials that all overseas Christmas parcels must be inspected by a postal representative. The Red Cross prepares and inspects packages if sealed with government approval, but Armistead says the postal service bears criminal responsibility for contents and will station an inspector at Red Cross HQ during the rush before November 20.
George HB Stock heads a call to athletic officers, Raycroft commission members, and YMCA directors in San Antonio camps to attend a Gunter Hotel meeting next Monday to discuss organizing a union field meet tied to the United War Work Campaign. Dr. Ed Bisher of New York urges the event as suitable for wartime athletic effort.
Dr M C G Cheek of Hawkinsville Georgia says he spent over three thousand dollars seeking relief from stomach trouble with no success. After four bottles of Tanlac begun January first he gained twenty five pounds and now weighs 132 pounds. he endorses Tanlac sold at Wagner's Drug Store and Meins Pharmacy in San Antonio under a special representative.
From Crimea, grand dukes and other Romanov detainees recount their perilous months under Bolshevik threat and praise German protection. They note arrests and torturous plans by Bolsheviks, German advance ending fear, and limited contact with others, including Marie Feodorovna and Grand Duke Mikhail.
The notice lists visitors including BoM Brewer of Boston stopping at the Menger and A D Coleman of Des Moines registered at the Gunter, with guests such as Mrs M A Wallace and Mrs At M Savage of Austin at the Lanier, and others like Horace Rendolph of Fort Worth at the St Anthony.
Rich black velvet hats in small close fitting shapes with wings and feathers are offered at 8.95, half of their usual price, with veils priced at 0.95, available on the third floor.
The act extends federal compensation benefits to about 10,000 civilian employees in Washington and beyond. It covers medical surgical hospital services and transportation for injuries while on duty. Burial expenses and money benefits to relatives are provided. most workers affected are women.
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