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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1912
Page
5
A campaign running November 25 to 29 aims to enroll over 500 new Y M C A members in San Antonio. Twelve teams, named after major league clubs, will compete in a spirited drive with officials Walter Frantz and EB T McCaun overseeing.
George Wheeler former physical director at Miles City Montana now heads the San Antonio Y M C A physical department. He is quickly assessing local conditions and pushing improvements while demonstrating the need for a formal physical training program to area business men.
A 1900s style home remedy ad extols Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for family use. It highlights gentle action, no griping, and suitability for babies to adults, with endorsements from J M In gington and Mrs Key Ainsworth. Readers can request a free sample from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois. Results promised or money returned.
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale tells the New York Manufacturing Association in Brooklyn that gold and credit inflation drive the cost of living, not local factors. He urges a public education campaign to curb monetary inflation and argues that purchasing power has fallen while the gold dollar remains fixed.
Washington reports Representative J M Adair of Indiana will be replaced as the house bell wether by J W Abercrombie of Alabama. Abercrombie will have roll call precedence and respond to votes first, while Adair must sprint from his office to the floor.
Five women from Reedville Oregon New Orleans Mishawaka Alton Station and Deisem describe relief from Change of Life symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report improved sleep reduced hot flashes dizziness backache and restored health.
Dr George RR Parkin of Oxford criticized the caliber of Rhodes scholarship students sent from the United States. He split entrants into three classes with the top third high grade, the middle third fair, and the bottom third questioned by Oxford faculty. He urged merit as the deciding factor and promoted well rounded students.
One of the finest residences in San Antonio put on sale at a bargain and on good terms. The M Halff Homestead on Goliad Street sits in a close in and good neighborhood as offered by Woodward and Altgelt.
A quick passer stops to ask a crippled man on Commerce and drops coins in two hats, then meets a third beggar near Navarro street who mutters about “too much of a good thing.” The act shows a brief, kind impulse in the busy street scene.
Governor Mann issued a respite for Floyd and Claude Allen until December 13. They were sentenced to die in the electric chair on November 22 for their roles in the Hillsville Virginia courthouse murder.
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce forms a committee to press a square deal for Port Aransas after railroads allegedly bottle up the port with discriminatory Galveston rates. Y Vandenberg explains the petition to the railroad commission seeking mileage-based rates and 23 cent lower carload charges. The effort enlists broad support from North and South Texas to protect Port Aransas and local commerce.
Robbers blew open the Munn Brothers bank in Portage with nitro glycerine early today and escaped with $4000 in cash. Armed lookouts warned citizens away as the blast drew a crowd and the safe lay in plain sight on the street.
Mrs. Charlotte Tompkins Jones 83 died at home of her daughter Mrs. Eleanor J. Ryan. She was a San Antonio pioneer and the churchs first charter member. Services at 3 PM from Mrs. Ryans home led by Dr. S J Porter. She taught San Antonio public school in 1850s and had eight grandchildren. Pallbearers are chosen from her early pupils including judges and local citizens.
In New Orleans on November 19 a robber armed with a revolver entered a store and fled with $120 while two customers watched. Police searched the area for the suspect.
A thief entered a store on Constantinople and Constace streets last night and forced proprietor Louis Capo to open the safe, taking $120. The robber locked three men in a back room, took spare change, rifled the cash register, and fled while two customers watched.
Washington November 19 The department of agriculture will showcase its outreach to farmers with annual statistics noting 34 million pieces of printed matter mailed out in the last year. The public documents sales totaled 16000 dollars, and the combined total exceeds all other government publications.
Attend the Jubilee at Jourdanton from November 20 to 28 with excursion rates via I. and G. N. and Artesian Bell. Safest and quickest travel options offered for the event.
As a New Year nears, Republicans flood the White House with letters seeking public offices. Writers pledge ingenuity, while some proposing to be overlooked until the new administration takes charge. the executive office clerks face an avalanche of requests and few offices open. A stray medical ad interrupts notices with Elmer Amend’s Rheumatism remedy and dental services listed for Gibbs building.
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