Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in San Antonio Testimony
Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised with a San Antonio testimonial from Mrs. Butfield of 218 Kearney Dittmar Avenue describing relief from backache and kidney trouble. She reports improvement after use and notes no recurrence nearly two years later, urging purchases at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY, backs the claim.
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San Antonio
Dean
M. Buifiell
KE. Dittmar
Donn
Price Ooc
Doan
Cuban Officer Dies At San Antonio Hospital
Lieut. 2, Tome of the Cuban army Aviation Corps, died at 10 o'clock Tuesday night in a San Antonio hospital after arriving at Kelly Field months ago as an instructor in charge of Cuban aviation cadets. He was 25 years old. The body is held by Hagy McCallum Undertaking Company pending Cuban government instructions.
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Tome
Cuban Army Aviation Corps
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Hagy- McCallum Undertaking Company
Alvin Edward Goldman
Fast Laurel Street
Young man pursued for theft of typewriter in Commerce Street chase
A crowd chased a youth suspected of stealing a typewriter from A F Reyer’s 810 West Commerce Street after he entered the shop to sell it. The suspect fled along Commerce to St Joseph Street then behind a Blum Street garage before being turned over to police.
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Commerce Street
Blum Street
A. F. Reyer
West Commerce Street
Reyer
St. Joseph Street
Blum’ Street
Sugar for the Sick Action Expands Ration Access
John B. Carrington, food administrator, announced added sugar allotments for families with sick members. Applications at Chamber of Commerce offices require one physician certificate showing greater sugar needs than the usual ration. He will issue permits on physician certificates until Houston state orders change policy.
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John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Food Administration
Mr. Carrington
Houston
Clocks Set Back One Hour On Saturday Night
The article explains that daylight saving ends this Saturday night with clocks moved back one hour at 2 am on the last Sunday in October. It notes the 1918 act to save daylight and standardize time, plus debates about year-round daylight and fuel savings estimates by the Electric Railway Journal.
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Oectober
United States
Actors To Aid War Savings Drive At City Booths
The Kelly Field Amusement Unit will tour streets to entertain in support of War Savings Stamps starting Friday at 4 PM. They will perform two shows daily at the Gunter Hotel Grand Opera House corner, attracting large crowds as city entertainments are limited. The week of October 24 is War Pledge Week, with efforts to boost thrift stamp sales and renew pledges. Street booths, plus girls and soldiers in crowds, will be engaged by the Kelly Yield to solicit subscriptions.
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Kelly Field Amusement Unit
War Savings
Gunter Hotel
Grand Opera House
Liberty Loan
War Savings Committee
Trial at Camp Travis Ends in Murder and Desertion Case
The Big Thicket case will see Daniel M. Evans and Sam H. Williams, both with Company A, 360th Infantry, 90th Division, tried for the alleged murder of Ranger Dudley White and attempted murder of Ranger W. Rowe, plus desertion. The trial starts Monday morning October 28 in YMCA Building No 30 at Camp Travis with seating for about 400. Also reported: one pint bottle of whiskey led to three arrests on bootlegging charges. two Black men and a white chauffeur are involved as the bottle passed among them, eventually reaching officer De-Wytive Phillips unknown to the final buyer.
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Daniel M. Evans
Sam H. Williams
Dudley White
W. ©. Rowe
Young Men's Christian Association
Camp Travis
Bottie
de- Wytive Phillips
Stomach With New Energy Dyspepsia Remedy
Article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the best remedy for indigestion. It claims tablets digest food, improve mood, and ease breathing while enabling continued eating. Marketed as available at drug stores across the United States and Canada for 50 cents a box.
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United States
Canada
Stuart
Fort Sam Houston to add 237421 hospital buildings
Construction begins on a 237 420 dollar addition at the base hospital Fort Sam Houston following Washington approvals. The project includes five two story ward barracks a mess hall kitchen four more ward barracks a nurse infirmary a mortuary and a central heating plant. Captain F G Chamberlain, construction quartermaster, awaits final orders while in Washington.
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Fort Sam Houston
Washington
F. G. Chamberlain
Camp Travis
Fort. Sam Houston
Chamberlain
Engineering Corps
Quartermaster’s Department
Simple Sugar Substitute Aids Soft Drink Sweetening
The Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture reports a new substitute for sugar to sweeten soft drinks. Free formulae will let actual sugar content drop to 50 percent or less while preserving taste. Substitutes include starch sugar, starch syrup, maltose syrup, and honey, tested by four tasting juries from bottlers, experts, flavoring manufacturers, and consumer representatives.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Scientific American
Thos. Seeming & Co. American Agents
Thos Seeming and Company listed as American agents based in New York handling agency functions for various consignments. The notice notes representation and contact in the city.
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Thos. Seeming & CO
New York
Wolfson's All Day Thursday Demonstrating Our Daily Helpfulness
In this season of sudden weather changes which come without warning it is well to be prepared with apparel and home necessities to meet requirements. Every department features economy and good merchandise at prices unmatched in San Antonio. Specially priced merchandise enhances the daily service of this house. All day Thursday extra shopping advantages are offered.
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San Antonio
Silk Hosiery in Black and White At $1.25 A Pair
Advertisement notes thread silk hosiery with lisle garter tops. Describes exceptional quality and price of 1.25 per pair in black and white.
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Frobauf
H. H. Osborne Company
East
Houston Street
Carrington
Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Illinois
A. E. Goldman
Ward
Baume
Bengue
Jules Bengué
Paris
Wolfson’s
Jersey
Denton
Saul Wolfson Dry Goods. Co
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