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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1911
Page
3
Five cents spent for a package of Uneeda Biscuit is an investment in nourishment and health. The copy argues the biscuit is too good and nourishing to be bought only as a frugal choice.
Weather forecasts from San Antonio New Orleans and Washington show no rain tomorrow though conflicting signals persist. San Antonio received 1.22 inches from rainfall overnight with another inch in the last 24 hours. Houston reported 1.50 inches and Galveston 1.40 in prior totals.
Howard County Texas bonds totaling 100000 dollars issued for good roads were sold today to an eastern company. The sale closes the county financing for the project and marks a key step in improving local infrastructure.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as the remedy for teething pain and colic in babies. It claims safety and effectiveness with a price of twenty five cents per bottle and emphasizes universal use by mothers for over sixty million children.
The Texas Supreme Court heard a motion for rehearing in Fulmore versus Lane with Attorney General Lightfoot as amicus curiae and invited all parties including the governor’s counsel and Comptroller Lane to argue next Monday at 9 o clock. The court also noted pending rehearing in the Galveston differential case and reported criminal appeals affirming sixteen sentences including two death penalties with several other rulings.
The Dent Austin dispatch lists numerous court actions from the Court of Criminal Appeals and Fourth Court of Civil Appeals. It records affirmed and reversed cases, discharged relators, rehearing denials, and submission dates with listed appellants from cities including Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Galveston, Harris, and Bexar, as well as other counties. It notes submission for the Gallagher Church case on December 18 and December 13 submission dates for city treasurer election matters.
A Texas Supreme Court roundup lists cases reversed or refused and sets future dates, followed by an unrelated testimonial about Grape-Nuts and Postum improving blood, complexion, and weight. The item blends legal notices with an advertising letter claiming health benefits.
A reader endorses a dandruff remedy claiming it cleanses the scalp and promotes hair growth. The letter mentions the Am nee Giroux Mfg. Co and a drug company offering the product at 60 cents, with continued use as long as satisfaction persists.
Eleven proprietresses of disorderly houses in the reservation district were arrested on grand jury warrants for violating the liquor sale ban. Bonds were posted by Eva Evans Emma Wiley Bonnie Lavine Belle St. Clair Dolly Granger Frankie Ray Marguerite Clifford Jessie Schmidt Clara Russell Grace Tripp and Lil Han Revere. Mrs. M. W. Schubert running a disorderly house at 450 Main Avenue also arrested on an indictment.
Emil Hoffman married Lizzie Lamascos at the bride’s parents house in Flatonia Texas. The couple plans to farm life on a farm north of town beginning their new life together.
Sunday rains drive storekeepers in New York to call Monday change day to supply large change for Saturday night labor payouts. They must provide vast coinage to cover big bills not spent on Sunday.
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