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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
14
A San Antonio gift shop advertises limited holiday shopping time with a playful count down and a call to find appropriate gifts for men of all ages at the store.
A compact list of gender neutral items and accessories suitable as gifts. It includes silk neckwear neckwear cases and racks along with collars bags brushes gloves belts handkerchiefs cups buckles and belts sets tie clasps pins cuff buttons bath robes smoking jackets lounging robes hats shoes umbrellas and related items. The list reads like a period style inventory of refined apparel and accessories.
Captain Manuel Martine Carranca, nephew of Venustiano Carranza, visits to arrange municipal civil governments and school reopenings. He travels with Gov Mireles and companions, touring border villages near Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Cienega del Toro.
Associated Press reports from Saloniki describe four French hospital ships near the Turkish coast providing care for Allied wounded. The Tunisian crews have prepared wards aboard ships like the Sphinx and Tou, with convalescents tended by volunteer French women as scenery of Saloniki and the surrounding mountains offer a hopeful backdrop amid discomforts ashore.
In a wartime scene the women of Vrance lead a relief effort under the group Succor for Wounded Soldiers. They operate a hospital wing with specialized rooms for photography and filtration, while raising funds and coordinating care for French soldiers. The piece highlights quiet, organized labor behind the front lines and the weekly meetings in Salonist with a focus on humane aid and medical support.
A new multi use building is proposed along Travis Street and Avenue D2. The Labadie Auto Company will occupy about 8000 square feet plus frontage on Avenue D2 and part of Travis Street. The structure, designed by August A Serlf Company, features a solid plate glass front and finishes in wines.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston announces a free lecture on Christian Science at Deerhaven Hall on Sunday afternoon December 18, 1915 at 8 30 p m. Speaker Bicknell Young C S B a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church. The public is warmly invited to attend.
Circulars from the Merchants Association of New York urge residents to combat the winter fly. The campaign warns that a single surviving fly could spawn hundreds of millions next summer and calls for kitchen and house cleanup, removing hiding spots and killing flies rather than relying on cold.
Public publicity on the 11S fair's bicentennial celebration in San Antonio is backed by St Louis newspapers. They promote the project and project a strong future export role, reporting progress toward the exposition and commemorative events.
An old San Antonio testimonial advertises Vinol as a constitutional remedy that strengthens blood and builds up run down people. It cites Hiss Baez and Harry L. Baez of Kel West, Florida, claiming improved appetite and sleep after taking Vinol, with several local drugstores listed as suppliers.
San Antonio’s fire insurance rate drops to 17 cents, the lowest in Texas, after the attorney general’s department approves the city adopting the new code. Fire Chief Wright notes the reduction takes effect tomorrow, urging insurers to heed the change.
A Manday afternoon session led by Mayor Roy Auier will discuss the feasibility of placing taxes on property owners to finance advertising their city as a wider summer resort. The meeting aims to evaluate revenue options for promotional efforts.
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