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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
12
Advice favors plain refined cocoanut oil for shampooing to avoid alkali in soaps. Rub oil into damp hair then rinse. two teaspoons produce rich lather and thorough cleaning. This method claims to leave hair soft, silky, and easy to manage and is inexpensive at most drug stores.
In New Orleans on January 23 the Democratic primary returns show anti prohibition forces defeated across the state. The Senate anti prohibition majority will be at least seven and 75 of 118 House members oppose prohibition. Lieutenant governor race totals favor Fernand Mouton of Lafayette.
Overseas News Agency reports Russky Slovo says Duma President Rodsianko wrote Premier Goremykin urging internal policy change. Goremykin to inform Emperor Nicholas, who may press to avoid summoning a Duma hostile to the government. The piece also covers European gold movements and Austro-Hungarian financial policy amid wartime strains.
Reliable authorities warn most head colds are acute catarrh. Sneeze or cough to stop germs, then use Hyomei via the included inhaler to open airways, clear the head and throat, and end snuffles. Sold by druggists including Ogner Drug Store with a full refund if unsatisfied.
An old advertisement touts S. S. S. as a blood tonic and purifier to treat rheumatism by cleansing the blood. It asserts the remedy relieves sciatica lumbar pain and articular rheumatism, with tests claimed from the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, Ga.
The text argues Austria Hungary shows financial soundness through its war loans, with the gold stock held domestically to curb foreign demand for money and credit and to ward off further depreciation of paper currency. It asserts remedial measures can sustain this stability as judged by interested circles.
B A House an employee at the Piper dairy was kicked by a cow about 5 PM at the dairy and was taken to the city hospital for treatment. His injuries are not regarded as serious.
Advertisement for Overland Auto Livery at 216 Soledad Street with rates 900 and 1.50 to 2 per hour listed. Also an advertisement for Dr. J. K. Foster, Dentist, Gibbs building.
O'Connell Loan Co at 112 E Houston Street advertises loans on diamonds watches and jewelry.
The Diaz Sisters Orchestra leads a Jan 29 dance at the W O W hall Lat for the first annual ball hosted by Chauf eurs Local 129. Tickets are 25 cents.
Lady Minstrel show Friday and Saturday at the Scottish Rite cathedral 28 and 29. Tickets for sale at Fischer's and Milburn's Drug Store. Advised.
Medical and Cosmetic Massage offered by ee Sureddin at 316-17 Hicks Bidg. Messenger Boys contact Phones 101. Dulling Printing Co. advertises calendars and wall pockets for 1917 with fans for summer. Buy now with 10 percent discount and prepaid charges saving $2 to $10 depending on quantity at 131 Losoya St Cr. 3338.
Members of the W O W All Wood lodge are urged to attend at the W O W hall Friday at o o clock p m. The meeting features an address by Sovereign Commander W A Fraser. Committee invites all.
Company records show W Davis selling Egin Waltham railway asset with terms described as easy payments and credit line 6114. The note indicates a finance arrangement for the transaction.
Advertisement for sewer connections and plumbing services by LW G Schuwirth Co at 231 West Commerce Street with contact Crockett 641. Advertising note.
Louisa Schuetze Lodge presents a Grand Mask Ball on January 29 at Herman Sons Hall with tickets priced at 25 cents. Proceeds support lodge activities and community events.
A buggy occupied by Carl Haese and his daughter near Adkins station was hit by an automobile at 7:30 PM in the 1900 block of Wyoming street. Miss Haese suffered slight injuries and the buggy sustained damage.
Help wanted ad seeking peanut butchers for the grand stand at fair grounds. Inquiries to Eils worth Lunch Stand at the corner of Laredo and Houston. New phone 2956 or apply at the fair grounds Saturday.
An application seeking the appointment of a receiver is filed. The filing requests court action to designate a receiver to manage and supervise the assets and affairs in question. Further details specify the parties, property, and relief sought through the court remedy.
The business conducted by Peter Prinses on the south side of Houston street between Alamo plaza and Losoya was filed in the Forty-fifth District Court Friday morning by Th Apostolon and A Nicholson. District Judge S G Tayloe set the hearing for Saturday morning at 9 30.
The 1916 17 city directory is in press and will correct changes of residence office and telephone names up to January 25. Corrections cannot be made by phone. contact publisher J A Appler in San Antonio Texas PO Box 487 for updates.
A brief note highlights customer satisfaction for Red Swan Coffee and mentions Reinhard & Co as a cited source of endorsement. The piece reads like a short consumer recommendation, emphasizing trust from repeated referrals.
Boston Emnch at 104 E Houston offers a best 25 cent meal with oysters at 20 cents per dozen.
New Crockett auto livery rates posted at 342 Cowles include 1.50 and 2.00 per hour for services.
We buy or take in trade your old gold, silver, diamonds and old coins. Alamo Jewelry Co. 315 Alamo Plaza. 5 pass cars $1 per hour Cr. 5744.
Members from all groves are urged to attend the W O W hall meeting Friday January 28 at 4 p m. Sov Commander W A Fraser will give an address. Adv
Notice from Jor Geissler says Mrs Geissler is ill and will be taken to Chicago. tavern to close for about ten days as a result.
At a Thursday San Antonio school board meeting the canvassed results of the $800000 bond election were declared correct. Voters totaled 2274 with 1626 in favor and 630 against the bonds and 1609 in favor and 631 against the tax. Paul Scholz, business agent, was authorized to pay the officers and clerks of the election.
Census data show about 300000 babies die before age one yearly and half of these deaths could be prevented if mothers breast fed. The ad urges expectant mothers to take Scott's Emulsion to strengthen blood, ease nervousness, improve milk, and feed infant life cells. Doctors prescribe it during nursing. Available at druggists. Scott & Bowne Bloomfield.
Amusements section lists Majestic for vaudeville headlined by The Metropolitan Dancing Girls plus six other acts. Grand offers motion pictures headlined by Syd Chaplin in The Submarine Pirate.
Tonight at the Majestic theater a vaudeville cabaret brings an all star lineup with the Metropolitan Dancing Girls and George and May Le Favre. Lelia Shaw leads Which One Shall I Marry an allegorical four episode drama. Ford West and Foster Ball perform in Since the Days of 61. Chief Caupolican Weber Dolan Frazer Queenie Dunedin and Pipifax plus Paulo provide varied acts.
Syd Chaplin stars in a five reel Keystone comedy at the Grand Opera House with a large supporting cast. It follows a year of longer Keystone films and is praised as funnier than Tile's Punctured Romance. Also on the program is The Edge of the Abyss a tense three star domestic drama featuring Mary Boland Frank Mills and Willard Mack.
County and city commissioners met to examine hardware samples from five bidders for the Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital project. Bids ranged from $2,927 to $3,000 with bidders W. E. Huffaker Praeger Hardware Moody and Horman Braunschweig Briam Reich Peden Iron and Steel.
County Collector John A. Biter projects qualified voters this year will drop about 25 percent from prior years. Indications at the office show a slow payment trend as residents respond to poll tax requirements.
An old time remedy advertises Hamburg Breast Tea, recommended as an inexpensive vegetable cure for colds and grip. A tablespoon of the tea is steeped in boiling water, strained, and drunk to relieve congestion and loosen bowels, claimed to break a cold quickly.
A concise, period style note explaining a nautical term heard aboard a submarine. The fragment suggests a dialog about an anomaly and a deckhand role, set in a Birmingham publication with dated expression.
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