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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
3
An ad explains a three month subscription drive with certificates earned per set numbers. After 3500 certificates a trip is won, 5800 certificates a complete trip. 100+ winners possible. Cash payout if goals not reached. Prizes include rail, Pullman, San Francisco trip, and Exposition tickets.
The notice outlines subscription options from three months to five years with various prices and carriers. It describes a non competitive campaign offering a trip to winners who secure correct certificates and verifies how many nominees can win, with instructions to notify the newspaper in advance for reservations.
Texas reports high veteran support with pension totals reaching $849 and an average $9 per veteran. The Confederate Home houses 360 inmates with $96,000 annual maintenance, while Georgia and Tennessee show larger pensions and smaller home populations. Other Southern states trail in homes and pensions as Texas leads in care. Permit actions include Borderland Sugar Corp and Clinchfield Tet Co, with several local charter amendments and company formations in Dallas, Brenham, Orange, Texas City, and Galveston.
Jack Jerden a pedes trian who has spent the winter here plans a journey to Chicago by deliveries. He carries a scrap-hook with signatures from various elites as he travels. Leyden notes he covers about thirty miles daily and earns roughly four dollars per day, using his route to pay his way.
The report notes Dr Shaw is due in San Antonio Saturday, with plans to rest on the return leg. The event centers on the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, featuring speaker Miss Helen Brackenridge and others. The gathering will promote suffrage, with city interest high and local leaders optimistic about impact.
The executive committee of the Athenaeum Society met at Carnegie Library on Thursday night to plan the annual banquet and arrange for a Sunday afternoon meeting at 8 40 for electing officers. The banquet will be held at a San Antonio hotel at a date not yet announced. Members include Thomas Banks and others.
The advertisement claims Resinal Ointment stops itching instantly upon contact and has been prescribed for twenty years for eczema ringworm rashes and other skin disorders. It touts warm baths with Kesinel Soap and promises healthy skin quickly at little cost, urging readers to buy from all druggists.
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hinir Color Restorer as a solution for gray hair, claiming it darkens hair quickly and naturally, stimulates growth, soothes itching, and addresses scalp issues. It targets readers with premature gray or thinning hair and mentions widespread beauty benefits.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous property transfers with dates around March 24 197A and 1854 like West Eng taraber Company and John J. Wilson. Mentions payments, acres and consideration amounts, and names such as Palmer, Sed ves, and Gee. Content is garbled but indicates multiple deed actions and monetary figures.
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