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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1916
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Streak Lightning Service offering free tire repair and patching anywhere. It claims quick, courteous aid with guaranteed Diamond and Portage tires, plus Ford department efficiency and on‑site help at no charge.
Texas & Pacific passenger train No. 4 rear ended the Sunshine Special two miles west of Strawn after Brakeman Taylor placed torpedoes on the track. Engineer W. W. Givens and fireman E. E. McGrew died. injuries to J. A. Taylor, Mrs. R. W. Brown, Ed Witherspoon and others.
General Carranza said it is too early to discuss the Atlantic City protocol after Secretary Lane’s statement. He will not comment until Mexican Commissioner Alberto Paniarr arrives with a copy of the agreement and a reply is sent to the United States.
In Missouri the Oscar D. McDaniel murder trial enters its third week as defense plans to call McDaniel and his father, a Buchanan county farmer, and possibly his mother. A Dallas anonymous letter claims a man killed the defendant in a marsh near Dallas and carried a prison record for grand larceny.
Limited lot of Warner's Rust-Proof Corsets regular $2.50 offered at $2. Available in white or pink with brocade pattern, silk binding, laces, and six hose supporters. Sizes 20 to 25, about a hundred units. also smaller sizes 18, 19, 20 in standard makes, heavily handled, 29 cents each. Third Floor.
Advertisement notes 25c sleepwear reduced to 15c for children aged two to six years. Garments made of flannelette with dainty pink and blue stripes. Regular 25c grades now 15c.
Readable stock of white and striped flanelette gowns and sleeping garments for children aged two to fourteen. Some items slightly soiled from handling. prices 29 cents for 650 and 760 grades.
Classified notice advertising infants caps bonnets in white faille and China silk with ribbon trim and embroidery, offered in regular 25 and 35 cent grades, priced at 19 cents. Located on the third floor.
An assortment of silk and muslin undergarments offered at half original prices. Some items are slightly soiled from display but restorable by laundering or pressing. Includes envelope chemises nightgowns corset covers and princess slips in fresh tint and white from the third floor.
Gowns stamped with dainty nai n sock patterns offered at 59c, reduced to 39c per piece in the End of Month Sale. Also 25c pillow tops and scarves now 15c, and 59c Huck Towels cut to 39c, all on the first floor with assorted embroidery designs.
A Liberal Number of Small Groups offers woolen suitings 69c yard, originally 89c to $1. Serges broadcloths gabardines novelties and fancy weaves in 40 to 54 inch widths. Black and fall winter shades. Limited quantities. Second Floor.
Readable sale listing notes all linen items cut from full pieces are slightly soiled from handling and offered at reduced one fourth. Items include table cloths fifty to sixty four inches square, Battenberg centers, and crochet counterpanes with scalloped edges. Prices range from 49 cents to 1.79 dollars.
A Washington DC resident patents a wear under shirt detectaphone recording via a belt cylinder. A Chicago inventor develops electrical and magnetic apparatus to move miniature ships on water wave models for realistic naval battles.
Boots meeting conservative fashion standards priced higher than 4.35 under normal retail. Dull calf pee leather or glazed kid vamp with black cloth tops. Turn or welt sewed sales and Louis heels. Available in the End-of-the-Month Sale at about their present wholesale worth 4.35. First Floor.
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