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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1916
Page
9
A garbled local scene shows a patient in Ward No. 2 with bandages and a cautious exchange of remarks. The text mentions a satirical or derailed dialogue, a youth, and stray phrases about cheering, sympathy, and unclear names, ending with references to wall paper and a trailer-like scene.
Cardinal Mercier denounces German deportations of Belgian workers as slavery. He cites forced labor, displacement across regions, and arrests with families torn apart. Cardin al appeals note prior assurances by German authorities but warn of ongoing coercion and mass conscription.
The piece reflects on traditional herbal remedies used by grandmothers including wormwood sage rue chamomile and other roots. It notes modern granddaughters obtaining extracts from druggists and highlights Lydia Earle Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a favored women’s remedy.
An inexpensive shampoo recipe dissolves a teaspoonful of canthros in hot water to create a soothing lather. Pour onto scalp to dissolve dirt and dandruff, yielding clean, soft hair with a glossy natural color and added fullness.
The article cites Ura blest medical scientists praising drinking plenty of pure water and advises using baking soda in hot water for stomach issues. It promotes Anutie tablets to cure or prevent kidney trouble, rheumatism, and gout and claims Anurie is more potent than Hano in dissolving uric acid.
An appeal calls all persons to act with neutrality and oppose depredations, urging respect for humanity even toward enemies. The message stresses humane conduct and collective responsibility in wartime times.
San Antonio banks will be asked by postoffice headquarters to stop presenting large numbers of money orders drawn on other offices for payment. Money orders must be presented at designated offices. The change aims to prevent banks using postoffice orders as legal tender and overloading local post offices with uncashed items.
The San Antonio Municipal Chorus held its first rehearsal at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Monday in preparations for the outdoor Christmas celebration despite bad weather. Under HT W. Barnes the choir practiced all songs for Friday December 28 with two more rehearsals planned for Thursday and Sunday as the group schedules two rehearsals a week. A courteous request asks Allsinacre residents to attend. A reader’s letter thanks friends for support during a bereavement, recounting losses and a appeal for sympathy.
Thousands of guardsmen from across the country huddle around stoves in tents at Camp Wilson as freezing winds test winter prep. Soldiers report woolen clothing, blankets, and coats issued. a hospital move is underway with orders for ambulance units.
Weather forces postponement of the march to Leon Springs for field training. Medical units will not move until a colder snap ends. Provisional brigade of field artillery and nine mine gun companies along with Wisconsin regiments ride out the norther weather at the reservation with similar equipment.
A reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a long trusted cough medicine that relieves hoarseness tickling throat and bronchial coughs without opiates and helps with sleep. The report notes its safety for children and adults and includes a testimonial from Charles Wietz Aten Mills Pa. and A. R. Fisch.
General George P. Scriven, chief of the militia, arrived at Camp Wilson for an inspection tour. He was greeted with a brigadier’s salute of seven guns as he surveyed the site and met with officers before continuing to San Antonio.
A promotional notice advertises a home purchase plan requiring a small down payment and monthly installments to furnish a complete home. The offer emphasizes ease of funding and ongoing payments to finish the project.
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