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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1912
Page
10
Dr Hartman explains the six year old revision to Pe-ru-na altering color taste and effect and that demand remains for the old formula. He notes druggists and customers resisted at first but the new product gained acceptance as Ka-tar-no Co prepares to manufacture the old Pe-ru-na under the Ka-tar-no name in Columbus Ohio with free booklet offer.
A 16 year old, Stockdale, dies in a fire related shooting at Pleasant Ridge. Robert Cook, 17, is jailed as investigators tie the incident to a broader flare over a Panama Canal bill. The events prompt calls to bring the dispute before the Hague tribunal.
Mayor Jones appoints a committee of citizens to prepare a proposed city charter for the local government. The July births outpace deaths by a two to one margin in the current statistics department report. The Penrose resolution moves to have the Clapp investigating committee probe financial correspondence among Roosevelt Perkins Archbold Wilson. The former United Wireless president Col Wilson dies in Atlanta prison. Post Office announces all first and second class offices to close all day Sunday.
Mayor Jones and Commissioner Pancoast appoints men to fill vacancies in street and engineering departments. Domestic American Bar association convention at Milwaukee adopts resolution to exclude arrows from membership. A band of Mexican rebels crossing into New Mexico is driven back by U S cavalry.
President Taft orders U S soldiers to Nicaragua as the Southern Texas Truck Growers Association meets at Travis Club. Rebel actions in Mexico leave American citizen William J. Stevens dead at Pacheco. Great Britain files a formal protest over the incident.
The mayor and health board appoint women in each ward to run a neighborhood clean up campaign. The move aims to mobilize local residents and boost sanitation efforts across districts.
A British visitor faces a steep lexicon task as he learns American slang beyond standard references. He must grasp hundreds of expressions not contained in the encyclopedia, illustrating language as a bridge between cultures.
One man is killed and 17 injured when a wreck occurs on the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad near Temple. The report notes a fatality and multiple injuries in the train incident.
Governor Colquitt declines to pay accounts presented by Comptroller Lane for three clerks in his department who helped prosecute violators of the liquor law. A new slate of officers is elected at the San Antonio National Bank.
A London column surveys American slang and phrases sweeping into daily talk. It notes terms for people, behavior, dress, and slang meanings from dope to bun and boozed, urging readers to store the phrases for use in American theater and everyday life.
Dr Keeling, noted dentist, has returned to the city and will resume practice at Office 517 in the Moore building.
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