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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1913
Page
8
The W. and M store promotes an all stock removal sale with no profits, boasting nearly half a million dollars of merchandise marked at Removal Sale prices. Every fabric, garment, and item is discounted below usual prices to clear the entire stock in Texas. The ad urges San Antonio shoppers to take advantage before assortments shrink.
San Antonio school board weighs calling a $500,000 bond election to fund new school buildings, with opposition and support among members. Some push for immediate action, others urge delay, while the board debates publishing the resolution and hearing opposition.
At the Natural Gas Association of America meeting in Cleveland Oklahoma gas waste is cited as a danger to supply. E. L. Brundrett of Kansas City Gas Co was elected president. A device to separate gas and oil was shown and federal supervision of Oklahoma gas fields is being considered.
The Carnegie library in San Antonio announces new arrivals highlighted by The Curtiss Aviation Book by Glenn H Curtiss Education by Plays and Games by G E Johnson and The Montessori Primer in Theory and Practice by T L. The list shaped by librarian Miss Cornelia Notz includes works by A M Sterling D W and others detailing topics from Christian Thought to soils and wildlife.
Beacon Lights by T. L. Smith, Montes sori System in Theory and Practice by G. H. Scull, Lassoing Wild Animals in Africa by W. G. Beymer, On Hazardous Service by R. E. Speer, and South American Problems presented as a catalog of titles.
Memorial services for San Antonio Typographical Union members will be held this afternoon at City Cemetery No. 4. Members meet at Trades Council hall at 3 o'clock and ride special street cars to the cemetery. Roy Lohman will deliver the address. graves will be decorated by the daughters of members. A quartet led by Ione White and Lucille Morris will provide music. Committee in charge includes Ed Hays E S Nordhaus and A E Hart.
Edward Piper, sentenced to 90 days in San Francisco for a misdemeanor, arrived with curly black hair and left with white hair. He became known as the vainest prisoner, spending all his money on haircuts and tonics while admiring his shine. A prison shampoo mix led to peroxide on his scalp.
A home preparation darkens gray hair and treats scalp conditions by dissolving Barbo Compound in water and adding bay rum and gly cerine. Applied weekly until dark enough, then biweekly to maintain color, softness, and scalp health, also usable on facial hair.
The Baptist Young People's Union in San Antonio and the San Antonio Baptist Association plan an institute at First Baptist Church from Friday May 30 to Sunday June 1. Rev. James R. McGill and Rev. John A Held will lead lectures on the Manual and youth work with other pastors contributing. Sessions run 10 am and 4 pm with lunch provided by the unions and aims to finalize a B Y P U paper for the association.
The advertisement claims Texas Wonder treats kidney and bladder issues for men and women and regulates childhood bladder problems. It offers a mail order option for $1.00 and promises a two months’ treatment per bottle, with testimonials available from Dr. E. W. Hall in St. Louis.
The Trades Council plans a bigger Labor Day celebration on September 1 1913 with a queen contest and a union representatives meeting this week to organize. The council committee includes Joseph J. Tucker Jr Sam Goodman John Sweeney Paul Steffler and C Smith. Superintendent Brumbaugh of Philadelphia urges 180000 elementary pupils to scrape trees and remove tussock moth egg masses as part of a city wide eradication effort.
The Southwestern Baptist Hospital Association plans a fireproof sanitary facility on a 4 1/2 acre site at Hackberry and Nolan streets. Plans aim for fall action to start construction, with broad public access and expert oversight by a directorate including Rev. S. J. Porter and others from San Antonio, Cotulla, Karnes and nearby communities.
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