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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
7
Home is what you make it and our furniture store claims the Souths most complete line. We have served 20 years with honest values fair credit and satisfaction guarantees. They promise quality merchandise and low prices cash or credit.
The New Grand theater housed two performances of The Passing of the Third Floor Back with J Forbes Robertson as The Passer By. Reviews praised Robertson and the English company while noting Maude Buchanan Lena Delphine and Florenze Le Clercq in key roles. A postshow remark by Miss Crosman celebrated women audiences.
The article advises that wrinkles come from weakened facial muscles. A home wash lotion made from powdered taxolite and hazel tightens skin and underlying tissue, smooths lines, reduces sagging, and boosts circulation to restore color.
After her show The Real Thing Henrietta Crosman chats with three Western boarding school girls during a holiday visit. One presents an almost empty bon bon box and jokes about matinee girls, prompting a light remark from the actress.
Sickness from a disordered stomach is blamed for many maladies. The ad urges Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion and dyspepsia with a money back guarantee after reasonable use. Three sizes 25c 50c and 1. Sold in San Antonio at HL Wagner Rexall Store.
The article notes Miss Crosman plans to perform The Real Thing at the Grand Theater with shows on Thursday and Friday including matinee and evening performances. It frames praise as a tribute to her efforts and speaks of public appreciation for her work.
At the Plaza this evening the program features regular vaudeville plus a monologue by Cy Moftwan. Moftwan is billed as one of Connie Mack's famed Philadelphia Athletics pitchers turned entertainer. Morgan is also mentioned in ads.
An ad promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle cleansing laxative suitable for all ages. It claims natural action, strengthens internal organs, and warms the body without harm, urging buyers to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product.
The Plaza showcases a top bill featuring McDevitt Kelly and Lucy in The Piano Movers a clever farce with two eccentric dancers and a larger female partner. Isie Stirk The Girl with Seventeen Voices plus Lee's Mannikins Travidas and Phil Cliff and his dogs headline a lively program with school matinees and bargain previews.
The Orpheum theater shows Wildfire this week with three audiences praising it and the cast receiving noted acclaim. Next week the company will stage Janice Meredith and offer a box for a girl under 16 to attend a Saturday matinee on March 30.
At the Royal a new bill promises plenty of amusing fees to satisfy every theatergoer. Tributes of the highest character have been paid.
The Paris Medicine Co advertises Grove's Sanare Cutis as a guaranteed cure for eczema in 10 to 30 days with a money back promise. The ointment is described as clean and non staining, available by mail for 50 cents if not in local drugstores, with refunds offered if not satisfied.
The Interstate Commerce Commission disapproved rate advances on coal from Virginia and West Virginia to Great Lakes ports by Chesapeake & Ohio Baltimore & Ohio and Kanawha & Michigan railways. It approved Norfolk & Western increases in the same traffic. The commission ordered a 1 rate cut for Pittsburg district coal from 8 to 7 8 cents a ton.
An old newspaper snippet touts Forey n Honey and Tar Compound to stop coughs and heal inflamed air passages while promoting SAN A LAC for nerves and urging to keep familiar brands on hand. Ed ward s King Drug Co and Stadacke Kelley Springfield Tone appear as advertisers.
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