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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1912
Page
5
Mrs Naill reports J M Naill of San Antonio is alive in Lawton Oklahoma. A telegram dated from Lawton confirms his arrival and indicates he is staying with his family. Her son-in-law W T Fuqua met him at a hotel to verify the claim, with no word on his return to San Antonio.
A petition signed by 188 South Heights residents requests a police station and fire station, two paved streets linking to the city and East Commerce, and improved sanitary sewers after years of no city-provided services despite tax payments. The city council may act next meeting. William Phillips notes an American officer’s cruise on a British battleship with a well attended Sunday service and a jackstay sailor quip about grog.
The piece notes 9 Crowns hats with soft drapey textures and broad brim shapes. It highlights shift from stickups to stickouts and flat trimmings plus fall shades like Flame chanson red Arbaces blue taupe coque de roche burnt and tarnished tones along with black and white.
Six years ago the W. & M. millinery department became a standout among 37 shops. W. & M. Hats have sold across Texas and to visitors from the U S Canada and Mexico. We feature top American makers and imports including Dichtenstein Knox and Francois Bendel Tappe Kunzman Johnson Atchison Gerber Barth. New hats arrive daily and the W. & M. Hat remains the right hat, per frequent customer praise.
A contract will be signed this afternoon for an eight by 98 and 107 foot brick one story addition to the Tobias block west of the market house at San Saba and Buena Vista streets. Seven stores planned at a cost of 20000 by Behles Bealhauwe with L Arend erecting. The new stores will serve commission merchants and complete filling the space south of hay plaza.
A Harvest Jubilee committee at Fort Sam Houston met post commander Colonel C. G. Treat to confirm troops participation in the event. Treat pledged full cooperation and the post will host troops in the parade for the opening day and welcome the governor. Army personnel will join chariot races, an innovation in the jubilee lineup, with one day designated Army Day and an officers committee to be named.
The committee conferring with Colonel Treat included Henry L. Halff as jubilee association president Fred J. Johnston W. G. Tobin Louis Heuermann W. B. Tuttle and J. B. Carrington The construction of the women's building at the fair grounds began this morning.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest and safest remedy for upset stomachs. It claims instant relief from indigestion, belching, heartburn, and gas and urges readers to keep a fifty-cent case on hand for any family member.
Market house tenants and 15 nearby commission men petition city council to end plaza vending at ten cents per day. They argue plazas near the market house were intended for wholesale use and cheap rentals push tenants to move out, threatening disruption of market stands. The notice also mentions artificial fruit drying methods in California and Arizona using ovens at 122 degrees for three days.
The piece is made by pouring rubber over unbleached muslin and worn like a square cap with a central hole. A German chemist in Hanover claims to have made hard coal from mantle materials and estimates eight million years to form coal deposits.
Frantic sales pitch touts Parisian Sage as a guaranteed remedy for dandruff and hair loss, claiming it stops itching, nourishes roots, and promotes thick growth within two weeks. It emphasizes a 50 cent price and a money back guarantee with wide availability.
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