Seven World Wonders Illustration Challenge
The Light invites readers to name seven famous world structures for a chance at travel prizes. The description contrasts an ancient long masonry structure dating from 300 years BCE with a modern towering steel edifice built from 15 000 sections by 40 draughtsmen, highlighting their contrasting feats.
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Light
Lyman H. Howe
Boston
St. Paul
United States
Grand Canyon
Arizona
French Alps
Paris
Cowes
England
Sunday Schools to Meet in City Next Month
An interdenominational Sunday school convention is planned for next month at the new parish house of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian, Episcopal and other Protestant groups will attend. committees for publicity, entertainment and finance named.
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Gunter Hotel
William Moore White
Hutchins’ Hotel
W S Conness Advocates Civic Cooperation Lessons
W S Conness, president of the Publicity League, urges greater citizen cooperation in civic matters and cites Los Angeles as a model for San Antonio. He notes shared goals, business interests, and Chamber of Commerce led publicity with railroad cooperation as part of the approach.
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W. S. Conness
Los Angeles
San Antonio
W.S. Conness
Publicity League
Pacific Coast
Conness
Chamber of Commerce
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Scans as Home Cure
An old time hair dye method advertised as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy claims to restore natural color and gloss to gray or dull hair. The formula, sold for about fifty cents, is applied with a comb or brush and is said to darken evenly by morning with repeated use.
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Wyeth
San Antonio Urged to Adopt Public Playground Plan
L di Berndetto of New Orleans Playgrounds extols San Pedro Park as ideal for a city playground with shade trees, an artesian well, and space for a lake, swim area, and play apparatus. He cites benefits for youth, athletics, and reduced prison and asylum costs, urging city action as the playground movement grows nationwide.
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San Antonio
L. di Benedetto
New Orleans
San Pedro Park
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Mr. di Bernadetto
America
Morehauser
Andrew Wilson
Juvenile Court
Gwin
Help for Working Girls Promotes Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Letters from young workers in New Orleans and Saint Clair praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after illness and menstrual problems. The ad claims expert advice from a confidential women’s department in Lynn Massachusetts and urges others to write for guidance.
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New Orleans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amelia Jaquillard
Seventh Street
St. Clair
Estella Maguire
Saint Clair
Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will digest anything you eat and overcome a sour gassy or out of order stomach in five minutes. If meals upset you or you feel heavy after eating, take a 50 cent case from your pharmacist for fast relief and to prevent sour breath and stomach misery.
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Pape
San Antonio Motorists Hear About 1914 Car Advances
Frank A. Winerich reports Hupmobile’s 1914 improvements including Westinghouse electrical equipment and strong dealer enthusiasm. Toledo Overland, Rambler, and Ohio Electric plants are busy meeting orders, with Hudsons redesigned to reduce motor dust noise. Local dealers note slow-gear capability in 1914 six cylinders and a Hudson Six 54 carload arrival awaits. The Victoria Cadillac theft case ends with the thief jailed in Gillespie County after recovery in Fredericksburg.
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Frank A. Winerich
Woodward Carriage Company
Willys- Overland
Thomas B. Jeffries
Ohio Electric
Hupp Motor Car Companies
Hupmobile
Winerich
Westinghouse
Overland
Toledo
Rambler
Victoria Motor Car Company
Victoria
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Staacke Brothers
National Motors reports car sales to Brownson and Kleberg
The National Motors Company reports selling a seven passenger National touring car improved series V-3 to L. E. Brownson of Gonzales and a four passenger machine of the same model to R. M. Kleberg of Kingsville.
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National Motors Company
L. E. Brownson
Gonzales
R. M. Kleberg
Kingsville
Man Dreaming Of Prison Seeks Better Conditions
Ewing Herbert relays a Hiawatha man who dreamed of being sent to the penitentiary and, upon arrival, urged officers to unite and improve conditions, signaling a humorous take on reform and communal effort.
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Ewing Herbert
Fellows
Kansas City Star
U S Team Wins Camp Perry Palma Match
The United States team won the Palma match at Camp Perry Ohio with a 1714 score, ahead of Argentina 1684 and Canada 1675 as winds gusted across 800 900 and 1000 yard ranges. Individual U S scores followed while other matches finished by 6 PM. Canada used new ammunition with long bullets in the event.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
United States
Palma
Argentine Republic
Canada
Sweden
Peru
International Union
Pan-American Union
Converted Jew Evangelist M Capp To Hold Meetings
The converted Jewish evangelist Mr M Capp of Kansas City will speak nightly in a large tent at the corner of Hickman street and Blanco road. He is said to be the only such evangelist in the world. Attend this rare opportunity and hear him. Take Beacon Hill car. No collections.
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M. Capp
Kansas City
Hickman Street
Blanco Road
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St. Mark’s
Oat
San Pedro
Richmond
William Steinhardt
Harry Drought
Franklin
Claud Springall
Corpus Christi
Springall
Mr. Springall
Automobile Men
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Wolfson
E Men's
Saul Wolfson
U. S
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Fischer Drug Co
Adv
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Winder
Duff, Tex
Casey
Waller
Mar. C
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Alamo Plaza
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