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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1917
Page
8
Nemo Cerisae markets corsets as the only self reducing garments with comfort and hygienic safety. Features include Self-Reducing Straps Relief Bands Auto-Massage Bands and Lastikops Bandlet. Prices for full figures start at $3.50 with higher options available.
The Nemo Wonderlift Bandset is presented as the ultimate corset invention that uplifts, supports, and reshapes the figure. It offers adjustable models for all body types from slender to fuller figures with prices listed at five to twelve dollars.
The Nemo Back-Resting invention strengthens weak muscles relieves backache and promotes erect healthful carriage It offers models priced at $3.00 $3.50 $5.00 and up for various figures.
Hans Helland was elected president of the San Antonio Bird Club at a Saturday evening meeting at the Carnegie Library auditorium. Officers include Florence Wasson first vice president and J Orr Campbell second vice president with A J James secretary and George R List treasurer. A executive board adds Dr Constance Pessels Miss Ellen Scholz and Roy W Quillan. The club plans to draft an ordinance to protect native birds and to propose shelters and sanctuaries while declaring war on the English Sparrow. Monthly meetings set, next May 7 at 8 pm in the Carnegie Library auditorium. public welcome.
Biloxi Mississippi Governor Bilbo plans to urge the state to pay Will Purvis of Lamar County a substantial sum as partial compensation for time served in the penitentiary and jail. Purvis, jailed for murder decades ago, escaped death by hanging when the rope slipped and was later pardoned. A deathbed confession in Columbia by Joseph Beard cleared Purvis of the crime.
Sister sign touts THE GOODRICH GUIDE POST as pointing motorists to high quality tires at the lowest price. It promises comfort safety and lasting service from tires bought there.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary prepare for a May 1919 national convention in San Antonio, expected to attract about 10 000 visitors and 1 000 delegates. The event will be hosted at the Gunter hotel with tours to Medina Lake Corpus Christi and other local sights.
All women of the city attend a 10 o'clock Tuesday meeting in Wolff & Marx auditorium to discuss buying a motor truck for Battery B Texas National Guard under Captain Claude Birkhead. The call by Mrs. L. B. Clegg aims to fund a needed truck for border service.
The Bexar County Parents Teachers Association met at the Courthouse to arrange the annual Brackenridge Park picnic on the fourth Saturday in May. Families are to bring basket lunches, and a program with athletic and other contests is planned to attract attendance from all county schools.
New Braunfels Texas on April 28 reports preparations for a Loyalty Day parade on Wednesday May 2. Citizens and Comal county residents will close business houses in the afternoon as national colors adorn homes and buildings. local organizations engage in civic display of patriotism.
The San Antonio Red Cross chapter shows a June 25 1917 date balance of 4228.74 in the local treasury after a year of receipts and disbursements. Treasurer Edward W Richardson with chair Dr Charles Venable and secretary Miss Hannah Hirshberg note funds fund hospital supplies surgical dressings civil relief and civilian aid.
A coastal exchange hints at vivid underwater adventures with sharks and submarines. An Old Salt replies that while he has not seen sharks or subs, he has read about them, suggesting lively shorefront imagination amid maritime talk.
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