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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
3
Mrs Julia Campbell received five dollars from Mrs Palmer to aid the poor on Thanksgiving Day and the upcoming cold season. The gift supports clothing wood and funds distributed by Mrs Campbell with San Antonio community help.
Sixteen office employees in a San Antonio business district donated a four dollar Thanksgiving dinner to a poor family. A box of groceries and a turkey were delivered after the charity trust was arranged with Associated Charities. The employer notes the plan boosted morale and suggests a Christmas dinner drive in other offices.
J. H. Enlow of 202 Victoria St San Antonio Texas testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved lameness across his loins and other kidney symptoms. He endorses the remedy and recalls a public endorsement from three years ago. For sale by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
The speaker notes improved care for the infirm and mentally challenged, more funding for the blind and deaf, increased support for Confederate veterans, tuberculosis sanitariums, law enforcement, border security, employment for workers, and plans for state growth and road building.
In Taylor Texas Union Thanksgiving services were conducted at 11:00 AM at the First Christian church. Rev John A Held pastor of the First Baptist church preached the sermon. A union service of Baraca and Philathea Sunday school classes is set for 7 45 tomorrow evening at the Christian church.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First Baptist church in Taylor sent a large dry goods box to Buckner's orphan home in Dallas as an annual Thanksgiving gift. It contained over $225 in clothing for boys and girls plus $90 in cash.
Judge Sam R. Scott of Waco urged at the court of civil appeals that the Texas Constitution be amended to raise the supreme court bench from three to seven members. He argued the current three judges delay cases 15 months to two years, harming litigants, and said the chief justice should receive a higher salary. With seven judges, he contends, business could be dispatched more quickly.
Delegates from France Germany Italy Japan The Netherlands Persia Portugal Russia and Siam convene in The Hague to regulate opium cocaine and morphine trade. American delegation led by Bishop Brent Wright Finger Huidekoper and Young arrives with authority to negotiate, backed by Britain and opposed by heavy potential losses if the trade is suppressed.
Thanksgiving saw most offices closed and business halted in Austin. Union services at Central Christian Church were led by Dr. A F Bishop with all denominations attending. Mass at St Marys Catholic Church was held with Rev John O Keefe presiding as Governor Colquitt celebrated a quiet holiday and planned to watch the Texas Oklahoma football game while praising the states crops and public improvements.
Inmates and 135 staff at the Southwestern In sane asylum will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal planned by Superintendent White. A large spread includes 135 turkeys, ample cranberry sauce, vegetables, fruits, and cakes. The 1018 inmates and 135 employees look forward to the first such dinner in years.
Mrs A Lowich wife of a prominent businessman in Waco Texas was badly burned last night while rescuing her two year old child whose clothes had caught fire Both will recover with treatment continuation expected.
The column reviews homemade skin and hair care remedies. It includes spurmax lotion with glycerine, a blood cleanser tonic, parnotis weight control plan, canthrox shampoo, and a grease less almozoin cream jelly, with cautions on cosmetics and skin health.
The ad states a delatone paste removes fuzz from cheeks in two to three minutes with rubbing and washing. It notes rare need for a second application and lists a dollar per original ounce package as the price.
The column advises Mrs O to dissolve crystal in cold water and apply drops to eyes to relieve soreness and redness, promising youthful sparkle. It warns Hope against harsh dieting and suggests ordinary paregotics from drugstores to safely reduce weight.
Anxious about female baldness is treated as a calamity and carelessness. A tonic is described combining equal parts alcohol and water with one ounce quinzain to restore color and stimulate growth. Regular scalp massage with the mixture is said to remove dandruff and itch, invigorating hair follicles for glossy results. Read Mrs. Martyn's Beauty, $5. Adv.
Dr. Herbert Friedenwald of the American Jewish committee warns that a joint American British French and American syndicate backed irrigation project in Turkestan could ruin United States cotton by creating a rival industry and by depriving southern workers of jobs He argues it would also spawn a new labor problem and challenge America's cotton supremacy He cites Jacob Schiff and John Hays Hammond linked to Russia concessions and cites Morgan & Company in the context of passports and consuls.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advertised to stop coughing at once and ease throat tickle and dryness. It is claimed to prevent colds from developing into bronchitis or pneumonia and to be a household staple with a note to refuse substitutes, Edwards King Drug Co.
Dr. W. S. Hamilton, noted skin diseases specialist, operates at 527 Moore Building offering dermatology services.
Smithville Texas November 30. The Katy shops reduced daily hours from ten to nine. The cut will last only until December 1.
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