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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1918
Page
10
The War Savings Bank is being erected over the sidewalk at the post office corner. Materials for foundation and tile walls were prepared Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Labor for tiling is contributed by the Bricklayers' Union.
The nation’s schoolchildren join the United War Work drive as an integral, officially recognized part of the campaign. District leaders Miss Elizabeth Camp and Dick O. Ler Tell were named to the Thirty third District executive committee for Bexar and Kendall Counties. A group of 20 girls met Wednesday at the St. Anthony Motel to begin organizing under Miss Marjorie McGown, city chairman of the girls’ work.
For 17 years Dr. F M Edwards treated women with liver and bowel ailments using a simple olive oil based tablet. The olive colored Dr Edwards Olive Tablets cleanse the liver and bowels, improving pale complexions and dull symptoms. Sold 10c and 25c at all druggists.
The article notes a joint drive opening November 11 to fund seven war relief agencies. Twenty young ladies will staff the city executive for San Antonio, assigning them to various public and private schools to organize campaigns. Only earned money will be accepted, with aims of 100 percent school participation and county leaders coordinating with city staff.
A San Antonio depot sales store for officers will open before January 1 to supply ready to wear uniforms, overcoats, and assorted gear at reduced prices. One of seven such stores serving major depots, it will also handle mail order and tailoring services with swift delivery and on site alterations. Other planned locations include El Paso, with plans to stock hats boots watches and more for troops along the border.
Physicians and druggists tout Calotabs as the refined answer to colds flu and la grippe replacing old calomel. A single Calotab at night with water ends nausea and salts and the next morning the cold vanishes. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with druggist refund if not delighted.
Colonel Sir J. D. Legard, famed as the oldest man still in active service with the British forces, has passed the allotted three score and ten years yet continues to comply with regular army regulations and orders.
A string of obituaries and funeral notices from San Antonio list Clifford Brisentine 24, Aurelio Lopes, A. Strunk, Tom Wilson, Dominic Deckerg, Ida Cooke, Captain Kercheville, Darrell Gray, Joseph Weber, and U A D Weathersby. Notices include residences, lifelike details, survivors, and planned services at local cemeteries and chapels.
The text states a funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at the chapel of the Riebe Undertaking Company, with interment at Mission Burial Park. McCollum Undertakers provide ambulance service, located at Corner Avenue and Pecan.
Tyler Dennett notes in Asia that mission influences spurred many Hindu reform groups. The Brahmo Samaj, likened to Western Unitarianism, rose to counter Christianity by reforming Hinduism, including talks of women’s emancipation and caste abolition. The Arya Samaj is larger and continues the reform movement.
A compact bottle of Freezone is advertised to remove hard and soft corns or those between the toes. The copy claims instant relief without irritation and cites its low cost at drugstores. It markets Freezone as a sensational Cincinnati discovery.
Mrs J O Guerin of this place credits Cardui with lifting her from a long illness and bed confinement. After three bottles she regained strength and activity, using 43 bottles total. She now recommends Cardui to her daughter and others suffering pain and weakness. Many others share similar relief from this tonic.
A proposal seeks to allow at least forty million Indians to reenter the caste system. The plan aims to readmit outcasts into the established social order, sparking debate over reform and tradition.
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