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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1918
Page
8
The advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as the world’s best selling remedy for Lum bago Sciatica Neuralgia muscle soreness and joint stiffness. It emphasizes prompt relief clean soothing effective economical and leaves no skin irritation. Packaging priced at 25c 50c and 1.
San Antonio begins an eight day push to raise four million dollars for the Liberty Loan with parade and rally. Franz C. Groos to lead forces, Col Holmgreen and Col Barrett to command west and east sides, officers chosen to captain ten districts, and efforts to snag large corporate subscriptions on installment terms. McAdoo to address April 16 as campaign aims for full quota and early closure.
A health note warns against soaps and strong shampoos drying the scalp and making hair brittle. It recommends ordinary unmixed coconut oil as a gentle cleanser, using one to two teaspoonfuls with water to create lather that rinses clean. The remedy promises soft scalps and silky, manageable hair, with coconut oil being inexpensive and widely available.
An anti septic Hyomei inhaler is advertised to relieve catarrh by breathing it into the lungs. The ad promises quick relief, soothing inflamed membranes and stopping the illness before it leads to consumption. Fischer's Drug Store is named as the seller.
The brigade and field officers school at Fort Suny Hous ton closed Tuesday with 122 officers in attendance from National Guard divisions nationwide. The program, led by Brig Gen T B Dugan, refreshed tactics and duties while a board reviews fitness for possible duty abroad. Instructors included Colonels Laubsuch Jiedekin Edwards Wheeler and others. artillery and infantry attended, with artillery later sent to Fort Sill for firing school.
Col Waltz formally retires at Fort Standouston after 44 years in uniform. He commanded the 19th Infantry for seven years. a farewell banquet at the Menger followed. Maj John M. Pruyn becomes regimental commander, with Capt N L Satlanya as adjutant. Col D J Baker takes command of the 18th Infantry Brigade stationed in Houston.
President Wilson earmarks 250000 from the war emergency fund to support the Commission on Training Camp Activities in expanding delinquent girls and women's reformatories near military camps. South sites will receive cottages for 30 to 60 occupants, with states matching costs and finishing within a year. Committee disbursing funds is led by Fosdick and includes Mrs Newton D Baker.
The Ned Cross announces a War Department memorandum to erect a rest building at each army camp for semi army nurses. The Camp Travis plan is not yet received. Red Cross headquarters expect details soon.
Obituary notices recount the deaths of W. A. Dupre aged 22 of 1715 Fredericksburg Road originally from Queens town Ireland, J. B. Coleman 83 of 1201 West Ashby Place, Mrs. J. D. Carlton, Otto Otterson 84 Texan, Miss Rose Strum 80 Texan, and Mrs. Maria Serold nearly 72 born in Breslau Germany. Surviving family members and funeral arrangements are listed for each, with interment details and funeral services noted.
Fire in the second story of the Whapa drug store at West Commerce Street and Santa Rosa Avenue caused about 100 dollars in damage. A smaller bathroom fire at 124 Leopold Street caused minor damage. A false alarm from box 58 prompted a run by several companies. The rest lists obituaries, funeral notices, ads, and assorted items including fingerprints for officers and traffic law arrests.
Melvin Foreman soldier on trial in Thirty-seventh district court faces indictment for the murder of Elisio Ornelas a service car chauffeur. Alisic Alvarado the first witness identified Foreman and co defendant Latio Parrish as the soldiers who attacked the car’s occupants the night of the crime. Jury selection completed. testimony began at 10 30 a m with about a dozen witnesses sworn.
The piece urges total national focus to win the war and warns that exhaustion causes mental fog disrupted sleep and poor digestion signaling a breaking nervous system requiring action to recover energy and resilience.
An advertisement touts Sensapersa as a blood tonic and nerve sedative that allegedly repairs worn nerves and tissues, doubles nerve health in ten days, and enables stronger daily performance. Two sizes priced at 1.00, available at Wagner Drug Store and local druggists.
An advertisement claims Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey relieves a wheezy cold and coughing from the first dose. It asserts soothing air passages and reduced throat tickling, with ingredients that ease inflammation and expel phlegm, offered at 25e by druggists.
Police reported a car strike at 1112 Mast Houston Street with no injuries and driver identity sought. A stolen five passenger Buick was traced to a Ford chassis find near El Paso and South Elmendorf Streets. Donations urged for children and babies as War Service Board relocates to 103 Crockett Street with expanded quarters.
W E Richards held in Houston on an indictment charging embezzlement of 37280 from the American Bank of Houston, which failed four years ago in liquidation. He was arrested in Philadelphia on a fugitive warrant. former president of Commonwealth Trust Co, now out of business. Sheriff Hammond plans to travel to Philadelphia with requisition papers to bring Richards to Houston for trial.
The British steamer Carlisle Castle was sunk while bound for a foreign port, presumed torpedoed by a German submarine. Boston exporters and marine underwriters reported the loss with no details on crew fate. The ship, chartered to Quaarg Line, carried war supplies. London also reported the armed boarding steamer Tithonus torpedoed and sunk by a submarine on March 28, with one mercantile officer and three naval ratings missing.
Austin Chamber of Commerce secretary John Carrington traveled to the capital to award sub contracts for planting about 1600 acres of castor beans, with Travis County farmers ready to sign and furnish bonds. Bexar County would still have 250 to 600 acres available, while Fravis County interest also appears.
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