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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1916
Page
17
A new vicar visits Ward No. 2 and offers comfort to a pale patient. The exchange turns tense as the patient quips about smiles and a wife’s demands for money. The fragment closes with unrelated notes on journalism and wallpaper materials.
Cardinal Mercier denounces mass deportations from Belgium to Germany for forced labor. He cites orders, exemptions, and arrests in regions such as Mons Quievrain Saint Ghislain and Jemappes, warning each deported worker frees a German soldier and leaves thousands unemployed. The Vatican Spain and the United States consider joint action.
The article reflects on traditional herbal remedies used by grandmothers including wormwood thoroughwort sage rue camomile and notes that modern granddaughters obtain extracts from druggists. It highlights Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a popular women’s remedy.
An inexpensive home treatment dissolves canthrax in hot water to remove dandruff oil and dirt. A slow pour on the scalp with a brisk massage creates a cooling lather and a clean soft pliant scalp. Hair gains natural color gloss and fluffiness after the wash.
Medical commentary discusses benefits of drinking water with meals and between meals. It recommends baking soda for stomach catarrh and Anuric tablets for kidney and uric acid issues, claiming improved digestion and reduction of rheumatic symptoms.
A broad appeal urges every ally and neutral, including enemy countries that honor humanity, to assist in opposing the depredations and defend shared values.
San Antonio banks face instruction from postoffice headquarters through Postmaster Armistead to discontinue presenting large numbers of money orders drawn on other offices for payment. Orders must be presented at designated payment offices to avoid undue work for local postmasters and misuse of money orders as legal tender.
The San Antonio Municipal Chorus held its first rehearsal at the Scottish Rite Cathedral amid bad weather. Directed by H W B Barnes with Mrs Emmett Rountree at the piano, singers practiced all pieces for Friday December 22. Two more rehearsals are set for Thursday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm, with a plan of two weekly sessions. The Rotary Club committee urges full city attendance.
A widow expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for support during illness and death of her husband last Saturday. She notes a milch cow and a roan gelding eight years old for sale at a cheap price. She ends with a Bible verse and a line about “black and white shouts cheap.”
A child compliments Mrs Bennett by saying her mother would like to look like her. Mrs Bennett, plain but unaware of it, asks if the mother meant her. The girl confirms the compliment and notes the mother would trade strength and health for Mrs Bennett’s appearance.
Camp Wilson troops endure a cold snap with stoves in tents woolen clothing and extra blankets. Guardsmen from many states huddle by stoves amid wind and norther weather while hospital moves are delayed and training shifts to shelter. General Scriven visits San Antonio inspecting militia signals and is saluted on arrival.
Mrs. Charles Rietz of Allen Mills Pa. praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted cough medicine used for eleven years. The remedy, free of opiates, is recommended for children and adults to ease coughs colds croup and hooping cough and help restful sleep. A M Fischer supports its benefits for hoarseness and bronchial symptoms.
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