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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1917
Page
8
Practical advice on evaluating a woman's neatness and taste through hair care. Recommends using a shampoo prepared with canthrax dissolved in hot water, claiming it cleanses dandruff oil and dirt, makes hair appear fuller, adds luster and softness, and promotes scalp health and growth.
Ed H. Everett formerly of San Antonio and newly appointed U S postal agent in Shanghai arrived in San Antonio from Washington. He will depart for San Francisco and sail to Shanghai in March. His family will stay in Washington until school ends then join him after the summer in San Antonio.
A Wednesday evening meeting at the new parish house aims to form a Brotherhood for men. The program starts at 8 with songs and fellowship, followed by an oyster supper at 9 with short talks. Speakers include J E Dilley on A Man's Job, Rev B A Hodges on The Brotherhood Idea, and Rev J M Todd on Let's Go.
A Concordia Kansas Blade item jokes a wife asks her husband to order six pounds of bull at the market and clarifies she wants bouillon instead of beef. The playful exchange highlights a household craving and kitchen whim.
Tuesday nightlife and meetings listed include Knights of Columbus card night and cabaret dinner at Gunter. San Antonio Musical Club and German Classics Reading Circle at St. Anthony. Fiesta fete rehearsal at Elks Hall. Also Ladies Aid at Prospect Hill Church, Catholic Woman’s Association board, Travis Park Methodist circle, and Hebrew Ladies’ Relief Society with hostesses.
A busy schedule features the Travis Club dinner dance with guests including Lt. and Mrs. Slayden Clarkson and many others. The Hawaiian tea at St Anthony hosts New York guests, and the Women’s Club will skip its meeting on the fifth Wednesday.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower return from Aransas Pass where they stayed with Mr. and Mrs. James Whistler Holmes. The Girls' Monday Luncheon Club accepts the Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital opening as its philanthropic project with Mrs. Herbert Slayden Clarkson Way as chair.
Nichols Grocery Co offers 14 pounds sugar for 1 dollar on Wednesday with other specials including hams at 23 cents, bacon 24 cents, sweet corn, Early June peas, string beans, two large tins 25 cents, and fresh eggs 40 cents. Cash buying saves you money. Located at 209 Avenue C, Crockett.
A San Antonio effort by the American Jewish Relief Society aims to raise 10000 for Jewish war sufferers. Oscar Berman chairs locally. Dr Leon Harrison may speak here next month. The group reports 5000 already sent to New York and notes strong local support from residents and committees.
Eugene Oregon sophomores vote at a special meeting to prohibit buying flowers for girls at the annual formal. Dress suits are optional for sophomores and upperclassmen, while freshmen are barred from wearing dress suits for the year.
In Canada two French-Canadian travelers ride a river barge that drifts at dawn. One man wakes others shouting Baptiste as scenery passes by, realizing they are twelve miles from their intended location aboard the drifting houseboat.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a pain free cure for corns using a few drops of an ether compound. The remedy dries instantly and lifts the corn with no skin irritation. A quarter ounce costs little and is enough to remove hard or soft corns from feet, a boon for high heel wearers.
In a domestic scene Louise and Helen discuss heartbreak and a surprise confession from Laura. Bob and Warren return with talk of moving out of town to buy property, while Helen opposes the plan though Warren backs it, and dinner ends the debate for now.
The rush to pay poll taxes continues through Tuesday with the County Collector John A Bitter office closing Wednesday midnight. By noon Tuesday about 700 receipts were issued that morning, with the day likely reaching 1400 to 1500. Monday saw 1082 receipts, not counting exemptions, bringing the total to about 20,000 in poll taxes and exemptions.
Alma Gluck concert seat sale begins Wednesday January 31 at 9 a.m. Goggan Bros invites subscribers to exchange coupons for reserved seats in advance of the event.
A youth named Thomas explains a quarrel with Jones Loy stemming from a small anger. He says he warned Loy he would block his other eye if terms of peace were not accepted, as recounted by a stern father in a Richmond Times-Dispatch report.
The Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company plans two new exchanges in San Antonio to relieve crowded Travis and Crockett buildings. Superintendent W. W. Vaughan said locations and dates aren’t settled, likely in populated residential areas, with one in the south part. The Travis street building serves over 19,000 telephones, with 250 to 300 more installed monthly.
Queretaro Mexico January 30 the constitution assembly withdrew for consideration and amendment article 3 of the new constitution after fore minister Aguilar urged revision the provision would require foreigners to renounce nationality and treaty rights before acquiring property the assembly will continue a long session today to complete its work with remaining measures including expulsion of foreigners and land ownership by aliens
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