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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1913
Page
9
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for stuffed head and runny nose. It claims two hourly doses to three doses total will relieve headache feverishness and throat soreness and costs 25 cents at any drug store.
Manhattans F B Specials advertise shirts with pleated and semi stiff bosoms in all sizes and sleeve lengths. Prices range from $1.00 to $3.50. The ad highlights a selection of patterns for the contemporary wearer.
A local glove sale offers dressed and undressed kid and auto gloves from $1.00 to $5.00 with silk lined options. Marketed as the world’s best glovers, with items from Dent’s Fownes and Ireland Bros.
At 25c silk lisle hose and from 50c to 2 50 pure silk hose in latest shades are offered. The display features Notaseme Phoenix and Wilson Bros hose, described as serviceable in current tones.
In New York George H McGuire of Syracuse denied on the witness stand that he supplied John A Hennessy with a list of contractors “sand bagged” for campaign contributions to Tammany Hall Hennessy testified last week McGuire and his brother James K McGuire run McGuire & Company in bonding and insurance Hennessy said he met McGuire in Utica on September 12 and produced a list of firms he said McGuire named as contributors
Washington experienced estimates show the bulk of the remaining 37 million dollars of Panama Canal funding will finance Pacific and Atlantic terminals. The total project cost is planned at 375 million dollars with items including dry docks and concrete coal pockets designed to protect coal from disintegration. The House Appropriations Committee will hold hearings to include these items in the civil appropriation bill early next year.
The Hillsboro depot case returned to the State Supreme Court as the attorney general filed an application for a writ of error. Railroad attorneys may file a similar application to ensure both sides are represented. Complaints have been voiced by the state and railroad companies.
An advertisement extols 8S. S. 8 as a blood purifier with medicinal components to restore healthy blood. It claims to treat rheumatism catarrh skin eruptions and other blood disorders while boosting energy. Sold by drug stores and The Swift Specific Co Atlanta has a medical department for consultation.
At San Quentin on lock up night only six striped suits remain for solitary confinement inmates. Nearly 2,000 prisoners in gray cadet outfits gather around a bonfire to burn the striped uniforms as the prison marks new class distinctions with a black band on caps and a black crescent on sleeves while the prison band plays.
Austin Nov 7 The attorney general department reports 54546 69 dollars in delinquent interest collected for the available state school fund from accrued interest on bonds. Unpaid delinquent interest now totals 7758 dollars.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for torpid liver and constipated bowels. It promises a morning straighten out, a clean stomach, clear head, and lasting good feeling, urged for both adults and children.
Herbert B S Gernert of New York told the International Purity Congress in Minneapolis that public morality requires state action. He argued the federal government is limited, while state police powers are unlimited and local outlays small, urging a morals commission in each state to address the issue.
Screed extols Eckman’s Alterative as effective for bronchitis bronchial asthma and severe throat and lung affections based on years of tests and an affidavit from JOS GRIMMER praising his mother-in-law’s recovery after taking the remedy. It notes the product contains no narcotics poisons or habit forming drugs and is sold by leading druggists.
Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells of the Los Angeles police department says the police woman addresses modern needs and will be in every city as preventative work gains value. Tuberculosis Week plans push December 7 as a nationwide day with endorsements to President Wilson, governors, and mayors as Dr. George Fisher refines the program.
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