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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
3
Mrs L Birchett of Ridgedale Tennessee reports her one month old son suffered four large scaly worms on the scalp causing hair loss and crying. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the child improved and healed. Free mail offer and order details follow.
Miss Adelaide Nutting, chair of the nursing committee, says there will be enough nurses to tend the U S army’s sick and wounded next year. She notes 27,000 enrolled by the Red Cross and 16,000 already in military service, exceeding Surgeon General Gorgas’s January goal.
An old ad warns the bite of a rabid dog is no longer deadly thanks to Pasteur but poses a slow death from poisoning the system. It stresses kidney and bladder health, urges immediate care for backache or urinary issues, and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long‑standing remedy, promising guarantees and warnings about imitations.
Social calendar lists Thursday through Friday meetings of Catholic Women’s Association Council of Mothers Ursuline Alumnae and Red Cross circles in San Antonio. Other items note vaudeville proceeds for soldiers at Fort Sam Houston and Kelly Field, nursing reserve openings at Camp Travis, and union of Frances May Jackson and Neely Frank Yates with post ceremony tour plans.
The War Department announces commissions for several officers in the signal corps air service and quartermaster corps with duty assignments at San Antonio Brooks Field Camp Travis and other posts. Captain von Levetzow named chief of the German naval staff at Berlin headquarters with extended powers after command of naval forces.
San Antonio school plans limit war coverage in new term texts focusing on chemistry advances and geography. Supplements touch Fingland and Jap ullinner, while Milison’s history omits World War II details. price changes curb adoption of non state texts as grades begin Sept 6 to 9.
San Antonio public schools will open Monday September 9 with students reporting to enroll. Real classes begin later as book lists are issued. Fifth to seventh graders get lists Monday, younger grades follow on different days. Teachers convene Saturday at 9 with principals at assigned locales.
Medical examination of Paris 1920 class of recruits underway as parents bid farewell outside Saint Sulpice. Youths pass the exhausting tests and await assignment, while veterans and convalescents observe, the October end date looming over a nation braced for more conflict.
A dating era home remedy advises using plain coconut oil instead of soaps or shampoos rich in alkali. Apply a teaspoonful with water to cleanse hair, claiming it produces soft, bright, fluffy waves and easy manageability while removing dust and grime.
Official notice announces the 18 to 45 draft registration, with boards preparing for registration work. Proposals to use school buildings as temporary registration sites may suspend classes. Prior registrants from June 5 1917 June 5 1918 and August 26 1918 are exempt. Jewish registrants deferment granted to avoid religious holidays at Camp Travis. White registrants to depart Friday at 8 o'clock.
A 22 year old Mexican dairy worker was arrested by Detective Knight at 9am Thursday on embezzlement and theft charges involving Sunlight Dairy on Main Avenue. He allegedly embezzled 65 dollars and stole milk, bottles, and related items while employed briefly. A separate report notes a burglary at W F P Box shooting gallery on Mast Houston Street between Wednesday midnight and Thursday morning, with a $34 cash loss.
A. Mitchell Palmer, wartime Alien Enemy Property Custodian, seized American rights to numerous operas operettas plays and talking machine records held by enemy interests. He aims to transfer control of royalties to the government and invest proceeds in Liberty bonds as Garvan expands inquiries into enemy property nationwide. The list includes titles like Miss Springtime The Riviera Girl Madame X and Salome among operas and a raft of German plays and records including Emmy Destinn duplicates and numerous works by Gustaf and other composers.
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