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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1912
Page
7
A vintage ad promises immediate relief from sour belching gas and indigestion by taking Diapepsin. It claims the medicine regulates the stomach so people can eat favorite foods without fear, noting millions use it for stomach comfort.
San Antonio exhibitors approve a special one story octagonal building for the women’s exhibit to be placed near the main walk and vehicle entrance. E P Behles designs with 90 by 90 feet dimensions and skylight. Free admission limited to staff officials and concession owners. other attendees pay. A UT day may be set with a possible football game against a leading Texas school.
San Antonio good roads boosters plan a morning departure for Blanco City to attend a 1:30 PM gathering urging a San Antonio to Marble Falls highway. D E B Colp, highway division secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, expects a large delegation to travel. Nearby Yoakum farmers back highway improvement, led by Dr W A McVea of the local commerce club and merchants association, who champions the San Antonio port O Connor link.
A hard rain in Vernon Texas last night greatly benefited young cotton and other late crops, aiding growth and health in the area.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a natural gentle liver and bowel cleanser with no griping. It promotes a teaspoonful tonight to move constipated waste by morning and warns against imitation products and castor oil or salts. It highlights California Fig Syrup Company as the genuine label.
Mrs James Hopper chairs Third ward cleanup drive set for September 26 with county health backing. West End concerns over garbage wagons spurred residents to organize, with meetings at Bowie and Grand schools, prizes for cans, and calls for Negro community help and school involvement.
A Nashville woman reports severe scalp itching dandruff and hair loss after malaria in 1911. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete cure after a few applications and a treatment routine amid mixed prior remedies.
Anacostia D C resident L M Chilton writes of a summer skin itch that bled from scratching until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured him after several applications. Ad invites free samples and lists Boston mailing address for Cuticura Dept T. Sample shaving stick offered for tender faces at 25 cents.
Administration backers push long term plan with citizens from all classes to solve community problems. Ray M Mackey of the citizens' auxiliary committee pledges help in organizing the Third ward as three wards have already been organized and the Fourth is planned. Attendees include Mesdames Bliem Duggan Vanlandingham Surkey Reese Taliaferro Dowden Freeborn Santa Cruzi Dunne Hopper Owis Fee Wilson LeSturgeon Langston Toner Jones Langworthy Miss King Wimberly Stoddard Higgins Laird Peterson Beale Baetz Davis Plummer Wright Thompson Nelson.
Albany Sept 17 The first real test of the states new direct primary law comes today with nominees for congress senate and assembly and city village and county offices. Under the law the progressive party cannot participate but must file nominating petitions by October 11. Polls run 1 pm to 9 pm with green ballots for Democrats pink for Republicans canary for independence leaguers mandarin for prohibitionists and buff for socialists.
ST. PAUL Minn Sept 17 The first statewide primary for direct nomination of state officers and federal lawmakers is being held today. Four candidates compete for the Republican nomination for governor.
News from London reports the opposition to the new 50 million dollar loan to China has proved successful. Negotiations occurred in London between the Chinese minister and a British bank representative as part of the effort.
San Antonio aldermen move to raise fire department salaries by 12 360 annually with a ten dollar monthly increment for most ranks effective October 1. The council also considers bids for police uniforms and routes for street repairs while mallors discuss a new roundhouse plan to shelter twenty locomotives.
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