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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1911
Page
17
An annual sale introduces W. and M. merchandise, offering actual savings while upholding quality. Read lists for summer needs and compare prices to standard W. and M. quality. Wash Vests of pique linen and duck priced at $1.25 to $2 with plain white or patterned styles.
Men s neckwear priced from 19 cents to 83 cents in silk wash and mercerized options. Styles include four-in-hand ties in low neck and military collars, with solid colors stripes and figures across cotton nainsook madras chambray cambric blends.
Advertises men's negligee style shirts with coat style designs in madras and calico, available in light and dark solids, stripes and figures. Shirts feature plain or plaited bosoms and attached cuffs in sizes 14 to 18.
Imported madras fine knit shirts described in striped patterns with no collars. Available in sizes 14 to 18. Prices range from $1.19 to $2.59 with sleeve lengths and leg lengths noted.
The listing shows men’s underwear in various styles including long and short under shirts and drawers. Items include Holeknit, Ribbed Lisle, Porosknit, Dropstitch, and Nainsook undergarments with prices ranging from 21c to 1.29.
An assortment of wash hats for men and boys with prices and fabric notes. Sleeping gowns in silk, cotton, and mull with varied necklines and trims offered at discounted rates. Linen coats advertised in multiple sizes and regular prices, with sale prices shown.
Soft mer cerized cotton negligee shirts in cream white or striped colors with soft collars. Prices from 89c to 1.50. Boys and girls straw sailors in white brown blue with bands. Straw hats 25c to 3.00. Madras and percale shirts and blouses mussed and soiled from 44c. Tam OShanter and auto caps 10c, many past regular 75c to 1.00.
Officials of the San Antonio Traction Company tout a unique training program in San Antonio where discharged soldiers and farmer boys learn to operate street cars. The city offers a paid salary during training, making it one of the first in the nation to provide such a program for motorman preparation. This school has drawn nationwide interest since its inception.
If Your Head Aches You should Take the Sure Remedy Hicks Capudine claims to reach the headache cause quickly whether heat cold grip or stomach troubles and to cure nervous or sick headaches Capudine is advertised as the surest remedy for colds and grip feverishness aches and nervousness disappear and normal conditions return The liquid formula is easy to take and acts immediately priced 25 or 50 cents at drug stores.
The San Antonio Traction company, over twelve years old, emphasizes caution and safety in streetcar operation. Recruits include discharged U S soldiers and farm lads, with strict health and literacy tests, and a 20 to 30 day initial instruction under experienced motormen. Continuous monthly instruction, on the job coaching, and cross-training with conductors ensure progression to regular runs, while letters of good record from T. C. Brown aid mobility to other cities.
A promotional note extols CASCARET vitamins urging readers to take them at bedtime to wake feeling fine. It claims the pills work while you sleep and help nature, noting millions already use them to stay well.
Berlin reports a betrothal between Princess Barbara Reuss daughter of Prince Henry XXV Reuss and Count Siegfried von Luttichau a Protestant pastor and diplomat serving as chaplain at the German embassy in Constantinople. The union, unusual for a clergyman marrying a princess from a ruling German house, stirs interest. Barbara Reuss aged 23 is a cousin of Queen Eleanor of Bulgaria, while the 38 year old pastor diplomat holds the post in the embassy.
In Berne Switzerland a wedding at the Mairie of Berthoud ended when a detective present to fill a missing witness slot identified the groom as a wanted man. After the ceremony the officer detained him and the bride returned home in tears while he began his honeymoon in jail.
An amateur craftsman in San Antonio converts discarded tin cans into cups and dipping dishes by trimming the edge and soldering a tin handle. The piece advocates civic improvement and notes possible profits from melting solder and lead. The San Antonio Real Estate Exchange contemplates a yards cleanup plan paying one cent per dozen cans to remove the nuisance.
An advertisement offers free trials of Plapao Laboratories Plasta Pads for ruptures. The self adhesive pads claim to cure worst forms at home without straps buckles or springs. Send requests to Plapao Laboratories Block 49 St Louis Missouri.
Berlin May 27 Professor Alfred Wegener of Marlburg University reports an interesting discovery about the atmosphere. He concludes that at a4 shows new behavior in atmospheric gases and their間 interactions, indicating potential changes in air layers above the planet.
A science note describes a space layer 124 miles above Earth with an unknown gas lighter than hydrogen. The author notes it may be a simple chemical body or a compound and dubs the substance geokoronium.
Contracts awarded to nurseries to plant 2,000,000 apple and other fruit trees in Eastern Washington and parts of Idaho and Oregon. Spokane county expects 400,000 trees with existing 1,500,000 growing. Kennewick nursery reports 1,000,000 trees on order. Anticipated five year land clearing to convert logged lands to farming and dairying. A Collman, 416 Main Ave.
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