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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1911
Page
2
Mrs Joseph Constance of Marksville Louisiana testifies after a long illness that Kilmer's Root brought relief from pain and kidney stone symptoms. She details prior failed injections and surgery, credits the remedy, and swears to the truth of her statement before Notary WM Morrow on July 16, 1911.
Letter to Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York promotes Swamp Root. It invites readers to request a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder, asking to mention the San Antonio Light. Regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles available at drug stores.
Reports say Pipes was killed as he entered the enclosure gate with a bullet wound from the front. Justice Crocker says shots came from inside the company enclosure possibly by guards. Mayor orders arrests for armed individuals while guards and workers resume shop operations amid tense calm.
Peaceful scene at the Purnside shops as 800 workers stay on the job while 200 policemen guard the plant. Union leaders dispute the company claim that 200 workers remain at work and warn the repair department could be crippled if the strike lasts. A fire was set at Dauphin park but extinguished. pension plans may deter ire. Julius Kruttschnitt says no time limit on return and the strike is less serious than expected.
An advertisement asserts MI-O-NA stomach tablets cure indigestion and nervous symptoms. It promises instant relief from dizziness biliousness and headaches and claims to strengthen digestion and blood production. Sold by Bexar Drug Co and druggists nationwide for 50 cents a large box.
An ad explains that Papes Diapepsin digests any food and relieves indigestion sour stomach heartburn and other stomach distress within minutes. It claims the remedy stops belching gas nausea and headaches by correcting fermentation and acid formation in the digestive tract.
The injunction stalls details on when the railroad will deploy strikebreakers in shops docks and freight sheds. Strikers appear content with the current state of affairs as uncertainty lingers.
Italian Rear Admiral Aubrey strengthens watches between Greece and Africa as the Turkish fleet disperses near Samos. Seventy seven Turkish ships have been seized in Italian ports or at sea, while three Italian vessels fall to Turkish capture. Tripoli is largely deserted except for a few clergy and an apostolic delegate. Arabs are being armed with captured Mauser rifles for interior guerrilla warfare.
Interest in the championship series between the two leading local groups focuses on a forthcoming intergroup baseball game. The Chamber of Commerce baseball committee, led by J. H. Savage and W. B. Hamilton, has selected a ten man roster to defend the organization’s honor, with a joint meeting later to finalize positions and game details.
Fifty five strikebreakers from St. Louis traveling via Frisco were attacked in Denison Texas by a mob armed with clubs and beer bottles. One man injured a leg broken others bruised. six of eighteen missing later accounted for. Strike crews at Harriman and MK&T deny involvement.
James Hamilton, a 70 year old white man, seeks three parcels at Atlanta and Macon streets from the estate of H. H. McLane. He claims long occupancy, contending the statute of limitations applies after twenty years. Jury selection revealed many jurors objected to land ownership by lapse of time, disqualifying themselves.
An official in Constantinople stated Turkey was forced by events to accept Italy’s demand to evacuate Tripoli while showing reluctant resistance. With only 23 deputies present the chamber awaits 140 to convene. The German Consulate sees mass Italian passport requests as 600 flee and 6009 more apply. Officials return to posts. An Egyptian noble offers a 30,000 strong force to attack Italians at Tripoli.
George I. F. Lupton, San Antonio and Aransas Pass agent, notes widespread eastern interest in TexKas and the gulf coast state, citing land buyers in Pittsburg, Baltimore, New York and Washington and plans to mail promotional materials. Also reports new staff for Huisache, Main Avenue High School’s monthly, with Lynn Beeley as editor in chief and Miss Dorothea Guenther as assistant editor. A single caterpillar can consume six thousand times its own weight in food in a month.
CAIRO Illinois October 3 Robert Mitchell an Illinois Central switchman was shot and killed in the railroad yards at Mounds by a machinist who was the brother of a strikebreaker but had just been discharged for incompetency yesterday.
An officer of the International Stewards' association told a Chicago convention that Americans are more discriminating in diet than others and have stopped heavy eating. He said the nation favors lighter meals and menus not measured by a tape, reflecting a shift in eating habits.
New Orleans dispatch notes a stalemate in the railway strike with officials saying they will start accepting freight while strikers remain orderly after a court sentence sent a few protesters to jail. The situation is expected to unfold into a prolonged conflict with no immediate settlement.
The Signal corps has received all apparatus for a 19 kilowatt wireless telegraph station at Fort Sam Houston. Construction includes two 200 foot steel towers on a concrete base and a brick wireless building costing $2878. The station aims to span about 1500 miles and may reach Washington under favorable conditions. Captain Myers and Sergeant Bailey indicate plans are still developing.
G W Baker president of the Dallas Automobile Club may be entertained Thursday in Dallas instead of Friday if he arrives in time. The Steal Estate Exchange luncheon may become a general meeting with the Highway league to entertain Baker. Baker left Dallas yesterday touring major Texas cities to drum up support for the Dallas Good Roads day on October 26 when the State Good Roads Association will be formed. He will log the route from Dallas to San Antonio to aid local motorists attending Good Roads day at the fair.
Mrs A Nagel and her daughter from Mexico City are guests at the Crockett. Mrs Nagel is the mother of Wil Nagel who is the manager of the Crockett hotel.
Anna Heinz 61 died at 6 45 this morning at 461 Murphy Avenue West End widow of John Heinz native of Austria resident city three years funeral from home to Sacred Heart Church at 830 Wednesday morning interment in the new St Joseph cemetery Tometeo Castanada found dead in his San Fernando Street room funeral set for 4 this afternoon at Riebe’s parlors interment in City Cemetery No 3 nine children from Brownsville arrive tonight to attend the funeral Castanada was a Brownsville commission broker and Masonic member connected with the Mexican government
An old newspaper note promotes regular cleansing using Syrup of Figs as a natural laxative. It claims the product, endorsed by physicians, strengthens internal organs and is safe for all ages, urging buyers to choose the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version clearly printed on each package.
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