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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1918
Page
5
All winter coats from $15 to $100 are deeply discounted in a storewide sale. Every coat type and material is included, with prices slashed across the range and available in all colors and lengths.
New and pretty skirts of taffeta in plain colors and in stripe effects. Some are belted, others finished with the sash. Styles that would sell in the regular way at 12.50.
Bright sale ad offers 12 yard bolts of white dress goods at deep clearance prices. Nainsook, flaxon, batiste, mull and longcloth feature discounts from 36 to 40 inches wide with prices from 29c to 39c per yard and bolt prices as low as 2.89 for 12 yards. Several items show mercerized finishes and flesh or pink tones.
Unusually low prices on china patterns and remnant stock during a clearance sale. Items include 50c plates for 25c, 80c salad dishes 40c, 30c cream pitchers 15c, blue poppy and violet decorations, Haviland apple blossom service, and multiple pieces such as tureens bowls and cups discounted up to half.
Broken prices list for glassware items including goblets decanters and glasses. Notes indicate sizes and finishing styles with values ranging from 9c to 1.50 and up to 75c. Entry mentions clearance and colonial pressed glass with vent stoppers and various tumblers and water glasses.
A catalog-like listing details silk crepe de chine satin and chiffon fabrics sold by the yard or in lengths. It notes width measurements 32 to 42 inches and price reductions from regulars of 1.50 to 2.50 down to 1.39 1.12 and 0.73 per yard with color options including pearl gray sand putty tan green royal and more.
A clearance sale lists silk fabrics including Silk Crepe de Chine at 1.12 yard and Chiffon Taffeta at 1.39 yard. French Taffeta 1.69 yard Lyons Silk Taffeta 1.89 yard Dress Satin 1.47 yard and various 27 to 36 inch width fabrics with multiple values. Sweaters in plain and fancy weaves and Shetland wool colors are featured alongside Perspiration Proof Habutai and related tafteta fabrics with wide color variety.
Ground work began at Wellfield for a 60 bed emergency hospital to serve Kelly Field. Maj W J Sherwend says completion and equipment are expected within six weeks. The project responds to expanded field needs and shifts patient flow to Fort Sam Houston for serious cases.
Troubled by five years of nervous indigestion, AW Curtiss of Alexandria Tennessee reports relief after Bliss Native Flords. The ad claims tablets aid digestion and sleep, with one tablet nightly promising a brighter next day. Each box has 200 tablets priced at $1 and bears a photograph of Alonay OG Bills and a trademark. Sold by Hebehrsgh Drug Store and local agents.
A jumble of names shows guests at the Menger St Anthony and Lanier hotels plus a military medical board at Camp Travis. Senior officers and lieutenants are scheduled for tuberculosis examinations with around fifty candidates to be processed.
First Lieutenant Tey G Strong and others from medien reserves are assigned to Southl San Antonio for sarvice. Lieutenant Aerdin Recher to Sam Hourton Major Talph McCracken to chief shinal officer. Captain Willan Kniaht of New York 444th Telegraph Battalion and other officers bound for duty in Washington and Dallas.
A special examination will be conducted of officers and enlisted men at Kelly Field to determine the presence of tuberculosis symptoms among aviation personnel. The board will assess health and fitness for duty.
An old style advertisement touts a laxative product labeled Bromo Quinine with references to TE W GROVE’S signature on the logo. The wording mimics early 20th century patent medicine marketing claims about grip prevention and relief.
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