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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1916
Page
3
Ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle, vegetable liver cleanser that replaces calomel. Claims include relief from nausea, headache, dizziness, and constipation, with a money back guarantee and safety for children. Warns calomel is poisonous and harmful to bones.
A trainload of dry goods left San Antonio for Mexico City as Mexican buyers rushed to the market amid fears of a railroad strike. Wholesale stocks in San Antonio are depleted on several lines with prices rising for cotton and wool goods. Harry Leopold of M Halff & Bro. reports record futures business and warns wholesalers to expect fulfillment challenges amid a national goods shortage and rising cotton demand.
Land Commissioner J T Robinson announces sale of Texas school lands placed on the market September 1. Sales occur on January 1 May 1 and September 1 with various lot sizes and cash requirements. Lists available from Mr Robison at the general land office in Austin.
Ninety two labor laws were enacted by Congress and state legislatures this past year. Major items include two national laws on child labor in production and a model scale for federal workers compensation. States varied with collective bargaining, child labor limits, safety rules, and unemployment measures. Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachusetts show notable reforms in inspections and public employment bureaus.
Commissioner Lambert cannot open the first nine holes on September 1 due to rain softening the sod. The links are expected to open later in the week while the city prison gang trims weeds along fairways. Officials say the course on made ground required extra precautions after recent rains. A Californian inventor also pitches a combined bucket and belt conveyer for rapid freight car unloading.
Wolfson's offers fall merchandise in various fabrics including Georgette crepe for lightness. Dresses in black satin and navy French serge feature straight lines, Oriental embroidery, and semi-bolero blouses. Evening frocks in taffeta satin and nets range from twenty five to thirty five with luxe trimmings and wide ranges of prices from 10.95 to 19.75.
Describes scalloped edge embossed linens with striped patterns in dainty colors. Available in sizes 72 by 100 inches for three quarter beds priced at 6 ninety, and 100 by inches for doubles at 7.50. (Second Floor)
A newspaper ad lists boys and girls school wear fabrics and general dress textiles. It promotes Eden Cloth and various ginghams, serges, and suiting in multiple widths and colors, priced from 10 to 35 cents a yard, with specific items noted for second floor display.
William Cassin of the Bexar County Highway League will tour the Corpus Christi area to rally support for improving the Corpus Christi road segment and opposing changes to the Puget Sound to the Gulf Highway route. If unsuccessful, he may chart a new Corpus Christi path via the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf line. Charter activity reported in Austin includes Bellville Fire Company Dickinson Mortgage El Paso Firemen’s Relief Seldom Oil and others with varied capital stock.
A Parkside Avenue boy enters a neighbor’s back door to report his father’s fix after the water boiled over in the steamer with rolled oats. He says the father soldered the device to prevent a recurrence and then asks to borrow something.
A humorous exchange centers on a stepladder used to scrape rolled oats from the ceiling this morning. The quirky moment highlights an unusual domestic task.
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