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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
8
A chief chemist at Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo tests blood and water to reveal blood-nervous exhaustion or kidney trouble. The staff offers free examinations and medical advice to those who report symptoms. The text mentions an alcohol free alterative from glyceric root extract as a treatment option.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach strengthener, digestive juice promoter, appetite restorer, food assimilation aid, liver energizer, blood purifier and enricher, a blood maker and nerve tonic. It promises increased physical strength, mental activity and clear judgment. Get what you ask for.
The Southern Pacific railroad filed its answer in the United States suit to forfeit 2 373 000 acres of timber and agricultural land valued at 60 million dollars. It argues the government failed to protest land sales in large tracts and high prices, used the railway for war efforts, and accepted taxes and surveying fees, while the government contends the land was forfeitable under the grant terms.
Benjamin Zink, a traveling salesman linked to alleged arson plots in Chicago, was arrested in Brazil Indiana last night. Police notified Chicago authorities. Zink said he came to consult his employers.
Mrs America Meyers a 76 year old widow of Simon A Meyers millionaire tobacco merchant was found dead in her hotel suite in Cincinnati Ohio on September 6. An Indian annual green corn dance continued on the Waseta river eight miles west of Chickasha Oklahoma with 300 members of the Caddo Delaware and Wichita tribes dancing day and night.
News arrives that the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation steamer Lexington, driven ashore in the previous hurricane, has been floated by tugs and lies in a safe position at Botany Bay Island.
An automobile driven by Truman H. Newberry of Detroit Michigan struck and killed 8 year old Helen Ellis of Milton Massachusetts at Narragansett Pier last night.
The University of California anthropologists announce custody of "the most uncontaminated aborigine Indian" named Ishi. They secured 300 words of his language on phonographic records and expect more. Ishi, over 60, was found near Oroville while stealing meat after being driven from the mountains by fires. He demonstrated bow shooting accuracy and retains buckskin clothing with shell ornaments, essential to his beliefs.
Commander Tokuaro Hiraga naval attache to the Japanese embassy in Washington sailed last night on the steamship Admiral Sampson for Alaska. He arrived in Seattle last week with Admiral Togo and described the voyage as a pleasure tour.
An advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic with a plainly printed formula of Quinine and Iron. It claims safety for both grown people and children and lists a 650 cent price point.
Calgary reporters announce a strike at a city gas well with drillers saying the flow should reach 28,000,000 cubic feet per day. The report notes the well is part of a new company charter to supply gas to the city and was found during boring in one of the boreholes.
If you have kidney bladder or rheumatic trouble you will find 60 days treatment in a one dollar bottle. Seldom one bottle fails to cure. Send for testimonials. Dr. E W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis Mo. Sold by druggists.
Chicago on September 6 reports the founding of the first Western club to back Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic presidential nomination. The group also supports Edward F. Dunne for governor of Illinois.
True economy is spending money to best advantage and Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste offers value by exterminating rats mice cockroaches and other vermin. A 25 cent box can prevent damage to property and cure infestations. Available at druggists with genuine Stearns paste from Chicago Illinois.
Police in New York arrest Guissepe Castabile, dubbed the fox, with a dynamite bomb. They seek to prove he and his subordinates conducted bombings, blackmail, and kidnappings in the Italian quarter over four years. Castabile faces seven years for mere possession under the new deadly weapon law.
The bodies of 16 year old twin sons of Henry Bauer were found 20 miles northeast of Montesano near their hermit uncle John Turno. Bullet holes show homicide. a posse searches for Turno who is missing. The boys had gone bear hunting Sunday and failed to return.
Denver August 6 information charging misappropriation of funds of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives amounting to 100000 will be filed by District Attorney Willis Elliott. The charge follows a forgery arrest of assistant secretary Bruno Grosser after disclosures tied to the death of Alfred Muller former secretary. Grosser posted a 10000 bond.
The Portuguese government notifies Britain and Italy of adopting the Marconi wireless telegraphy system. Stations will be built at Lisbon and along the coast and at Cape Verde. Portual is understood to receive terms identical to those accepted by Britain.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke before about 3000 in Cobourg advocating reciprocity and its benefits. G. P. Graham, minister of railways, predicted Canada would gain a significant share of the carrying trade now controlled by the United States.
In Teheran the forces of the former Shah Ali Mirza were defeated at Imamzadeh Jafari. Arch Ed Dowleh, a rebel leader, was injured and captured. Meanwhile in Portsmouth England George Von L Meyer and Admiral Sir Arthur W Moore toured naval establishments. In Rome Angelo Sarto and his nephew arrived from Grazic for papal confirmation.
King Hakken and Queen Maud joined the centennial celebration of Christiana University. They attended a national theater fete last night with fifteen foreign university representatives and about twenty American professors.
Word from La Paz says mobs stoned the Peruvian legation and shattered the shield. Lima authorities placed guards around the Bolivian legation and consulate fearing reprisals. no trouble reported in Lima yet.
Executors of the Russell Sage estate paid 6230 in taxes on railroad bonds worth 1 246 million under the secured debt tax law. It is expected another payment will follow as bond owners have until October 1 to settle.
Davey Costner a Negro farmer announces he will lead a band of fifty Negroes from Bryan county in Southern Oklahoma to colonize Liberia due to alleged ongoing race trouble.
Louisiana and Mississippi leaders will join a national Good Roads Tour to push for a east to gulf highway. A series of meetings is scheduled for November 11 in New Orleans to organize support.
Albert Smith, badly burned saving Joseph Cochran from scalding, will host a cuticle party at a local hospital as surgeons seek volunteers to donate skin grafts to cover facial scars. A score of intimate friends are invited to participate in the skin graft effort.
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