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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1918
Page
9
Uncle Sam plans cinema promoting artificial limbs for maimed soldiers. Films compare walking with and without aids, demonstrate stair climbing and hills, and illustrate work tools, showing recovery through training, employment, and self-sufficiency.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It claims the product cleanses the bowels quickly, prevents illness, and restores playfulness, warning against counterfeit syrups and urging mothers to choose the properly labeled bottle.
The famed Gilbert K. Chesterton has reportedly been drafted into the army as a rookie. Commentators question how a prolific writer of strong opinions will adapt, joking about Chesterton filling out army forms and serving in a remote Scottish posting.
Washington Aug 10 The Bureau of Education reports a shift in home economics as colleges and high schools revise courses toward food conservation sewing and using substitutes. Demonstrations of canning drying and meat and sugar substitutes expand.
London dispatch notes druggists becoming busy as doctors overburdened with patients. Women and men seek advice for minor ailments, while mothers have babies weighed by the druggist. The story satirizes the druggist teaching common sense and the drift of public reliance amid the Spanish flu era.
An advertisement extols a stenographic school claiming it offers up to date methods of instruction, superior textbooks and teachers, and a focus on essential stenographic subjects. It promises attentive treatment of every graduate and positions the program as an aggressive career asset.
The Surgeon General announced plans for physical reconstruction of disabled soldiers in general military hospitals. Fifteen hospitals are designated to provide comprehensive therapy, vocational training, and occupational education to restore or adapt men for full or limited duty and civilian livelihoods.
A rail journey toward Gleeter National Park unfolds like a motion picture as mountains emerge gradually beyond rolling prairies. The scene shifts to Nissin Browning Agency headquarters and Glacier Lodge Hotel, with vivid images of snow speckled peaks and ridges framing the window view.
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