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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
3
A political ad accuses the Police Department of incompetence as Uhr campaigns and Lewis Maverick is urged as a wholesome change. It notes 63 officers and a $54 000 quarterly salary bill, with the Police Commissioner earning 4000 a year plus gasoline, and his absence due to politicking.
Claiming the Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules restore strength after overwork and poor habits. Advertises three capsules daily for uric acid, kidney, bladder, stomach ailments with a druggist money-back guarantee and prices of 25c 60c and 1.00 per box. Look for the Gold Medal name on each box.
The Higher Publicity League under E A Lueck prints 100 000 Tourists' Guides to be mailed nationwide. It features Brackenridge golf links and Brackenridge Park sea lion pool images, a San Antonio history, and a reverse map of the city with places of interest and brief directions.
Soap should be used very carefully to avoid dry scalp and brittle hair. Ordinary malifified coconut oil is recommended over commercial soaps and shampoos for cleansing hair and scalp, providing a silky finish with minimal effort.
A March 16 1917 decree from Mexico’s Department of Fomento warns that mining properties not renewed by March 14 1917 may be confiscated and property forfeited to the government. It classifies owners into three groups and requires detailed reports on operations employees salaries machinery power output and tax payments by April 1 or March 20 depending on group.
A fragment from Pearson’s Weekly in London mentions a boy seeking trousers from a shop, preferring Hobbs or Mamma-Why and chasing a pair in a shop window marked Can’t be beaten. The clipped snippet hints at consumer humor and shopfront slogans.
Health note by L H Smith M D promotes Anuric as a remedy to flush kidneys and dissolve uric acid. It cautions on signs of kidney distress such as backache and rheumatic pains and claims Anuric is more potent than lithia, urging readers to obtain it from druggists.
Congress failed to vote on a $400,000 inquiry into the high cost of living after the Senate blocked the House measure. President Wilson urged action, while investigations by the Justice Department and other agencies continue with limited funds.
Homer Wilson of Mulhall Oklahoma editor of the Wild Bunch newspaper visits the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio. He stands seven feet tall in high boots and a Stetson and claims to be a champion bronco busting rope artist. He urges Fiesta San Jacinto directors to stage a Texas roundup as a carnival attraction and notes he organized the Fort Worth Stock Show roundup this year.
Thursday morning Mr Wilson noted the Fiesta could attract Texans and visitors from across the country. He would contact Fiesta directors Thursday afternoon about a cattle roundup and, if not held this spring, push for a regular wild west event in 1918 during the Texas Cattle Raisers Association convention in town.
Willis blasts the school manual training as useless while Gillis argues its value may show up when a boy is asked to use a nammer and saw.
An old advertisement touts Gets-It as a revolutionary corn remover claiming two drops on the corn ease lifting it off with fingers. It sells through Chicago suppliers and local San Antonio outlets. The page also features letters asking about pimples weight gain bronchial relief and a tongue in cheek “speed limit” line about nervous exhaustion with tonic tablets recommended.
Dr Baker offers general medical guidance and free advice via letters to the editor. The column promotes home remedies for hair and scalp care, kidney function, and weight reduction, with response from "Adele" and notes on using specific tonics and balms.
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