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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1915
Page
2
Local grocers advertise increasing Tea and Coffee values with several blends listed by price per pound. Notable items include Peoples Blend Tea at 40 cents and Purity Blend Coffee at eight cents, plus a free pound with Kirk's Line Talcum Powder offer.
An old advertisement lists flour products with pricing for sacks and meal, noting high quality at low prices and a slogan about first and second sacks. It includes multiple store locations with manager names and contact info, plus a note about opening in May and quick, attentive service. It also promotes Pure Texas Strained Honey and Limmed Honey in large and small jars.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Purity Brand oil as superior taste and health, offering medium to gallon sizes and home delivery. It lists extensive grocery items with prices, including canned vegetables, meats, dairy, and baking goods from Capital City Lard to Pampelman olives. It targets restaurants, families, and out of town customers with specials and money-saving quotes.
This week only Carnation Gerstium Volet Almond cakes priced at 37e per cake. Torpen's Violet cheering extra value offered as a box of three cakes.
A terse note describes a Wednesday pickup in California, noting gathered items packed in a Nicht strip and a full packed load. Mentions 2 percent rate per oan and a 42 percent figure, but exact meanings are unclear from the fragmented text.
A sprawling list of real estate deed transfers dated from 1910 to 1918 across San Antonio San Fernando and nearby counties notes numerous lot sales with blocks and street names. Individuals such as Kirkpatrick Dax Otte Trade Stedman and Mary Pard appear alongside organizations like The People s Cash Stores and the City blocks named in Los Angeles Heights Sylvan Park and San Fernando addition with annotations of consideration amounts. A mass meeting at First Baptist Church Sunday night features Mayor Wooldridge of Austin speaking on law enforcement.
The Weekly Dispatch article signed by Wm. R. Blevins is disputed by Local No.14. President L. Ingram states the union did not endorse any candidate and has no authorized speakers in the campaign. Members may vote as individuals.
A San Antonio Light scheme invites readers to win a free World’s Fair trip by collecting certificates. New nominees include Miss Phyllis Bunn, Miss Kate Dumont, and Miss Edna Seale, joining many others listed with addresses. The plan urges every town of 300+ to submit a name, with standings showing numerous participants and a call to map travel plans for a long coast-to-coast journey.
The Third Field Artillery band will give a program Monday from 5 to 6 in front of the commanding general’s quarters at the Inner Post. Directed by chief musician F. C. Pentland, the program includes Overture The Beautiful Galatea and Selection The Court of Luxembourg.
Carnegie Library receives new books including Arthur Grant In the Gold Paths Paul Waite Balme H Fieldine Hall The Passing of Empire Winifred Stephens French Novelists of Today Rafaul Heyes The Two Americas J S Manatt Aenean Days Joseph Pennell Panaman Canal scenes C A McMurry Conflicting Principles in Teaching Goodrich Coming Mexico MLC Iraser Years on the Pacific Slope J H Wallin Mental Health of the School Child W A Hetcham Theory and Practice of Argumentation and Debate J H Holmes Revolutionary Function of the Modern Church SWS Foes Songs of War and Peace J G Needham Natural History of the Farm Joseph Beaumont Minor Poemas
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