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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1930
Page
11
Last Call for walkiegrams in this week’s contest ends Wednesday at noon. Submit readable impressions in the space provided and mail or bring to The Light office. Prizes include ten tickets to Strange Interlude on December 9 and S10 cash plus 35 theater glasses.
Laval post office reports November 1930 receipts totaling about 109 3490 dollars, a drop from October and below November 1928, with P G Taca postmaster noting that figures for 1930 show a likely heavy December. Octobers month saw a ten million dollar decline in Tank clearings compared with October. Indications point to stronger receipts in December.
The Rev. T. C. Cane presided at the funeral for Benjamin W. Williams, 54, at the home on 1415 Bar-Teson Street. He was buried at Mir vinn Rural park. Williams, a native of Atascosa county, had lived in San Antonio for six years. Survived by widow Manevie Williams and eight grandchildren. Additional survivors include daughters and sons in law from Texas and nearby towns.
An old ad copy extols Kruschen Salts as a miracle weight loss aid, claiming dramatic fat burning and renewed vitality. It urges readers to drink a half teaspoon in hot water each morning, promising energy, youth, and a slimmer figure, with large claims about health and happiness.
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