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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1928
Page
11
Ad copy promises relief for burning feet with a new foot comfort product. Claiming fast effect, the ad urges readers to send 40 cents and a name and address to a lab for a free trial tube. The misprinted text hints at a mail order offer with a 12 day return or sample request.
Mrs Bertha Whitfield relates trying Blark-Draught, a root and herb remedy sold in 5c and 14c packs by druggists, claiming it cures tiredness and sluggishness. She notes it helped her and she now recommends it to friends, though the text contains garbled OCR.
Mrs Rene McIntyre Walbridge leads a national guard of officers and auxiliary members on a Wednesday visit to a war veterans hospital near Merville. Officials from state and local levels attended, with remarks by Mayor Chambers and convention leaders. The group will tour Kerrville and dine at the Au Vieng hotel before continuing to Fort Worth area towns and returning to Indianapolis headquarters.
Tests of a new form-fitting back pack for service parachutes designed by Master Erwin H Nichols aim to improve observer mobility. At Kelly Field and Wright Field the centered pack is evaluated for flight use, with First Lieutenant Moyer receiving a test unit. The inventor is currently on duty at Wright Field to oversee production and trials.
The Alamo post plans a GB piece band for the American Legion convention in September. Henry Lee Pager, 1st commander, notes the band will be led by Alfred J. Schmitt, who will direct the group at the armory Wednesday night. The band aims to be a permanent organization, with preference given to former soldiers but open to others.
Two non commissioned officers and two other drivers of Germanys secret army the Back Reichswehr were confined in dear cells after the German supreme court refused to overturn their conviction for killing teen pol? ffera to betray the army oath. In Tokyo violent snowstorms caused deaths and disruptions. Six liners bound by fog in New York harbor delayed by weather. Lamont of J P Morgan & Company met the king of Egypt. Store owner M euben Stork and family lost three children in a house fire. Recruiting halted in Colombia to keep workers on farms. An American girl in Turkey charged with religious propaganda will face Turkish court. A Cuban flight to begin after wait for weather.
Report of burglaries to two families on Wal Girman Street. Ruth Bennett and family found pistols and items missing upon return. R Fickerson of 1011 West Mis Hele Avenue reported a frightened scene and a quantity of silverware stolen.
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