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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1947
Page
3
A curious ad shows a device named shampooette from Vv & L Manufacturing to wash a baby’s hair without water in the eyes. It describes how to place the appliance on a kitchen table or in the tub, recline the baby, and shampoo while avoiding the struggle of keeping the child steady.
Plans for Independence Day are forming with downtown shops mostly closed for a three day holiday. Blanco Paint and Hardware, at 2123 Blanco Road, offers fishing gear from rods to lures and reels, plus hardware, garden tools, electrical appliances, and chalking weed items. Floyd and Charles Palmer run the store and can assist both serious anglers and casual creekbank fishers.
Rear Wheel Aligning company at 1108 South Flores Street offers one day service on all work including light and heavy duty equipment. The firm emphasizes precise balancing, axle and frame straightening with a policy to not fail small or large jobs.
Hackberry Furniture, at 1604 North Tackberry Street, offers rental chairs in any quantity for daily or longer terms with delivery and pickup. The firm also sells new and used furniture and provides sterilizing services for furniture and bedding, recently adding a new sterilizer with one day service. Owner H. H. Camp explains big jobs are completed in a single day with no unnecessary delay.
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