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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1912
Page
3
A 1911 letter from M Ulmer at 847 Columbus Ave New York describes years of eczema on the left thigh chin and face with severe itching and scabs. After trying powders and blood medicines without relief she attributes recovery to Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Miss Alva Gustafson of 677 Second Ave New York tried various remedies for severe scalp itching that caused sores and sleepless nights. A friend advised Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and within ten weeks she was free of trouble. Free sample offered by Cuticura Dept T Boston. Tender-faced men urged to use Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.
Paris fashion forecast predicts bold color trends for June. Paquin's favors dark greens blues and reds with white for evenings and powdery granite taftetas. Wagner Drecoll’s highlights sylvan tones and white orange for evening wear while Redfern’s blends Grecian draperies with Second Empire elegance.
Noted Jewish lecturer Madame Povsner touring the United States will deliver an address here next Sunday April 14 while en route from Los Angeles. The time and venue will be announced later.
William Dunne Jr of San Antonio is noted as the youngest landowner in Texas. A conveyance from Col Jourdan Campbell to W L Dunne trustee for William Dunne Jr and two city lots in Jourdan town were filed in Atascosa County, marking his ownership before 24 hours old. His father is a former San Antonio newspaper man with ties to The Light. The family helped promote a San Antonio southward railroad in 1908, before the Artesian Belt line.
The Esquieillas of the Chamber of Commerce ready a April 8 banquet at the St Anthony hotel to celebrate the amalgamation and a $160000 fund raise. Invitations reach 1500 with rehearsals, toasts and stunts led by Major Lloyd Spencer and Col W S Conness.
Special to The Light Austin April 6 Railroad Commissioner William D. Williams released a letter correcting a Wall Street Journal editorial claim that Texas cut rates from Dallas and Houston to Eastern Texas harming Shreveport. He says rates are non special, apply statewide, and were deemed reasonable by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Southwest Texas Press and Commercial Secretaries association will hold its annual meeting in Carrizo Springs on April 25 to 27 with reduced railroad rates. Welcome address by A P Johnson and papers by A S Crisp Joseph O Boehmer F M Getzendaner J O Rouse William J Blake L P Barnes R C McKee. Officers include W Y Yates James Rooney S J Hensley M Earle Cook M M McFarland Fletcher Davis J D Jackson and Joseph O Boehmer.
In Paris on April 6 the season’s parasols feature inverted tulip shapes and pagoda like forms. Rich silk fabrics sport bold patterns and bright feather borders. Hand painted motifs echo Futurist and Cubist masterpieces in vibrant color, drawing on Turkish turbans and Southern Persian head dress influences.
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