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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1911
Page
17
The climax of an experiment to increase San Antonio river flow occurred yesterday at 10 o'clock as water pumped from an abandoned well in Brackenridge park filled the river bed above Josephine street for days dry, starting its journey toward the main stream downstream.
Fischer's Drug Store promotes D. D. D. Prescription for Eczema as a thorough skin remedy. A 25 cent trial bottle is offered with a money back promise if the full size bottle fails to meet claims. The ad touts instant relief from itching and pimples and positions D. D. D. as a universal household cure.
The city pumped water into dry river stretches causing eight nearby lagoons to form. Water appeared in Fisher's hole a mile and a half below the well, indicating an underground current. Engineer Cushman says subterranean fissures are filled and river flow should double along its course within a day.
Captain J. H. Rogers, former ranger captain now deputy U S marshal at El Paso, says affairs have returned to normal after the Mexican war. He notes little trouble with Mexicans on this side and El Paso business and traffic have improved. Rogers heads to his El Paso headquarters from Leavenworth, having assisted prisoners sent to the federal penitentiary.
Two masked men held up the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern yard station at Indiana Harbor twenty miles from Chicago and took 500 dollars from the open safe. A posse of citizens formed early today and pursued the robbers.
Local Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen leads move toward a federated union with the Southern Pacific system. Firemen and shopmen may follow after ballots. If rejected, the strike could widen as unions seek recognition and set a 30 day deadline.
A mysterious theft reduced a shipment to the Swiss National Bank from London by eight cases totaling over 200000 dollars. One case arrived emptied with bars of lead replacing the gold. The stolen lot included eight cases valued at more than 200000 dollars and a separate consignment of 26000 dollars. The incident was reported by the Associated Press from Berne on October 24.
The attorney general’s department will not approve road improvement or drainage district bonds until the Thirty first legislature’s act authorizing such bonds is upheld by the supreme court. Bee county commissioners were told this, while San Jacinto county seeks approval for a $25000 road bond. A Liberty county case tests the law’s validity.
Rev. J. M. Perry, pastor of the local Methodist church for three years, has been transferred to Seguin. Rev. J. F. Webb will fill his place in Yoakum.
An old advertisement warns that undigested food can ferment in the stomach causing toxic gases and possible death. It promotes MI-O-NA stomach tablets with a money back guarantee and notes availability at Booth Drug Co. and druggists, claiming relief in five minutes.
A testimonial from J. C. Smith Jr of Jackson Tennessee describes relief from kidney pain after using Kilmer Swamp Root. He reports complete restoration after four large bottles and urges others to obtain a sample and booklet from Kilmer & Co, mentioning the San Antonio Light.
Robert Mather longtime railway lawyer and banker and chairman of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing died at his New York residence after a brief illness. He was born July 1 1859 in Salt Lake City and had served as general counsel for the Rock Island line. He was a director of several railroads banks and trusts and a trustee of Knox College.
President Taft will be honored at the national dairy show with a unique reception. Hundreds of prize dairy cattle will line blocks north of the pavilion for an automobile parade down Halsted street led by Taft and dairy show officials. Cattle will then join the president inside the pavilion for his address to dairymen.
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain publishes a folder praising San Antonio as an ideal winter residential city with 185 miles of boulevards 23 parks and plazas and opportunities for golf riding hunting and club life. The brochure notes accessibility to Gulf coast Old Mexico and California and will be distributed in major cities abroad and on trans oceanic steamships.
Fifty administrative officers from leading universities are to attend the eleventh annual meeting of the Association of American Universities at the University of Chicago. Presidents A Lawrence Lowell Harvard Arthur T Hadley Yale George F Vincent Minneapolis and A Rosshill Missouri listed among visiting educators.
A U S court of commerce issued a temporary injunction in Washington on October 24 setting aside the interstate commerce commission ruling in the Nashville grain case. The I C C order barred railways from giving Nashville dealers rebilling and reshipping privileges not granted to Georgia dealers.
A public health exhibit in Dallas showcases tuberculosis dangers with a skeletal figure dying every thirty seconds. Special police manage large crowds as the event opens under the United Charities of Dallas. In Lockhart a district court session begins with M. C. Jeffrey as special judge due to Judge Moore's illness and jurors and out of town attorney A B Storey of San Antonio attend cases this week.
A healthful, age friendly tonic claims to cleanse the system gently with a spoonful of Syrup of Figs. Marketed as beneficial for all ages, it asserts no harmful ingredients and praises the California Fig Co. imprint on packaging as proof of genuineness.
Bexar county school board president Carlos Bee issues a circular outlining the annual course of study for county schools. The state curriculum is adopted where not specifying texts, with many class books unchanged. Recommendations cover year by year from first year English to fourth year, listing suggested authors and works.
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