Railroads Add Big Boost for San Antonio Advertising Campaign
Missouri Pacific and other lines consider adding $5,000 to San Antonio’s $10,000 budget, raising total potential spend to $20,000 this winter. City groups aim to secure the remaining $3,000 while executives plan a midweek meeting and luncheon to push the campaign forward.
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Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
San Antonio
Missouri Pacific and
International & Great Northern Lines
Chamber of Commerce
W. S. St. George
St. George
J. W. Hucker
Thousand Club
Hucker
Mr. Hucker
John B. Carrington
Simple Safe Weight Reduction Via Oil of Kerein
A historic advertisement promotes oil of kerein capsules from Summers Drug Store as a weight loss aid. It claims taking one capsule after meals and at night, open-air exercise is unnecessary, and weekly checks monitor progress toward normal weight. The copy endorses the treatment as harmless and easy for anyone with excess fat.
Pine-O-Pine Disinfectant Sells Strong in Texas
Pine-O-Pine, a Texas pine oil disinfectant, enjoys strong sales in San Antonio. The Houston factory ships fifty barrels weekly, each barrel holding 50 gallons, with each gallon equal to 64 quarts of solution. Demonstrations are conducted house to house and in downtown drug stores.
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Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Pan American Model Hinted For Europe Union
A Pan American Union bulletin discusses Dr Alfred Fried’s The Restoration of Europe and argues Pan American cooperation could serve as a model for a European union. The piece outlines how non political ties in economic and social fields can foster lasting peace and cooperation.
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Pan-American Union Bulletin
Alfred H Fried
Europe
Fried
Die Friedenswarte
Zurich
Switzerland
German Peace Society of
Berlin
Americas
Pan European Union
Pan American Union
United States
European Union
Washington
Pan American Bureau
International Bureau
Pan America
America
Five Hundred Homes To Receive Pianos Through Co operative Plan
A Houston distribution by Thos Goggan & Bros offers five hundred homes ownership of new pianos via a cooperative program. It emphasizes savings and collaboration, describes the plan as not a sale or club, and invites readers to request the booklet One of Five Hundred or visit the store for full details.
Sharing Profits With You The Goggan Co-operative Plan
The Thos. Goggan & Bros. Co-operative Distribution Plan promises savings, safety, and convenience through extra dividends and liberal purchase terms. With war-driven material price increases, 500 pianos and players were ordered for delivery in October and November to cut costs by 113 to 132 dollars per buyer. Read the booklet One of Five Hundred or visit the store for full details and join the five hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Goggan & Bros. Co-operative
Goggan & Bros
Houston
Navarro Streets
San Antonio
Texas
Senator Sheppard to Visit San Antonio October 18
Senator Morris Sheppard will arrive in San Antonio on Wednesday morning October 18 from Washington. The Chamber of Commerce plans a popular banquet to honor him, with about a thousand plates. He helped obtain a $750,000 Fort Sam Houston expansion and river improvements in the rivers and harbors bill. Reservations and checks for the banquet go through the Chamber of Commerce at $1 per plate.
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Morris Sheppard
San Antonio
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Senator Sheppard
Sheppard
Fort Sam Houston
Catarrhal Deafness Head Noise Remedy Promoted
An old advert promotes a home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water sugar and taken four times daily. It claims quick relief, opened nostrils eased breathing and stopped mucus drainage. It urges readers to try the prescription as inexpensive and easy to prepare.
Texas U Students 70 Give Snake Dance in San Antonio
University of Texas students and ex-students arrive by two special trains in San Antonio for the Oklahoma A&M game. A large snake dance parade along Alamo Plaza and Houston to Main and Commerce is planned with rest rooms at the Gunter Hotel. A 1 p.m. rally luncheon follows at the hotel before the 4 p.m. kickoff.
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University of Texas
San Antonio
Austin
Oklahoma A
Texas University
Gunter Hotel
Alamo Plaza
Houston Street
Main
Commerce
Plaza
Mu Nu Sigmas
Delta Gamma Taus
Gunter
No Trouble to Keep Skin Free From Hairs
A beauty column notes a simple home method to remove facial hair using a delatone paste. Mix powdered delatone with water, apply for 2 to 3 minutes, then rub off and wash the skin. Use real delatone to avoid blemishes.
Frugal hostess feigns generosity at table
A renowned stingy hostess hosted culture at her table but never opened her purse enough to attract guests. After a particularly meager dinner a distinguished guest asked when she would dine with him, and the guest replied with a hungry sigh: "You may dine once, madam."
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Maganine
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AOADS
Katy
Fred
Ruth
Gueth
Scribness Magazine
Co-Operative
House of Thos. Goggan & Bros
Thos. Goggan & Bros
The
Steinway
Houston and
Texas U
NOA
Losoya
Merchants Both Transfer Co
Chas. Zoller
Waren Railroad
Vise Delorwen
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