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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1913

Page

2

Dallas Man Eats Fried Onions Witty Claim About Vitalitas

Dallas resident J M Neel reports health gains after using Vitalitas claiming digestion relief and eight pound weight gain. Advertising promotes Vitalitas as a cure for stomach disorders and other ailments with a display at Wagner Drug Store 407 East Houston Street.

J. M. Neel Dalworth Park Dallas Mr. Neel Vitalitas Wagner Drug Store East Houston Street

Railroad Officials Bid Tobin Farewell Dinner

A farewell dinner for Garland Tobin district passenger agent for the Gould lines was held at the Menger hotel. About two dozen railroad men attended as Tobin leaves for Birmingham to take new duties. The event featured a six course dinner and tributes from F D Daggett as toastmaster with stories and goodbyes.

Garland Tobin Gould Lines Birmingham Ala Menger Tobin F. D. Daggett Sap Mr. Tobin D. Daggett J. O. Bell van Howard George D. Armistead George H. Winsor Press Nichols J. P. Baker P. W. Booth J. W. King W. E. Fitch H. L. Walling Hyman Goldberg Edward McClannahan W. D. Young F. P. Brown W. B. O'Neal Frank B. Griffin A. R. Atkinson Walter Walthall BE. H. Dallas C. A. Beard Walter Tatsch T. W. Trelford

Bad Complexions Are Now Easily Discarded

An advertisement promotes mercorized wax as a gentle facial treatment to remove freckles moth patches blackheads and wrinkles. It claims skin becomes softer clearer and youthful with daily night application and morning washing using one ounce of wax. Instantaneous results claimed.

San Antonio Mulls Vanderbilt Cup Race Open Meeting

W H Furlong Jr seeks funds to stage the Vanderbilt Cup in San Antonio. A Monday chamber meeting will decide if the event goes forward. Dr W A Hering, traveling East, started the effort and may be unavailable. If funded, a six and a half mile loop will be built from south loop Corpus Christi roads.

American Automobile Association W. H. Furlong Jr San Antonio Automobile Club Furlong Chamber of Commerce Auditorium Hering W. A. Hering Dr. Hering The Automobile Club New York Galveston San Antonio Corpus Christi

Volturno Tragedy Rescue Underway At Sea

Captain Barr commands ten vessels forming a battle line around the burning Volturno in a nightlong effort. Oil from the Narragansett calms the sea as lifeboats launch and women and children are saved. By dawn the fire subsides and survivors are evacuated, with about 186 feared dead.

Barr Volturno Carmania Narragansett Inch Captain Inch Carmanta

School Bonds Approved for Harris County and Rio Hondo

Austin October 11 The attorney general s department approved an issue of 8000 dollars in Harris County common school district bonds of district 2 and an issue of 1200 dollars in Rio Hondo independent school district bonds.

Austin Tex Attorney General’s Department Harris County Common School Rio Hondo Independent

Stanley Waterloo Dies at 67 in Chicago

Stanley Waterloo a lifelong writer and journalist aged 67 died in Chicago tonight after several days of illness from pneumonia. He was active in literature and political movements for more than forty years.

Stanley Waterloo Chicago

Missing Toilet Soap Brings Housemaid Inquiry

Mrs Jimpson asks if the toilet soap has arrived. The new maid confirms and says she placed it on the dresser and bought it at the drug store. The maid notes it was not scented and adds she personally brought it.

Maxi Mus as a Profession and Its Drawbacks

Valerius Maximus notes that pursuing a long term profession affects perception, reducing public remark on events while highlighting inherent drawbacks. The reflection centers on tradeoffs between sustained work life and visible social attention.

Erreee Valerius Maximus

Stimson Named to New York Republican Resolutions Committee

Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, has been appointed a member of the resolutions committee at the New York state Republican convention. The move places Stimson among key party leaders shaping platform decisions.

Henry I. Stimson New York Republican Party

Huerta dissolves Mexican Chamber as election nears

Huerta cites executive rights violations and fears anarchy as he dissolves the Chamber of Deputies. He calls an extraordinary session for October 26 to approve future elections and federal returns while a large guard suppresses demonstrations at the chamber. A wedding joke ends with a family quip about farewell words.

Huerta Chamber of Deputies Senate Mexican Congress

Sunday School Temperance Hour and Prohibition Campaign

The district Sunday School convention in Dallas continued with a mass meeting for children and a plan for a three years pro­hibition campaign led by William N. Wiggins. He outlined house to house canvassing, a 1,000,000 membership goal, 50,000 new temperance pledges, and quarterly rallies across Texas.

William N. Wiggins Bexar County C. Morris Ferguson Philadelphia Presbyterian Church In America W. N. Wiggins Morris Muskogee Okla Temperance Herbert B. Linscott Young People Iva Robertson Gilbert Women's Christian Temperance Union Mr. Hutton Texas Wiggins Dallas LaSalle Wilson Hayes Dimmit Guadalupe Bexar Band of Hope St. Mark’s Church John M. Adams Travis Park Methodist Episcopal Church Thigh W. Holfe Wolfe

Kidney Remedy Promises Prompt Relief for Painful Bladder

An advertisement from Fischer's Drug Store touts a med fcline claimed to ease suffering from weak inactive kidneys and painful bladder action. It asserts the product aids nature in rebuilding excreting kidney tissue, restoring normal function and relieving bladder discomfort.

Fischer's Drug Store

Kawneer Store Front Invites Customers in Texas Ads

Kawneer Store Front is highlighted as inviting to draw foot traffic and improve sales. Jacques Steel Co serving as Texas agents promotes the front display in the Dallde area with advertising copy.

Kawneer Jacques Steel Co Texas Dallde

Trying to Forget Divorced Husband Anita Baldwin McClaughry

Anita Baldwin McClaughry daughter and heiress of the Baldwin fortune renews music studies in Arcadia California to forget her ex husband. She writes incidental music for Richard Tully's new play and hires private detectives to guard her two children amid threat of kidnapping.

Anita Baldwin McClaughry Baldwin Arcadia Cal McClaughry Richard Tully

Hotel Leased for Use of Players

Negotiations closed yesterday as I. M. Putnam acquired the lease formerly held by T. A.

I. M. Putnam T. A

Franker of Chicago Eyes Hot Wells for Baseball School

Franker of Chicago advances a plan for the Hot Wells hotel and bath house to host a baseball training center. The Carr Baseball School Company seeks to attract five or six major teams, with the hotel serving as headquarters and 20 diamonds nearby. Putnam has just completed full lease purchase, enabling club recruitment and rapid setup.

Putnam C. C. Cay Kansas City Hoteh Havin Palyers Henry Hennecke Mr. Hennecke

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