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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
4
Peyton's War-Time Coat and Dress Stock Ad
The variety of styles and colors offers a wide choice with complete stock. Prices range from 22.50 to 49.75 for garments and 16.75 to 45.00 for coats. The ad emphasizes value during wartime economy and encourages shopping at Peyton's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coats
Two Killed Near Dallas Fatal Air Collision
Dallas Tex Sept 18 Lieut Parker Bruce of Chicago IL instructor and Lieut Anthony Sego of Kenland Ind student aviator were instantly killed when the airplane Bruce piloted with Sego aboard dived several hundred feet about two miles north of Love Field. Both fliers were dead at the scene observers reported. Bruce had been at Love Field months and Sego was a new arrival from a ground school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Parker Bruce
Chicago
Jil
Anthony A. Sego
Kenland
Ind
Bruce
Sego
Love Field
Hyomei Inhaled Therapy for Catarrh Relief Today
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a quick, safe cure for catarrh. It promises fast relief without stomach dosing, sprays, or douches, claiming the antiseptic medicine is inhaled into the lungs to kill germs and heal inflammation. The ad urges readers to purchase from A M Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Fischer
Get Rid of That Persistent Cough Warning Label
An old drug advertisement urges readers to stop a cough by using Alperativid as a non habit forming tonic. It claims twenty years of success and lists price at four dollars and fifty cents, with postpaid availability from Eckman Attentghs in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Allies to Aid Czech Relief in Siberia Opened Front
Vladivostok dispatch argues allied intervention should not end with Czech relief but expand to Siberia. It asserts Czech action spurs Russian mobilization and that a strong allied force in the Far East could threaten Germany as its western power wanes. Immediate action to form an army in Siberia is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London ‘Limes Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger
Vladivostok
Siberia
Germany
Far East
Russia
Volga
Siberian
French Renounce Franco Swiss Commercial Treaty
Paris dispatches report France has renounced the 1906 Franco Swiss commercial convention. The move follows a policy to end all treaties with most favored nation clauses to prevent the enemy from benefiting after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Seneva
Young Girl Finds Relief with Pinkham Compound
Brooklyn reader Mrs M Finorx recounts her 15 year old daughter’s long illness with backache dizziness and loss of appetite. After three months with no improvement five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health and weight. She urges mothers and daughters to try the remedy and seeks advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia EB
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Tanlac praised by family in San Antonio ads
A Sau I Antonio man extols Tanlac as a “Master Medicine” after his wife and two daughters regained appetite and weight. He claims she rose from 95 pounds to 113 and that headaches and nervousness vanished. The ad notes Wagner's Drug Store and Meier's Pharmacy sell Tanlac in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
St. Tooth
Furnish Avenue
Sau
Antonio
Taniac
San Antonio
Wagner
Meier
Draft boards to call men 19 to 36 first order
Washington decided that draft questionnaires go to men aged 19 to 36 while those 37 and older or under 19 are not sent. Local boards report San Antonio counts with an estimated Hexar County total around 22,649. Board tallies range from 400 to 5064 with several precincts missing. Also notes a concert by Professor Louis Hintze at the Lutheran Brotherhood Club and local marriage news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Antonio
Board 3
Hexar County
San Antonians
Society Notes From Asbury Bible Class Camp Event
The Asbury Bible Class of the Travis Park Church holds a meeting at 6 oclock in Brackenridge Park. Gamma Sigma Chi hosts a dance at Miss Hazel Mackenfuss home 931 West Summit Avenue. Elks dance on the roof at 330 Saturday. Ursuline Alumnae annual reunion and supper at the convent on Romana Street at 7 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Bible
Travis Park
Pravis
Brackenridge Park
Gamina ‘Sigme Chi’s
Hazel Mackenfuss
West Summit Avenue
Ursuline Alumnae
Romana Street
Elizabeth Camp
W. A. Adams
California
Rex Corby
West
Agaritn Avenue
Mire
Adams
the Menger
Aviation Club reception honors Van Quackenbush and Fechet
Friday events note a reception at Kelly Wield honoring Colonel and Mrs Gerrit Van Quackenbush and Colonel and Mrs James B Fechet. Captain George H Blankenship leaves Camp Stanley for Camp Meade Md stopping in Atlanta to visit family en route east. Members list visitors, travel, and war service updates across several households and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Wield
Aviation Club
Gerrit
van Quackenbush
James B. Fechet
George H. Blankenship
Camp Stanley
Camp Meade
Atlanta
No Change Made in the Non-Productive List
Washington dispatch reports General Crowder clarifies the work or fight order does not enlarge the five non productive occupations list. He notes selective service boards must not expand coverage beyond explicit notices and that the War Industries Board preference list supports only essential industries as recommended by boards. The remarks aim to dispel false impressions about broader non productive classifications during wartime mobilization. Also includes a local marriage notice for Frankie Dott and Lieutenant H Howard Pittinger with Meade Army assignment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
General Crowder
War Industries Board
Crowder
Calomel Doctors Prefer Calotabs Purifying the System
A vintage advertisement argues doctors favor calomel as a universal purifier for liver stomach and kidneys and promotes the refined Calotabs as a modern safer alternative. It claims one Calotab at night yields no nausea and a strong morning appetite, with guarantees and a 35 cent price.
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Rich Field
Waco, Tex
F. J. Oliver
Down
Slater
Trenton, N
Rich
Hertzberg
A. M. A. Wings
Hertzberg's Corner
Houston and
St. Mary’s Sts
Noa Spears Co
Lusova
Corona L. Smith
Bever “Ogg Melt
Moe
Oliver
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust Company
Commerce Street
Booth
Bexar County
Lutheran Club
Louis Hintze
New York
Lutheran Brotherhood Club
Ccceces
Kreisler
Rach
Gavotte
Cccesecveseveee
Guissae
Te Hintze
Hintae
J. Hintze
Hintze
Hauser
Bercense
Gavotti Bach
Tristan
Mipaeerett
W. G. Aland
Alamosa Street
Mattie Touise Robbitt
J. R. MacGregor
Selford Yield
Mount Clemens
Michigan
Guatemala
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Legion of Honor
Grocertoria
Avenue C
Mim
Neves
Aho
George
Karem
A. C. Stucky
Warwick Boulevard
Dorinda and
Eugenia Willow
Austin
Clinton G. Brown and Sons
Brown
Aviation Service
P. H. Swearingen
Miss Sofia Wood
Tampico, Mexico
R. F. Cathcart
Ruth
Robert Cathcart
Fort, Worth
Ninth Street
E. O. Spencer
Barnard Bw, Bee
United States
Quincy
Ars
War Relief Work
Texas Division
John Taawson Felder
Alpine
Glenn Roker
William Nesbitt
Mary Aubrey
Casa del Rio
Janie Polk
George Gill
Miss Polk
85Th Infantry
Country Club
Camp Travis
Arizona
J. H. Price
Alexander M. Wetherill
James H. Frier
War Board
St. Anthony
Josephine Johnson
Boerne
Frankie Dott
H. Howard Pittinger
Signal Corps
U.S. A
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Meade, Md
Pittinger
Newark
Newark Shoes
Newark Shoe Storeo Co
E. Houston St
Navarro St
Cuticura
Nck
Onticurs
Dept
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