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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
12
The San Antonio Humane Society board schedules its regular monthly business meeting for Thursday October 3 at 8 p.m. in the society office 324 Hicks Building. Friends are welcome.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a quick fix for gray hair making one look younger. It promotes sage and sulphur to restore color and improve scalp health with a fifty cent bottle available from druggists under refund guarantee. W. C. Kalteyer is listed as agent.
A digest of local events includes a Crockett hotel lunch from 12 to 2 for 35 cents, routine business and service notes from W P Williams dentist and Horace H Shelton attorney, and several community items. Notices cover Baraca class meetings, a dissolved law partnership, humane society officers, sanitary ordinance revisions, and a vagrancy fine.
A Harvest Jubilee committee plans to invite Governor Colquitt to San Antonio for the October 19 opening celebration with a welcoming parade including Fort Sam Houston troops and a possible appearance on October 25 good roads day. Rehearsals for tableaux begin October 10 with a 300-person cast. Open air acts by the Ricketts troupe will feature daily performances and chariot races with Third Artillery horses.
L G Collins appointed honorary vice president of the Harvest Jubilee to be held in San Antonio. He forms a committee to secure a Nueces county agricultural exhibit with members from Kingsville Bishop Riviera Port Aransas Corpus and nearby areas.
T G Baird assistant general freight agent of the Southern Pacific in San Antonio reports indications of a general increase in freight traffic in Texas once cotton is handled. He says arrangements are being made to prevent congestion by drifting cars from all points toward the southwest.
An advertisement extols MacLaren's Mustard Cerate as a household remedy. The Little Doctor claims to cure sore throats headaches chest colds and muscle soreness with simple rubbing. Sold at Schwab McElroy stores and other druggists for 25 or 50 cents with free samples offered by MacLaren Drug Co.
The city lists guests and registrations at major hotels including the Savoy Menger Bowie Crockett St. Anthony and Gunter. Notable names include W W Lower J P Hall B E Saunders Garland B Miller J J Hill H C Grossman A Joiner V Leal and Mrs F B Schoby among others. Guests arrive from Dallas Houston El Paso Mexico City and other locales while homeseekers and travelers visit for business and winter stays.
When you shop for hams bacon lard and compound ring two ninety two for an attractive price. The article is made at home and the price is right. The goods meet the very best standard from Union Meat Company.
Community asks consumers to avoid meals sent from distant markets and consider local Union Meat Company options for fresh meat supply. Emphasizes home cooking over Chicago Kansas City or Omaha sourced meals.
Mayor Jones and the aldermen defer action on reducing the state fire insurance rate tied to fire alarm deficiencies. C B Roulet cites central station and underground wiring as fixes, while plans to inspect Houston and Fort Worth systems proceed. The present HQ sits on the third floor. conversations note overhead wiring causing outages in storms.
An advertisement extols syrup of figs as a gentle, non gripe laxative for headache biliousness and constipation. It claims thirty feet of bowels harbor poisonous waste, promises a thorough cleanse overnight with no nausea, and urges asking for Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from California Fig Syrup Company.
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