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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1911

Page

3

Women Play Important Role in Congress Program

The Associated Press reports from Kansas City on September 26 that women hold a significant part in the congressional program. The piece asserts that food prices will not fall without men returning to farms, reflecting economic stress and gendered labor dynamics of the era.

THE Associated Press Kansas City National Conservation Congress Phillip Moore St. Louis General Federation of Women’s Clubs Harriet Wallace Des Moines J. M. Lewis Kinsley Kan Harvey W. Wiley J. B. White Henry Wallace Wallace

Absorption Process Promises Youthful Skin Technique

The Home Maker reports a new cosmetic method using mercorized wax to remove dead surface skin and cleanse pores, revealing rosier skin. The process is simple, inexpensive, and performed like a night cream to wash off in the morning.

Richest Newsboy in St Louis Buried Today

William Greenburg, once the richest newsboy in St Louis, was buried after dying of pneumonia. From poverty he rose to own a $112,000 apartment building and the news stand he started after selling papers on the streets for nearly twenty three years.

Associated Press ST. Louis William Greenburg Greenburg

Woman Poses as Man For 22 Years

Albany Sept 26 Miss Day Leonard a Lebanon resident aged 62 was found to have masqueraded as a man for 22 years only after the Lyn County court ordered her committed to the insane asylum. She arrived in Lebanon in 1889 with her father claiming Maine origins both worked as shoemakers father died eight years ago and Day ran the shop alone.

Associated Press Albany N. A Lyn County Court Day Leonard Lebanon Maine

China rejects terms for financial adviser post

Pekin reports the Chinese government refused a 50 000 salary and a one year contract offered by Dutch banker Vissering for China’s financial adviser post. It urged the United States to pick another adviser as the currency reform loan of 350 000 000 loen remains unsettled.

Associated Press PEKIN Vissering China United States

Properly Treat Obstinate Wrinkles Says Dr Limos

Dr Limos warns against overzealous facial massage which can loosen skin and sag facial muscles. She endorses a French formula using saxolite and hazel water for daily facial baths to reduce wrinkles, double chin, and baggy cheeks, claiming cooling soothing effects and improved fatigue.

Insurgent City Council Debates Paving and Audit Moves

The city council wrangled over paving three streets and funding an auditor for five years, with four insurgent aldermen defeating key motions. An extended street-paving plan was substituted for earlier measures, and other petitions and repairs, including fire station concerns, were discussed as votes and referrals shaped the session.

Finance Committee Fincham Mauermann Crockett Nacogdoches Street Alamo Plaza Houston Street Blum Street Bonham Street King William Street Garden Alamo Street Martinez Street Aransas Street Nathan Garden Street Santa Rosa Street Commerce San Saba Street Buena Vista Street Lipscomb Boynton Uhr Lucas Staacke Brothers Jack W. Neal Studebaker Company Richter W. Jaffe K. Mason A. F. Dewees A. J. Bell E. H. Iussey Otto Schimpf N. C. Bell Sherman-Williams Company Cooper and Washington Young Men's Club San Pedro Springs Booker T. Washington Beethoven Hall H. Eildebranu Carter-Mullaly Transfer Company Houston Nacogdoches Fire and Fire Limits Committee Wickeland Market Street Starr Heights

Mother's Friend Offered as Comfort for Expectant Mothers

A period advertisement extols Mother's Friend as an external oily emulsion aiding expectant mothers through pregnancy and recovery. It promises relief from common discomforts, prep for the crisis, and postnatal restoration, with sales at drug stores and a free information book available from Mathers.

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