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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1913
Page
8
The open hunting season in Texas begins next Saturday morning with strong demand for rifles and ammo. San Antonians rush to obtain licenses and plan hunting trips around Bexar County deer abundant but dove minimal. Federal rules cap ducks at 25 per day and deer tracts near the city report heavy activity.
Kansas City man Marcel publishes a booklet claiming the whiskey trust can produce five gallons from a small cost and sell at high prices. He mails the book free to readers, detailing alleged mechanisms and calling the practice a great crime against consumers.
A Thirty-seventh District Court jury found RE J Hopkins not guilty of murder in the killing of Pleasant Burke, 34. The verdict read at 6 30 PM followed a hard fought trial with defense claiming Burke threatened Hopkins and gestured to draw a weapon. Initial ballot showed ten for acquittal and two for conviction. final ballot unanimity was for acquittal.
The Thirty seventh District Court schedules the final week of the Criminal District Court term beginning October 27 with Mauricio Diaz first called for murder in a Monterey Street killing about 18 months ago. Also listed are Dewey Adamson Willie Lopez Rosendo Aldana Cicero Thomas and others across the week with multiple cases per day.
George Byron Frothingham, veteran comedian and original Friar Tuck of the Bostonians, recalls a two week engagement that stretched to twenty five years in the Robin Hood company. He describes Friar Tuck as a fat, jolly outlaw and explains his long career with humor and pride.
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick remedy for backache lumbago and sciatica. It claims penetrating relief without skin burning or discoloration and urges readers to try a small bottle from any drug store, noting 60 years of recommendation.
Survivors of Terry’s Texas Rangers plan the forty-ninth reunion in San Marcos on October 28 and 29 assisted by the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Commercial Club. The brief notes the regiment’s Civil War actions from Shiloh to Sherman’s march and the 1865 Wheeler farewell, with detailed program notes and attending veterans.
Advertising copy promotes Cascarets as a gentle overnight laxative that cleanses the stomach and liver, removes sour food and gas, and prevents headaches indigestion and constipation. Claims include no griping, sleep work, and wide usage by men women and children with a 10 cent price.
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