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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1912

Page

19

Stamp Transfer Method For Design Impressions

Use soap in hot water to treat the design then transfer by pressing the design onto fabric with a dry sheet beneath. Rub firmly from you to you until fully transferred, then wash warm water to remove lines. The process is simple and yields clean transfers on various goods.

Forget It and Go to Work Drudge Letter Inspires Homemaker Reform

A confidential letter reveals a wife lamenting a drudge husband and a life of unmet ambitions. The columnist urges she value home love, patience, and faith, and to support her husband and children by kindness, shared effort, and staying together.

Winifred Black Europe

Eat Beans Says Doolittle Urges Meat Substitutes

Washington reports Dr. R E Doolittle, head of the pure food board, promoting beans as a principal substitute for beef to save money and counter high prices. He urges home baked beans, notes beans and peas provide high protein, and suggests alternatives like nuts cheese milk and fish as needed.

Washington R. E. Doolittle Dr. Wiley Uncle Sam Pure Food Board

Daysey Mayme and Her Folks

Lysander John Appleton grows anxious about aging and seeks youth through his wife’s guide to happy thoughts. He reads rules linking wrinkles to anger and fault finding, learning to laugh and ignore daily irritations to reclaim youth, but finds his efforts have not reversed time.

Frances L. Garside Lysander John Appleton Lysander John Ugh Vane

Jerseyville Girls Host Youths For Theatres And Treats

Jerseyville girls have reversed social roles and host local youths. They invite boys to theaters after arranging rides and provide ice cream cigars and tickets. The plan aims to revive activity in a summer seen as lazy and to show there is something to do in town. Local girls defend the scheme as a moral boost and social effort.

St. Louis Jerseyville Ill Airdome Statern Voorhees Cornelia Powell

Elimination of the Beggar in Spain and Ferrer Ideas

The article argues beggary should be made a crime in Spain with fines, imprisonment, and lifelong penalties for repeat offenses. It contrasts wealth earned by service with wealth from sympathy, criticizes indiscriminate giving, and links Spain’s stance to Ferrer’s modern schooling ideas, noting intellectual figures across history.

Elbert Hubbard Spain Dives Lazarus Heaven Hell Italy Abdul Bana God Suchibas Francisco Ferrer Ferrer Mendax Galileo Columbus Copernicus Bruno John Brown Valhalla Walt Whitman Smithfield Market Torquemada

Chicken Shower Delivers Rain of Fowls on Philadelphia Rail

A Baltimore & Ohio freight train near Thirty fourth Street and Gray's Ferry road derailed after striking a spreading rail. Live fowls escaped crates and roamed the area as workers, aided by Policemen Phelan, captured about a dozen chickens. Both derailed cars overturned. no crew injuries reported.

Philadelphia Thirty-fourth Street Gray's Ferry Road Baltimore & Ohio Phelan Twentieth Federal Streets

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