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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
2
Natural Vitalitas advertised as a universal remedy for indigestion and related ailments. It claims to relieve chronic stomach disorders and aid detoxification without opiates or alcohol, with benefits including kidney and liver issues, rheumatism, and nervous troubles. Sold by all druggists.
Gran Quivera members will discuss coronation plans for next year at a meeting Saturday night. The group will gather at the Gunter Hotel at 7 PM and then proceed to a member’s North Loop home. About forty members have made reservations.
The Rotary Club announced a style show to be staged by Rotarian Max Blum on Friday October 13 in the St Anthony Hotel ballroom after a buffet supper and cabaret. Rotarian Herbert Barnard will paint scenery for a built stage. The informal program includes a humorous talk by Rev Hugh McLellan and welcomes new members.
SUWALKI Poland Oct 6 Poland's newest school a seminary for Polish teachers has just been opened here by the German authorities. Its purpose is to equip Poles for pedagogical work so they may play an increasingly important part in their educational future.
The Eighth Illinois infantry the negro regiment now in San Antonio will depart Saturday afternoon for home with orders to move to Chicago but General Barry is being asked to redirect them to Springfield. Three battalions will entrain simultaneously on three tracks at Camp Wilson as a record troop-load ceremony.
Moose hall on East Crockett street hosts a Friday night program featuring stereopticon shows. T. W. Dee supreme auditor and lecturer leads the event with several prominent speakers addressing topics of interest to fraternal orders.
Chicago reports state attorney agents press to serve warranty on alleged perpetrators of a $10,000 scam selling patent rights to an imaginary electric fly killing screen. Suspects include a man posing as James Chipman or James D. Kirkland, his wife, and Donahue, tied to a group nabbed in eastern cities.
American engineers outline a plan to dig a 250 mile canal from Kandalaska on the White Sea to Tornea near the Swedish border. The route would pass through Russia to the Gulf of Bothnia and cost about 300 million rubles. The Stockholm Morning Post cites strong Russian support for the project.
Samuel Neel of Seguin county named as a judge for the agricultural display at the Flatonia fair to be held the week after next. Neel serves as a special lecturing representative for the State Department of Agriculture.
A frame barn owned by Mrs. Dan Tumney at 518 Carson Street burned Friday morning at 8:45. The fire, which started in a pile of shavings, spread rapidly and caused about 200 dollars in loss before being detected.
Washington officials state no new move to end the European war has been taken or discussed by the United States. Mediation offers have not been made or requested, and the government maintains its open offer to help peace efforts remains unchanged.
A Texas health report estimates malaria has reduced property values by about 20 million dollars over ten years. Dr. W. A. Davis, secretary of the State Board of Health, says the drop aligns with malaria belt areas compared to non belt counties.
The prohibition campaign train tours nine Iowa cities to aid a dry Legislature and votes for the national dry ticket. A dry amendment has passed the Legislature once and must pass again before the people vote. Hope runs high for a large majority this fall as Iowa continues statutory prohibition.
The French official statement says despite poor weather the aviation division carried out 29 flights in pursuit of enemy aircraft and conducted reconnaissance for artillery purposes on the western front.
Consul General Skinner in London reports to the Department of Commerce that Britain has broadened its embargo to cover cotton knit goods imported into the United Kingdom. The extension broadens prior prohibitions and affects U S trade relations with Britain.
Hundreds of Rock Island women packed a four hour Hughes Campaign Special stop where Mrs Nelson OShaughnessy Way praised the Wilson administration's Mexican policy amid the gathering.
An advertisement promotes Sargol as a fattening tonic and digestion aid. It claims the product helps the digestive tract assimilate nutrients, promising 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh, harmlessness, and a money back guarantee from local druggists led by H. L. Wagner.
An Austin conference involving Attorney General Looney, Grant Maxwell, Judge D. Cowan, and Texas industry groups pressed for a suspension of recently promulgated railroad rates set to take effect November 1. They seek court review on whether the rates are railroad or ICC set, with a Fort Worth hearing scheduled for November 8 and possible Interstate Commerce Commission action.
Berlin reports Romanian defeats in Transylvania under General von Falkenhayn and Romanian retreat across the Alt. British gains are noted on the Macedonian front with Bulgarians evacuating villages east of the Struma. Allied three attacks on the Somme east of the Ancre were repelled by German defenses.
Constantinople telegram reports a General Congress of the Committee of Union and Progress resolved to pursue the war to a victorious end with Turkey's allies. Enver Pasha described conditions as favorable to the central powers and their allies. Halim Pasha named general president.
Paris dispatch says Bulgarians retreating before British on Struma front in Macedonia. War office notes heavy artillery activity at Verdun and on the Somme fronts, with Germans shelling Poivre hill east of the Meuse and north of Verdun.
Sofia reports the Russian and Roumanian forces failed to advance on the Dobrudja front in the latest war office announcement. The struggle continues as officials describe all efforts as unsuccessful.
In Coburg Germany Oct 6 a centennial tribute to Gustav Freytag featured the drama Graft Woldemar at the court theater. Freytag of Munich, his son, played the title role in his stage debut before the Duke and Duchess of Coburg and top actors from Cassel Wiesbaden and Mein.
A tropical disturbance of slight intensity moves toward the Yucatan channel as officials monitor its development during hurricane season. Chicagoans report a sudden 30 degree drop overnight with 87 degrees yesterday and 56.7 degrees this morning in a record October pattern.
The notice lists captains and lieutenants assigned or detailed to various units at Fort Keogh Fort Sam Houston Fort Bliss and other posts along with dental surgeons examination boards and reports to the board. Names include Captain John F. Poucher Herbert F. aa sota John M. Fray Hobbb Stokes and many more with dates and durations for detailed service.
Strikes and disorder disrupted city transit along the River Chestnut and Cooper lines, greatly curtailing service in Atlanta today. The county grand jury began examining witnesses tied to twelve arrests from rioting in a suburb last Thursday night.
An old church member refuses to contribute to a chandelier purchase, arguing no young ladies in town could use it. The anecdote, recounted by the Christian Herald, highlights frugal humor in a small community.
Sanitary Engineers of Texas, including leading plumbing and heating plants, filed a charter in the State Department at Austin forming the Texas Association of Sanitary Engineers. The group has headquarters in Austin, capital stock of 10000 dollars, and a purpose to accumulate and loan money. Offices may be maintained in Houston, Laredo, Galveston, Waco, Beaumont, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Amarillo and Texarkana.
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