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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
4
For HIM line notes many suitable gifts for men available in the shop and visible in the display windows. The article highlights a broad selection for male shoppers and notes frequent additions in the storefront.
Variety of men's gifts listed include fancy vests dress shirts gloves robes nightwear silk hosiery and pajamas silk neckwear collars initial linen cases dress accessories and travel items such as suit cases wardrobe trunks and traveling bags along with grooming and personal care sets and slippers.
Shoppers fill post office lines and windows as four queues handle parcels and stamps while stores display Christmas greenery. Texas woods supply cedar and mistletoe as last minute buyers seek gifts and decorations amid a busy pre holiday rush.
Militiamen at Fort Sam Houston gather and ship mistletoe to the North and East. Soldiers fill express shipments home, piling boxes at offices as San Antonians report a mistletoe shortage for local decorations. Sergeant Edwin Seymour notes hundreds scour the area for the evergreen, especially soldiers from Illinois.
P C Carroll of Uvalde has leased 2000 acres of pasture land west of Sinton from R T Pruitt and D B Combs of San Antonio and will graze about 500 head of steers this winter. R R Redus of Sinton brokered the deal and reports Sinton enjoys a flourishing condition with farmers prospering from crops and new land being prepared. J M Hochstetler plans 500 acres of virgin soil south of Sinton for cotton and corn next spring, while W H Burr begins clearing 100 acres southeast of Linton and W T Stout cultivates 300 acres southwest of town.
Commissioner Lambert considers a park rink as part of a southern promoter financed project. A visitor will tour the park to discuss location and other details. Also nine monkeys of various species will join the municipal zoo for winter housing at Brackenridge Park with feeding funded by the owner.
A Tuesday morning meeting at City Hall reviewed minor golf course changes and enforcement. Acting Mayor Lambert and city officials stated rules will be enforced with park crews making small, cost efficient updates including widening a fairway and moving a tee.
The Elks Club entertainment committee chaired by W A Williams sets the annual ball for December 28. In a Monday meeting the group allocated 50 to Christmas Cheer Association and 50 to Free Clinic Christmas work, with remaining funds to be decided later. Preparations for the Elk state convention in May with marching and drill teams discussed.
SAM SPEIR HARDWARE CO at 219 Losoya St advertises Christmas items including express wagons and velocipedes with prices and availability for shoppers.
Christmas nog costs rise as eggs climb to 60 cents a dozen and other ingredients surge. San Antonio stewards resist substitutions, raising mug prices to 20 cents while fewer bars offer free samples from last year.
The note describes using a graduated glass to measure portions and serving them at a fixed rate per inch. It emphasizes precise measurement and pricing based on length.
Washington officials say the central states aviation school may relocate from Chicago to Memphis for the winter term. No final site decision yet, but Memphis looks strongest among contenders. The facility houses an aviation squadron and about fifty students attend.
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