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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1913

Page

2

Waco Woman Praises Vitalitas Earth Fluid

Mrs. E. Ker of 900 Columbus Street, a longtime Waco resident, touts Vitalitas as a remarkable earth fluid that restored her energy and appetite after years of liver trouble. She reports better sleep and vigor after two weeks of use. Demonstration at Wagner's, 407 East Houston, offers samples.

E. Ker Waco Vitalitas Texas Kervis Columbus Street Wagner's East Houston

Behrens 75 Dies at Bexar County Hospital

George Behrens, a German native living in Texas 36 years and a former resident of the Bexar county poor farm for sixteen years, died at 9 this morning at Bexar County Hospital. Funeral at 9 tomorrow from Riebe Parlors with Rev. O Hartmann officiating, burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Milwaukee reports a 13 year old boy who claims to have eaten 2478 pies in his life.

O. Hartmann St. John’s Lutheran Church

Mayor restricts attorney use in street projects

Mayor Brown says employment of special counsel and high salaries by citizens groups seeking street widening will not influence his decisions. He vows to judge each project on merit and the greatest good, opposing unnecessary legal costs while weighing paving plans against city expenses.

Brown Lefty Council

Moving Picture Troupe Battles Shark On Franz Joseph I

A shipboard scene off Brooklyn sees fourteen film actors staged for a tragedy. A shark interrupts when a passenger cries shark and a performer is scratched leaping to a float. The troupe is towed back to New York as the Franz Joseph I heads to Trieste. Missouri coal is projected to last nine thousand years at current mining pace.

Brooklyn Fiftieth Street Trieste Mediterranean New York Gertrude Kingdon Thomas R. Mills George D. Carlton Hyterical Harold Leistel Sandy Hook Franz Joseph I Missouri

Popular Fort Worth manager backs Plant Juice tonic

J Walter Morris the popular president and manager of the Fort Worth Baseball Club endorses Plant Juice a vegetable tonic praised by many Texas business leaders. He says it helped his biliousness and serves as a strong general tonic with widespread state testimonials from bankers railroad men clerks mechanics and laborers. Sold at Fischer's Drug Store.

Fort Worth Texas J. Walter Morris Texas League Morris State of Fischer's Drug Store

Local officials warn against street paving solicitation

The message condemns collectors who solicit payments for expedited street paving, stating that such conduct will not be tolerated and that payments to individuals will not speed work.

Sulzer Forces Meet Defeat First Round

Garrison jailed after contempt arrest as Sulzer impeachment moves unfold in Albany. Assembly seeks habeas relief while Levy presses for imprisonment until session end. court procedures for impeachment read aloud as graft probes and political tensions surge.

Sulzer Levy Garrison

Landsudden upheavals in Skamania county Washington

State Forester Ferris reports bizarre land shifts near Stevenson in Skamania county. Gardens rise and sink, lakes migrate, hills form and crumble, trees tilt and split as elevations drop from 2100 feet to about 1500 1600 feet above sea level. Ferris suggests a subterranean lake beneath the area as a possible cause.

Seattle Wash Skamania County Washington Ferris Stevenson Nature Mr. Ferris Ie. Ana

New York Central Agent Visits San Antonio

H. C. Carson, general agent for the passenger department of the New York Central railroad, was in San Antonio yesterday and left for Houston this morning.

B. C. Stevenson Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Louis B. Gerner Southwestern Dallas San Antonio Houston H. C. Carson New York Central Railroad

Carbon filament in lamp nears 2900 degrees, says French tester

A French experimenter asserts the carbon filament in an ordinary incandescent lamp reaches about 2900 degrees. The claim highlights the extreme heat during operation and underlines the filament’s resistance and durability at high temperatures.

Cupid frees autoist in Chicago court drama

In Chicago a speeding case ends with attorney Schulman offering a hefty fee and a daughter’s hand in exchange for leniency. Edelman pleads for clemency as the judge contemplates a heavy fine to set an example, while Bes whispers to the judge about marriage prospects. A North Carolina inventor patents a portable leather belt cutting device for splicing.

Chicago Joseph W. Schulman Hyman Edelman Mr Edelman Bes Schulman Bessie

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