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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1928
Page
4
A full program for the Legion convention opens Sunday with special trains for delegates. The week includes breakfasts and banquets honoring distinguished guests, rodeos, prize fights, and entertainments. Activities continue through the weekend with trips planned to nearby resorts and passes.
When stomach distress and gas hit after meals, ask your druggist for Bis- Peated Magnesia tablets. A simple, inexpensive test shows relief in minutes as Magnesia soothes acids and eases discomfort. Take one to four tablets after meals for fast effect.
Mrs. Srez Comitses of Box 331 Ogden Kansas reports three months of fatigue and insomnia improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she now sleeps well, feels stronger and can do her housework without becoming over tired.
The program lists F. M. Mulinger aged 76 claiming the title of most aged and A. G. Williams aged 24 as the youngest among Legionnaires who enlisted from Alamo City. The schedule includes receptions, world championship events, and dinners led by national and state American Legion officials, with multiple locations such as Texas and Alamo venues.
Fragmentary OCR lists a 44 item and a Dickey's reference with unclear names and location. readable bits mention Aldrogetis and lab details but lack coherent event or outcome.
An old guard and younger Legionnaires gather for the tenth annual American Legion event in San Antonio. F G Multlinger and Jack Williams recount joining in World War I, while others recall Civil War era roots and long histories in the Texas Ranger tradition. The piece notes veterans of diverse ages march toward the Alamo city, sharing badges and a common cause.
A Boston scientist presents Ercolin as a new prescription claimed to end catarrh and sinus discomfort quickly. The tasteless, odorless formula is said to penetrate to the affected area and promote elimination of mucus, ending choking and pain. Sold with a money back guarantee through pharmacies.
Beginning Sunday morning and continuing through Monday, thirty one special trains bringing legionnaires to the tenth national American Legion convention will arrive over the Missouri Pacific lines, with additional regular trains loaded with visitors. Delegations span District of Columbia to West Virginia, with arrivals from Florida to New Mexico and Kansas to Ohio.
Manuel Portes, head of the Santa Rosa Indians, dies at 130 in California after four sons each over 90 and a line of descendants. The sprawling records claim Portes was born in 1708 and he was living with his sons, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Dr L J Kom ks of Terarkand leads Arkansas delegation early arrivals in San Antonio as the convention opens Monday. O L Rdenbamer of Felgrade is named as candidate for national commander. Di jor Kosminsky chairs the Texas reception committee planning a general reception.
Colonel B S Golderman of the Twelfth Field Artillery will command Second Division troops in the American Legion Decade parade. A 100 piece band led by Warrant Officer J E Gaburn will march with the division and color guards from regiments and field artillery units. Fort Yam Houston hosts the event with details to depart October 4. A fiery blaze near Buenos Aires destroyed 4300 tons of salt and 700 tons of hides, estimated at $550,100.
The American Legion convention will close surrounding streets to traffic as downtown areas are cordoned off. A central information HQ will open on Houston Street with about two dozen workers to assist attendees, while barricades and housing bureaus expand across the business district.
The American Legion general convention bureau plans a dinner for officials at the Memgrr hotel in the Spanish patio area. The national headquarters will be guest of the bureau in the late afternoon program. The Gene Tewls lasers area will host the event.
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