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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1915
Page
8
An old time tip advises using plain undiluted cocoanut oil as a shampoo. It warns soaps and commercial shampoos contain too much alkali, harming the scalp and hair. A small amount rubbed with water creates rich lather that cleanses dust dirt dandruff and oil, leaving hair soft and easy to manage.
An easy to make delatone paste combines delatone powder with water to remove hair from face neck and arms. The paste is applied for about two minutes then rubbed off and washed. The ad advises buying the product in original packaging to avoid disappointment.
The fragment mocks efforts to listen for hidden truths and hints at conflicting advice. It presents a playful, tongue in cheek line about ear to the ground that may reflect a colloquial or dialect tone. No clear event or persons identified in readable text.
Readers are advised that thin men and women can gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days by using Sargol with meals for five weeks. It claims to aid fat production by providing nourishment from fats sugars and starches and to prevent waste. Available from Wagner and other druggists in San Antonio in large boxes of Corty tablets.
Farmers hear Dr Charlie Campbell AR Campbell, bat expert, describe bats as insect eaters and allies to humans in a lecture at Exposition park during the Farmers Free Chautauqua. G R Ire hagen, state organizer for the state Warehouse commission, adds talks on state bonded warehouses and farmer organizing efforts in German and English sessions.
City commissioners move to design the type of paving for Nueva Street and surrounding streets, weighing property owner wishes while reserving the right to select the best option. Work begins with laying wood blocks on Nueva Street east of South Flores, and crews reface Duoring Avenue at Elmira.
Judge Charles A. Wilcox in the Twenty sixth District Court fined Quanah Cotton Oil Company Bowls Cotton Oil and Gin Company Malone Gin Company and the Clay County Cotton Oil Company 1900 each for violating Texas anti trust statutes by fixing and maintaining cotton seed prices. The firms are permanently enjoined from further price fixing agreements in cotton seed and products. The suits were brought by the attorney general's department.
Cridwell County commissioners authorize the county judge to arrange with the sheriff for a chain gang of working convicts on roads in Precinct No. 1. Convicts will be kept at night in the county jail and fed by the sheriff. They may be hired to the city of Lockhart under future terms to be agreed.
Austin Texas July 15 Harry Bickler of Austin has been appointed special commissioner to take testimony in cases involving Burial Permits and related vendors. The appointment aims to suppress competition in the purchase of burial supplies and enforce state controls on funeral industry practices. Bickler will conduct hearings in Chicago and Austin in August, collecting testimony from capital and firm representatives.
Wartime Belgrade endures extreme rationing with scarce food and essential goods. The population faces limited meat, bread, and milk while households rely on government allowances. Citizens adapt by eating simple meals, standing to eat, and prioritizing subsistence as shops and markets narrow supplies.
Hutchings says he has not been advised by the Adjutant General of any state or federal plan to pay 250000 for a tuberculosis scannerium in Texas. Congressman Garner had claimed the government planned funding, but Hutchings confirms no notification of such intentions. He mentions no knowledge of letters or claims against ranger service prior to the event.
A prisoner slipped from a crowded police court into the corridor and boarded a streetcar. Spectators say officers did not notice his exit. He was re-arrested about an hour later on vagrancy charges and suspected theft of a gold water from the home of L. C. Flewellen at 2119 Handere Street.
In the federal receivership of the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf railroad, court order extends filing time for interventions to February 1, 1916. Order by T. S. Maxeys dated Austin April 14 and received in San Antonio. Original deadline would have been August 1. Extension sought due to unsettled matters for individuals and corporations involved.
Medina county crews under Commissioner Wargbach began grading a smooth highway from the Bexar county line toward the dam. A 25 man team with 20 gravel wagons works between Haby Hill and the plant, graveling and rolling the road. Expected to finish in three weeks. Nearby segments in Bexar county already in excellent condition. An unidentified man found dead in Ennis Texas near stock pens. details scarce.
The Police Department will begin physical tests next Tuesday under Commissioner Steves. Tests affect both new applicants and current officers, with older members first. Eligibility relies on records, references, and meeting required standards, while confidential references are being reviewed.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a birth record, names such as Mrs Frame Gmatyy and Mra Bulwer, and a Thursday meeting. Vague references to officials and a commissioning context appear amid garbled wording. The readable items hint at a civic notice tied to a birth record event within a local community page.
Fragmented notice describes a request from Sen Antolin for a home ad or placement linked to MAG Society. It mentions a girl connected with Thurada and Tulane Suey One, with unclear details about timing and parties involved.
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