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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1917
Page
2
Ordinary leather soles are not waterproof. After one thorough wetting they become spongy and porous, soaking up moisture from snow, mud, and thin pavement water, compromising style and longevity. Nedlin Soles offer waterproof protection and durable wear.
A catalog of shoe repairmen and shoe shops with addresses such as Charmin Shoe Shop at 167 Te West Homstea St and Kopley Shoe Company at 247 Alamo Plaza. Other firms include Dhara Guarantes Shoe Company 117 North Abang Street and Beaconshor Company 206 Vase Jionston Street.
Antonio Kerttal Suffrage Association and supporters resume the finance campaign at 5 o clock in the Cimler Hotel. Minnie Fisher Cunningham presides as leaders discuss renewed effort and actions by workers, with dismissals noted after a disruptive week.
A business association creates a ten member special committee to raise funds for the war effort with emphasis on profits from army contracts. Leaders include A W Seetigson as chair and Georgie Vaughan among others, aiming to channel profits to the War Department for enlistment support and soldier welfare.
War Department faces turmoil over soldier allotments and life insurance deductions. Reports from Camp Travis and Southern Department show some servicemen cannot meet bond and insurance payments, while others have allotments routed through other banks. Authorities seek a clear rule to protect dependents and ensure soldiers retain sufficient pay under war provisions.
Margaret Woodrow Wilson daughter of President Wilson will travel from San Antonio to Hillsboro Texas for a concert at Temnouite theater in a sold out engagement. Local welcome, reception, and praise from San Antonio leaders mark the trip with substantial advance publicity and arrangements by management and the city’s mounting committee.
The San Antonio Salesmanship Club met at Flatel Saturday to discuss disqualifications for salesmen. Speakers presented essays on cleanliness, physical and mental fitness, temperance, and moral conduct as keys to sales success.
A torn text notes Henry F L Cumings, a victim aboard the American transport Antilles sunk by a U boat in late October. Nephew of Captain Charles A Cumings of the quartermasters corps, his body was not recovered. The article recalls a family history of military service, mentions surviving details from survivors, and locates Captain Cumings at Park Sam Houston, San Antonio.
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