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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
2
An Australian soldier chronicles life inside a British tank on the Western Front. He recalls first-time moves through gunfire, rapid clashes, prisoners taken, and the crew surviving shells and scrambling enemies in a sustained, brutal encounter.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound promising quick relief from nasal congestion discharge feverish symptoms and sore throat when taken every two hours for three doses. It claims to open air passages relieve headaches and stiffness without substitutes.
Princess Juliana, sole child of Queen Wilhelmina and Netherlands heir, is confined to a hospital bed. The Dutch royal household has not released further medical details about her condition or prognosis.
Detachments tried to retreat under cover of heavy guns as tanks lined the road. They were repelled with fierce fighting and surrendered after heavy losses. One prisoner nickname Sunday Fritz had a fit and others feared we used tanks against them. The speaker notes a week of excitement and a need for rest after the campaign.
Berlin reports the German submarine that sank the British liner Rowanmore with Americans aboard fired only to thwart escape. The sub ceased firing after ten hits and the ship signaled surrender. The Rowanmore captain was captured for attempting to flee and calling for help, then the vessel was torpedoed. Two Americans and five Filipinos survived.
Governor Ferguson announced the appointment of Charles L. Stowe of Sherman as state superintendent of public buildings and grounds to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Captain J A Owens. Stowe is expected to arrive in Austin soon to assume duties.
The Birmingham Age-Herald recalls Mr Stowe a longtime Sherman merchant preparing to assume new duties. A fussy customer demands a gripping read while a clerk quips about books bound with fly paper.
A mother schemes through the daily want ads to win a daily box of Santonettes while her husband and grown son wager on her success. After a spell of playful taunts they celebrate when she wins and claims the prize proves the ads are worth reading.
Texas shippers meet at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio to press for relief from the Interstate Commerce Commission rate disparities shown in the Shreveport case. They warn of possible Supreme Court and Congress actions if relief is not secured, detailing rate hikes up to 200 percent and Texas Railroad Commission limitations.
Oregon officials estimate total apple industry losses at 1.5 million dollars from a cold wave. Frost has rendered about 1,750,000 boxes unfit for shipment across Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana. Hood River district losses reach ten to fifteen percent of the crop.
Charles A. Farwell, president of the American Cane Growers Association, reports from cane belt correspondents that Tuesday’s sudden freeze and continued cold weather caused no serious damage to standing cane. A fragment from a Washington Star item follows unrelated dialogue between a son and his wife.
In Waco Texas a brief court session finished T R Watson’s direct exam in the fifty fourth district court. Watson testified the forged notes resembled handwriting of his sons J E and W R Watson and that he did not copy them. He said he has not carried a pistol since the shooting and his sons did not have one. He noted he might have taken his pistol to the bank and back home the prior week.
The witness Mr. Watson insisted he was not sane and could not answer. He said the Watsons had asked Governor Ferguson to intervene over state funds in the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank at Teague, where T. R. Watson was president. He admitted signing affidavits about the bank's condition months before Patterson's killing, without reading them, at his sons' request.
Dr. L. B. Bibb of Austin resigned today as physician for the new colony for the feeble-minded planned in the state. He stated he is soon to leave the area and thus stepped down before the governor.
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