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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
7
The Portland dry cleaning proprietor reports using Ivory Soap for over two years for cleaning and dyeing with perfect results. It acts like magic as a dry cleaning soap, far superior to benzine soaps, removing dirt without injuring delicate color or fabric. Ivory Soap 99 3 5 Cent, Pure.
James Nelson, lacking funds, found an empty whiskey barrel behind 1 West Commerce Street and extracted liquor with water, getting intoxicated. An officer detained him and Judge Buckley fined him 36. Ad copy mentions New York Emporium and Waster items.
A garbled local telegraph style note cites Roy Catthell of the Sonlines Association on onion handling and shipments amid wet weather delays. It mentions Easter cards at Alling's, a legal notice of a new department at the Protestant Home association, and a meeting where Mrs. G Budell Moore funds equipment and maintenance for the department.
The meeting featured Mrs. Anna Noble recounting her experiences as a delegate to the International Kindergarten Association in New Orleans. She praised hospitality, daily flower boxes for delegates, and preconferences, noting drives by Tulane professors and a song night at the French opera. The convention covered reports from associations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Norway, and Paris and encouraged local kindergarten drainages and sustaining schools. A vaudeville fundraiser for the Fort Sam Houston officers is planned for Beethoven hall April 27 or soon after.
The Seguin social page lists weddings and visiting guests, including the Mayer Koch wedding party, Miss Dora Weill visiting home from the state university, Miss Ellie Brown returning from Mexico City, and Miss Marlon Rielm from the university. Community events feature a kindergarten party on Oakland Street, Jewish Women Council notes on immigrant language work, and a Knights of Columbus reception at San Pedro park pavilion.
A veteran recalls years ago a severe health issue tied to coffee use. After trying Postsum on a specialist’s advice, he slept better, regained vitality, and his family noticed his marked improvement. He credits Postum with his recovery and improved well being.
The passage describes female illnesses as subtle and pervasive, often without local pain, causing misery and low mood. It claims Wine of Cardus acts as a strengthening tonic to renew vital forces, invigorate the female organs, and restore interest in life, implying it as a remedy for womanly disease.
The text outlines a dessert method mixing egg yolks with ground almonds and sugar, then folding in stiff egg whites and steaming in a buttered mold for forty five minutes. It describes serving with whipped cream and orange juice preserves, plus a peanut wafer recipe with butter sugar milk flour vanilla and chopped peanuts baked into round cakes.
Local church at Government Hill plans a program featuring Miss Berry entertaining Elad. The How Missin society hosts the evening, inviting parishioners to attend the Methodist church event.
A bustling social program unfolds with a First Presbyterian church Easter sale featuring candy, fancy work, and novelties at Mrs J P Bateman’s Augusta street home. Numerous committees handle refreshments, home arts, cakes, and youth events while the Baptist church class hosts an elderly Sunday school gathering. A state nursing association reception is planned at Casino Hall on April 21 with local clubwomen as hostesses and associates.
A long 1900s style beauty column invites women to join a beauty program by Mme. D Anjou in San Antonio. It offers advice on hair care using curling irons and fluids, skin care with green soap, and a complex home remedy regimen with tonics, rose water, glycerin and cantharides. It includes tips on nail cleaning, maintaining clean eating habits, and references a Collegy Kitchen in Mackay building as a recommended place for meals.
The regular session of the Royal Merchants Association elected twenty two new members. The aggregate report notes solid merchant additions within the last six months. New York Emportuny for exclusive sesonable militery. Cup Saucer and Frnnle free this week. The Great Atlantic Paelio Tot Co, 409 East Houston Street.
Five new divorce suits filed in the Thirty seventh district courts list Leonie M Fitzgerald versus Maurice Witemerald Maria L la Vasques versus Benimande Vasquez Tiburcia Gatua versus Ignacio Torres de Garza Barbara C Schneher versus Albert Bunches Le Johnson versus Nettle Johnson filed amid ongoing marital troubles.
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