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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1917
Page
12
City commissioners review amendments aimed at breaking deadlocks over department nominations and adopting a compulsory voting plan. Mayor Brown argues compulsory voting will force the electorate to engage and reflect the public will, citing low turnout in past elections and lessons from Galveston.
Tourists wintering at the St Anthony notice lush palms along Peacock Alley and in corridors. Manager Burke says palms attract visitors and urges hotels citywide to use palms in decorating while praising the Real Estate Board plan designating Palm Planting Week in March.
A humorous misinterpretation in which George Washington is depicted riding with soldiers when a large corporal sits in a tree. A man shoots at the big corporal but misses, and the bird flies down to peck Washington on the nose as he travels with his men.
An advertisement extols daily morning hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits for digestion appetite and overall health, urging readers to buy a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
The article advises using ordinary fortified coconut oil rather than commercial soaps or shampoos. It claims soaps dry the scalp and brittle hair, while rubbing moist hair with coconut oil creates rich lather that cleanses and leaves hair soft, silky, and manageable. Coconut oil is described as cheap and readily available at pharmacies.
Preparations are complete for the Y W C A financial campaign opening Thursday at 7 30 p m in the cafeteria at Crockett and Losoya streets Col W S Hendrick will preside and the executive committee will attend Each team will have its own table Subscriptions will be solicited with brief talks and no long addresses The aim is to unite the working force for supper and to select names from a carefully prepared list Progress will be reported daily at 12 30 p m The campaign earns enthusiastic backing from business and professional leaders including Mayor Clinton G Brown who endorses the effort and urges substantial support A special board meeting outlined how to best assist and emphasized paying the building fund and funding the non revenue department of the association The business women's team plans a final rally Wednesday to finalize their campaign details
A porch climber entered Winchester Kelso’s home at 107 West Craig Place early Wednesday, scaling a gallery column to the second story. He fled after being discovered, taking a purse containing four to five dollars. checks and papers were dropped. A barefoot young white man was described. detectives were on the case.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's liniment to ease rheumatic pains and stiffness in joints and muscles. It claims quick penetration without rubbing and relief after cold or long drives, noting effectiveness for gout, neuralgia, toothache, bruises and sprains with prices 25c 50c and 1.00.
If you have catarrhal deafness or head noises, consult your druggist for Parmint double strength. Mix 1 ounce with 1-4 pint hot water and 4 ounces granulated sugar, take a tablespoon four times daily. Relief includes open nostrils easier breathing and mucus reduction. Easy to prepare and inexpensive.
Police report a string of thefts across the city including samples of shoe polish stolen from B. F. Stinson near Houston and Soledad, a break in at I. G. N. Saloon with guns and other items taken from a punch board, and several other thefts from residences and stores including coats, pins, shoes, and ten chickens stolen from F. Wheeler on Pierce Avenue.
Joseph Phelan of Oklahoma predicts gasoline will rise within six months due to reduced crude oil output and strong demand. He notes crude oil now sells near 2.10 dollars per barrel, about three times last year's level, with reserves shrinking and no new fields found. He warns of possible 30 cents a gallon by March and a greater shortage in six months unless supply improves.
A safe at the Elmendorf post office was dynamited at 2 am but the lock jammed. Postmaster John Cantu later opened the safe and found its contents intact. Suspects fled in a stolen express wagon, a black horse, and harness items. Sheriff Tobin issued descriptions and cautioned officers.
A late night search found nothing missing at the post office. Sheriff Tobin was alerted after a local woman saw two men at 1 am drinking from a barrel on a near house gallery. She gave a partial description, distributed to county officers.
How to relieve rheumatism by taking a tablespoonful after meals and at bedtime. The home made medicine combines Syrup of Sarsaparilla Toris Compound and Simple Elixir totaling about a half pint. Earlier versions used whiskey but the elixir version is proposed as better. Published by Medical Formula Laboratory Dayton Ohio. Ingredients obtainable at any drug store.
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