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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
7
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a first laxative for sick children. It promises quick relief, notes the product aids stomach liver and bowels, and advises asking a druggist for a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages.
Texas State Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Association meets in Fort Worth. A campaign may push for a mother’s compensation act modeled on Colorado law. Theodore Y. Hull will speak on Mothers' Compensation Laws, highlighting securing family unity and home care.
Lavaca County district court adjourned for the fall term. Judge Kennon and District Attorney Holt returned to Columbus for a few days rest before opening court at Seguin on November 17. Court expenses to Lavaca for juries and grand jury totaled 1350 dollars while state expenses for witnesses and sheriff fees were about 3000 dollars. Lavaca will bill Cameron County for 430 dollars in trial expenses of Paul MacAllister, charged with murder, tried here on a venue change.
A plan to open Florida Street from Labor to South Presa with a new triangular park formed by the street drew strong backing at a meeting of property owners at Alderman William F. Hoefgen's Carolina Street home. A committee will negotiate with property owners and report next Monday night. Foley Kidney Pills advertised as best for kidney and bladder ailments.
Daniel Donahoe was found guilty of conspiring to defame Clarence Funk and fined 2000 dollars in Chicago. Detective Isaac Stiefel was acquitted. The case followed a suit by Mrs. John C. Henning, who had alleged Funk alienated her affections. Henning disappeared but was later arrested in Minneapolis.
Citrus growers of Texas gathered in Houston for the annual session with good attendance. The meeting reviewed current conditions and expressed optimism for the present and future outlook. Officer elections were scheduled for late in the afternoon.
Readers share testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments. Mrs Brenner of Hudson Michigan recounts knife like pains and organic inflammation that vanished after two bottles. Mrs Bowers of Girard Pa and Mrs Gentilcore Buffalo NY report regained health and daily ability using the remedy.
The article extols Miss Emily Stevens in Today as a case of beauty formed by health, habit, and life work. It argues that worry dulls beauty and that true allure comes from inner confidence, interest in work, and a calm mind.
A Thomasville Alabama resident describes a long battle with an itching burning eruption on hands and feet. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete cure after daily washing and night treatment, urging others to try the products and noting free samples via Cuticura Boston address.
The San Antonio chamber of commerce and city leaders draft a letter inviting the Texas Cattle Raisers Association to hold its 1915 convention in San Antonio. The plan starts a campaign to land the meeting through next March, with Fort Worth slated for 1914 and another site for 1915. The convention draws 2000 to 3000 cattlemen, with signatures from chamber presidents and Mayor Brown.
The advertisement proclaims Sovereign as the finest Virginia-North Carolina tobacco blend. It stresses selection by Southern leaf experts and aging up to three years for mellowness, balanced burn, and strong fragrance. It highlights modern machinery and a new factory in the Old Belt district as indicators of superior quality.
Representatives of the State Teachers Association will present the city’s claims at the upcoming Dallas convention from November 27 to 29. The movement has backing from local educators and school teachers.
A hog special train will run from western Oklahoma to Fort Worth next week, carried by the Wichita Falls and Northwestern and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. General Freight Agent Carver of the Wichita Falls road announced the plan to bring prize hog workers to the Fort Worth stock show.
Mississippi Attorney General Ross Collins files an anti trust suit charging that American Cotton Oil Company is largely owned by Standard Oil and controls about 90 percent of the state cotton oil business. The petition seeks forfeiture of domestic charters and ouster of foreign corporations, alleging a conspiracy among 103 defendants to fix canola seed price at twenty dollars a ton and to control the cotton ginning trade.
In the state a Coliman plumber is accused of forming a scheme with partners to become dealers in bagging and ties to control the cotton business in all its branches. The notice mentions two phones and an amount of 87 dollars as part of the adv notice.
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