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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
11
A reader testifies to relief from female ailments after using Lydie Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it cured cramps, stomach pain, and fatigue. The note urges others to consult the medicine and emphasizes its long-standing popularity and trusted status.
In New York the planning department filed a late twilthing plan for a sixteen story detention facility. The proposal includes cells rising above ground level with provisions for surgery and a hospital feature.
Dr Arms outlines dangers of impure milk at a Gun ter Hotel lecture. He says consumer vigilance and dairy cooperation will insure cleanliness, with bacteriological tests to inform the public monthly. Local officials vow enforcement and higher health budgeting.
An old advertisement promises cambric hemmed plow slips of extra good quality at 15 cents and offers a second slip of identical quality for purchase. The terse copy emphasizes value and identical replacement, typical of late period trade notices.
Linen skirts and honeycomb fabric advertised with prices, pockets, and novelty options. Promotes competition in fabric quality and urges customers to buy now for value.
A garbled ad describes boys wash suits with various styles and colors. It mentions midy or sailor type options and implies a sale or barter context, highlighting price around $1.50 and a range of sizes.
City commissioners adopted an ordinance mandating 200 property owners to build sidewalks within 30 days or face misdemeanor fines. The measures include sidewalk work on Burnet Street and Elntira Street requests for cost sharing, plus allocations for police and fire alarm vehicles and curb work around Smith Lalehts Park.
The fragment describes women and children's dresses and trimmed hats with price ranges from 3 to 5 dollars and hats at 95 cents. It mentions adding a boost to bring dresses to around 4.95 and notes a selection of summer hats and frocks in varied styles and colors.
A local display features gowns and petticoats with high and low necklines, trimmed embroidery, and drawers. The collection promises appealing styles for mothers and daughters, with patterns and models showcased for the season.
An OCR fragment advertises yardage deals for French Extra and mixed organdy fabrics. It repeats pricing such as 1.98 for mens wear and 5c for trousers. Mentions a sheer 40 inch tow ered French fabric and obtaining another yard of the same cloth.
Just received a selection of veauum silk and silk mull waists with trim and colors. Buy one waist at 1.50 and get another of the same quality for 1.50. Limited stock includes silk mull fabrics, coin dots, and solid colors.
Advertisement promotes extra shirts at 5 cents, white plain or pleated dress shirts with laundred or soft finishes, collars, in all sizes from 1c to 20, with a second shirt of equal quality for 1 cent.
An old style ad offers a 24 inch bisque doll in Tosca or dark hair with brown or blue eyes for five cents. Buyers can also get an additional doll of identical game quality for a small extra fee.
Fall dresses in Ting silk poplin and crape de chine offered in many sizes and colors. Prices start at 8.50 each with options to buy multiple items of equal quality.
Advertisement copy for men’s silk hose in black navy tan palm Beach gray and white with double heels soles and toes. Sizes 44 to 114 and an extra pair of the same quality for five cents.
Readable text notes fall dress sale for children with flowered fabrics and gingham. Mentions sizes and multiple colors. Some garbled wording but indicates buy one get another or special pricing. Local sale context implied.
A fragmented purchase note proposes buying two pairs of men’s items in specified colors and qualities. It mentions prices near five and six units, with an extra pair offered at a similar price, but details are garbled and unclear.
Huy a yard of tall gingham in apron chek patter, celera of biue, pink, lavender, black, green and brown. And get another yard of exactly the sane material at 3c.
An OCR fragment advertises domestic yardage options including bleached and unbleached varieties priced at 5c, with an extra 10c per yard noted. It promises extra good quality and suggests purchasing an additional yard of the same material.
A local advertisement promotes stylish men sport shirts made of "extra good aladrus" in peat stripped patterns. Sizes from small to extra large with consistent quality at a price of 5c each.
A brief, garbled OCR fragment hints at a poetic line about perseverance and repetition with archaic diction. The readable portion suggests a speaker calling for renewal and effort beyond mere imitation, though the source text remains incomplete and unclear.
Advert reads extra price on boys sport shirts at $1.25 with additional 5¢, offering white rounds and brick colored striped Madras fabrics. Mentions sizes 18 and references names Ad and Mik in unclear context.
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