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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1911
Page
2
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless remedy that digests any food and relieves indigestion in five minutes. It claims instant relief from heartburn gas and stomach discomfort and promises clear breath after use with a 50 cent case available at drug stores.
Special to The Light from Austin Texas reports J. S. Abbott pure food commissioner shows progress in closing ten slaughter houses not up to sanitary standards. He notes willingness of butchers to comply and urges cities to enact strict slaughterhouse ordinances with municipal cooperation. He promises continued action against impure foods and unprotected wares.
Captain J. J. Sanders of the state ranger force and two privates arrived at the adjutant general's department from Hempstead where they had been stationed during the railroad strike. They reported movement there had ended and they would proceed to Kenedy in Karnes County for the present.
A petition from sheep raisers asks Travis county commissioners to appoint a sheep inspector under state law. With about 6000 sheep in the county, an inspector may be named. Manor resident M Abrams is among the applicants.
Engineer Parker of the railroad commission will visit Pecos Reeves county to appraise forty five miles of the Pecos Valley and Southern Railway. The valuation will determine the bond amount approved for the completed road from Pecos to Toyah Vale now in operation.
John Golden was found guilty by a county court jury in Austin Texas of sending threatening letters to Edward Almquist, a farmer of El Rey. He was fined $100 with costs totaling $178.65. Two other Black individuals implicated are to be tried. one was shot at the location where money was reportedly to be deposited, with a demanded sum of $200.
The Light announces a girl’s Great Automobile Voting Contest starting Tuesday with six cars and forty four prizes. Nomination lists will appear Tuesday, with coupons and fifty vote bonuses. Contest runs to December with district divisions eight and four, and prizes including Cadillacs Apperson Runabout and diamonds. Voting rules assign votes by subscriptions and coupons, with districts and divisions to ensure fair play and final decisions by a contest committee.
Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute, announced a serum-based treatment that could entirely control epidemic spinal meningitis by injection into the cerebral spinal membrane. Influenza meningitis in the spine would become far less dangerous, reducing deaths and rapid spread. A separate Austin notice reports a board evaluating First Lieutenant Willie E. Lea and Second Lieutenant John M. McGinnis for commissions in the Texas National Guard.
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