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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1912
Page
7
An antique advertisement extols Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a universal cure for constipation sluggish liver sick headache and biliousness. It urges readers in San Antonio to buy a 25 cent box and notes free samples from Hot Savings Chemical Co Hot Springs Arkansas.
County Tax Collector John A Bitter announced extra deputies are working to handle the rush for poll taxes after Thanksgiving. He urged businessmen to come in and pay their poll taxes even if they do not attend to the matter regularly.
A city official urges property taxpayers to pay now to avoid the end of year rush for poll taxes. He notes long lines and waits as December approaches and Thanksgiving passes, promising available deputies and prompt service for those who come early.
H Kelly Jr of Commerce Georgia hires a stenographer to copy 639 Kelley entries from the city directory to locate missing family members. A letter from H Kelley Jr asks the mayor for names and addresses of any Kelleys listed in the city directory.
Mobile Alabama November 27. Firemen employed by Mobile and Ohio railroad receive a six to eight percent pay raise after a conference between railroad officials and firemen representatives. The agreement, reached after a conference that began last Friday, becomes effective December 1 and includes adjustment of several minor differences.
Advert claims Knowlton's Dandeline cleanses hair and scalp, stops itching and falling hair, and promotes growth. It boasts immediate beauty effects after a simple cloth application, with hair becoming wavy fluffy and abundant through a 25 cent bottle purchase.
New York dispatch shows Wilson leading nationwide with 6,156,748 votes, Roosevelt 3,928,140, Taft 3,376,422 while Debs earns 673,783. Partial state counts indicate incomplete socialist tallies across seven states.
The Texas Supreme Court overruled motions for rehearing in William Small et al vs San Antonio Traction from Bexar, granting defendant wins. It also overruled a rehearing in T J Freeman vs Isaac McElroy from Bexar, leaving a 15000 dollar verdict against the International & Great Northern Railway in place.
A list of court entries reports judgments granted and motions advanced in various counties including Bell, Bexar, Falls, Navarro, Erath, Taylor, Collin, Dallas, Tarrant and more. Cases involve entities such as Langtry Sharpe Contracting Co., W E McCracken, St Louis 8 W Railway Co, Texas Traction Co, and receivers like J Freeman. Dates mentioned include December deadlines and setting returns.
An advertisement promotes Booths HYOMEI as a guaranteed catarrh remedy. It offers a hard rubber pocket inhaler and HYOMETs for 1.00, with refills at 50 cents, claiming relief for catarrh coughs colds and croup and noting widespread use by druggists.
The page lists multiple cases across counties including Wharton, Bexar, Dallas, Webb, Rusk, El Paso, and Pecos. Entries include Higbee versus Wharton County Drainage District and motions for rehearing in Patterson and Spivey matters. Also notes a country gentleman claim on Indian Runner ducks.
Mayor Harrison rejects bans on New Year celebrations in Chicago noting no need to change his stance. He says reports of hotel and cafe celebrations are likely exaggerated and sees no reason to stop celebrations unless laws are broken. He suggests investigation only if genuine bad conduct is found.
Houston directors of the Carnival association endorsed plans to acquire 150 acres in the city center to build permanent structures and expand the show. The next event will broaden to cover the entire coast country while retaining the carnival concept and greatly extending the exhibit.
Houston November 27 witnesses a first in county court when Hideharu R Numaro an orange grower serves as a juror. The presence of a Japanese resident on the panel marks a notable moment in local proceedings.
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