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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1913
Page
2
Texas proclaims Vitalitas a unique monopoly in nature with global appeal. The product from a single Texas source is refined in Houston labs and claimed to destroy disease cells and replace them with healthy tissue. Wagner's Drug Store on East Houston Street offers demonstrations and sales.
Mrs. Samuel Sipe, long time Carlisle resident, marked her 101st birthday. Born in 1812 in Switzerland, she recalls Molly Pitcher and disputes Monmouth heroine burial elsewhere, with Carlisle memorials said to mark her grave.
An advertisement claims Croxone ends backache and kidney disorders by reaching the disease cause. It alleges the remedy soaks into inactive kidneys, cleans filtering glands, neutralizes uric acid, and clears waste from blood. The copy promises satisfaction or money back.
Sixteen of twenty one convicts who escaped from the Imperial farm by sawing a bunkhouse bar remain at large in Houston today as officers hunt them. The escape occurred between 10 pm and 2 am with an opening cut in an upper berth. Allen Snyder, 19, was captured in Houston. Charlie Stevens surrendered. three others found. sixty inmates stayed.
Melville H Freas a long time Civil War veteran sits in his old uniform as a sculptor begins a seven foot granite statue for his grave site in Ivy Hill cemetery The statue will stand beside a small tombstone bearing his name birth date and war record Freas plans to unveil it next Memorial Day He marks the day by visiting the cemetery and saluting four comrades who died in a Confederate prison.
Funeral services are today for Mrs. Fannie B. Ward age 70 a writer and lecturer who died Saturday night at her daughter's home in Washington D C She will be taken to Ravenna Ohio for interment. Ward was a Washington correspondent for major papers decades ago and later wrote about Mexico Central and South America and Cuba including being among the first American correspondents to enter Cuba in 1898 during the Maine tragedy.
A bronze memorial tablet with a 1776 medallion was unveiled on the Moravian chapel north wall in Lititz Pennsylvania. It notes General Washington requisitioned the building as a hospital during the Revolutionary War housing 250 sick and wounded soldiers. 120 died and 110 are buried in the nearby cemetery. The chapel dates to 1761.
The Nicaraguan government issued a strong protest over a Salvadoran invitation for Guatemala Costa Rica and Honduras to send delegates to San Salvador to discuss a treaty between Nicaragua and the United States granting exclusive canal rights to the United States.
In a Chicago detective bureau interview, a man identified as Spencer claimed to have killed more than twenty people, including Mrs. Rexroat. He detailed robberies totaling over $10,000, various wives and victims from New York, and said he plans to be hanged soon. He described hammer and gun killings and spoke of past prison terms and opium use.
J T Jones, one of San Antonio's city time-keepers, reports ten years of sick headaches and stomach trouble eased after using Plant Juice. He praises the purely vegetable remedy as a tonic and curative, claiming it renovates blood and energy. Fischer's drug store carries the product.
A man described as a former porter at a Park Row saloon reportedly killed a bartender with a hammer. He did not reveal the bartender’s name and claimed to have robbed the victim of several hundred dollars.
Walkerville Ontario October 6. Police Chief A B Griffith doubts Harry Spencer’s claim that one murder occurred in the city. The chief says no woman has been killed there in twenty years.
Police report the so called Matt and Jeff bandits, a long and short pair, revived last winter’s method robbing citizens at gunpoint. Dr J H Bindley was targeted on West Mistletoe avenue, losing a $150 diamond ring. Detectives have detained many suspects but have yet to capture the pair.
Porter Loring of the Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co returned from a two weeks trip through the middle states on business. He endured flood delays on the way home from New Orleans and witnessed a local race war at Harriston Mississippi. He noted regions he passed are returning to normal after the floods.
Massachusetts political convention invites public input to shape the platform. Delegates total 2200 with more than 100 women among them. Any legitimate proposition from a visitor will be considered alongside delegate suggestions.
The brigantine Harriet G under Capt J Tf Kinnis reports violent eruptions in the Aleutian volcanoes. Ash and volcanic debris covered decks and the Alaskan peninsula, with a smoky pall over the sea. Mount Kayama T also emits volcanic cinders during the summer.
Manuel Calero the Liberal candidate and followers of Gen Felix Diaz push election organization for October 26. A bill to postpone elections awaits passage before the Chamber of Deputies as a constitutional question divides the committee. Political circles foresee likely defeat of the measure.
A Huerta envoy reports the Federal victory at Santa Rosalia. Villa’s 4000 men split in retreat as General Castro’s 4700 forces closed in, with Caraveo pursuing the southern fugitives and Salazar’s column struck eastward. Capture of horses arms and ammunition noted. Federal losses not disclosed.
CAPTURE IS CONFIRMED by La Prensa Monterey issue of September 30 reporting that Cuatro Ciénegas is occupied by Constitutionalists after 300 Federal troops under Majors Alvarez and Navarro evacuated under General Maas orders. A large Constitutionalist force camped at Sancho Nueva then took control.
A Oklahoma widow and her seven children from eleven to one month old are stranded in San Antonio due to floods. In the care of Associated Charities, they were housed in a hotel after station delays left them hungry and tired. They will travel on when train conditions permit.
The Somers valuation plan advances fast but City Assessor Garland delays its start until next year to treat all property types equally. It will not be used this year but will be ready for consideration, with city assessors trained to prevent confusion when implemented.
A 1912 Dallas gathering at the Oriental Hotel hosted by the Menger Hotel management honored the Southwestern Shoemen’s Association. Twenty seven members attended a convivial banquet to swap yarns and discuss experiences since the last meeting, with a guest list including Charles B. Murray Tom Johnson R. N. Custer C. R. Squire J. W. Goodwin H. R. Sachs Peter McGeough and others.
The Main Avenue High School manual training department will erect a new annex entirely by student labor under Professor N. M. Munsdon. An order for lumber was placed and construction begins tomorrow, taking about two weeks with most students involved. weiterer funds allocate $3312 for new facilities including machine shop moulding forge and training rooms plus multiple new lathes drills and grinders for the department and several grade schools will benefit with specific allocations.
Miss Mattie Le Bauve aged 23 dies at 9 30 this morning at her sister Mrs Thomas Hayne home 206 Chester avenue Alamo Heights She was a Jackson county Texas native and had lived in San Antonio two years Funeral services will be at 10 oclock tomorrow from Riebe Undertaking Company parlors 177 North street with burial in St Marys cemetery
Obituary notices record the death of George M. Maverick a San Antonio pioneer who died in London on September 16 with a service at St Mark's Episcopal Church and interment at Mission burial park. Also noted are details of Irving Bowie Findlay 40 of Glasgow origin who died at 904 J Charles street after a long illness. Dr Green Hastings 85 retired dentist. and Grover C Harris 21 railway brakeman.
Work on the St James Hotel building on East Houston street has started to become the future home of the State Bank and Trust Company. It is expected that about three months will be needed to complete the chapel and related renovations.
James W. Gerard of New York arrived in Berlin and informally assumed his duties as the new United States ambassador to Germany. He is not yet officially qualified until the presentation of his letters of credence. No embassy building has been finalized, but a residence near the imperial chancellor's palace and the foreign office is under consideration.
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