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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
1
Dr Leo A Rowe, head of the American Mexican commission, said withdrawing U S troops from Mexican soil would ease distrust and show no designs on Mexican territory. He cited Carranza’s view that troops provoked unrest and urged restoring order to reopen mines and revive agriculture and industry.
Col. W. S. Hendrick coordinates a fast allotment of pies and cakes for soldiers at the fort. Two young ladies are sought to call on each unit and recruit volunteers for the Lady Godiva event and Red Cross drive.
Texas strongman Texas Hitchie will ride a Jordan car as he leads 100 decorated floats through San Antonio streets in a Saturday parade. Floats and costumes will showcase latest women’s fashion with local merchants supplying gowns. The event includes a fashion show at the Empire and runs December 7 to 9.
Washington November 48 The Department of Agriculture acts to prevent spread of a disease found in cattle at Kasse City while its nature is studied. Ad seeks 25 young ladies to sell items for the Lady Godiva Red Cross Society benefit at Suntor Hotel Wednesday.
Chicago and New York city officials and women’s groups launch a coordinated boycott to press down egg costs. The Women’s City Club and the Chicago Politics Equality League aim to curb prices with a two week egg boycott and legislative action. A nine member aldermanic committee considers a municipal coal yard to ease fuel shortages.
Mrs Angie Wilson aged 87, long time San Antonio resident of Bexar county, died Monday afternoon at a local sanitarium. She is survived by her husband T W Wilson and four children, all of San Antonio, plus a sister Mrs Christina Suvi and brothers. Funeral set for 4:30 Tuesday from the Kemyoull addition residence with interment at St Marys cemetery. Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co handled arrangements.
Otto Praeger, deputy postmaster general, has urged Washington papers to boost San Antonio's appeal through weather coverage. He sent clippings to the Chamber of Commerce and pointed Secretary Carrington to weather-driven tourism as a key promotional strategy. The approach aims to leverage favorable forecasts to attract winter visitors.
An old time home recipe suggests applying sage tea and sulphur to darken hair. A commercial Sage and Sulphur compound from drugstores is touted as easier. The method promises gray hairs vanish by morning after each application with a dampened sponge through small strands.
A vintage home remedy touts 2% ounces of Pinex in a sugar syrup to yield a pint of cough syrup costing about 64 cents. It claims rapid soothing relief, helps loosen phlegm, and aids throat and bronchial irritation for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma with a money back guarantee.
Berlin says a portion of German naval forces raided the English coast near Lowestoft capturing an enemy patrol vessel and crew. Some neutral steamers were seized and released after finding no contraband. The raid was conducted close to the coast with no German losses reported.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Morning Post reports deportations of Belgians aged 17 to 21 began in the Liege district on Monday. The town itself had not yet been drawn into the action, according to the dispatch.
In Bexar County deputies arrested a man and a woman tied to a horse theft gang active in the area. Officers found a buggy and dismantled harness gear at a high walled site and will hold them for identification. A horse stolen in the raid was later located in Austin, said to have been taken by a buyer linked to a gang member.
Stray rifle fire on the British steamer Scotling near the Mississippi mouth struck the public health service ship Neptune in the smokestack. The Neptune reported the incident today with no injuries noted and unclear attribution of the shooters.
Representatives of the Bexar County Highway League visiting towns between the city and Corpus Christi to discuss the Puget-Sound to Gulf High division and its regional impact.
An article advises women to carry delta tone powder for facial hair removal. It describes making a paste with water, applying to the hairy surface for about two minutes, then removing and washing the skin. The piece notes that the result is a smoother skin though it cautions on effective delatone use.
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