No Cause for Alarm in Clubman's Witty Exchange
A clubman asks a parlor maid where his wife is and learns she has gone to the dressmaker. He jokes that he feared she went to pay for the last gown, easing tension with a quip about shopping.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
5
A clubman asks a parlor maid where his wife is and learns she has gone to the dressmaker. He jokes that he feared she went to pay for the last gown, easing tension with a quip about shopping.
From an unquestioned authority on male ailments comes a formula claimed to rapidly restore nervous exhaustion melancholia anxiety treming limbs insomnia and general incapacity. Three grain codomne tablets in sealed tubes are advertised as non habit forming with home directions.
An old remedy advertised at drug stores claims to darken gray hair quickly with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The ad notes millions of bottles sold yearly, touting natural, even coloring and youthful appearance after one or two applications, while disclaiming disease cures.
The Rotary Club hosted Army aviators at the St. Anthony Hotel as 5000 troops were ordered into Mexico to pursue Villa. Captain Foulois and the First Aero Squadron spoke on preparedness and military aviation gains, while the event featured flags, an eagle decoration, and a miniature plane flight.
The Travis county grand jury reported eleven indictments at 12 35 Friday. Seven indictments involve state tax matters and one indicted man C C Quil lin already held on $1000 bond. At least one other tax collector in the state is involved.
The article outlines turmoil as Mayor Brown wavers between backing Fire Chief Phil Wright and other candidates for fire and police commissioner. It notes indecision within the political machine, potential convention calls, and competing independents like C. T. Fineham and Robert F. Uhr, with Sheriff John Tobin backing his brother W. G. Tobin, amid shifting clerical support and local voter factions.
An advertisement claims S S S or S S 8S cleanses infected blood to treat boils pimples eczema and scrofula. It warns against drugs and salves and touts the product as a purely vegetable blood purifier available from druggists with expert advice from Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
Report from the Austin postroag describes an egg sized stone from a speeder’s car arcing past County Commissioner Jacob Klaus. A motor policeman is assigned to curb speeding on the road. L R Hicks sworn in Friday as deputy sheriff with orders to arrest any driver exceeding 18 miles an hour in Comal.
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