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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
12
Commissioner Lowther asks parents to cooperate with fire and police to halt roller skating on paved public thoroughfares and stone throwing by children. He cites many injuries and near escapes from auto wheels and warns a death could occur if inaction continues.
Pr L O Howard recalls a Washington man vacationing at a fly haunted Connecticut hotel who complains about a hammock in the grove. The landlord explains hammock hours are noon to two when flies dine in the dining room, leaving the grove free of pests.
Washington dispatch says Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo leads as the likely Democratic standard bearer for 1920. His war finance work and status as President Wilson’s son-in-law boost his appeal, while rivals Speaker Champ Clark and Secretary Lansing face renewed scrutiny. The war slows booms and shapes the early planning for the party’s next convention.
A woman perceives names as colored visual images, with specific shapes and hues that influence her feelings toward them. The phenomenon, described from childhood, resembles chromatic word visualization, independent of the objects named, and parallels Galton's notes on similar abilities. The subject is a graduate in mathematics.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has constructed a hospital train for government use. The interior of the operating room shows it is equipped to handle dangerous surgical cases. A new overhead track system allows moving a patient along the train for treatment and procedures.
A home made lemon lotion blends fresh lemon juice with orchard white to create a quarter pint of skin toning cream. Strain to remove pulp and apply daily on face neck arms and hands to whiten clear smooth and beautify the complexion at low cost.
A humorous story from Harper's Magazine recounts a sheriff summoned to escort a Quaker man to jail. The wife agrees to host the sheriff while the husband, unseen, supposedly will appear but instead has already avoided him by returning home. The sheriff grows impatient and learns the husband has seen him but fled by choice.
A San Antonio committee from the Woman's Club and the Equal Franchise Society is crafting constructive relief for women affected by the restricted district closure. They favor organized aid through Associated Charities but aim beyond food relief, seeking individualized solutions and practical humane funding in tentative discussions.
A man and woman dine and request an oyster meal with a hassock for the lady. The waiter, unsure, asks if the hareves should be broiled or fried, sparking comic confusion in Youth's Companion style.
Petrograd to Kola Bay railway, a 30 mile three track line, rose through Arctic winter mud and thaw. Russians, Austrians, and Mongols labored amid harsh conditions, with thousands dying from cold and disease before the line finally progressed and survived.
A group of boys snorkeling in a river below the United States Arsenal found 23 army rifle clips, each holding five cartridges. They turned the clips over to Deputy Sheriff Alphonse Newton and the matter was reported to Arsenal authorities. Additional clips may be scattered along the riverbed.
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