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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1912
Page
3
Ad touts Cascarets as a gentle inside cleaning solution for bilious headaches and sour stomach. It promises quick liver relief, fresh morning wakefulness, and a cheerful mood from a 10 cent box.
Nat Parks, Southern Pacific livestock agent, returns from Victoria and says cotton fields around the city are bloom filled and growers urge more pickers. Compresses and railroads are stretched by steady baling traffic, with grain shipments missing this year worsening car shortages in Texas while Southwest Texas supplies aid further depletion.
A round trip fare is offered to attend the Kendall County Fair in Boerne on September 6 and 7. The special applies to one person and includes travel to and from the fairgrounds with no extra details provided.
San Antonio women plan a loan exhibit of heirloom jewelry watches bracelets brooches and more for the Harvest Jubilee. The event will be guarded by police and fire forces with meetings at the St Anthony to organize under H W Ross reports growing county interest and honorary vice presidents named for Brooks and San Diego counties.
The San Antonio Laredo Highway league will meet in Pearsall on Tuesday September 10. The date was moved from September 12 to avoid clashing with the Aransas Pass celebration, with Mason Maney of Pearsall supporting a large San Antonio attendance and Pearsall participation.
The Jewish New Year known as Rosh Hashanah falls September 12 this year marking the world’s 56673rd year since creation. An elaborate musical program is planned at Temple Beth El and Friday evening services with Rabbi Samuel Marks leading will begin at 8 p.m.
The record lists burials for Santiago Gonzales aged 21 who died on September 1 at Pecos Street Mrs Fannie Priest age 2 died on September 1 Porter Street Remegia Sauceda aged 80 died September 1 at 112 Juarez Street Z Jesus Salasar aged 30 died August 31 at 208 North Leona Street.
Mr J S Schonfeldt a Southern Pacific brake man living at 925 Burnett Street San Antonio praises Plant Juice as the greatest medicine for stomach and bowel disorders claiming relief from indigestion constipation and general debility He urges others to try it and Fisher's offers bottles today.
Passengers on a San Antonio and Aransas Pass train from the coast awoke early this morning to a request for a revolver by brakeman and fireman. A passenger produced an automatic, sparking fear of train robbers as the train halted in remote countryside. Later reports said the weapon was sought to quell an affray in the baggage car where two men attacked a third, and the robbers jumped from the moving train.
Fifteen ad men from Texas cities met at Houston Chamber of Commerce to boost efforts begun in Galveston two weeks earlier. They aim to raise 60000 to spread the truth and pressure railroads to cooperate, contending that misleading statements harm Texas’ image and deter investment and settlement.
Postmaster General Hitchcock raises rural letter carrier salaries from 1000 to 1100 dollars a year under the post office appropriation bill. About 30,000 carriers on standard routes gain, with shorter routes receiving proportionate increases. The change, effective September 50, adds roughly 4 million dollars yearly and follows a prior raise in four years. At June 30 there were 42,031 rural carriers paid 40.66 million dollars. The increase aims to offset burdens from the parcels post system set for January 1.
Joyful notice praising HOT SPRINGS LIVER BOTTOMS as a staple remedy for constipation and stomach liver and bowel troubles. Sold by first class druggists in San Antonio, Hot Springs Chemical Co. offers 26 cents a box with free samples by mail.
At a 10 am meeting in the mayor’s office, chair Atlee B. Ayres will push a phased city plan focusing on river and street improvements and park beautification at San Pedro and Breckenridge. He favors funding through citizen contributions, studies from eastern cities, and immediate steps like dams, bridges, and a public bath and park complex.
John Murray a houseman at Mrs. Corinne Hayes's boarding house quarrelled over supper on Thursday night. He threw sliced tomatoes at a boarder, sparked a fight, and was taken to the city hospital after an ambulance arrived. The private dinner served to him included cold sliced tomatoes corn on cod and pork chops.
The Grand presents a three reel feature Lucille from Owen Meredith poem. Eleanor Cameron sings new numbers. On Thursday another three reel feature Thel ma from the novel will be shown. Kendall county fair events set for September 6 in Boerne Texas. A Philadelphia rare coin sale saw a 1793 American cent fetch 220 dollars.
Mrs. Mary Henderson 33 wife of W. D. Henderson of this city died at her home 816 East Houston Street. Survived by husband two children Estelle and David mother Fannis Shaw sister Ada LeLaurin brother Albert Neuman of Little Rock Ark. Funeral 5 pm tomorrow from 816 East Houston Street with interment Knights of Pythias cemetery led by Rev. Mr. Macdougal of St. Mark's Episcopal. Priester Mrs. Fannie Priest dies at 515 Porter Street after lingering illness. buried in Houston after arrangements by Shelley-Loring.
Charles B Towns argues in Century that pain and fatigue drive easy drug use and urges strict supervision of drug handling and sale. He notes many start with small doses unaware they contain drugs and warns of addiction risks.
An advertisement claims Danderine cleanses hair of dust and oil, stops itching and shedding, and over weeks helps new hair growth. It suggests applying with a cloth to a strand and promises soft lustrous hair like a young girl's. A 25 cent bottle is offered at druggists or toilet counters.
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