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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1918
Page
13
A 1900s style health note touts pure unemulsified cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo. It claims regular soaps irritate hair, while small amounts of coconut oil produce rich lather, clean scalp, and silky hair with quick drying.
An advertisement touts Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a superior remedy for cold symptoms. It asserts affordability and rapid relief from coughs, congestion, grippe, bronchitis, or asthma through proper use. Available at all druggists.
The War Service Board signed for the Potter home at 407 King William Street to open immediately as the first Woman's building in a cantonment city. It will house mothers sisters wives or relatives of soldiers who arrive with no lodging and need temporary care. The facility aims for utilitarian, nonprofit operation and will cooperate with the Red Cross station matrons Catholic Woman's Association YWCA and other relief bodies.
An advertisement extols La Creole as a superior dandruff treatment that cleans the scalp, makes hair feel lighter after drying, and claims to darken premature gray and boost hair growth. Sold by Van Vieet Drug Co. for $1.20 from Memphis Tennessee.
A historic ad notes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound darkens gray hair and adds a soft luster. It touts ready-to-use convenience via a comb or brush, claiming undetectable application and a youthful appearance without disease treatment intent.
A night stranded mother and her children will stay in a new temporary women’s relief house to be run by the War Service Board. The facility offers eight days of lodging with meals, an employment bureau, and work in the house, under Mrs Elsie G Crosby and a small, supervised staff. A one year lease with potential renewal funds the project and donations are sought to minimize running costs. A modest fee may be charged if the guest can pay.
Following officers from the aviation department and engineer corps report to Wells camp Leon Springs for duty. Major William H. ge Jr and officers Flotian Ham Penix etc are listed. A Laxative Brom Quinine price increase is noted due to higher costs. An industrial work estimate shows 1,266,061 women in essential war work with 100,000 in ammunition factories.
A noted authority explains indigestion as hyperacidity with excess hydrochloric acid delaying digestion. Fermentation causes sour belches, gas, and chest discomfort. Jad Salts is recommended, four ounces in water before breakfast, to neutralize acidity and promote digestive juices.
An advertisement promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer for middle aged women facing age perception. It claims gray hair offsets success and markets Q-Ban as non staining and washable with dandruff removal benefits. Endorses money back guarantee and drugstore availability.
War Savings and Thrift Stamp sales are active in the St Anthony Gunter and Menger Hotels in San Antonio led by a committee chaired by Mrs Amos Graves. Local hotel committees list members and booster efforts to meet county quotas while labor unions prepare to organize a citywide drive.
A mass meeting is set for January 21 at the Gunter hotel where civic and business groups will select a five member committee to protest proposed telephone rate increases. The Merchants, Manufacturers, Rotary, City Club and Chamber of Commerce organize the effort to press for an investigation of Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company books.
An advertorial touts Casearets as a mild laxative option that acts on the liver and bowels without griping. It claims one or two tablets at night cure headaches bilious breath coated tongue sour stomach or constipation and that mothers can give four Casearets to children when sick or feverish.
The text explains how poor digestion and blocked intestines burden the liver causing auto intoxication. It cites symptoms like yellow tongue and dark urine, and recommends water intake and laxatives. It mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and warns against mineral oils. It then discusses kidney disease and urges a plant based, low meat diet with Anuric as an uric acid solvent.
City discussions centered on fair revenue for the company with calls for an expert study to set a reasonable rate. Representatives urged a reasonable return on investment while deeming the proposed advance excessive for service, property value, and operating costs. William Sehressinger noted the line runs without a local franchise but under federal corporate rights. the city commission can regulate rates within the city.
W Rogers national Theosophical Lecturer presents a series titled The Invisible Side of War Life After Death Pre existence and Re birth Dreams and Premonitions Supermen with lectures nightly Thursday to Monday at 8 18 pm except Saturday. Collection only Adv.
The San Antonio reight Bureaus elected a board of directors and officers for the ensuing year at a meeting in the Gunter hotel pink room. An amendment to the constitution increased the directorate from seven to eleven, with UU. 5. Parkett re elected secretary and manager and S. B. Weller named vice chairman. New directors include C. Baumberger sr and J. R. Martin, among others, as reports show work on mite adjustments, shipper problems, and freight movement.
An executive committee meeting of the Southwestern district Texas Railroad Administration, led by manager John B. Carring, will discuss arbitrary rejection of food shipments. Eight carloads of potatoes, three of apples, and one of lemons refused by consignees were deteriorating and would spoil soon unless disposed of. The law requires five days to hold such items, prompting a petition to Washington to reduce the hold period to two days.
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