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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
6
A hair and skin specialist touts Q-Ban as a safe shampoo like product that darkens gray hair naturally while adding softness and shine. The 7 ounce bottle is sold for 50 cents by Summers Drug Stores in San Antonio with mail service for out of town buyers.
Mrs J J Le Clerque of 411 East Quincy was robbed of a small sum after a man snatched her purse at 9 PM Tuesday as she walked home near 211 Camden. Detectives have a suspect in jail, partly identified by the victim. Police were notified and the arrest occurred within hours.
Promises a wrinkle remover and facial rejuvenator using a powder called sexolite mixed with hazel and vaseline to smooth wrinkles and sagging muscles. Recommends nightly wax treatment to fade freckles and recolorations, claiming to reveal younger skin under a cleansing soap rinse.
A speaker vows to move to Seadrift on San Antonio Bay in Calhoun County. He outlines plans to raise poultry vegetables figs grapes and to run a canning factory chicken hatchery and own a sailboat and a Ford. He lists his San Antonio home at 1720 River Avenue with six rooms and bath, asking 3500 dollars half cash.
Dr. and Mrs F. Young host at 201 East Evergreen with a niece Mary Fly honored by Judge and Mrs W B Fly at a card party. Prizes given to Miss Gladys Robbins and Miss Judith Rogers. Numerous local girls attend. Mrs M Thompson hosts ninth birthday for Carl with lanterns and roses. Invitations received for Nettie Lucile Bourland’s daughter’s wedding in Nixon. Miss Baskin sisters sail to New York via New Orleans and Harvard. Fort Sam Houston officers hold an informal hop and card party. Cradle Roll mothers invited to St Mark’s Church lawn picnic.
The adjutant general's department issued a statewide order for Texas National Guard units during joint maneuvers at Texas City August 17 through 26. Infantry must field two officers and 36 enlisted men, cavalry same, with 60 days militia service and 14 periods of instruction. bands 18 to 28. field hospital two officers 21 enlisted up to five officers 33. field battery Leon Springs three officers 86 enlisted up to five officers 133.
A Texas report lists births to Mr. and Mrs. Ruiz and Mr. and Mrs. Cuevas in June. The prison commission notes state May saw 208 new convicts, 49 pardoned, 36 paroled, 51 discharged and 15 escaped. Total convicts on hand June 1 were 3677, with Huftville, Clemens farm, and Imperial farm hosting the largest counts. El Paso County led May convicts with 30. McLennan County next with 21.
Me se Pil presents Dance of Death at the Grand all week featuring Auriema in a $500 Oriental costume and two shows today at 8:30 and 10. A full program includes moving pictures and a souvenir booklet for women. Also on bill are Out of the Shadows starring Flora Bodie and Irving Cummings and Leonce's Guardian. Tomorrow and Friday the Augustus Thomas play In Miz zoura with Burr McIntosh joins the lineup.
The Royal today screens a six reel program headlined by Our Mutual Girl a strong feature bill for the week. The story follows a girl navigating social circles and personal growth as the plot unfolds with drama and romance central.
A trap gun set in a dwelling in the 1500 block on North New Braunfels Avenue killed a stray cat at 7 30 Tuesday night after a string caught the trigger. Neighbors alerted police and the owner said thieves had ransacked the place recently while he was away, planning the trap.
Burial permits list Margarita McCone Buckert 19 died June 16 in Bexar county. Two more names, age 55 and another, with Southton Texas, appear in the notices. A marriage engagement for Rosa M Bernhardt to A W Schroeder is announced by Mr and Mrs F O Bernhardt, with wedding at 7 p.m. Tuesday June 23 at 203 East Josephine Street.
East End Improvement Club met at East End Methodist Church to urge Mayor Brown and the ward alderman attend the next meeting June 30. Committees reported 80 percent signing for East Commerce street paving and the club elected W. E. Hood as president with J H Heck, M Guerra, T C Blank as officers.
In a light exchange cited by the Birmingham Age-Herald, Delawar jokes that Pennsylvania’s breadth is exaggerated by opponents, quipping Our state is not very wide as the prohibition issue is framed across lines of fear and policy debate.
The blind soprano Helen Meson was found dead in her Oakland apartment early today. A physician noted a spoon in the bathroom that smelled strongly of a quick-acting poison, and the exact cause remains undetermined.
The attorney general's department approved a $20,000 issue of Thorn dale independent school district bonds. The bonds were registered in the comptroller's department.
The Transvaal Id valued in 1913 at 155000000 dollars, noting the estimated worth of the entity or asset in the era. The record emphasizes historic valuation figures and regional economic context within the Transvaal.
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