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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1911

Page

3

Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Credited By Women

A Rockport Indiana testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for long female illnesses. The letter from Mrs. Margaret Meredith says two years of suffering ended after using the remedy. The ad promises rewards for proof letters are unpaid and invites sick women to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.

Orville Rock Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia E.ham Paw Paw Mich Ann Arbor Paw Paw, Mich Rockport Ind Lydia E Pinkham Margaret Meredith New York Express

Final report on workers compensation plan for Congress

The Employer's Liability and Workmen's Compensation committee, chaired by Senator Sutherland, plans to present a final report to Congress by January. The group will meet in Washington to draft tentative recommendations while inviting public input. Opinions vary on funding methods, with direct employer assessment favored by Sutherland and a general tax fund proposed by others.

Associated Press Washington Congress Sutherland Utah

Hall's Texas Wonder Promises Kidney and Rheumatic Relief

An advertisement touts Hall's Texas Wonder with claims of quick permanent relief and testimonials. Dr. E W Hall of St Louis endorses the remedy sold by druggists. Wells Fargo Express official Taft visits Houston citing plans to expand winter shipping and reports a generally good business outlook. he stays at the St Anthony.

Hall Texas E. W. Hall St. Louis Wells-Fargo Mere—G. A. Taft Wells-Fargo Express Company Houston

Unknown exchange on effort and success

A quoted dialogue contrasts Braggs and Waggs on effort and achievement. Braggs asserts you learn by trying, Waggs counters by insisting you learn by succeeding, and a closing Life reflection notes you only know what you have been able to do.

Braggs Waggs

Governors to Attend Southern Cotton Convention in New Orleans

Governor Colquitt expects all southern governors except Florida to attend the New Orleans cotton convention October 30 to discuss cotton prices and crop interests. Mississippi Virginia Alabama Tennessee Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma will send delegates with agriculture commissioners and bankers, cotton men, and newspaper men. Florida will appoint delegates and send best wishes for the cotton industry.

Associated Press Austin Tex Colquitt Florida New Orleans Mississippi Virginia Alabama Tennessee Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma South

Fire at Salzburger & Sons stock yards sparks blaze

Fire at Salzburger & Sons plant in the Union Stock Yards erupts shortly after 7 am. The drying room on the fourth floor ignites a five story building, general alarm sounds, fire under control in an hour, with losses estimated at 35000 dollars.

Associated Press Chicago Salzburger & Sons Union Stock Yards

Woman Shot by Husband Remains Unconscious in Houston

Mrs Kate Thompson, reportedly shot by her husband W E Thompson as she spoke to a neighbor at her gate, remained unconscious and near death in Houston after the incident last night. Thompson is jailed. The couple had been separated for some time.

Houston Tex Kate Thompson W. E. Thompson Thompson

Crozier-Wade? Wait, Crozier and Gunn wed in Gonzales

Verne Crozier and Miss Lona Gunn were married at the bride’s parents’ home in the Steiren neighborhood at 1 o’clock today. Rev. Johnson, pastor of the Waelder Methodist church, officiated the ceremony.

Gonzales Tex Verne Crozier Lona Gunn W. P. Gunn Steiren Rev. Johnson Methodist Church of Waelder

Mayor Opposes Aldermen On Dallas Visit

The mayor and several aldermen planned a trip to Dallas to view a good roads exhibit, with discussion of funding. The mayor now says he will not spend city money on the excursion, while some aldermen intend to go, pay their own way, and see the exhibit regardless.

Dallas Callaghan Mauermann Boynton Wether

Princess Christian christens King George V battleship

Princess Christian of Kohlpants ial stein, aunt of King George V, christened Great Britain's largest and best armored battleship King George V at Portsmouth on October 9, marking a royal ceremony and naval milestone.

Princess Christian of Kohlpants Ialstein King George V Great Britain Portsmouth

Charter Filed for San Antonio Young Men's Business League

The Young Men's Business League filed its charter in Austin as a chamber of commerce and board of trade. The organization plans offices, uniform commercial practices, business information, and trade promotion over fifty years with 3 to 13 directors. Founders include M. J. Arnold Clinton G. Brown and W. H. Newton, with incorporators drawn from the entire membership.

Young Men's Business League San Antonio Austin Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade M. J. Arnold Clinton G. Brown W. H. Newton

John Teague Found Guilty of Murder in Texas Case

The jury in Fifty-third district court convicts John Teague for the slaying of John F. Gest and sentences him to life in the state penitentiary. The trial for Teague’s killing of Duncan proceeds next. An unrelated line notes a Russian aeronaut operating a taxi service to expand with more planes for short trips.

John Teague Austin, Tex John F. Gest Fifty-third District Teague Duncan

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