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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1916
Page
10
San Antonio seeks a $10,000 advertising fund with $8,500 pledged and more support expected this week. J V Hucker, head of the Thousand Club, says a $20,000 campaign could follow, targeting hunters, golfers, and automobilists to boost winter tourism and city amenities.
Judge Sam H. Cowan for the National Live Stock Shippers Protective League and the American National Live Stock Association urged the Interstate Commerce Commission that the proposed contracts are unreasonable and shield carriers from negligence. He argued the agreements deny shippers rights and place all liability on owners.
An old woman faces two pension questions by a zealous officer. She denies parish relief, then reveals a youthful kitchen past as a cook where a sergeant was involved, implying a police connection and public shame.
A New York doctor touts nuxated iron as a universal strength builder. He cites a nearly 50 year old patient who recovered vigor after two weeks of iron tablets and claims many nervous and weak individuals doubled their strength in four weeks with proper iron intake. The ad promises money back if results fail and notes local dispensing by H. L. Wagner and others.
With under $5000 more needed to reach $28,000, early construction of the toll road to the Medina dam is seen as certain. The plan calls for a $39,000 contract, potentially rising to $41,800, and would shorten travel from San Antonio by about seven miles while easing steep grades and improving overall routes to the dam.
Mrs. A Sachs praises loyal German Americans linking native land love with American citizenship. The piece extols German devotion to truth and honor, urges complete allegiance without hyphenated citizenship, and lauds German Americans in San Antonio and Civil War service. It notes Senator Sheppard’s golf stop in San Antonio before continuing to North Texas Del Rio and other travel.
Senator Morris Sheppard played a Brackenridge municipal links round Saturday afternoon and praised it as one of the best in the country. He attended to government business in Del Rio, Texas, afterward and forecast the course would boost San Antonio by about 20 percent.
Special examination for first and second grade state certificates held yesterday in P F Stewart office. Papers will go to Austin for state board review. Six to eight young women participated. Also notices and ads about loans, chiropractic services, legal notices, and a grand jury update. Embargo lifted by Mallory Steamship Co for rice and other goods moving through New York via Galveston.
Fragmentary notice details a car stolen from Alamo Plaza with a 12 10 o clock disappearance. A find was reported two blocks away by Mr. McGee as officers were alerted. The page also lists assorted local ads and notices including legal firms, services, and events.
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