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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
11
An advertisement asserts La Creole safely darkens gray hair and restores vitality. It guarantees satisfaction or a $1 refund, claiming the product leaves hair lustrous and full, with even color. Sold in drug stores or by mail from Van Vleet Drug Co., Memphis Tennessee.
Chamber of Commerce promotes two large land tracts near San Antonio for an artillery school and training grounds. About 254 000 acres? (text indicates huge tracts) offered for War Department. sites must feature varied terrain, water supply, year round outdoor work, and dry climate. Local officials push for legislative bounty and designate readiness from Texas and Oklahoma to supply sites.Colonel Ralph Morrison notes many offers flooding the department.
The San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association members traveling to Ain Werday pray fest against the Sunday gasoline sale. The Senate committee on jurisprudence reported the bill favorably by a narrow margin, but opponents expect defeat. Houston attorney Kornis indicates they will try to block passage through the Legislature. Labor unions back opposition, as employers are now paying six days of labor wages to workers.
Brigadier George Wood of the Salvation Army Southwest Division, with Major Newton Parker and secretary Willie, visits San Antonio on a tour of inspection. They plan to review local work and consider sites for a new Army building near military camps, while holding religious services at 715 West Houston Street Saturday and Sunday nights.
Police and federal agents on Saturday arrested two women on charges tied to operating disorderly houses within five miles of Wasagaville area. Earlier, six men and women faced Vagraney charges as witnesses in the case. Aine Murray and a Mexican-born passerby were among those charged with selling liquor without a license at premises on West Cooraveres Street. Additional arrests were reported in the ongoing investigation.
A vintage tobacco ad style notice urges mothers to buy genuine California Syrup of Figs to treat children with digestion issues. It warns that fakes exist and instructs to look for the real bottle with clear directions for children and babies.
An item from the Tanscript describes an ad offering uniforms made in San Antonio by Fraser Tailoring Co WI and a Commerge BL adv. The scrambled text references a conduct of a moan to walk in and a lady interviewing two men, with confusion over which man was chosen and a suggestive line about work attire and knee fitting. The fragment includes disorderly dialogue and misread words.
Shriners announce a Red Cross carnival to aid relief efforts, set for late October. The event features a large entertainment program headlined by the Kennedy Company and a variety of acts including Capitan Hank Payor with submarines, a garden of awakening with Princess Armon ria, a Belgian dwarf illusionist, and a Coney Island style sideshow. Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross as carnival shows sign on for the fundraiser.
Police report a Friday morning burglary at 210 West Commerce Street where dental cream and a few items were stolen. A separate Thursday night entry at 407 Sallie Street saw five dollars in cash, flour and cotton stolen. A diamond ring valued at 150 dollars was taken from 315 A bor Place Thursday evening, and $40 vanished from a necklace while the victim was in a downtown cafe. Authorities recovered some money Friday morning. Local notices also reference malaria drive and a tasteless tonic product.
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