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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1918
Page
8
An employee of the San Antonio Fire Department filed with Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright a request for higher pay for all department members and a change from the seven day off duty to a different schedule, citing high living costs and higher wages in other cities.
An old home cough formula uses 21 2 ounces of Pinex mixed with sugar syrup or molasses to create a pint of cough remedy. It promises quick relief by loosening phlegm, relieving throat tickle, and soothing irritated throat membranes. The Pinex extract is promoted as a concentrated Norway pine product.
A petition from the city firemen’s union asks an average monthly pay increase of 22 dollars for 150 men and a policy of every fourth day off. Commissioner Wright estimates annual city cost around 60 thousand dollars plus added payroll for the extra staff and clothing allowances. The petition cites wage trends in fifty cities and cites 1913 to 1918 price rises to justify the demand.
The article urges calm and exercise to avoid panic during the influenza period. It recommends fresh air and the three C s cleanliness of mouth skin and bowels, plus a liver regulator with May-apple aloc jalap root, and Pleas ant Purgative Pellets. It advises bed rest warm rooms hot lemonade and mustard foot bath for colds, Anuric Tablets for kidney pains, simple foods during illness, regular nourishment, and post illness tonics like Frantic tablets or Dr Dieree's Golden Medical Discovery.
Special Cable to The San Antonio Light and the Chicago Daily News reports on November 6, 1918, as the 129th Infantry of the 33rd Division, mainly Illinois National Guard troops, held and then crossed the Meuse near Dannevoux under heavy shellfire. The piece highlights frontline bravery, including Capt. Samuel W. Ritchie, Capt. Alvan Calhigee, Chaplains, a dental surgeon Guy A. Karr, and wagoners, with repeated calls for aid as 95 shells per hour fell and gas rained down.
Des Moines Iowa women who prepared cootie proof underwear for trench use were ordered to cease shipments after officials found the anti vermin clothing unsatisfactory. The garments were sewn locally and dipped in a cootie killing liquid at the state university.
Miousands recommend Dr Bell's Pine-tar-Honey as a cough and cold remedy. It is praised for quick relief from phlegm congestion and hoarseness, useful for lingering colds, coughs, and related ailments. Economical bottle prices and druggist availability noted.
Maj Carl Spatz pilot in the air service received a citation for extraordinary heroism during the St Mihiel offensive. He earlier helped excite San Antonio with aerobatic flights at Kelly Field and joined American forces in France, later commanding a flight and downing two enemy planes. He remained on duty near Verdun, was separated from his patrol, landed safely, and became an inspiration to fellow airmen.
In Anderson Indiana a two year old named Thomas Keller was pushed along the Dairy carriage sidewalk by gusts of wind into the path of a passing Big Moor passenger train. The child awoke dazed but uninjured as his mother left him briefly in a grocery store and the wind caused the incident.
In Jeffersonville Indiana eight women near Speed at the Portland cement plant of the Louis Vie Cement Company receive wages at eighty cents an hour. Company officials say their work is satisfactory and the wages compare with those of the men.
A. T. Paulson of New York City promotes a home made gray hair remedy. Use Orlex powder dissolved in water and combed through hair to turn gray to black brown or light brown. Box claims no silver lead zinc sulfur mercury or coal tar derivatives and promises non staining non greasy results, claiming a twenty year younger look.
Texas land plans draw strong interest as reports show far more land offered for government irrigation colonization than anticipated. Leaders like Clinton Kearney urge Texans to support the plan, emphasizing irrigation readiness and benefits for returning service members, with delegates preparing for the Southern Congress in Savannah and Governors weighing attendance.
Army personnel moves list Captain Rex T R Henry transferred from Nineteenth Infantry to Eighteenth Sanitary Trains. Captain Edward Re Yost moves from Eighteenth Sanitary Trains to Eighteenth Infantry First Lines. Frank Deeds of the ordnance department relieved of duty at Fort Sam Houston and ordered to Camp Manley Leon Springs. Captain Mirth Buobach designated by Sixth Depot Brigade. Lieutenant Gernard Brade assigned to the 110th Ordnance Depot Camp Travis. Lieutenant Tey W Quick relieved of further duty after prior attachment to a Yokth unit.
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