Society Notes From Fort Sam Houston and Local Clubs
Fort Sam Houston hosts a formal hop series with Gen. John J. Pershing as honor guest. Flower show at the Gunter under the Woman's Club civic department. Dinners at the arsenal honoring Pershing. Tobin Hill Circle at Travis Park Methodist Church and meetings of the Woman’s Club departments. Various circles and societies meet at homes across the city with teas and musicales including Prospect Hill Methodist, Temple efforts, and the Tuesday Musical Auxiliary.
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Fort Sam Houston
Gen
John J. Pershing
Gunter
Civic Department of the Woman's Club
Tobin Hill Circle
Travis Park Methodist Church
W. C. Moore
East Elmira Street
Shakespeare Club Banquet with Bard Theme at Menger
The Shakespeare Club celebrated William Shakespeare's birthday with a Monday banquet at the Menger. The hollow square table featured a statue of Shakespeare, red and white roses, and quotation placards tied with roses and ribbons. Miss Mildred Baskin presided as toastmistress with a sketch of the club's history.
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Shakespeare Club
William Shakespeare
Menger
Mildred Baskin
Gratiano
Agnes James
Miss Baskin
Leroy Bates
F. W. Maule
J. W. Fuller
M. B. Donoho
G. B. Kirwan
H. W. Brown
L. L. Dorsey
George L. Allensworth
J. H. Savage
Wallace Carnahan
Flora McNeill
Kittie Carlisle
J. F. Atkins
Viola Moose
Annie Allensworth
L. B. Randall
J. Kendrick Collins
Mattie Walthall Leman
Community notices and society events in local clubs
Denver Heights and Knob Hill ladies to meet at 8 o clock Thursday at Smith School to affiliate with the Red Cross Society. Flower Show at the Gunter by the Woman's Club features High School orchestra and a one act play The Mouse Trap by the San Antonio Dramatic Club. Mozart Society meets Friday at Beethoven Hall. Morrill High School PTA meets Friday after a 2:30 lecture under the Chamber of Commerce. Mothers day program at 3:30. Miss Margaret Wilkins hosted a luncheon for Miss Adelaide Lewis with a pink blue and yellow floral decor. Messrs Hattie Grace Rabe and Joseph Ramner plus baby plan a Baltimore visit. Miss Redmond Duchess of El Paso and Miss Valerie Lorig leave after a Waco visit. joined by Miss Mary Hughart of Grand Rapids. Pen Woman's Club meeting moved to Friday at 3 at Mrs Charles E. Davis's home.
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Denver Heights
Knob Hill
Smith School
Red Cross Society
Gunter
Civic Department of the Woman's Club
San Antonio Dramatic Club
Morrill High School Parents’Teachers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Gates Redmond
el Paso
Valerie Lorig
W. A. Adams
the Menger
Redmond
Mary Hughart
Grand Rapids
Mich
Waco
Local Grocers Advertise Low Prices and Scarce Goods
Nichols Gro. Co promotes deep discounts with hams at 27c, breakfast bacon 30c, picnic hams 238c, peas beans hominy California peaches 10c per tin. Cash sales. Goods scarce and rising. Customers urged to buy to save money at 209 Av. C Cr. 51.
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California
Nichols Gro. Co
Tunnel under channel mining Alaska hope to recover ore
Tunnels 2400 feet deep under Gastineau Channel aim to mine ore from the flooded Treasure Island area. Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining Co president F W Bradley says cofferdams and pumping could save the district if the diggings remain unrecoverable. Ready Bullion Mine nearby survived thanks to concrete bulkheads. one miner Axel Tassel is believed drowned.
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San Francisco
Cal
Gastineau Channel
Trewell Group of
Doug Island
Alaska
F. W. Bradley
Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining Company
Axel Tassel
Daniels seeks $50 million boost for ordnance stores
Washington April 24. Rising prices for gang and ammunition drive Secretary Daniels to urge Congress to raise appropriations for ordnance and ordnance stores by 50 million dollars, bringing the total to 198,066,024 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Congress
Bryan meets Balfour during courtesy visit then tours West
William J. Bryan met British Foreign Minister Balfour on Monday and then departed for a Western tour to promote the Department of Agriculture's appeal for higher food production. A surprise party for Miss Lena Peters on Dashiell Street featured many gifts, games, music, refreshments, and decorative flowers. Guests included Ethel Lohse Adelf Newmann Julia Peters Nita Erben Jennie Thuet Florence Ahr Alice Wolfe Anna Boeck Grace Walter Stella Cappuyns Mary Peters E Semlinger Hans Feige Arthur Pfeil Jim Brown William McKaskle Emil Knaus Alfred Koch Roland Ledger Floyd Covington Stanley aces Phil Black and Ted F Hus age.
