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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
8
A Charleston reader describes a severe scalp eruption that covered the head, causing hair loss and distress. After two to three weeks of Cuticura Soap and Ointment use, the ailment fully healed. Sample free by mail with 32 page Skin Book on request. Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston, sold worldwide.
AUSTIN April 27 Charters issued for Gulf Coast Building and Loan Association Corpus Christi Galveston Oil Company Jacksonville Planing Mill Social Athletic Club Browns ville Sar Good Luck il Company Corpus Christi Commercial Club Joby District Warehouse Association Roby Naman's Incorporated Memphis Dry Goods Company Borderland Auto Supply Company Amendments filed for Northwestern Oil Company Liberty Hill Capital stock changes Texas City Passenger Pier Company and more.
The San Jacinto Cotillion Club hosted a Wednesday evening ball at the St. Anthony marking Fiesta’s social peak. Guests wore elaborate gowns, with a cotillion, dance figures, and patriotic light show. Officials and society figures attended, including Col. F. L. Towne and Mrs. Henry Patrick Drought.
A Dr Lewis Baker column answers reader questions with drugstore remedies. It endorses cadomene, arborone, hylone, and balmwort tablets for weight loss nerves dandruff hair growth kidney and bladder relief and constipation, with directions and mailing address for further advice.
Festive Fiesta events fill the page with invites from Mrs. Nat M. Johnson and others visiting relatives. The mariage of George Harry Hartwell and Lucile Brinkley James at St. Mark's Episcopal Church is described with attire, attendants, and reception details.
The Jewish Literary Club will hold a dance Thursday evening April 27 at the St. Anthony to honor visiting friends from out of town.
Miss Fannie Kirschbaum of Dallas was honored with a 500 party by Miss Frances Miller on Wednesday afternoon. Twenty guests attended and Miss Leah Goldberg received a prize. Three course refreshments were served.
Police reports list five separate accidents with nine injuries, none serious. Individuals affected include Joe Wainwright from 808 Morales street with a compound leg fracture, c¢ F Krauger at 503 Dallas street bruised, and Mercer Wright facing bond for motorcycle recklessness.
Allan Kas residents report kidney and bladder pain relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. Arthur Jones says age hinders cure yet the remedy helps him work in the hay field. He also notes relief from rheumatism backache and joint pains in letters to the firm. A M Fischer.
The Colonial Dames of Texas awarded a $10 gold prize to Marguerite Greathouse of Austin High School for best essay on colonial America. Erin Miller received second prize among twelve submissions, with Greathouse's topic titled Frontier Life and Its Effects on Our Institutions.
A Buenos Aires dispatch says Captain Fritz D. du Quesne of New York was killed in a battle with Indians along the Bolivian frontier and his expedition was looted. He left New York in December 1913 with motion picture equipment to follow Colonel Theodore Roosevelt into South America.
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