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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
13
An Indianapolis News summary reports a Paris journal claiming war demand for artificial limbs leads to old banknotes being shredded and turned into cardboard limbs. Bank of France alters notes into paste to create substitutes, with mutilated notes sold as material for artificial limbs.
Circuses train convoys will reach San Antonio before dawn with 55 cars from Austin, unloading at River Avenue grounds. A huge parade with elephants, wagons, and 730 horses will stream through city streets to the Alamo Plaza area. The Ringling show’s massive Solomon and the Queen of Sheba spectacle, with 1250 characters, a 200-dancer ballet, and a cathedral organ, cost about 1.2 million to produce and features top performers from around the world.
An old-time advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a pure concentrated food to relieve fatigue and build strength for workers and students. It claims load bearing stamina improves digestion and lung function, urging use for three months. The pitch emphasizes vitality through targeted nourishment.
In a remarkable act during a hurricane, the cutter Miami under Lt Blake rode out the storm using the derelict brig Oscar as a sea anchor. The Oscar’s abandonment allowed the Miami to hold position, though Gunner Darhon was injured as seas rose. The cutter reached Key West safely two days later.
La Conner Washington reports a biennial cabbage seed harvest aided by favorable weather. The crop fills a growing market as European war pressures reduce imports from Holland and Germany. Seed production, long a minor side issue, has become an established industry reliant on Western Washington and Puget Sound districts.
W. Tweedy, a Treasury Department watchman, pursues Arctic exploration after past ventures in South America and Cuba. He and Danish partner Jorgensen traded goods for supplies, crossing glacier country and hoping to reach northern regions believed to hold prehistoric beings and giant creatures.
Promote eczema relief with Resine Soap and hot water to dry and cleanse skin. The advertisement claims rapid relief from itching and burning, restoring damaged skin quickly and easily with a doctor prescribed treatment sold by druggists, sample offered by Boyt, Tealnol in Baltimore, MA.
A newspaper column describes Elliott O Donnell offering to hunt and banish ancestral ghosts from old houses for a fee. It notes that haunted estates fetch high prices from American buyers seeking British properties and a gallery of ancestral spirits would boost appeal.
A medical note touts Antikamnia Tablets as a universal remedy for pain and disease. It claims effectiveness for headaches from malaria and quinine aftereffects, neuralgic pains, and menstrual headaches, asserting rapid relief and safety. The author notes personal use in practice and recommends asking for these tablets at druggists.
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