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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1917

Page

20

Tanlac Credited By Railroad Engineers For Health Gains

A-train era testimonial shows engineers from Southern Railway to Seaboard praising Tanlac for appetite, digestion, nerves, and weight gain. Read statements from nabers Bowers Middleton Ayers and others. Ad notes sales in San Antonio via Waegner's Drug Co and E J H Meier under Tanlac rep supervision.

Jeff D. Riggs Pearl Street Vicksburg Miss Yazoo Mississippi Valley Atlanta Seaboard Janlac Jack Petrie Lindsley Avenue Nashville Nashville, Tenn Tanlac I. F. Blammill Dunnavant Street Memphis Tenn Hot Springs Taniac P. C. Hooks Rome Southern J. B. Watson Mobile Ala Southern Railway Selma H. M. Telford Third Avenue Birmingham Louisvile Jianiac San Antonio Waegner’s Drug Company E. J

Senator George Chamberlain praised for wartime leadership and universal training stance

Washington, May 19. Democratic leaders applaud Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon for steering key military legislation since World War I began. As chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee he advocated universal training and helped shape national defense measures. Born 1854 in Mississippi, Chamberlain rose from teacher and lawyer to Oregon governor and U.S. senator, earning recognition for guiding wartime policy.

Washington, D. C Congress George E. Chamberlain Oregon Senate Chamberlain United States Senator Chamberlain Congressional Directory Natchez Miss Washington and Lee University Virginia Eee States Senate

Wonderful Skin and Wrinikle Removers Advert

The article promotes a skin care method using mercorized wax nightly to absorb the outer skin layer and reveal a younger under layer. It also mentions saxolite wrinkle-removing formula with a powdered saxolite wash to reduce deep wrinkles and lines without harm.

Otcenanie

Prince Charles of Belgium Cleared for Naval Cadet Training

London May 19. Prince Charles of Belgium Count of Flanders appears in the list of candidates who passed the qualifying literary exam for naval cadet ships and will enter the Royal Naval College Osborne this month. He is the king of Belgians' second son, not yet fourteen, born October 10, 1903, who came to England with his sister Princess Marie at the start of the war when Belgium was invaded by Germany.

London Prince Charles of Belgium Flanders Royal Naval College Osborne Prince Charles England Marie

New Texas Delegation Members Prove Worth in Washington

Six new Texas congressional members including Blanton Connally Jones Mansfield and Wilson quickly prove capable in Washington with strong early performances. Blanton's colleagues welcome him despite initial doubts while Jones the youngest member stands out in his maiden speech and as presiding officer. Mansfield builds recognition, Connally earns a solid foreign affairs assignment, and Garrett maintains veteran presence.

Texas Washington Congress Wilson Blanton Connally Jones Mansfield Garrett Marvin Jones Panhandle Representative Wilson Fort Worth Judge Mansfield Columbus Tom Connally Marlin Robert L. Henry Foreign Affairs

Liggett Married San Antonio Girl In 19th Century Link

Major General Hunter Liggett who arrived in San Francisco from the Philippines last Monday to command the Western Department was born in Reading Pennsylvania in 1857 and graduated from West Point in 1879. He married Miss Harriet Lane of San Antonio when he was a second lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry. He became brigadier general February 12 1913 and was promoted to major general March 6 1917. Liggett served in Cuba during the Spanish American War and later in the Philippine Islands.

Hunter Liggett San Francisco Philippines Reading West Point Fifth Infantry Harriet Lane San Antonio Liggett Cuba Philippine Islands

Eczema Relief After Cuticura Soap Cure

A Virginia man describes eight months of severe itching and burning eczema that covered his body. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, symptoms subsided in days and he was fully healed within a month, according to his August 12 1916 statement.

A. J. Ryan Route 1 Montrose

Texas Delegation in Congress Promises Capability and Balance

Connally pledges to prove capable industrious and efficient as any colleague. Older Texas congressmen, satisfied with new associates, expect the Texas delegation to be the largest Democratic group in Congress, eighteen men strong, serious and intelligent for Texas at home and abroad.

Connally Texas Congress

Lace Flag From Velay Links Lafayette Roots To US

Women of the Velay district in central France, about 90 000 lacemakers at outbreak, craft a lace flag in US colors to honor American troops entering Europe. The region's history ties Lafayette to Le Puy en Velay and Mount Corneille, with other regional trades in chocolate cloth wool and grains.

Paris Velay France United States Europe Lafayette Department of Haute-Loire le Puy En Mount Anis Sebastopol Marquis de Lafayette America le Puy Holy Land Raymond d’Aiguille d’Agiles

Poor Sophia's Case

Zoologist Professor Curtis debunks sentimental views on animal affection citing Sophia's case. He recalls a rich old maid who left her fortune to her nephew and notes the dog Sophia died the day after the aunt's death.

Sophia Ronald M. Curtis Rochester Spelen Philadelphia Letin

Serb refugee boys find welcome in English schools

Sir Arthur Evang describes English education for Serbian boys who fled their homeland during the war. About 3,000 young Serbians are in Britain, with centers at Oxford Cambridge Sheffield Leeds Selly Oak Birmingham Reading and several Scottish cities. They prove eager to learn and some win prizes while integrating with English peers. Resources and university access are expanding, under the Serbian relief fund and French cooperation, to provide schooling and practical skills for future restoration of Serbia.

London England Arthur Evang Serbia Vardar Saloniki Corsica Serbian Relief Fund Carrington Wilde J. E. Bellows Wycliffe Hall Oxford Cambridge Sheffield Leeds Selly Oak Birmingham Reading Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen Dundée Scotland Berkshire Manchester Hulme Hall

The Bluff With a Tutor and a Stamp Collector

In a Washington Star anecdote the late General Funston is quoted as hating bluffers who reveal themselves. A bluffer seeking a broker’s tutoring vacancy claims great philatelic knowledge, replying that he speaks philately “like a native,” a line that underscores the tale’s humor about false expertise.

Funston Washington Star

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