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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1916
Page
2
The Rev. Dr. James David Moffatt president emeritus of Washington and Jefferson College died in Washington at age 70 from paralysis. Weather dispatch notes 6:15 PM gusts rattled windows and toppled china in several homes.
A fragment lists CITY NATIONAL BANK ALAMO NATIONAL BANK D. SULLIVAN & CO SAN ANTONIO NATIONAL BANK as entities in a local banking directory. The item notes multiple banks operating in San Antonio without further context or actions.
An active effort by San Antonio Post D of the Travelers' Protective Association, aided by state and national leaders, aims to boost Texas membership. The drive began Friday with 25 new members, part of a statewide push that has raised total TP A members to 3906, about 1000 more than last year. A banquet at the Gunter Hotel will honor spring contest winners, with a directors and officers meeting slated for Saturday.
Washington reports federal health specialists study child labor laws with Massachusetts as a focus. Dr. Victor Safford of the Public Health Service surveys 600 boys ages fourteen to sixteen in cotton mills to assess health and growth impacts. Undersized boys appear common, explained by mills drawing strong youths to later full time work, though the occupation is not deemed sole cause.
Mothers praise Foley's Honey and Tar for treating whooping cough and colds. Mrs. Sam C. Small of Clayton New Mexico says it saved her grandson's life and he is now healthy. The remedy is described as aiding first doses to loosen phlegm heal inflammation and clear air passages. A. M. Fischer.
Dr. Safford urges further study on how work environments affect normal boys noting potential injurious atmospheric effects. The report finds few dangerous diseases due to employment certificates but reveals many defective conditions that could impair health and future productivity of boys and girls.
Bernard Shaw’s health care idea inspires federal study of child protection. The U S Public Health Service seeks more funding to teach rural communities about disease prevention, citing sanitation as key and noting typhoid reductions in southern counties. Secretary Newton plans Congress requests to expand model communities nationwide.
London reports reflect widespread panic over wartime censorship with letters to neutrals lost or redirected and baby snapshots banned. Observers note mail delays, post offices accepting registrations without sender names, and clerks masking names, signaling a climate where thinking slows in the British system.
London authorities in Deptford test luminous paint on unlit lamp posts to reduce collisions during Zeppelin danger. The experiment aims to keep pedestrians safer at night while street lamps remain unlit.
Washington reports that the United States is moving toward establishing a Pacific naval base at Fonseca Bay on Central America’s Pacific coast under the Nicaraguan canal treaty. Rear Admiral Caperton has made a favorable preliminary survey and a Congress funding path may be sought at the December session.
Washington November 4. War depletes world stocks of machinery and will open markets to American manufacturers at the close of hostilities. Government experts are of the belief that opportunities for sale and export will be virtually unlimited.
A 1916 San Antonio circular by J R Davis contrasts a mock lunacy trial with the author asserting forced hospitalization at Moody’s sanitarium. The speaker claims seven doctors found no lunacy and vows to reveal who pressured actions, disputing charges in Judge Davis’s notices.
From Cape Town a South African letter reveals brutal Somme fighting. Private Gordon Smith recounts Dick’s near misses as shells explode, bullets strike gear, and a helmet is damaged while he escapes with multiple wounds and a hospital visit.
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