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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1911
Page
5
The ad touts Vito Nuevo Concentrated Mineral Water Treatment claimed to cure chronic rheumatism and other diseases. It shows a San Antonio patient who reportedly walked 20 to 30 blocks daily after treatment, urges readers to seek the remedy at 115 Ave. C, and promises a permanent cure without narcotics.
Annual report from Dr. F. S. White, superintendent of the Southwestern Insane Asylum at San Antonio, shows housewives and housekeepers comprise the largest group of the 947 patients admitted in the year ending Aug 31, 1921. Of admitted cases, 89 were housewives, 83 housekeepers, with 685 male and 494 female patients remaining at year end. total admissions and conditions are outlined, including policy on admissions and projected farm expansion to meet demand.
Mr. Kelly Burris and his wife celebrate a recovery from illness evidenced by his return to health. He now runs a dyeing and cleaning business at 223 South Alamo Street and invites people to seek personal confirmation of his improvement.
Kelly Burrin, resident of San Antonio for six years, testifies that six months of Vita Nueva Concentrated Mineral Water Treatment improved her rheumatic condition. She describes prior pain, wheelchair use, and recent ability to walk long blocks, with deposits and stiffness reduced. Burrin invites inquiries at her business, 2255 Alamo St.
Mr Lowery McCoy of 222 Furnish Ave San Antonio lay in bed seven weeks with rheumatism. Morphine eased his pain then he sat up for a Kodak photo and, eight days later, stood on crutches at our offices. In 45 days he discarded crutches and photographed carnival floats. Last heard from him in Tennessee weight 160 pounds.
Interview recounts a 1860s or 1870s era hanging on the priest’s plaza near a city hall site. The speaker recalls a Mexican captain and a soldier, a pistol and a gun, a market, and the era when no city hall stood. The Old Timer laments changes and long-ago events in a local memory stitched with place names.
An article recalls the ex Empress of Mexico with vivid details from her life at the Perneuben palace. It describes her age, mood, aversion to royal display, and her routines including piano playing, card games, and solitary meals. It notes her dignity, rare references to the royal we, and a mirror episode surrounding a dramatic moment in her past.
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