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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
6
Fragmented OCR reveals advertising rate terms, publication practices, and notices to advertisers. It references per word pricing, Sundays, and discontinuation of services, with unclear names and mixed fragments indicating changes in display rates and submission guidelines.
An old advertisement from Lynn Massachusetts promises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound aids for women seeking relief. The copy urges readers to write for confidential guidance and mentions a response handled by a woman.
Pope of Fort Worth was elected president of the Farmers Union of Texas in the morning session. Officers will be elected later in the afternoon. The meeting was described as largely executive and outsiders and press representatives were excluded from deliberations.
Thornton Newsom, dubbed the wizard of the tire world, opens Quick Tire Service Inc on Avenue C and Travis in San Antonio. The venture, backed by nearly $100,000 in investment, follows the slogan Open Every Hour in the Year, offering on road repair at any hour free of charge. Newsom’s rapid expansion across the South includes a large tire supply shipment of $40,000 and plans to station service cars, with associates from the Texas Company and Ford connections aiding rollout. Newsom plans a Pacific Coast trip after formalities.
A long list of visitors registers at the St Anthony and Menger hotels in San Antonio, including Keeling and daughter Stine Ordia Dean Keetim from unspecified places, Brantey Loorland and Genito family, Teix topping, Tavier from Anderton Texas, and many others from Houston to Philadelphia. Advertisements note a new electric seven passenger car and a stucco cottage for rent.
Rev JH Groscelosa delivered a sermon urging youths to avoid evil life as he denounced worldly amusements as the broad path to destruction. The program featured two solos by Mr. McKinzie and reported two conversions. Services run nightly through Sunday at 8:78 in the tent at Broadway and Joliet, with Rev Groseclose to preach again.
A major project at Shit Bathing Beach introduces Dolling water treatment after every bath. The pool draws approximately 700,000 gallons daily with regulated overflow to ensure a constant, equitable mix. Dr D Berrey, County Physician, approves the sanitary emulsion and mother nail method from a unitary standpoint.
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