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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1908
Page
22
A magazine fragment on beauty standards discusses complexion care, hair, and wardrobe. It links fair skin to value, offers cosmetic recipes, hair tips, and style advice, and names fictional figures Katherine and Finssle while emphasizing grooming for a refined look.
A New York department store showcases a diverse Easter bonnet collection with numerous colors and lace details. The display emphasizes fashionable millinery, inviting shoppers to view daily new arrivals at 208 W Commerce and the Wonderland on Houstay Street. The note highlights extended hours and prompt service during the Easter season.
A verse meditation on spring fashion and consumer desire. The speaker mocks women's obsession with clothes, noting changing fashions and credit limits while a higher power observes the moving parade of society’s adornments. Authored by Mrs. W. T. Mullin.
The article outlines essential and optional gear for long car trips. It stresses a waterproof top, glass front, shock absorbers, a dashboard speedometer odometer, two reserve tires with appropriate treads, waterproof casings, inner tubes, and tubes stored in separate bags with French chalk to prevent chafing. It also covers spare parts, tools, a jack, headlights, a reliable generator, and safety gear for night driving, plus planning a reasonable travel pace and schedule to enjoy the scenery.
An editorial notes that ideal cars must be lighter and cheaper for American roads. It argues against heavy, bulky six or eight cylinder models, praising light weight medium horsepower designs and four or six cylinder engines as increasingly common.
A roundup of early motor news notes: new routes and speeds, imports of German cars, local regulations on Sunday driving, demonstrations by Charles J. Glidden in Haifa, and incidents from New York tunnels to Cincinnati politics. It notes growing car ownership in the United States and mentions a Philadelphia motor group merger effort.
State supreme court decisions review negligence in crashes involving animals and passing motorists. A South Carolina ruling holds a motorist must exercise due care to prevent harm when animals are spooked near moving vehicles. The opinion discusses stopping a vehicle as more than pausing motion, stressing engine shutdown to avoid danger.
Tires should not be stored or left unused in direct sunlight as rubber loses plasticity and cracks. Prolonged exposure renders tires nearly valueless in months. keep tires indoors, wipe off any oil, and avoid resting tires on hot supports.
Paris officials consider stricter traffic rules with license suspensions of three days and six month sentences for offenses. The move prompts controversy as Le Figaro labels it the autophin bill while opponents highlight road deaths compared to horse traffic.
The text discusses tire pressure and road handling, urging regular pumping to prevent low mood and tire failure. It mentions a routine check, warning that worn fabric leads to disintegration and should be replaced promptly to avoid permanent damage. It references a dietary retracting step and notes responsibility for greater extent of wear.
A fragmentary notice notes anxiety over a local spell and weather, with next Tuesday’s city election preview. It lists no candidate for city treasurer, three hopefuls for mayor, four for alderman, and County Commissioner George P. Lil- as a named official.
Lard of Guadaline county reports erosion along the river with gravel. residents discuss the Bailey question as it gains attention. Mrs Walter Nolte and Mrs Pat Teeland of Seguin visit Mrs Ay Ih. Linscomb and W H Field of Lockhart were there Thursday.
A Dallas bound report notes Senator and G Sent speaking in Honey Grove about support for Ute delegates at large nominated by the Waea convention. The feature focuses on the Twoker trust and its Texas operations and its relation to the current sht. t.
Tie believed he had nerve and proposed to the beautiful heiress in a poetic moment. She stormed that they would not marry, and he wilted under her rebuke on an August afternoon.
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