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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1908
Page
3
An old Durham farmer visits a roadside inn and wins a joke lottery. He stalls paying for a ticket, then recites the top three winners, with the landlady revealing she came in third and John claiming luck as he never paid.
A Washington Evening Star brief features humor about Thanksgiving plans by Liums Barker and quips on digestion. It promotes Foley laxatives for constipation and notes Orino Laxative’s gentle action. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is cited by users, and W. L. Grant of Tampico, Mexico, is listed at the I G N hotel.
A New York Sun report details a Fifth Avenue auction of Mrs Leslie Carter's lingerie and personal items. Bidders included notable locals like Harry Hartman and Lloyd Bingham, with items ranging from corsets, veils, stockings, and gowns to a mink stole and gilt braid. Prices climbed to Nazareth levels, but the top sale price reached 173 dollars for aquamarines and real pearls. The event ended with total receipts around 676.50 dollars as bidders chased fashion pieces rather than function.
An era epigram on man’s life links vitality to stomach strength. It extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as superior digestion help, claiming they digest food, banish gas and bad breath, and tone digestive nerves. The ad asserts the tablets are used by 40,000 physicians and offered by mail for 40 cents.
Blaine Van Selaver, famed Florodora sextette member, attended a Philadelphia millionaire Francis Gurney Smith hosted Italian carriage event. Guests described as lively with hopeful chatter about future visits and ongoing social growth.
An advertisement urges using Hallister’s Rocky Mountain Tea to keep the family healthy strong and active this month. It claims the tea builds rich red blood and muscle and lists Tea or Tablets at 46 cents from 1 G N Drug Co.
Mgr Brown, with his old school friend on the plaza, asks about their plan as they wait for the guest arrival. The conversation hints at rewarding discourse and a tactful approach, framing the overall impression of the plan.
The Uneeda Cafe at 404 and 404Y Houston Street has spent 500 dollars to construct a new front, creating an elegant plate glass facade. Proprietor A B Carter leads the effort to match the look of high-class institutions, signaling substantial improvement for the busy thoroughfare.
A historic note reports pineapple as a sovereign remedy for diphtheria. Hawaiians reportedly knew of it for years and two mainland physicians recently tested it and vouched for its efficacy.
A historical note describes juice pressed from fresh or canned fruit, sweetened or with sh, administered in spoonfuls to sufferers. The acids are said to digest membrane blocking the throat, with relief appearing quickly and cures claimed where other remedies failed.
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