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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1918
Page
2
The notice highlights wool jerseys as practical yet stylish for town shoppers seeking dresses at moderate prices. The Fashion venue promises suitable options for those aiming to dress well without overspending.
The store features tailored dresses of serge and satin blends including Georgette and taffeta combinations. A wide range of suits in navy and black serge poiret twill gabardines silvertone broadcloth and mixtures is shown, with plain and fur trimmed options.
Our stock of skirts features up to date models in wool plaids silk plaids serges satins and silk pop Tins.
Complete assortment of waists in Georgettes Crepe de Chine Georgette and Latin combinations. Some are hand embroidered and some beaded. Voiles and organdies also available.
Harper & Brothers accuses Emily Grant Hutchings and Mitchell Kennerley of publishing Jap Herron as a spurious Mark Twain work. They claim right to publish under Clemens nom de plume and seek injunction, accounting, and destruction of copies. The suit centers on alleged spirit communications via a Ouija board claiming Twain authored the novel.
Muncie police notify the public that large lawful amounts of paregoric are being sold for alcohol and opium uses. Druggists are urged to report all cases, as addicted individuals frequent stores and vary locations to avoid repeated purchases.
Four War Savings Stamp flags were awarded to city and county precincts for pledges in proportion to quotas and population. City Precinct No 8 led with $24 619 pledged on a $10 000 quota, while Precinct No 7 followed with 2004 pledges for a population of 1600. In Bexar County Locke Hill School and Emendorf School Districts won the county flags for highest pledge totals and number of pledges. Judge W S Fly urged pledge and sacrifice, praising workers including the women’s committee for their service in the drive.
Anne Martin leads Nevada’s push for the Senate as an independent candidate backed by suffrage zeal. She argues war-time needs and women’s rights justify political power, touring the state with Dr. Margaret Long to advocate welfare, labor, Prohibition as a war measure, and Nevada development through irrigation and federal farm loans.
An advertisement touts Dandeline as a guaranteed hair growth remedy. It claims dandruff removal and rapid fullness within minutes, with two weeks needed for new hair sprouting and lasting benefits, urging readers to moisten a cloth and test a strand.
Geneva Aug 3 Young Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia is kept under control by guardians after court finds him a minor and limits his spending He has spent 625000 in two years on art furniture and tailoring including 45 jacket suits while his father has 365 pairs of pants The prince was invalided from the army at the start of the war and no longer appears in uniform A higher court upheld the judgment limiting his expenditures.
A Berlin Tageblatt reprint argues German iron ore reserves will exhaust in forty to fifty years. It notes Briey as a crucial prize and predicts diplomacy and bloodshed before peace talks secure its fate. It questions self sufficiency and calls for freer global trade.
Cabled notice from Tondo reports Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, has become the progressive candidate for London county council in North Southwark. A longtime welfare worker in Haglan and a pioneer in social reform, she led and supported numerous charities, prison families aid, housing ventures, and child reform efforts.
London reports detail the 8.8 airship or Blimp used as a U boat destroyer. It bears a gas bag about 150 feet long with a single pilot and observer, carrying depth charges and wireless. The article compares it to a small patrol craft and outlines its methods to deter and attack U boats.
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