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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
9
San Antonio businesses brace for Texas nine hour law affecting women in retail and other trades, effective October 1. Stores weigh Saturday night hours and staffing changes while penalties for noncompliance range from fines to jail.
Yard wide bleached or unbleached fabrics priced at 9c per yard with 14 yard lots. Mercerized chambrays 27 inches wide finished with permanent mercerizing offered as Saturday specials. Cotton suitings 8c to 28 inches wide feature fall and winter patterns. Cotton challis 9c 28 meters wide suited for quilts with floral stripes and oriental patterns.
Merchants and workers discuss enforcing a nine hour workday. Saul Wolfson defends the law while Washer, Dalkowitz Brothers, Koenigberg, and Thonisbierg propose shift planning for Saturday nights. Telephone and laundry firms report varying compliance and adjustments to meet the new rules. Colonel Johnson dies at age 71 in Arkansas.
Saturday sale offers rag rugs described as sturdy durable pieces with neat patterns and pleasing colors. The items are advertised as lighter and easier to handle, washable and suitable for any room. Sizes include 6x75 inches at 1.35 dollars, 30x60 inches at 1.00 dollar, and 27x54 inches at 0.89 dollars.
The booklet praises Lovlitet and describes the country’s resources from Luis Astumen to Crystal, with plans to promote settlement. It notes a meeting at the Coliseum on city development, expects ground breaking by December, and lists speakers and directors. Also mentions sprinkler hardware awarded to Studebaker Co. by the sanitation committee.
An old remedy advertisement touts Texas Wonder as curing kidney and urinary problems, rheumatism, and brain issues. It promises full health improvement with a month's treatment and offers testimonials and price details, urging readers to buy through druggists.
A merchants gathering outlined plans for upcoming tasks and improvements. Leaders present included Nic Peters and a noted facilitator. The discussion focused on orderly testing and cooperative efforts to benefit merchants.
An advertisement extols a botanical blood purifier named 48. claiming rapid purification and cellular刷新, touting benefits for skin disorders and general health. It lists ingredients from grains and fats, urges purchase at drug stores, and directs readers to The Swift Building in Atlanta for advice.
Speakers including Wile and Weller addressed a merchant-led reform push lamenting high costs and regulatory barriers. Attendees urged unified advocacy and rapid action to counter legislative changes impacting long established trade practices and market growth.
Reports from San Antonio say deputy game wardens are investigating illegal slaughter of doves and quail over the past two weeks. Officers warn that out of season hunting carries fines from 7.50 per bird and stands to lead to prosecutions as bird populations emerge in the region.
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