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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1916
Page
3
The Ford Service Station operates under factory supervision with Ford specialists ready to diagnose adjust and repair for free. On the road assistance is available by phone with experts and parts brought to you free of charge, delivering service to the nth degree.
An Amsterdam dispatch to Reuters relays the Rhenish and Westphalian Gazette advocating German peace terms that push to the west and the ocean. The article quotes Bethmann Hollweg and argues London is more vulnerable than Moscow while praising annexation of Belgian territories and control of the Meuse line.
An old advertisement warns calomel as dangerous and sickening and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable laxative that starts the liver without salivation. It claims the product avoids stomach upset and gripes, suitable even for children.
An advice note claims four ounces of ordinary liquid argon applied at night will moisten the scalp and dissolve dandruff by morning. It promises complete destruction after several applications and reports relief from itching with hair becoming fluffy and glossy.
An advertising claim extols St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment that instantly relieves pain stiffness and swelling without internal treatment. It targets rheumatism sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache and sprains and urges readers to try a small bottle at any drug store.
Washington D C Nov 29 Senator Sheppard announced he will push for 300000 to buy more land at Fort Sam Houston and funds for storehouses at the arsenal He plans to seek further appropriations after Secretary Baker submits his annual estimate and notes input from General Funston and Colonel Rogers He praised the San Antonio reception and pledged continued effort.
Dr. Charles H. Judd of the University of Chicago urged a silent reading method at a San Antonio school meeting. He said reading should be taught to convert written material to oral words and to express numbers orally, advising silent contact with books to ease information extraction. He planned to attend the Texas State Teachers Association in Fort Worth.
A nighttime simulated clash at Camp Wilson pitted the Third District of Columbia Infantry defending trenches against the Second Wisconsin and two First Wisconsin battalions in a staged engagement. Aerial bombs lit the field as about sixty projectiles illuminated the area and aided night maneuver practice for officers and soldiers. General Greene and others observed the exercise.
The Manufacturers Club met Tuesday to discuss changes in employers liability insurance and a committee of J A Gallagher D J Straus and N M Karney was appointed to report at the December 5 meeting. Ed H Lange of Bexar county said only a small percentage of manufacturers and employers understand the act. Attendance was large with H W Finck presiding and names like H L Lathrop N M Karney J F Kline H A Heyck A Battaglia John Sutcliffe L C Wiggins among those present.
Mrs Alfred Du Bois of New Jersey praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the gentlest and most effective remedy for constipation in children. The product combines simple laxative herbs with pepsin, is free from opiates, acts gently without griping, and appeals to children with a pleasant taste.
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a household remedy priced at fifty cents a bottle. It urges authenticity by insisting on the yellow carton with Caldwell's signature and portrait and offers a free trial bottle by writing to Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois.
A fragment lists numerous individuals including Gallagher D J Straus Wallach Cushman Lentz Holmgreen Hay Ran dolph Martin Winterborne Pianta Prassel Timolat Mandry Postlewaite Duerler Dreiss Friedrich Dreiss Baldus Binninger Zoeller Chandler and C C Leel with a Brown wood mention and an Edison era slogan urging San Antonio Gunter Hotel as the electrical city.
An advertisement urges quick relief for itching scalp and hair loss with zemo and remo products. It touts dandruff germ elimination, nourishment of hair roots, and instant itching relief. The ad notes sizes 25c and 1.00, claims non greasy and stain free, and criticizes soaps and shampoos.
Captain Thomas C. Harry, Texas Infantry recruiting officer in San Antonio, is coordinating enlistments for Texas Field Hospital No 1 to reach full strength with twenty five men. Needing medical knowledge or practical experience in pharmacy or nursing, applicants can join infantry, cavalry, field artillery or engineering corps with chances for rapid promotion and good pay.
Red Cross Society benefit seeks 25 young ladies to sell tickets. Apply F. P. Sargent at the Gunter Hotel Thursday at 10 a.m.
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