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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1908
Page
12
A provocative feature on the latest French women’s dresses highlights ultra sheer waist fabrics, woven silica fibers, and “transparent” garments. It contrasts Parisian styles with American fashion and notes suppliers, materials, and details like no ironing, washability, and bold color accents.
Fashion notes highlight colored embroidery and soutache braiding on novelty waists for the season. French crepe and washable tulle waist materials appear with Cluny lace combos, while sheer linen and mull inserts create elegant, tightly pleated silhouettes.
A reminiscence of reader inquiries about a memory school and home cleaning guidance appears. An anonymous contributor notes there is no memory school in San Antonio but suggests a published book and offers to provide addresses. Tips on window cleaning describe wet whiting, cloth application, and polishing with newspapers, plus tomato-based stain removal anecdotes and ink spill remedies.
The article chronicles Laura Carnell being named head of Temple University’s deans, tracing Temple’s origins from Rev. H Russell Conwell’s Broad Street pulpit in 1881 to the expansion into Temple University by 1838, noting the university’s growth to 2600 students and its educational mission for men and women.
A striking piece claims radium in natural springs explains healing from mud baths. It details magnetism in mud, corpuscle roles, and how mud therapy purportedly boosts circulation, detoxifies, and aids organs from heart to kidneys. The article links well-known mud baths in Indiana, Hot Springs, and European springs, citing experiments and patient improvements.
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