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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
5
A columnist mocks household etiquette suggesting women handle only simple items like lace handkerchiefs while advising readers to wash colored goods or a particularly fine shirtwaist themselves with Ivory Soap and lukewarm water, arguing for practicality over vanity.
A fragmented market item listing numerous fruits vegetables and staples with prices per dozen, per pound, or per basket. Includes bananas apples pears tomatoes lettuce cucumbers peppers pumpkins beans and dairy items. Poultry and eggs prices appear with sporadic quantities and terms.
In Hot Springs Virginia Aug 1 members of the Virginia Bar Association calling on Candlal UY at the Nome stead hotel. The visit followed warnings about gatherings and chatter in general. Early hours included inspection of correspondence and formal golf rounds.
Buck Miller, charged with assaulting A. T. Thompson, a street car conductor, with a rock after an incident on a street car last night. Miller allegedly struck when asked to move from the platform, then handed the conductor the rock before being ejected. Mr and Mrs Loring are visiting in Yankton, South Dakota, likely to remain several weeks.
Society notes report a gathering titled 4sseSmoth Phones e351 conducted by Mrs Bascom Bell hosted by the Bakers' Office with attendees enjoying a social event and discussion of local charitable activities.
A list of local residents and visitors including Miss Cherry May Brown visiting Palestine, Miss Josephine Bradbent returning from Austin, Mrs. Charles Phillips in Waco, Emmest Thomas and Mila Trumme traveling to Mexico City, and many others visiting Corpus Christi, Galveston, Rockport, and San Antonio. A sailing party to Rockport, compliments at the Alta Vista, and notes on extended stays in Corpus Christi and Mexico.
A montage of beauty tips and remedies on diet, skin bleaching, and cosmetic routines. It urges avoiding monotony, promotes a proprietary bleach for blemishes, home ointments, and a benzoin-based salve. It discusses refinement, speech, posture, and charm as keys to success and happiness.
A mastodon bone was found about eight miles north of the city along the Hoefling county road. The joint-shaped piece measures 26 inches, 7 inches in diameter, and weighs about 20 pounds. Henry Apprewhtte reported the discovery, with Frank Satimers noting the find and the county convict gang establishing a new camp nearby. Similar finds in Lexet-cottily suggest ante-Gileviat days, supporting the mastodon once dwelling here.
William J. Patticon of Rogers county wants the G N Bulbyay company to pay 10144.25 for injuries from a wreck on March 17, 1408. Patticon, a passenger on a train bound for Independence, Missouri to Tampico, Mexico, alleged the wreck was due to the company’s negligence and that he was permanently injured.
A burglar hid in the Pfeiffer drug store on Commerce Street that night. A noise drew attention of C B Michiels in the Western Union office and Officer Mitchell, who pursued the burglar through the basement to a window exit.
Army post at Fort Sam Houston displays a filled garrison scene as troops parade from Leon Springs to the post. Brigadier General Albert L. Mer leads the march with staff and aides, while units depart for Fort Bliss and Fort Sil, leaving only the Ninth Infantry to continue practice and return in two weeks. Camp Taft batteries head to Chattanooga for late duties, with relieved officers resuming normal duties.
Maureaux saves several days of work at the Commerce and Pecos streets depot fire. Officials say salvage value will cut losses to about 34,000 dollars with insurance coverage. Enoch Jones recently returned from New York where he was involved with a Poughkeepsie college project. Mrs Jones notes limited prospects for aid across the region.
A fragmented collection of recipes for desserts and savory dishes. Includes iced cabinet pudding methods with ladyfingers and macaroons, fruit layers, and jelly. plus fish dishes with tomato dressing and cream sauce. Instructions are garbled but identifiable as a kitchen guidance page.
From Indiana, the Record-Herald notes Sherman being nominated for vice president. It records public questions about who James Sherman is and mentions Kern, the Indiana senator, amid discussions from June.
A blurred photograph features Mired Jose thine W. Peek, wife of amet W Puck, amid gossip around a New York military figure. The piece hints at a stable manager in a scandal involving a co respondent, with a nod to real estate bargains in the classifieds.
Markets show mixed activity with weather delays in the central and eastern belt raising whispers of increased complaints and shifting demand. Cotton futures advance for August while October and December lag, wheat and corn prices posted with regional cash grain quotes for No 2 wheat and No 3 corn under varied bids in Kansas City and St Louis markets.
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