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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
2
An extensive display offers Madras and pongee shirts in full cuts and many neck and sleeve sizes. Stiff cuff and soft shirt varieties feature striped satin Madras and Dimity fabrics. Prices range from $1.33 to $2.15 during the clearance, with several styles at $1.58.
Readable cotton handkerchiefs for men offered in a semi annual clearance. Soft white hankerchiefs valued at 10c originally, now priced at 7c each.
A newspaper item advertises underwear sales with white lisle and porous knit union suits for men in various lengths and sleeve styles. Prices range from 57c to 97c during Semi Annual and Clearance events, including extra fine lisle, por ous knit, balbriggan, and Loisette finish athletic suits.
A meeting at the St Anthony hotel ballroom Saturday at 8 will explain the army new zone system for buying supplies. Cy Leel and Gus Thomasson announce that Fort Sam Houston and El Paso depots will buy within zones to balance national distribution. The War Department notes purchases by open bidding when possible and public bid records will be available.
The San Antonio Light announces Russell R. Jennett as a candidate for County Clerk of Bexar County. He requests the vote and support of citizens in the primary on July 27, 1918. Political advertising note appears with misc. commentary on sobriety and diction.
A historical appeal touts S. S. S. as a permanent cure for skin and blood diseases including eczema and erysipelas. It claims lasting results after fifty years of use and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Co in Atlanta.
Federation of Women's Clubs volunteers to run the cafe at the new Community House. Women serve as hostesses and waitresses with menus for men in uniform. food at cost for soldiers, civilians only with a soldier present. Cafe opens Saturday 11:30 to 9:30, daily hours. War service expansion and weekly community singing planned despite rain.
British American and French women serving near the front are praised as a vital factor in victory. The piece notes nurses and YMCA workers, their composure under shelling, and their practical attire and discipline, contrasting with German restrictions on women at the front.
A list of visitors staying at local hotels includes A L White of Eagle Pass at the Gunter Mra M Gibaon from Bisbee Arizona at the Canter J A Robertson of Galveston at the St Anthony M A Metts of New York registered at the Menger and others from Dallas New Orleans Chicago Laredo Corpus Christi Fort Worth including Mrs T S Daniel and Mrs T S Daniel Jr of Kansas City among guests at the St Anthony.
Political ad notes Senator Carlos Bee seeking the Democratic Congressional nomination for the upcoming primaries on July 2 1918. The fragment also contains a judge’s quip about a sofa and fake marble, with jokes about pumpkin pies made from squash.
Ninety-two privates first class in the aviation section have been called to active duty and ordered to Camp Dick in Dallas for aviation training. The group includes San Antonio men Oliphant S. Evans and Robert B. Brough and numerous other Texas veterans from cities such as Galveston, Dallas, Waco, Houston, Fort Worth, El Paso, and Austin.
A fragmentary list shows individuals including Denton James FE Clark Abeling James H Collins Mexia Gaza R Davis Rody Henry Toncray Jack P Rayzor Charles A Cook Taylor Jack Helm Clifton Elmer P Wilson Canyon Green A Davidson Caldwell Albert L Biers schwab Mason Vergal L Walker Proctor Thomas 8 Bonner Olney Nobel M Marston Columbus and The Moss Agate Cigar at Ave C Ady.
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