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Washington, D. C
William J. Bryan
Balfour
Department of Agriculture
Lena Peters
Freezone Promises Easy Corn Removal
An advertisement touts freezone as a painless remedy for corns and calluses. The tiny ether based bottle claims instant relief and easy removal, urging purchases in drug stores and warning to seek the round wood case or risk a fake product.
Provisional Russian rule changes on liquor sales
In Petrograd on April 24 the provisional government limited alcohol sales. Drinks above one and a half degrees are banned nationwide. Export of grape wines is allowed. In wine districts local wines up to twelve degrees may be sold. Outside districts only in towns and by municipal permit.
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Petrograd
London
Russia
Strickland to defend title at San Antonio roundup
Hugh Strickland, winner of the world's championship bucking contest, will defend his title as a rider of wild horses at the Lucille Mulhall Roundup and Cowmen's Picnic in San Antonio from May 2 to 5. Entrants include Ruth Roach of Chickasha Cy Perkins of Ensign Bryan Roach and Jack Thompson. About 200 head of wild and trained bucking horses along with mules and steers are expected to arrive from Fort Worth. Miniature longhorn steel heads for San Antonio day are being sold citywide.
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Hugh Strickland
Lucille Mulhall
San Antonio
Ruth Roach
Chickasha
Okla
Cy Perkins
Ensign, Kan
Bryan Roach
Jack Thompson
Fort Worth
Resolution to accept portrait of General Harton proposed
In Austin on April 24 Senator Bee introduced a Senate resolution to accept a portrait of General John W. Harton commander of the Texas Terry Rangers. The measure slated for consideration next Friday morning. A committee including Major George W. Littlefield Captain Sam Ashe and General B F Weems will present the portrait to the Senate. The session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
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Harton
Austin
Tex
Senator Bee
Senate
John W. Harton
Texas Terry Rangers
George W. Littlefield
Sam Ashe
B. F. Weems
Houston
Couple Reconciles After Impromptu Absence Lesson
In a domestic farce, Henry Edgerton snarls at his calm wife Cornelia over a ruined tablecloth and fatigue from work. She flees to town for a solo night, then they reunite on the train, realizing they need each other as they vow to value the marriage.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Snow
Cornelia
Sophy
Henry
Aunt Ellen
Towa
Sophia
Imperial
Cawthorn
Mr. Edgerton
Comedienne
Railroads to curb duplicating passenger service
Chicago April 24 reports that major trunk lines discussed plans to eliminate duplicated passenger service between the same points. Officials say the goal is to reduce overlapping schedules, though whether the change will be permanent remains undecided.
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Chicago
Bernhardt Recovery Improves, Physicians Say
New York April 24 physicians report Sarah Bernhardt’s recovery outlook improved. A separate note mentions cabinets invented for fumigation that enclose all but the heads of living chickens.
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New York
Sarah Bernhardt
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G. W. Cowles
Mission Street
M. H. Landford
Otto Braun
Prospect Hill Methodist Church
J. R. Jones
F. E. Hathaway
J. Smith
Mrs. Jones
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Mrs. M. Baumblatt
Dena Golstein
Eli Hertzberg
Merry Maids’ Musical Club
Sixth Street
San Antonio de Bexar
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charles L. Kemper
East Myrtle Street
Philomathean Debating Club
Association of College Women
Nothera Barton
Self-Culture Club
Mozart Society
Beethoven Hall
Margaret Wilkins
Col
Harry E. Wilkins
Adelaide Lewis
Misses Lewis
Virginia Glass
Imogene Waggoner
Dorothy Forsythe
Louise Dunn
Marjorie Metcalfe
Octavia Bullis
Lydia Bullis
Catherine Winn
B. M. Bailey
Calvin Duval Cowles
Wilkins
Hattie Grace Rabe
Joseph Ramner
Baby
Baltimore
Pen Woman's Club
Charles E. Davis
West
Magnolia
Douglas Island
Bryan Meets
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