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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1916
Page
3
Reported dispatch notes Entente envoys in Camp No 1 and Teutonic envoys in Camp No 2 as nations gird for potential confrontation without direct belligerence. The signaling suggests a divided world stage with cautious diplomacy shaping future actions.
C B Schmidt of the Eagle Pass Ice Company organizes public entertainments to aid the city's needy. Proceeds fund food and medicine, starting with a minstrel show supported by A B Hillan, George E Whitfield, and other local volunteers.
Fire Chief J. D. Plumb and assistant Floger Carson urge a combined pump and wagon motorized apparatus. They propose funding via a five cent tax increase, claiming lower insurance rates would save five to ten cents per hundred dollars for taxpayers. A. B. Hillan of the Commercial Club will seek business support.
A simple home shampoo uses a teaspoon of canthrax dissolved in hot water then rinsed with clear water. It leaves hair quick drying, unstreaked, bright, soft and fluffy, with reduced dandruff and irritation and a clean wholesome feel.
An advertisement promises to remove dandruff by applying four ounces of liquid argon at night to moisten the scalp and rub in. It claims by morning most or all dandruff will be gone and three to four more applications dissolve and destroy every sign of it. It asserts itching stops and hair becomes fluffy and lustrous. Liquid arvon is sold at drug stores and is inexpensive.
Normal enrollment at Southwest Texas Normal in San Marcos reaches 607 after Christmas, with over twenty new students. The Pedagogue staff plans the college annual under editor A. W. Swinebroad and business manager H. H. Goodman, as twenty thousand copies of the preliminary summer school bulletin go out. The summer session expects nine hundred to one thousand students next year.
The Bonham school annual class exercises were held Monday afternoon in the high school auditorium under Miss Mildred Baskin. Teachers assisted with preparation including Miss Agnes James music Miss Cook dancing Miss Eugene Jung and Miss Lawrence chorus Miss Wright debating and Mrs John Gembler Mothers Club help. The program featured dances including solo numbers by Katherine Huntress and Fred Gembler a Woodrow Wilson Debating Club contest and a Julius Caesar scene with Roland Voight as Cassius Pancho Baskin as Brutus. The affirmative debaters were Raymond Dugosh and Henry Steinbonner while Lee Clayton and Werner Gastinger spoke for the negative.
Sealed proposals will be received here until 11 a.m. January 21, 1916, for constructing a Surgical Pavilion addition to the hospital at Fort Sam Houston Texas including plumbing heating and wiring. Further information on application Adv.
The article outlines seating by rank for a January 21 state dinner at the White House with Mrs Wilson escorting Madam Jusserand and Mr Jusserand seating to her right. The Russian ambassador will seat Viscountess Chinda and Mrs Wilson’s left, with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Countess di Cellere among others. The event features a half circle table, no war talk, and a two to three hour duration.
Oklahoma City woman Dora Funderburg recalls severe illness starting at 14. After taking Cardui she reports relief from monthly cramps and left side pain, gains weight, and improved energy, praising the remedy and recommending it to other women. Her doctor and friends notice her change.
Lake View residents complain about a change in I. and G. N. streetcar routing. Cars no longer connect at the Lake View loop at West Twentyeth street, instead going to Hamilton avenue and turning back. Waiting now occurs on an exposed hill rather than at the sheltered junction, especially hurting young women returning home at night.
Spectators can view the Working Model Battleship Texas at the YMCA from January 18 to 22. Public interest grows as observers discuss Jones and his height in relation to the model’s crew.
The Ministerial Union held a meeting at an original Mexican restaurant and set March 12 as Go-to Church Sunday for the city. N. H. King was named chairman of the arrangement committee with Rev. C. A. Riley and Rev. Co. E. McStravick also on the committee as president and secretary respectively.
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