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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
4
An advert promotes Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour offering the best pancakes and versatile use for waffles and muffins. It notes Aunt Jemima Buckwheat Flour in a yellow package and credits Aunt Jemima Mills Company of St. Joseph, Missouri.
British cruiser Aggennon arrived at Odessa on November 26 accompanied by French and British torpedo boats. The convoy movement reflects allied naval activity in the Black Sea region during the period.
An authority warns daily meat can form uric acid that paralyzes kidney function, causing back pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, cloudy urine and night irritation. Four ounces of Rad Salts in water before breakfast for a few days is claimed to cleanse and stimulate sluggish kidneys and neutralize urine acids.
The Alamo Plaza carnival opens Friday after a 1:40 PM Elks Club meeting, with nearly 200 workers from 26 fraternal groups running attractions. No Name will walk from the Gunter Hotel to Alamo Plaza as entertainment, with nine days of events planned weather permitting. The event supports War Savings Stamps, aiming to lift local bonds and close delinquent pledges by December, with pledges payable at downtown booths, the post office, or designated sites.
After sunny Thanksgiving, San Antonio faces a cloudy period as a west gulf storm and a north Mexico system disrupt fair conditions. A moisture laden air mass may produce rain and cold winds, with unsettled weather likely Friday night into Saturday across the area.
Mr and Mrs I S Schaffer of Los Angeles Street marked their twenty seventh anniversary with a Thanksgiving night dinner for fifty friends. The dining room featured carnations roses and a pink and white color scheme with warded out decor.
Friday notes dancers at Camp Travis and Kelly Field with Iiis Club. Saturday hosts Dansant Militaire at St Anthony Hotel 4 to 6 and a 7:30 to 12 dinner dance at Gunter. Briggs School presents Miss Idella Adelman in a Friday 8:15 recital. Country Club Victory Dance praised. many officers and families as guests. Military band plays, guests include Cabell Estes Cress and others.
The 1917 Canadian wheat crop nears 250 million bushels, about half the U.S. total. Canada’s average yield tops U.S. by five bushels per acre, yet farm value per acre runs lower. Estimates show large profits if costs align, with Canadian net profits far below U.S. at current prices.
The article highlights Canadians earning an average net profit of 28.20 per acre, boosting Western Canada land values as raw land sells for 30 to 35 an acre versus 17 to 20 earlier. Improved farm lands rise in value while U.S. costs rise yet yields lag behind Western Canada. It notes investor returns grow mainly from urban expansion rather than rising profits. Camp John Wise transfers about a thousand men to Kelly Field for winter quarters, to be housed in tents near the former training area, with existing mess halls and kitchens.
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