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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
5
An advertisement promises a great remedy for hair loss and thinning affecting men women and children. It claims speedy relief without relying on the speaker’s word and offers a free coupon for a $1 package to prove the claims.
The notice offers a free one dollar package in exchange for filling blank lines with name and address and sending ten cents as proof of good faith. It directs mail to The Foso Company at 1998 Foso Building Cincinnati Ohio and promises prepaid delivery upon receipt.
Oscar L. Crockett, jailed for the killing of Frank L. Naylor at Citizens Auto garage, has not posted the $3000 bail after a habeas corpus hearing. Judge Birkhead deemed the case bailable, with attorneys arguing over the amount as witnesses testified.
The Neal Institutes in Dallas and Houston offer a humane painless treatment that claims to free thousands in Texas from morphine and other drug addictions. The facilities provide constant medical supervision, comfort, and confidential correspondence for those seeking help.
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed millions of mothers and children for sixty years, easing teething pain, soothing gums, curing wind colic and diarrhea, and is harmless. It warns to ask for the exact product and not another kind, priced at twenty five cents.
News from Berlin recalls Baroness Car Von Bie denfeld, favorite niece of Columbus Ry Cummings, who, despite his wishes, married a penniless baron. He later killed a detective here in a money dispute and was acquitted on self defense. The baroness died after a protracted illness, leaving little beyond a $10 inheritance instead of millions.
Notice lists Dr. Sara F. Hardman an osteopath in Gibbs Building with residential number N P 3055 b and a contact phone reference for the home line. The entry presents basic professional and contact details typical of a local directory listing.
President Jake Wolff announced the chamber of commerce delegates for the sixth annual dry farming congress and international exposition in Colorado Springs October 16 to 20. Nat M. Washer chairs the group with E. W. Knox J. H. Kirkpatrick J. H. Fowler and William Cassin. The meeting aims to discuss dry farming challenges and boost cooperation among national state and farmer groups. Delegates from every state and foreign representatives are expected.
The Bexar County Highway league gathered at the St. Anthony hotel for a get acquainted session reviewing progress and outlining future work. A council petition will seek funds to oil Roosevelt avenue and Garden street to the fair grounds with support from a 600 member strong coalition.
Senator H. B. Terrell of McLennan county accepts invitation from the Bexar County Highway league to speak in San Antonio on road improvement. The veteran advocate of highway legislation is slated to address Good Roads Day activities and discuss public highway benefits.
On Good Roads day at the International fair Antonio November 10, Senator Terrell, long active on highway issues and author of key laws, accepts the league invitation and stresses that better public highways are the top Texas concern. He hopes the discussion will energize Texans on the matter.
The Associated Press reports Adolph Kessling, missing for about a decade, reappears in Calexico, California where he ran a meat market and sent cattle to St. Louis. His wife Pauline sought to prove him legally dead while insurers pursued policy claims. His son-in-law Charles Free now joins him in Calexico. Fraser adds a local note on tailoring and dress standards.
Jeff D. Cox member of the Texas House from Rockwall was appointed chief deputy game fish and oyster commissioner with the title of state game warden to succeed Emmet Smith. He resigns his House seat and will assume duties October 1. Fraser tailor notes clothes that are correct foster self respect and justify the wearers.
The Wyeth Chemical Company of New York offers Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken hair prevent dandruff and hair loss and promote growth. Drugstores sell it for fifty cents a bottle with a money back guarantee if it fails to work as represented.
Panama to United States envoy Dr Belizaro Porras wed by proxy in San Jose Costa Rica to a member of a prominent Costa Rican family. The marriage is government sanctioned and Senora Porras will sail to join him in Washington.
Pope Pius today ratified the appointment of Right Rev. Mgr. Laval of New Orleans as auxiliary archbishop there and titular bishop of Hierocaesarian. He also approved Cardinal de Lai’s proposal naming Right Rev. Joseph M. Koudelka of Cleveland as auxiliary archbishop of Milwaukee.
President B F Nicholson will announce the arrangement committee for the Real Estate Exchange second annual banquet at a luncheon tomorrow at the St Anthony hotel. The event aims to be a major commercial gathering. 684 businessmen attended last year's banquet. Seven new directors and officers will be elected at the exchange meeting September 28. the banquet will follow within a week.
Political lines for 1912 already drawn in Minnesota with two simultaneous meetings. Taft supporters held one meeting while La Follette backers gathered for another. A Taft reception was planned for his October visit, and Minnesota progressives planned a banquet for La Follette’s followers tomorrow night.
Paris dispatch reports the death today of Armand Cochefert former chief of Paris detective service born 1859. He played a prominent role in the Dreyfus trial and was a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
In Houston Texas on September 6 Rev Charles Smith the latest Black man arrested in connection with Patrolman John Cain’s death has been released after police concluded he was innocent. The murderer's identity remains unknown and is unlikely to be solved.
Superintendent John F. O'Shea of the Taylor public schools has announced the assignment of the work for the ensuing session. The Taylor Teachers' Independent Institute meets next Monday for a week, a week before the schools open on September 18.
Caldwell Kansas Sept 6 another link in a great north and south highway connecting Galveston Texas to Winnipeg Manitoba was completed today Sumner county commissioners and county road board established the old Chisholm trail as a county road from Wellington to Caldwell twenty miles the route already exists across Oklahoma to the Red River
Ad highlights Horsford's Acid Phosphate as relief for fatigue from heat overwork or insomnia. The tone suggests a medicinal product ad urging use for tiredness during summer weather.
Monday's local wagon cotton receipts reached 243 bales, lifting the season total to 8827 bales. Saturday posted 935 bales, the season's largest single day total so far.
Fraser notes tailoring thrives when customers expect smartness, built from self education. The craftsman describes a business model focused on educated clients seeking refined apparel and service.
Prof. C. G. Evans, president of the Southwest Texas normal, will speak at the First Methodist church in Seguin on Thursday September 7. A large crowd is expected and the local choir will provide special music. Fraser, tailor, notes that a finished garment is the best advertisement.
In Italy a camorrist trial yields a striking line as an accused calls a detective witness a one million horsepower liar. The quip reflects the courtroom drama and its impact on contemporary Ananias literature circles.
Dr J Harvey Moore formerly head eye surgeon at the state institution for the blind in St Louis has publicized cures from his San Antonio practice. He claims to treat all curable eye diseases and offers tests for glasses. The Oscillator treatment aids weak eyes and optic nerve issues. Offices at Suite 204 Gunter Building corner of St Marys and San Antonio Streets.
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