Red Cross War Relief Campaign Opens in San Antonio
The San Antonio Red Cross War Relief drive launched at the Gunter Hotel pledges $100,000 statewide with $23,227.10 raised in half a day toward $150,000 local goal. Teams report varied gifts led by Team 5’s F. M. Lewis and Team 11’s E. D. Henry, while executives plan noon meetings, house to house canvassing, and four quarterly payments to Washington.
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Red Cross
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
H. Partee
Bruce Martindale
F. M. Lewis
Jake Wolff
S. Hendrick
Ray M. Mackey
J. R. Boyle
W. K. Ewing
E. D. Henry
L. J. Hart
W. W. Collier
Red Cross War Council
E. E. Dilley
Charles S. Venable
American Red Cross
George B. Taliaferro
France
Belgium
Executive Committee
Washington
Venable
General Pershing
America
American
The
Army Medical Department
International
Europe
Taliaferro
War Council
Ice Mints Corn Remover Sparks Drug Store Rush
The new Ice-Mint corn remover from a Japanese product causes a surge in demand as druggists report heavy sales. The cream promises painless removal of corns with roots and leaves skin non irritated, urging users to stop cutting corns to avoid blood poisoning.
Real Hair Grower Claims Quick Results with Parisian Sage
An advert promotes Parisian sage as a remedy for dandruff and thinning hair. It credits Dr. Sangerbund with linking dandruff to a microbe and touts liquid Parisian sage (Giroux's) as the guaranteed treatment. Fischer's Drug Store supplies the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sangerbund
Paris
Giroux
Fischer’s Drug Store
Plain coconut oil cleans hair better than soap
The piece warns against alkali in soaps and sham poos drying the scalp and making hair brittle. It recommends plain refined coconut oil from drug stores as a pure greaseless alternative that lasts months, lathers well, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, bright, fluffy, and free of dust.
Stomach Troubles Due to Excess Stomach Acid
So called stomach troubles such as indigestion gas sourness stomach ache and inability to retain food stem from excessive stomach acid. A teaspoon of Bisulated Magnesia in water after meals neutralizes acidity and eases symptoms quickly and cheaply.
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The fragment states that the desired benefit will be achieved if certain reo symptoms are present. The text does not specify who, where, when, or what the benefit entails.
Red Cross Fund Subscriptions Rise in San Antonio Post Office
San Antonio post office employees have subscribed to the Red Cross, reaching 215 dollars with 40 to 50 more expected. Funds credited to San Antonio will go to Washington, following a Treasury Department appeal three weeks ago met by Treasury staff nationwide per Postmaster Armistead.
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Red Cross
San Antonio
Postoffice
Washington
Post Office
Department
Treasury Department
United States
Armistead
YWCA Camp Welcomes Campers Near Comfort
The YWCA summer camp two miles from Comfort on the Guadalupe opens with 10 campers using a cement pool donated by Albert Steves. Miss Belle Graves leads the camp with Eliza beth Brown in charge. tents, a farm house HQ, dining and living areas provide comfort as pets and mascots arrive. Open house Sunday draws many locals for afternoon refreshments and vesper services on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Comfort
Guadalupe
Belle Graves
Association
Albert Steves
Elizabeth Brown
Military Race Meet Plans Big Fourth of July at Fair Grounds
Elbert M. Vail of the San Antonio Recreation Board says the Military Race Meet will feature a vast array of athletic events, including horse and military equipment contests, to entertain Independence Day crowds. Tickets go on sale after a War Recreation Board meeting at the Menger Hotel, with proceeds aiding soldiers at Camps Wilson Kelly Funston and Fort Sam Houston. In early 1919 the US used 83,652,907 pounds of cotton fiber for explosives manufacture.
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Fair Grounds
War Recreation Board
Texas
Elbert M. Vail
San Antonio
Mr. Vail
Capt. C. Stevenson
Paul Raborg
Eli Hertzberg
The
Menger
Camps Wilson
Kelly and Funston
Fort Sam Houston
Obituary for Sonobie Cervantes at 75 in Mon day home
Mrs Sonobie Cervantes, 75, died at her home on Concepcion Avenue Monday morning. Funeral at her residence Tuesday at 3 pm and at Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at 3:30. Rev Father John officiated. Interment in City Cemetery No 1. Survived by two sons Luis and Carlos, two daughters Adolph Delgado and John Vidal, 22 grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.
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Sonobie Cervantes
Concepcion Avenue
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Father John
City Cemetery
Cervantes
San Antonio
Luis
Carlos Cervantes
Adolph Delgado
John Vidal
Former Tennessee mayor acquitted in embezzlement case
John M. Steith former mayor of Dixon Tennessee was acquitted of an embezzlement charge in Chicago after a five minute jury consultation. The case, brought by the National Bond and Investment Company, was described by Judge Fitch as more civil than criminal in nature.
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Chicago
John M. Steith
Dixon, Tenn
National Bond and Investment Company
Fitch
Cabbage Cigars Stir Germany War Scarcity
News from Copenhagen reports that cabbage and hay cigars are used as substitutes in Germany due to tobacco scarcity and high prices. The U S Customs notice lists seized items at San Antonio with a 20 day claimant period before public auction on July 18 1917 at the Custom House.
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Copenhagen
London
Germany
Department of Substitutes
Port of
San Antonio
U. S
Custom House
H. C
Smith
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War Relief Fund
Gunter
D. K. Furnish
J. H. Haile
Russia
England
RED Cross Fund
Wolff & Marx Company
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
ST. Anthony
Zaleme Pettus
Lucile Henderson
Russian Ballet
Rector's
New York
St. Anthony Roof
Telephone Crockett
T. B. Baker
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