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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1914
Page
31
Swedish oil operators led by Sven Lundberg from the University of Stockholm study Texas oil fields and drilling techniques. Lundberg will spend two months here touring fields then return home to report to Swedish petroleum employers.
Margaret Johnston McAlpin known as Margherita Giollini arrives in San Antonio to establish a studio for voice culture dramatics and stage dancing at 3809 East Elmira. Her career spans Milan Paris Rome and New York, with training under Salvi Randeg er and Verdi and a record of over 40 operas with acclaim from European critics.
The Detroit Free Press recounts a Virginia family tale about Boots the daughter who saves weekly dollar bills given by her father as a test of thrift. Boots keeps all 52 inscribed bills, proving the plan nets her a large year-end payout after outsmarting a neighbor who offered a separate deal.
Olin Kentucky resident R L Pope recalls years of scalp trouble and hair loss. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment after using samples and drugstore supplies, saying he was cured with few applications. Advertising copy touts Cuticura for skin care and prophylaxis.
Preparations for Tag Day in San Antonio are near completion to raise funds for the Texas building at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Governor and Texas commission designate May 28 as a statewide collection day with district committees, flag sales, and extensive organization across the city including the Y M C A, Daughters of Isabella, Mothers' clubs, and many local businesses and neighborhoods.
The article cites a famous authority claiming meat intake strains kidneys by forming uric acid. It urges stopping meat after dull kidney pain and using four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush and stimulate kidneys, claim relief from bladder irritation and blood purification.
If Queen Eleonora of Bulgaria arrives as scheduled on Saturday May 30 she will attend a Monday June 1 performance of The Midnight Girl at the Forty fourth Street Theater. Her stage box reservation is set and the cast’s nurse performers and opening act will interest her.
This aged column promotes cosmetic remedies and self help for beauty issues. It lists formulas for wrinkle removal using glycerine and eptol, dandruff cures with beta quinol, sintone skin preparations, and various hair and skin treatments attributed to celebrity guidance, with numerous product mentions and at least one named user.
Through Miss Octavia Barlow local Daughters of the Confederacy chapters urge submissions for the Unwritten History of the South. Contests close August 16 with triplicate manuscripts limited to Confederate subjects, signed with a fictitious name, read in under fifteen minutes, and reviewed by five finalists. Prizes include the Barrett cup and the Cline medal, plus a Southern essays contest organized with Martin Hoyt Publishing. contact Mrs. J H Kirkpatrick for details.
The New York Supreme Court refused Frazee’s injunction against Robert Edeson. The suit, linked to Edeson’s departure from the Fine Feathers Company and his role in the production Strongheart, found the contract Frazee claimed not binding.
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