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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
12
The text advises reducing nursing if used to feed a baby and suggests a food closest to mother's milk as a nutritious, sour free option. It promises a free book and trial package.
A Pecos and Paso saloon liquor license held by Frank Bian was forfeited after a Sunday sale charge. County Attorney Tom J. Newton sought action. Two men were jailed three hours each for contempt of court for tampering with state witnesses who were urged to stay away with promises of financial benefit.
A brief exchange shows the daughter noting her father wants her away and the father attempting to hear her out, reflecting a family tension reported by the Boston Transcript.
San Antonio authorities stage a big Wednesday parade and Alamo Plaza speeches to recruit at least 200 men for Texas National Guard units. A Thursday half holiday invites employers to release workers. Gen. Hulen and local officials back the drive with business and civic support.
Western Indemnity Company plans to cancel jitney bonds affecting 120 San Antonio jitneys. A successor may write policies on the same terms as before. bonds expire next Saturday if pro rata payments return to drivers. Indemnity bonds cap damages at 5000 per person and 10000 per accident with no property loss coverage. Bond fee is 240 annually.
A home remedy advises mixing two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to produce a quarter pint of complexion lotion. Strain juice to remove pulp, then bottle and shake. Use daily on face and hands to whiten, soften, and brighten, with a fragrant, peach-like scent.
Roy Wallace of the War Department’s Training Camp Activities mission says San Antonio’s system for soldiers serves as a model for other camps. He arrives to oversee Texas Arizona and New Mexico districts and will tour camps to study conditions while Walter Macpherson assists. They noted Del Rio pools, domestic science work at San Marcos Normal School, and women volunteers canning tomatoes with proper equipment now in use.
Portland Coffin registers at St. Anthony. Brandon Jones of Beaumont and F. Jones visit Lanier. Breckenridge's Mr and Mrs Sears with H B Furr pose at Gunter. Garner of Beaumont at Menger. Capt. Ben Taub of Texas National Guard attends St Anthony event and heads to South Texas. Several Texans including J T Talley Ochiltree and James R Chapman Tampico stay at Gunter and Menger. Alexander Ford Galveston occupies St Anthony apartments. J B Butler Sulphur Springs visits Gunter.
Plans for the canning work at the YWCA have been completed and will be continued under the chairmanship of Mrs. Charles S. Meek, Miss Emily Weston, and Miss Edith Fly of the association, directing efforts for local women of the city.
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