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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1917

Page

36

Fruits adapted to San Antonio home gardens

The article promotes planting diverse fruit trees in San Antonio yards including Japanese plums Botan Hale Wickson Gonzales, Honey and Pallos peaches, Le Compte Keiffer Garber pears, Hadilya persimmon, Chester apricot, Hyslop and Florence crab apples, Herbamont and Black Spanish grapes, dewberries Rogers Marly Mays, and ever bearing raspberries and quinces. It urges planting now, cites easy culture, and notes past success with raspberries yielding 300 quarts from a 125 by 50 foot plot.

San Antonio le Compte Euclid Avenue Hyslop Florence Herbamont Polit Point Texas Rogers Dallas

Cuticura Aids Woman Heal Rough Skin Into Baby Smooth

Mrs Elsie Gough of Gladys Virginia reports skin trouble with cracks pimples and itching. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment she says she is entirely healed and her face is smooth as a baby's. Card notes Cuticura as cleanser and healer and mentions Boston and world-wide sale.

Elsie Gough Gladys Porcanis “Caticure Dept. Heress Caticura Boston

St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Relief for Rheumatism

An advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment. It claims pain relief is instant when applied to tender spots and promises benefit for sciatica neuralgia lumbar backache sprains and swellings. It urges readers to obtain a trial bottle at any drug store and stop suffering.

St. Jacobs St. Jacobs Oil

Women at Work Show War Effort Behind the Fabricated Power

London February 17 A Harrods exhibition made with the Ministry of Munitions highlights women as a driving force in the war effort. The pictures depict young girls handling weapons components and women mechanics in shorts fitting electric gear on a royal ship. The Welfare Department is also featured for assisting the workers.

London Messrs. Harrods, Ltd Ministry of Munitions His Majesty

Swiss Army Praised by Hindenburg in Berlin Talk

Field Marshal von Hindenburg lauds the Swiss army in a talk with a neutral war correspondent. He says Swiss soldiers are sharp shooters and born fighters and praises the discipline of Switzerland’s citizen army. He notes the Swiss defend a rugged mountainous terrain as a natural fortress.

Berlin von Hindenburg Republic

Congress in London to Convene First Empire Council

London February reports a historic British Empire congress to meet next month in London with premiers and leaders from Australia Canada India New Zealand South Africa and Great Britain as voting members. Lloyd George says dominion representatives will sit as equals on a War Council to shape war policy and postwar peace. The gathering signals a new era of imperial unity amid wartime challenges and global cooperation.

London Congress Austen Chamberlain India Louis Botha South Africa Robert Borden Canada George V Congress of Congress of the World David Lloyd George Dominions Britain Council Great Britain Austin Chamberlain Walter Hume Long Jan Christian Smuts Sir Robert Borden New Zealand William Ferguson Massey Australia William Morris Hughes Privy Council Lloyd George Australian Universal Cable Service War Council Kaiser Kruger Berlin Antipodes Joseph Chamberlain Birmingham England Chamberlain France East Africa Mesopotamia Egypt Gallipoli Hughes Asquith Sydney Assembly of New South Wales

Australasian leaders praised for wartime unity and empire ties

The article surveys wartime statesmen including Hughes and Lloyd George, noting Hughes’ oratory and party-building in Australia, Massey of New Zealand’s anti-knighthood stance, and Smuts and Botha as loyal imperial leaders. It also mentions Botha’s race policy plans and his wife’s illness.

Ment Hughes Lloyd George England Australia Massey New Zealand Antipodes Privy Council Smuts Great Britain George Botha Imperial Council London South Africa Thomas Addis Emmet State of New York

Wolves Invade German Border Regions During War

Dispatches report large packs of wolves spreading from border forests into eastern and western Prussia Posen and Silesia. Hungry animals from Courland Lithuania and Volhynia press into villages killing livestock and injuring children. six wolves shot eighty miles from the Russian frontier.

Berlin Prussia Posen Silesia Germany Courland Lithuania Volhynia

Soldier swallows teeth on eastern front saga

A German infantryman wounded on the eastern front swallowed his false teeth during a fall. In Berlin a field hospital sent him after his wounds began to heal. He wasted away until X rays showed the teeth in his throat. After twenty two days a young doctor removed the swallowed teeth with a self made instrument.

Berlin

Extra Session Question Sparks Senate Debate

Senator Sorghum questions the purpose of an extra session while claiming it could lead to further calls for more sessions. The exchange hints at partisan disagreement over legislative timing and agenda without detailing specific bills.

Senator Sorghum Mhateve

President Wilson Breaks Yet Another Precedent

Wilson challenges norms by planning three days weekly at the Capitol to push his conservation and oil land measures. He opens the president’s room for broad access, sparking Senate Western faction friction and a shift in Democratic strategy amid bipartisan surprise.

Washington, D. C Wilson Congress Woodrow Wilson White House Pennsylvania Avenue Capitol Senate California Daniels Navy Department Jefferson School House

City Physicians Explain Why They Prescribe Nuxated Iron

New York doctors explain why they recommend organic iron for iron deficiency and vitality. They cite improved strength, energy, and health in patients, with anecdotes of dramatic recoveries and cautions against older iron salts.

New York King America E. Sauer Boston Bothis Lfe Ler. James United States Pblic Health Service Rape H. L. Wagner Goog Druggista

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