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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
7
We ordered heavy and early for our holiday trade but railroads delivered late and heavy cases. To dispose of the excess stock we cut prices to the very bottom and marked every article in plain figures. Call at our big store to see detailed descriptions and secure useful presents for Christmas.
The Christmas Tree ladies plan a donation drive to help needy children. They urge early gifts and will meet tomorrow at 1 in the Kampmann building to receive contributions. The group will hold a final meeting Monday to place candles and prepare the tree for December 29.
Mr Ed Vollrath died in San Antonio Texas December 20 aged 39. Funeral services will be held from the parlors of the Zink Undertaking Company 221 St Marys Street tomorrow Tuesday afternoon at 3 00 oclock Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.
Traveling passenger rail agent for the Rock Island and Pacific road, Pennick, was injured this morning after a railway incident. He was heading to work when the accident occurred, authorities report.
A boy about one year old caused a stir in the county court when the case against him was dismissed after he bolted from the city hall. Special Officer Bethel and a police officer tussled briefly as the lad ran toward his home miles south of the city, where his father had left without him. The court dismissed the charge of vagrancy, recognizing the boy was not a wanderer, and he resumed his dash to leave the building. The report includes unrelated ad copy about a patent remedy and druggists.
A promotional note touts a tonic pill from Orgenta claiming to aid bowel trouble constipation wind and stomach issues. It describes a switch to a castor oil based formula with lemon and other ingredients as a perfect tonic for muscles and ligaments.
The San Antonio United Chapter of the Christian Endeavor society visited Goonty Farm Sunday, distributing trails candies and cakes to inmates who could attend and visiting others in their rooms. They plan to hold Sunday services at the farm throughout the coming year. About 30 attendees. Eps Randolph, Southern Pacific representative for the Republic of Mexico, arrives in the city late this afternoon in a special train.
A draft advert describes CAS CARETS as the medicine to help nature with the body’s load and upset feeling. It urges taking 3 CAS CARETS weekly, promoting the product with phrases about boxes of candy and nightly reminders.
A Meharwad Va character known as Uncle Barber, famed for his heavy rimmed glasses and slave era likeness, inspired a trademark photo at P Whitlock’s Old Virginia Chernois factory. The image, captured during a late career moment, became a distinctive emblem for the brand.
A historic note records Wademu Lopes seeking United States citizenship. Born 1886, he has lived in the country since December 15 1900. Lopes, described as a huck porson by trade, is registered under the typical naturalization process and appears in local records alongside familiar national references.
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