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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1914
Page
7
A fringe health claim article promotes mercorized wax to remove dead skin and replace it with younger looking skin within weeks. It claims safe nightly use like cold cream and says it treats freckles pimples liver spots and fine wrinkles. An alternative recipe uses saxolite and hazel for deeper wrinkles with daily facial bathing results.
City Assessor J F Garland will lead ten days of meetings next week inviting San Antonio property owners to compare new Somers System valuations with the old assessment method. If errors appear they will be corrected to promote equalization. A large map shows district valuations and owners may verify their own lot assessments against neighbors. Final land values will determine next year’s taxes.
The Scientific Society of San Antonio plans a large zoo in Brackenridge Park with city council backing. A meeting of officers and ex-officio members led by Harry Hertzberg will decide the action plan at 4 pm next Thursday in the Prudential Life building. The committee includes Hertzberg chair, B Mackensen, John F How ard, C C Higgins and C G Carter. The group aims to assemble a near complete Texas animal collection.
A bust of General Robert E. Lee will be presented at Johnson Public School on South Flores Street at 2 30 p m Wednesday. The pedestal was donated by the Daughters of the Confederacy. The program includes choruses, readings, and a closing American as the seventh grade students donate the bust and participate in the ceremony.
Miss Cathrine Countiss, the Texas actress, headlines a New York City to Texas tour stopping at the Palace and Majestic circuits presenting The Birthday Present alongside a lineup including What Will Happen Next humorous farce and diverse acts. The program also features Mary Pickford previews, Gaumont features The Better Man, The Adventure of the Stolen Slipper, Broncho Billy and the Rattler, and a Lubin comedy finale.
A Mexican man pushed a large coffin into the San Antonio River as it rose, then claimed he retrieved it from a stump and found it bloody. Police, with an interpreter, questioned him. Undertakers reported a missing coffin. they deemed the red marks as paint.
A prescription claims eyeglasses are unnecessary for many who wear them. It urges readers to buy Optona, mix with warm water, and bathe eyes two to four times daily to strengthen vision and reduce dependence on glasses.
Saturday features another chapter of the "Perils of Pauline" with Lucky Nugget headlining the bill.
San Antonio Automobile Club plans welcome for Colorado motorists arriving May 12. A luncheon and reception are set with a dinner dance probable, followed by departure May 13. Local businessmen may escort them to Galveston.
The dealer promotes a cooperative payment plan for player pianos at four hundred forty nine dollars with five dollar delivery, weekly payments of two dollars and twenty five cents for up to 197 weeks, a thirty day refund, one year exchange privilege, and cancellation of unpaid balances on death. A bench nine rolls and new rolls at five cents each are included.
The plan offers pianos at 257.50 with 202 weekly payments of 1.25 after a 5 initial payment. Early payments reduce the balance and earn a 15 cent weekly cash premium, delivering immediately and allowing cash payment if desired.
The plan offers a 30 day money back guarantee if unsatisfied and a full year trial for every piano. Associates may exchange within one year without any loss, with credit for any amount paid toward a new piano and the original piano returned.
The feature guarantees that if the breadwinner dies the insurance pays, preventing loss of the piano and easing financial worry. The company cancels all future payments and provides a clear receipt in full to the deceased’s family, offering reassurance.
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