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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
2
Approaching motherhood requires extra nourishment to support nerves and tissue. Normal diets may suffice normally, but the double burden calls for additional nerve and tissue-building food to ensure a calm, healthy pregnancy and delivery.
About 150 delegates converge on Madison Square Presbyterian Church as the five day synod begins with ministers from New York St Louis and others. Noted figures from Houston St Louis New York Nashville and more attend while business and social events are planned including home mission talks and foreign outreach efforts.
Deputy Sheriff Hudler arrested John Foster and a negro yesterday in Victoria Texas for allegedly placing pulverized glass in Mary Foster s medicine to cause illness. The physician says the glass was powdered too fine to gain the desired effect and the medicine is now with authorities.
San Antonio based case centers on T. H. Bryant head of North American Fire Insurance association accused of stealing 121.68 from Mrs. Knoepfli as premium for a policy on a burned home. Authorities plan to file federal charges for use of the U S mail in fraud while state case for theft over fifty dollars proceeds.
An advertisement extols TIZ as a cure for corns bunions calluses and sweaty feet. It claims instant relief with repeated use and cites testimonials like Sam A Hoover of Progress NC and Walter Luther Dodge Co Chicago offering 25 cents per box or 41 cents if mailed.
Flowers will be received for distribution at local hospitals by The Light tomorrow. Donations should be sent before 2 o'clock when the automobile departs for the hospitals. Do not spare bouquets as patients enjoy selecting blossoms. those with excess flowers from entertaining may call The Light to arrange pickup, but limited city coverage when delivering.
Pancho Angelar a 7 or 8 year old boy fled a cruel stepfather and walked about ten miles before Manuel de la Cruz found him on Blanco road and brought him to San Antonio. Constable Trainer placed him with the Humane Society which has him temporarily at St John’s Orphans Home while investigators review the case. He says his mother is dead and he has two sisters ages 15 and 20 living in Medina county near Dunlay with the stepfather. The Humane Society is conducting the inquiry.
Residents and business leaders along the San Antonio river urge immediate action to sanitary the slimy, odoriferous water. They call for cleaning the river bed, removing mud, reducing mosquito breeding pools, and possibly boring wells near the head to restore flow and health.
Cattle thieves arrested by rurales reported in a regional update. The piece notes ongoing efforts against Magonistas in Northern Chihuahua with General Pasqual Orozco taking command of rurales and deploying 100 troops near Samalayuca. He succeeds Gen. Jose Blanco, reassigned to Zapata duties in Morelos.
The adjutant general of Texas keeps in close contact with the southwest border situation as Mexican depredations continue. A second ranger detachment may be sent to support Captain J. J. Sanders at Harlingen after Captain Sanders reported a quiet scene yesterday. The department pledges full aid to stop further incursions.
Residents along Augusta and Convent streets Soledad Travis and Garden street report persistent foul odors from the river area. The river commission works to keep the river sanitary in the business district, but odor remains a health concern for citizens.
Columbia S C September 21 Associated Press reports Senator Benjamin R Tillman declared he would run to succeed himself. Indicated opposition may come from former Senator W J Talbert of the same city. Royal Orchestra performs daily at the Saratoga restaurant.
Judge William B. Hawkins announces candidacy for associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He states the bid is on his own initiative and vows to keep the office free from factional politics as a Democrat. He previously served as first assistant attorney general and later as commissioner of insurance and banking.
Special to The Light reports Mrs. Joe Borosh of Dreyer near Yoakum Texas accidentally killed herself when a loaded gun dropped while she swept behind a door. The discharge took effect in Mr. Borosh's body and caused immediate death.
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