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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
9
The piece extols cooperation with government conservation efforts and highlights the benefits of daylight saving time. It argues the extra hour of daylight brings morning coolness, evening time for rest and work, and urges public support in the spirit of national cooperation.
A military showcase linked to the state medical meeting will be staged at Camp Trivig with an exhibit hall in San Antonio May 14. Officers, a notable assembly, and a large military display are planned, with hotel and exhibit reservations urged via Dr. T. J. Dickson and O. Steele.
A garbled OCR page mixes food ads and odd anecdotes about Tango candy and potatoes with stray phrases about taste and relatives. It includes scattered items at 1 pound and 140 pounds, plus a messy anecdote about a husband and a shuttle. The overall piece reads as an incoherent local ad fragment.
If your nose is clogged and your head stuffed from a cold or catarrh, obtain Bly's Cream Balm. A small amount applied inside the nostrils eases inflamed mucous membranes, clears the head, and provides instant relief from hawking, sneezing, and breathing difficulties.
Obituary notices report Jo Eaters Lake died at a San Antonio hospital on Wednesday, with family details including a son Harry and daughters Dorothy Luke and Mrs J C Larkin of Houston. Also mentions other death notices for Mrs Lucie Beameuc, Mrs Ida Hunter, and Mrs M S Charles, with survivors and funeral arrangements. The text lists associated undertakers Shelley-Loring and Pearcy-Robinson and local cemetery options.
Western agricultural expert Professor Molden tells readers via the Des Moines Capital that households can cut sugar use by up to 90 percent by growing sugar beets in a twenty foot row and processing syrup at home. He cites a simple method soaking beets to extract syrup for seasoning and cooking and recalls earlier proposals for garden sorghum as an alternative.
An advertisement extols Danderine as a simple inexpensive way to banish dandruff and produce thick curly hair. It promises softer, shinier hair within minutes, with visible new growth after about two weeks, claiming the product both stops hair loss and grows hair.
San Antonio and nationwide clocks will move forward one hour Sunday March 21 as daylight saving time takes effect. Businesses, rail, postal services, and streetcar lines adjust schedules while agencies like the Weather Bureau and telegraph companies align operations to the new time, with a one hour shift noted across regions and industries.
A soldier from Company A reported his purse containing 48 dollars stolen near East Commerce Street and the Southern Pacific depot. George A Turner of 409 South Street reported a five passenger car theft at 3 15 pm. Paul Loggis, cafe employee, said 48 dollars in currency was taken Wednesday night. A safe deposit box with documents was found damaged near North and South Streets with the top cut open. No report of a safe theft reached police by Thursday forenoon.
Choctaw Indian Chief Hudson, traveling with attorney and physician, seeks meeting with Southern Department officers to organize a Choctaw regiment funded by Laotaw Indians. He touts readiness to enlist, defends tribal pride, and tours San Antonio while government drainage bids and local concerns unfold.
Outdoors workers suffer wintry exposure and aches. Sloan's Liniment eases stiff neck, rheumatic twinges, and lameness quickly without rubbing. It avoids the mess of plasters and salves, offering clean soothing relief at 60c and 1.00.
City commission identifies the Ute Trinity Street sewer project as a serious issue connected to the Cincinnati Avenue sewer. Young & Ramsey are the lowest bidders, with prior paving leaving the area lacking proper sewage handling and the intersection now more developed than before.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for coughs and lung ailments. It claims fast relief from hacking coughs hoarseness and breathing trouble, with antiseptic ingredients soothing phlegm and preventing serious after-effects.
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