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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1913
Page
13
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liquid for constipation and liver troubles. It claims quick relief, notes no habit formation, and offers a money back guarantee via A. M. Fischer's Drug Store with a 50 cent price.
A crowded page lists dances at Ellis Hall and Cotillion Hall with ads for Dr. Hicks dentists and others. It reports a false fire alarm on Montana street, a buggy collision at Alamo plaza and East Houston, a divorce suit by Elsie R. Stump, thefts from a camp yard on the Fredericksburg road, and a man jailed for vagrancy fined $200. Also noted are a jury case against Juan Serda for burglary, a clothes cleaning offer, and a Bexar Humane Society update plus a Baptist Young People's Union meeting at Calvary Church.
A 50 cent bottle of Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy promises to darken gray hair to its natural color. The product is described as easy to apply with a sponge or brush, leaving hair dark and glossy by morning and improving dandruff and itchy scalp.
Mrs. Potter's Walnut Tint Hair Stain offers a simple solution for gray or faded hair. It claims instant, permanent color that won't wash off, with a full year’s supply from a dollar bottle. Trial packages available by mail for two cents with care book.
The San Antonio City Baptist Young People's Union holds a meeting at 8 PM in Calvary Baptist Church with state field secretary Rev. James R. Magill delivering a talk on Palacios. A musical program led by chorister Rev. J B Holt is planned.
Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture delivered the principal address at the National Grange annual meeting in Manchester New Hampshire on November 14. The session highlighted policy and program updates of interest to Grange members across the country.
Al H. Wilson returns for a three night engagement at the Grand Opera House starting Saturday with a matinee. The event features his magnetic stage presence in a new production "A Rolling Stone" by Herbert Hall Winslow, under Louis B. Mayer Company management with Robert Milton directing.
At the Plaza this week San Antonio born Jack Neville of Nev ille and Winton headlines with his witty songs and clever patter alongside a skilled fiddler. Neville delivers comic songs with authorial words and music as audiences request encores. Tomorrow a DeRosa cats reception for schoolchildren follows matinee. Helen Gardner stars at the Royal in A Sister to Carmen, with strong support and lavish production values.
San Francisco November 14 Standard Oil of California has gained control of Murphy Oil Company's California production and wells for a reported price exceeding 22 million dollars, amid a morning newspaper report outlining the deal.
An advertisement extols Eckmans Alterative as effective against severe throat and lung ailments including bronchitis asthma and pneumonia. It cites a Philadelphia testimonial from Annie Loughran recounting grippe pneumonia lung trouble and complete recovery after using the remedy. The note claims long testing and offers a booklet with more recoveries and evidence.
Ada Chapman Box 52 dies at her Houston Street apartments after a protracted illness. A Pennsylvania native, she married Dr W F Box of Houston and had lived in Texas for 80 years. Survived by a Los Angeles brother, with funeral plans by Sloan and Hagg and interment in Bay City. The Lancaster death: Cleve Lancaster 29 dies at 903 Trenton Ave following arrival from Lytle. Interment in Lytle with Masons and Odd Fellows in charge.
The funeral for J M Vickers, a 25 year San Antonio resident who died Wednesday in Houston, was held at 10 am from Sloan and Hagg parlors. Reverend T V Neal of Prospect Hill Baptist Church assisted by another minister conducted the service.
J H Holt pastor of South Heights Baptist Church officiated the funeral. Burial followed at the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Chief J J Lawrence oversees held egg cases as deputies pursue a man suspected of stealing fresh country eggs. Detectives recovered two cases from a tailor shop near the I and G N passenger depot and await developments. The thief remains at large.
ARANSAS PASS Texas November 14 Co W Showalter pioneer of Pythianism in the United States died here after a short illness He was a member of Lo No 1 of the first grand lodge of Pennsylvania and a delegate to the supreme lodge of the world
An old style ad describes headaches from intestinal waste and suggests Cascarets candy tablets as a liver stimulant. It claims a 10 cent box will clear the head by morning and keep the stomach sweet with regular bowels, even for children.
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