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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1912
Page
9
An item description notes comfort and quality satin sateen fabric offered by G. A. Stowers Furniture Co. The brief listing highlights fabric and product quality for home furnishings.
Garrett P. Serviss explores the Sahara's vast, shifting sands and water beneath, its history, and the spectacle of dunes shaped by wind. The article notes oases supporting sparse life, camel endurance, and the resemblance of sand waves to ocean waves, with wind driven ripples tracing sirocco paths.
The article discusses remedies for backward children linking health to food digestion and regular bowel movements. It promotes Calawell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative tonic praised by mothers, suitable for infants and adults, with pricing and a mail order sample offer from Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria emerges as the dominant figure in the quadruple alliance with Servia Greece Montenegro and Bulgaria aiming to overthrow the Turkish dynasty in the Balkans the likely turning point in the regional struggle.
Mayor Jones orders tax office to press back taxes totaling about 600000 over ten years. Delinquents urged to pay to avoid court action as city prepares to file suits against both rich and poor. Officials report many residents already visiting the back tax office to square accounts.
An advertisement touts Eckmans Alterative as effective for consumption and lung conditions. It cites a Rochester man’s recovery after surgery and a 1907 affidavit, claims broad benefits for bronchitis asthma hay fever throat and lung troubles, and notes no poisons or habit forming drugs. Drugstore sale and request for a recovery booklet are listed.
City Electrician C. EB. Conyers returns from visits to Houston Fort Worth and Dallas and will report to the police and fire committee Thursday. He advocates burying fire alarm wires under ground using Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone ducts as in Houston and Fort Worth. He notes Dallas uses overhead wiring and a new Fort Worth system is being installed.
Mrs Ellen Horvitz a widow from Johannesburg South Africa travels to Louisville to take part in a ceremony casting the shoe prescribed in Deuteronomy for childless widows prior to the ritual at her new home.
In Penn Yan New York Mrs nk Stowell’s parrot at Keuka Landing loudly cried Fire rescuing the sleeping mistress. A bucket brigade formed. the schoolhouse and a nearby general store caught fire but were saved. Keuka is a major summer resort and the parrot is credited with saving the village.
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