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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1915

Page

8

Sanitary gains noted by visiting committees in Mexican families

Sanitary condition in corrals showed clear improvement within two weeks of outreach by the free milk and tea organization and visiting nurses. Despite progress, workers warn more efforts are needed through constant reminders about bathing, cleaning, and proper living standards to sustain gains and overcome superstition and ignorance.

Viaitinas Free Milk and Tea Organization Howard A. Wilson East Park Avenue

indignant Wot protests hospital care for babies

A wary wife refuses hospital aid claiming it is her business if her babies die while her husband seeks care options. He defends his role, showing a medicine bottle bought from a peddler as proof of care. An elderly neighbor and frijoles routine highlight local poverty and superstition.

Honerkt Corral Jand

Students Urge Williams Petition In School Parade

A planned student demonstration at Main Avenue High School in support of principal W D Williams, who has led the school seven years, was announced for Thursday or Friday. Banners reading We Want Williams were prepared, but the event did not occur last Thursday due to school interference. The school board denied issuing any orders and said they would not bar students with legitimate aims. The board president stressed the movement does not reflect the majority of prudents and cautioned against actions harming Williams.

Main Avenue High School W. D. Willams Williams Iwmgh Walter D. Haed

Aero Club Proves Popular Movement

The Southwest Texas Aero Club plans a meeting at 4:30 PM Thursday in the Chamber of Commerce Auditorium to launch a popular aviation effort. Members from San Antonio already join, with dues set at 1 per year to include all citizens. Brig. Gen. R. K. Evans will speak, urging a stronger aeroplane corps and club growth toward 700–800 members.

Southwest Texas Aero Club Chamber of Commerce Clu Calia Causa Ife R. K. Evans

Automobiles Licenses List Mixes Odd Entries

Fragmented license list shows various makes and owners with garbled names and faulty addresses. Several entries reference Overland Studebaker and Exedlator motoressles alongside illegible lines, reflecting OCR errors and incomplete data from an old newspaper page.

Real Estate Transfers Record With Names and Sums

Garnelia Walthaly transfers to Ernesta Adtwet parcels in Imt ISS and part of Ine 14 Ter 15 plus lot 2h 21 and 22 in Lock 1é Weim Matshita for 19500 from Western Sorta Loan Company OW. Gaffrs transfers property for 1350 from an unnamed grantor. record notes multiple parcels and sums within a municipal real estate transfer column.

Garnelia Walthaly Ernesta Cimt ISS Ine Uthiwestern Sorta Loan Company areGaffrs Weim Matshita

Forty Seventh Anniversary sale coats dresses suits

Readers profit from extraordinary purchasing opportunities in our Forty Seventh Anniversary sale. The summer wardrobe event offers coats suits and dresses originally up to 100 dollars, reduced to 16.47 on Friday and 15.47 on Saturday, then further drop by a dollar each day until sold. Full assortments of new stock available at unusually low end of season prices.

Summer Shoes Strap Styles: Five Designs and Four More

The ad markets nineteen shoe styles created for the Forty-seventh Anniversary, priced at $3.39 to $3.99. It highlights five strap slipper designs, imitation lace military looks, and other fashionable summer styles in white, bronze, black kid, patent leather and two-tone brown and white. Sizes and widths vary. claim is remarkable value per pair.

Anniversary Special on Children’s Dresses 98c

Several groups of dresses marked down from 2.50 to 98 cents each form a complete size assortment. Dark, medium and light ginghams with sturdy construction and attractive designs. Sizes from two to 14 years, trimmed with good buttons, offering a big selection at a single low price.

Imported Silk Pongee Regular 89c Quality 69c

An anniversary offer features twenty cents per yard savings on all silk pongee. The heavy weight all-silk fabric sells at 69 cents per yard, down from 89 cents, described as natural color with a smooth even finish. Wolfeon's-Ire and Floor.

Wolfeon

Lingerie and Silk Waists Offered in Special Lots

A collection of lingerie including crepe de chine and wash silk waists, originally valued over $4, has been divided into two lots priced at $1.93 and $2.50. Special sale terms applied.

Red Star Cloths and Household Linens Sale Ad

Advertises Red Star diaper cloth 30 inch at $1.25 quality 89 and ten yards extra wide. Special 89 cents. dish towels 10¢, 6¢, large absorbent cloths. crash cloth 414 cents yard. embroidered pillow cases 69 cents pair. Turkish bath towels 35 cents and 14 cents. crochet spreads $1.69 to $1.50. fancy linens 79 cents. scarfs and center pieces in Battenburg designs.

Bc Crash Battenburg

Laces and Embroideries Sale At 3 Cents Yard

A large stock of laces and embroideries from a special purchase offered at 3 cents per yard. Items include 3 to 5 inch edges and insertions of cotton shadow laces and crepe embroidered with neat edges. About a thousand yards available at reduced prices.

Fifty Dozen Women Gauze Stockings at 10 Cents

Fifty dozen pairs of women's gauze stockings priced at ten cents each. They were bought for a special sale and expected to sell quickly. The stockings feature seamless gauze cotton, elastic garter hem, two-thread toes and heels, promoted as an anniversary special Mc pair.

Silk Hosiery Sale at 69 Cents a Pair

A local ad offers $1 silk hosiery of thread-silk quality in assorted shades at 69 cents per pair. The stock is described as regular $1 value with tiny imperfections barely noticeable and easily repaired. All sizes available in several shades.

White Beach Suiting Anniversary Special

Bargain textile ad listing white attire fabrics highlighting White Beach Suiting at 25¢ per yard, plus White Dimity, White Rice Cloth, Underwear Nainsook, English Longcloth and more. Notes quantities, widths, and sale prices. mentions Wolfson's as seller.

Yard wide fabrics on sale at Saunders Special prices

Yard wide 7c domestics 5c bleached and unbleached. Natural color beach suitings 25c yard, weight suitable for men women and children. Saunders offers special 25 cents yard. Beach suitings twenty seven inches wide firm durable weave. Special 15c yard. 10c shirting percale 8c yard wide summer weight with attractive patterns. 10c shirting Madras 7c twenty seven inches wide in desirable patterns. Wellams Second Moor.

Saunders Madras Wellam

Quality guest sizes and prices noted in ad

An ad lists a 2c quality guest size 19c and a 59 quality large size 34 cents ark. The wording implies pricing and size categories for items likely labeled quality. No further context or names provided.

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Free Milk and Ice Workers Wasp's Nest Corral Weap Bok Waran Crockett Martin Wright Ave Bedell Delatane Eliassen Sinasis Omy Doyle-Bridger Optical Company West Doramero Street Aero Club ELC Jones RAD Fred Hocchten A. J. Philacomer Studebaker Caldwell J. T. Fierris Messing Dare, Son Simon Commerce Street Wolfson Olreon Wolteon Seoond Moor Woltyon Wolfsan'e Saul Wolfson Wolfson’s
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