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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1911
Page
8
An advertisement claims catarrh causes breath, digestion, and health problems and offers Gauss Catarrh Cure as a rapid permanent solution. It pledges a free mail order treatment and a money back guarantee, including a coupon for mailing name and address.
A crime tale from Niechlors recounts a man hiding in an open coffin in a Silage church to attack a priest during a vigil. The ruse collapsed when villagers learned a criminal grudge inspired the act. the body was swapped and replaced, then the assailant attempted revenge. In Georgia Grady county a cane field yields seventy thousand gallons, with grinding soon after weather clears.
Fragments describe a home remedy claiming to break a cold in a day using glycerine and concentrated pine compound mixed with whiskey. Instructions suggest doses for adults and children, urging use of genuine pine product and sourcing from wholesale houses if unavailable locally.
Local fraternal orders report busy weeks with installations, dances, and initiations. Members of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Loyal Americans, Rebekahs, Knights and Ladies of Honor, and Royal Neighbors discuss committees, invitations, and forthcoming events at the M. W. A. hall, Red Men on Soledad street, and Fair grounds, with plans for large memberships and social gatherings.
Reports from Monroe Lodge No. 424 Odd Fellows praise Vice Grand Lee and record keeper Allen, with a regular meeting, a tent review, and an invitation to all Sir Knights. Four Woodmen monuments were unveiled in City Cemetery No. 3 by W.O.W. Campbell, while San Antonio lodges announced initiations and anniversaries, a Wrights of Pythias event, and a Magnolia Grove social with a medical program and refreshments.
A dating style article describes using a mercurized wax treatment to remove older skin and reveal a youthful complexion. It claims wax powder can strip the surface skin and accelerate change, with moggelized wax prepared at drug stores as the sole known method. The regimen is applied at night and washed off in the morning.
Local events include a drill league Friday at M W A hall with two exhibition drills by Minn ehaha Council and San Antonio Acr No 70. Members elected officers, praised programs, and welcomed visitors from Ohio Colorado and Chariton Temple while announcing upcoming meetings and a banquet.
Grace Plummer and Ruth Plummer witnessed a disturbance at MIA ayenmie and lelaware streets when bartender R. E. H. McGuire allegedly cursed and invoked religion. Officers arrested him and municipal court Judge Burney fined McGuire $16 after he failed to offer a satisfactory explanation.
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