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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement extols calomel as a universal purifier and healer. It argues calomel stimulates nature by cleansing stomach and bowels, and introduces Calotabe as a refined alternative with fewer side effects. One tablet at bedtime, then breakfast appetite follows. money-back guarantee offered.
A Creekside dispatch describes requests from children and mothers seeking pen pals for soldiers on duty. Young Arkansas girl asks a Cincinnati brother to write while Camp Stanley, Fort Sam Houston, and others receive heartfelt appeals from families across the country. The Home Folks editor collects names and addresses, promising no charge, with several locations still awaiting replies.
A Texas county school program encourages students to plant for a war garden with three hundred tomato plants donated by J. M. Vance and seeds from neighbors. Miss Howard and Myf Hand will visit Lone Star School for a planting demonstration as part of a campaign to mobilize county schools.
A reader description highlights Jack Tar Toys designed for children aged two to six. The items are said to be made of splendid white galeter with drills, featuring white collars and cuffs in regalia, middy styles, and color combinations of red, copper, and navy.
New military style outfits for children ages 6 to 18 in worsted and khaki fabrics. Colors include gray tan brown and mixtures with beach style knickers and wide range of ages and sizes. Prices range from 50 cents to 8 50 with various extras and silk bands.
Hundred dozen crepe de chine handkerchiefs with solid color and corseted borders. Embroidered corners in pink fuchsia maize and gilt. Special about the cache. Initial handkerchiefs with hot finish lawn hemstitch borders and pressed initials in white or colored.
Classified listing highlights layette mouth wash and spec ialty toiletries with regular 50 cent size marked down to a special price. Fountain syringes three quart size offered at 1.59. Also features Long’s Skin Cream Arcadia Vanishing Cream and Peroxide hydrogen in small bottles with reduced prices.
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