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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
7
An advertisement promotes a refreshing syrup of figs and elixir of Jenna claiming gentle cleansing without harmful effects. It touts California figs and plant laxative properties and urges buying the genuine product from the California Fig group Co at fifty cents per bottle.
A busy first day at Saul Wolfson's Dry Goods reveals a tempting spring display across the millinery and dress departments. Fashion experts note popular hats include Kurzman hemp, imported Milan, and a wide range of laces, ribbons, and marquisette gowns.
In Saturday Evening Post this week an Rambler advertisement asks readers what a motor car guarantees and promotes a Rambler model with implied assurance of reliability and value.
The Strochs chapel in Strochs cemetery will be rebuilt due to disintegration of stone brick and mortar. Erected by Father Thevis in 1871 as thanks for the parishioners surviving a fever epidemic the little chapel once seated thirty persons.
An old advertisement touts 25 cent bottles of Danderine promising doubled hair beauty in minutes. It claims the rinse cleanses dust and oil, stops itching and dandruff, and grows long, soft hair, with results visible after weeks of use.
The Man From Home, a Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson play, stars William Hodge in the lead as an Indiana lawyer. The New Orleans production at the Dauphine, under Liebler management, features a strong supporting cast and lavish scenery, with critics praising Hodge’s refined Hoosier humor and the ensemble’s craft.
At the Orpheum Miss Leonora Oakford of the Orpheum players is cast for sharp wit as Germaine in Arsene Lupin the French mystery. The show runs tonight Friday and Saturday with the matinee and night performances. Elsie Janis praised the Orpheum theater from a box during the matinee.
The Plaza theater draws steady crowds with a balanced vaudeville bill rivaling top circuits. Maud Muller and Ed Stanley entertain as American travesty stars with new lines while Gilroy and team deliver the Good Ship Nancy Lee. Bargain matinee Friday and schoolchildren invited Saturday.
An afternoon or evening at the Royal promises a lively vaudeville bill with acts like The Trolley Car Trio The Newmans Australia’s trick cyclists Medoras and Griffin and Lewis plus Royalscope photo plays. A souvenir matinee for ladies is planned Friday and Foley’s Honey and Tar is recommended for coughs and colds.
The Texas Supreme Court heard the Equitable Life Assurance Society versus Amanda M. Ellis of Travis County. Ellis received $25 000 from an insurance policy on her son Caswell G. Ellis after his death. The insurer contests payment due to alleged nonpayment of the third annual premium while Ellis cites negotiations for a policy loan to cover premiums. SAN-A-LAC antseptic.
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