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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
9
The Vacation War Relief Association is placing vials of a certain anesthetic in soldiers’ kits for use on wounds in the field. A straying apparatus enables wounded men to apply the anesthetic themselves, producing local anesthesia and easing pain until an ambulance arrives.
Barnstable Mass May 12 W A Gardner president of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad aged 65 died last night at his summer home at Wianna Beach He had been ill when he arrived here with his family three weeks ago
Miss Clarice Morin of Taunton Massachusetts says monthly pains and inability to work stopped after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other troubled girls to write for free confidential advice and notes many suffer in silence monthly.
Offers a free 32 page skin book to sufferers from skin scalp and hair loss troubles who have not found relief. Free samples sent by postal card to Caticura Dept XX Boston Massachusetts. Advertises availability in every town and village in the United States.
Demand for accommodations during the June 7 convention week exhausts Chicago hotel rooms. Visitors will stay in private homes, including Joan Wanamaker of New York and Philadelphia who took a 14 room house on Michigan boulevard. Rentals in some cases reach $100 a day and more.
Washington May 12 The Public Health Service reports a strong link between poverty and tuberculosis after an extensive investigation across cities. It states one sixth of TB cases develop in cheap lodging houses and one fifth are traceable to hazardous working conditions and poor jobs.
An advertisement promotes Anuric as a new remedy for kidney and urinary disorders including backache gout and rheumatism. It urges sending a water sample to Doctor Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY for free analysis and personalized advice.
Styles feature 9.95 taffeta dresses in plain colors and stripes with crepe de chine or Georgette sleeves. Colors include green blue brown purple pink light blue black and white. Models offered are the season’s newest with wide variety of options.
A selection of dresses priced at 7.98 formerly 12.50 features organdy voile and Marquisette gowns with embroidered overskirts. Many include velveteen or satin belts and a minimum of twenty-five models to choose from, each praised for its appeal.
The Alamo Council of Boy Scouts received a special commendation for aiding police in traffic control during the fiesta helping prevent accidents. The resolution was introduced by Commissioner Ray Lambert and praised the scouts’ efficient service.
An offer to send three dimes or thirty cents in one cent stamps for a cloth bound copy of the Common Sense Medical Adviser. Includes topics on self knowledge physiology anatomy hygiene and simple home cures. Request directed to Dr W M Pierce Buffalo NY.
A wartless ad touts Zemo from Cleveland as a remedy for pimples blackheads eczema and ringworm. It claims easy application and no mess with prices 25 cents for a small bottle or 1 90 for a large bottle.
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