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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
2
Cards announce the marriage of William Wehe a cotton specialist for the Texas Department of Agriculture and Miss Gertrude Meta Peterson. They will reside in Austin. Both are natives of Germany with Wehe from Bremen and Peterson from Hamburg.
A hard fought Illinois primary predicts a dramatic contest between Governor Edward F. Dunne and Frank O. Lowden for governor. Lowden led the Republican ticket in Cook County with 161,141 votes. Dunne led Democrats with 108,746 in Cook County and 1335 down state precincts. Larimer’s defeat for Congress appears assured as Fulton leads by about 1,000. Numerous Republican incumbents and Democratic nominees are listed with vote tallies across Cook and downstate Illinois.
Unofficial counts from Georgia show Hugh M. Dorsey leading for governor with 106,680 votes, 1841 ahead of opponents. Dorsey carried 102 counties and a convention vote of 244, needing 192 for nomination. Larsen defeated Hughes for renomination in the 12th district. Overstreet won in the first. Other incumbents were renominated. Britain votes on liquor prohibition in British Columbia.
An ad extols Sargol tablets as a method for thin individuals to gain 5 to 25 pounds a month. It claims Sargol rebuilds blood with new red cells and aids nutrient delivery, promising visible weight gain within two weeks and money-back guarantees from H. L. Wagner and local druggists.
The measure submitted to referendum would ban liquor sales as a beverage after July 1, 1917. Medicinal and sacramental purchases would be permitted in limited quantities from vendors tied to the provincial police service. Government selling bureaus would act as non profit distribution centers.
Thieves shattered the plate glass window of the Popular store at West Houston and North Flores on Wednesday night and stole three watches five shirts and a dozen ties. Patrolman Stark found the damaged window at 2 30 Thursday morning. Detectives were assigned to the case. A burglary at 204 Garden street yielded opera glasses and a ruby and pearl stick pin. Jose Ovando reported a $40 cash loss from under his pillow.
A shot from the Mexican side entered the residence of W. E. Thomas in Brownsville and narrowly missed his baby after passing through a gasoline stove. An American soldier saw a Mexican soldier walk away with a raised weapon. A prior outpost reported being fired on from across the Rio Grande.
Washington reports from the Southern Department show the week ending September 9 with 1.91 percent sick among National Guard on the border and three deaths from appendicitis dysentery and gastric ulcers. Regular troops sick rate 2.15 percent with four deaths.
In Dallas on September 14 a six month old child named John Irvine Wilson died from complications after swallowing a nickel. The coin lodged in the windpipe and was removed but pneumonia developed.
A New York specialist argues real strength comes from diet and iron in the blood. He promotes two five grain tablets of ordinary nuxated iron three times daily after meals for two weeks and urges avoiding reduced iron forms. He claims many nervous, run-down patients gain strength and cure digestive and liver troubles within 10 to 14 days. The ad notes a $100 guarantee and lists H. L. Wagner as a local dispenser.
Berlin dispatch reports German journalists denounce U S Ambassador James W Gerard for allegedly commenting on Dr Gustav Strezmanns Reichstag speech urging resumed submarine warfare. Gerard denies knowing the speech and says his submarine stance is pro American, not pro British.
In New York on September 14 the Interborough Rapid Transit reports improved subway and elevated service while most streetcar lines run well below normal. Strike leaders vow the fight continues and study a possible sympathetic walkout across allied trades after parades and meetings. Five trolley cars collided on Westchester Avenue, injuring ten, one seriously, with crews alleging greased rails hindered braking.
The Pottawatomie tribal council announced plans to sue for possession of Chicago lake front land at Mayetta Kansas on September 14. They contend that a century ago the site was ceded to the government but shoreline accretions and an island once in Lake Michigan are now connected to the mainland. The action targets Grant Park area as part of the claim.
Governor Ferguson spent the day at Bastrop on private business and is expected to return today. He has largely abandoned plans for a Colorado vacation due to official duties, curtailing his extended summer trip.
N A Gould third cousin of the late Jay Gould avoids East Coast fame, saying he must finish a carpenter job for a neighbor. Born in 1844 in Allegheny County New York, he later moved with family to Illinois and then west, preferring quiet work over public life.
In Iowa thirty five miles east of Des Moines the visitor discussed ties to the Goulds. He spoke of moving from Iowa to Minneapolis and weighing a return to Iowa while claiming New York as his home. He denied knowing Jay Gould and described ancestral kinship between his family and the Goulds, tracing a westward pioneer line.
William Dean Howell, the novelist, discusses a poet noting that the poet’s work is over refined and over delicate, implying a critique of his style and sensitivity.
Mrs Hartmeister of Missouri reports kidney trouble for two years eased by Foley Kidney Pills. She says she could hardly cook but now feels like a new person. The ad warns that neglected kidneys cause backache dizziness puffiness and rheumatism. A M Fischer endorses.
An elderly speaker compares a writer's career to a young husband after a honeymoon. He recalls that the husband would miss the 8 15 express and instead take the slower 8 20 train to ease the separation. The reflection uses everyday travel as a metaphor for continuing devotion.
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