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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
15
Letters from officers and men in the Ninetieth division suggest they are in France near the firing line. The unit, after landing in England, appears to have bypassed extended training and is ready to engage, with Texas and Oklahoma selectors pledged to support the force as it faces the enemy.
An advertisement extols Mother’s Friend as a safe external remedy easing pregnancy strain. It claims to prevent nervousness and morning sickness, aid muscle expansion, and speed postnatal recovery, urging readers to buy at drug stores and request further literature from Bradford Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
The division, first from Camp Travis to France, arrived in England after Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen led advisers and staff. Reinforcements from Camp Dodge and late training produced a force capable of immediate combat, with every recruit scoring well on target ranges.
Lieut John J Bartlett of the 3860th Infantry Nine tieth Division writes from shipboard to his mother Mrs Louise Bartlett. He describes calm seas and a beautiful morning, mentions other officers and troops aboard, and notes diverse Allied soldiers seen in a port. He recounts a church visit and a bemused encounter with a bowing old lady thinking him her son.
Our shoe line has been greatly reduced and it will pay you to visit our shoe department. Five dollar and six dollar latest women's pumps and oxfords in patent vici kid Louis heel very atmae models. A special lot of radica shoes in mixed sizes and styles sells as high as four dollars per pair.
Special sale lists Ralston Shoes for Men at 7.09 and 8.00 dollars. Low quarters in invid kid, calf skin and patent in blacks and tans. all styles, lace and bat. A. B5 ton. These shoes cost more wholesale.
The text shows a shuffled dialogue with garbled phrasing about moving ahead and a farewell. A character named To remarks on hearing distant guns, a faint bow, and a prior conversation with a girl from yesterday. The passage suggests an imminent departure as the company lines up.
Mrs. Ori Jolson aged years died at her Denver Avenue residence Friday morning. Survived by three Johnes siblings and two brothers in Marfa and Buffalo. Funeral set for Saturday from the Denver Boulevard home with Rev. Skinner officiating. Fred Marinelli aged 2 died at 416 San Fernando Street Thursday night. Lifelong San Antonio resident and plumber, survived by mother A Q Marinelli and siblings in Houston and San Antonio. Funeral Saturday at 4 from the residence with burial in San Fernando Cemetery after services at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
Classified ad notices list Porter Loring Funeral Director at 206 Jefferson Street and Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co with private ambulance and motor equipment on Soledad Street. Also Wag and McCollum Undertakers offer ambulance and mobile motor service at corner of Age and C and Pecan with Cr. 104 and Cr. 362.
Advertisement lists reduced prices on foods including Navy Beans Pig Pork and Beans Prunes Palm Olive Soap and more from 415 Navarro Street. The snippet notes pricing like 17c for Campbell's Pork and Beans and salt pork per pound, reflecting wartime rationing and moral commentary on war.
Visit our store to discover bargains in all departments from baby items to grown folks merchandise.
A formal opening and program mark the launch of the playground and No 7 South Flores Street community center. The event features movies dances educational lectures and classes, with Rosan Krause and Miss Marie Sterzing directing activities under War Camp Community Service supervision.
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White shake to make a quarter pint of complexion lotion. Massage on face neck arms and hands daily to reduce freckles sunburn windburn and tan with a fragrant clear result. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores offer Orchard White for a few cents. No harm.
An informal gathering at the War Camp Community Service cafe in the Community House near San Antonio showcased the army’s reception of the project. Executives described cafe use dormitories showers and other facilities with one hundred thousand sheets of paper sent home illustrating reach and impact.
The page lists numerous individuals staying or registered at local hotels including the Gunter, Menger, St. Anthony, and Lanter. Names include C Lovell Dallas at St. Anthony, J J Moffitt New York at Menger, A Burton Fort Worth at Gunter, L M James Joplin at St. Anthony, George King Seguin at banter ra, Margaret Daman Atlanta at Menger, H W Young Sherman at Gunter, Mies Clifford Drake Muskogee at St. Anthony, and others across Houston area hotels.
A San Antonio grocers division meeting reports widespread breaches of food rules, with some sellers offering ten cent cash and carry bread. The Retail Merchants Association condemns the violations and moves to compel members to price bread at nine cents, bought paid for and carried home by the buyer.
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