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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1912
Page
10
San Antonio prepares for a nine day Fall Harvest Jubilee opening Saturday October 19 with more than 30000 tickets disposed. Governor Colquitt to open with a morning parade and official reception followed by exhibitions music and city attractions.
The article touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a cure for gray lifeless hair and dandruff, sells at fifty cents a bottle, and cites drug exhibits and agricultural fairs. It also previews San Antonio jubilee events with auto races, chariots, and a large women’s exhibit featuring period furnishings.
The Harvest Jubilee Association plans a busy women's building led by Mrs J Tom Williams with receptions daily from 1 30 to 4 00. Twenty four San Antonio women clubs will host as wives and daughters assist county county collectors of farm displays. Good roads congress delegates from Texas will attend a barbecue after a parade of autos through the city. A grand tableau of the Siege and Fall of the Alamo will be shown nightly. Directors urge ticket purchase before jubilee to ensure funding for features.
The Bolen-Darnall Coal Company, a million dollar firm, was placed in receivership in a federal case filed in Muskogee Oklahoma. W. E. Beaty and L. B. Mohr were named receivers in the morning action.
Engineer J. M. Jarvis and surveyors prepare to mark a line for a new railroad from Fowlerton toward the Rio Grande river, likely Rio Grande City. Residents trust the pledge by J. E. Franklin to build the road, with the Fowlerton to Antonio segment expected to finish in about thirty days.
The Kansas Supreme Court on October 12 decision ousted Ralph Martin as Cherokee County sheriff for omitting to take active steps in enforcing the prohibitory law.
A quirky column argues Cleopatra’s fate would have differed if she had bad teeth, noting that charm requires more than attire and a smile. The piece plays with historical myth to suggest appearance influenced history.
A dental service advertises painless methods at low cost and urges readers not to neglect teeth. It emphasizes careful conservative work by an efficient staff and promotes its long established firm with a local Union Painless Dentists location at 322 West Commerce.
Corpus Christi officials in a called session hired water expert Alexander H. Potter of New York City to create a comprehensive plan to solve the city water problem. He will start work immediately at 50 dollars per day, with a 3000 dollar cap, as the city seeks to improve from the Nueces river source by building a filtering plant, increasing pumps, and rebuilding a sixteen mile pipeline at an estimated 400000 dollars funded by bonds.
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