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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
4
In Washington and across sections of the country, Liberty Bond sales fell under the daily average. Secretary Ad oew England sets a target of 200,000.90, while overall sales reached 45,546,600. New York district reports 3900,000 in a year.
An old advertisement reports a San Antonio case where a patient with kidney pain used Doan's Kidney Pills and was pleased with relief. The 8 June statement from Mrs. Doworn claims strong efficacy, noting prior kidney discomfort and ongoing use of the pills. Milburn Co. markets Doan's Kidney Pills nationwide through Lut Posterd ale and agents.
The report shows actual subscriptions at 250 874 600 with districts pledging varied minimum apportionments. Several districts fall short of projected totals and require rapid action to meet daily or weekly targets while treasury officials push to speed up funding.
Astington Oct 10 Secretary Daniels announced the navy's wartime build program totals 787 vessels of all types from superdreadnoughts to submarine chasers. About $1,160,400,000 is the estimated cost with many ships completed recently and in service. A $350,000,000 supplemental destroyer program is planned to be completed in eighteen months.
The San Antonio Philharmonic directors will convene Sunday morning at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Wiglliffe. Officers will be elected, while society events and engagements that touch local military circles fill the rest of the page with a bustling social scene.
In Society notes Mrs Nye and Mrs Wheeler Pettus will host a luncheon to honor the Coterie of a Woman's Club at noon at theelas house. Mrs Fred Vins and Mrs y Cray Adams entertain at ten o'clock at Mrs Tips home honoring Corie Russell and Willie Clyde Calhoun. San Antonio Council of Mothers opens its season as Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosts a parlor meeting and silver tea from 3 to 6 at Will Johnson's home 703 East Solid Avenue.
A New Jersey burglar, recently arrested, claims a lifelong study of robbery crafted as art with personal rules. He says he treated each break in as a craft, though he faced prison terms and questions if true success lies in crime or discipline. The piece outlines his claimed ethics and contrasts artistry with crime in a reflective profile from the Providence Journal.
An advertising item touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution for digestion and stomach comfort. The copy links beauty and digestion, urging readers to try the product to relieve heartburn and improve digestion before bed. It mocks traditional meals and claims quick relief.
The Alamo City Golf Club handicap match at Lie Hradenrldse Parle saw Charles Blaudt defeat Brown three up and two to play while George Wilson beat Bob Payne one up. Om Sykes advances to the semifinals, facing Ton Woler, with the next rounds Sunday Oct 29. Officials plan a one day match for the men, with handicap revisions based on current play, and new entries expected as the 1917 city championship nears. W. P. Woods of Evansville Ted was chosen resident of the International Association of Slang Clubs at their Dallas convention, which kept its current name and opened membership to business premises.
General Pershing, commander of American forces, received a telegram of congratulations from Marshal Joffre at the American training camp in France. Joffre expressed delight at Pershing’s promotion to general and lauded his colleagues and the French army. The Associated Press correspondent Nelson, famed in the Pacific Northwest, died in Seattle aged 84 after a career with the AP since 1890.
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