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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1916

Page

8

Society Notes Highlight Visites And Entertainments

In New Braunfels Miss Adelaide Campbell visits Mrs. Harry Landa with guests from Austin and San Marcos as Red Cross rally nears. Olga Fehrenbach hosts a handkerchief and hosiery shower for Adele Schelb. Bunco prizes go to Miss Hattie Erler and Miss Edna B Schelb amid a pink color theme.

Adelaide Campbell New Braunfels Harry Landa Louise Haynie Austin Belle Storey San Marcos Landa Olga Fehrenbach Adele Schelb Hattie Erler Edna B Schelb

Senior Philathea Events and Local Goods Ad

Blackaller of Pearsall hosts a social with pink lights, flowers, punch, and late watermelon. Guests include Louise Steele Mary Venable and many others. Westminster Church Senior Philathea class meets Saturday at 4 pm. A big sugar sale offers 14 pounds for 1.00 plus ham bacon and butter specials from Nichols Gro Co.

Blackaller Pearsall Louise Steele Mary Venable Pauline Murrah Corinne Worden Mary Brady Louise Brandjean Mildred Taylor Mildred Harral Virginia Lamar Eunice Harral Sallie Gold Pettus Dora Larralde Saltillo Mexico Elizabeth Senior Miguel Cardenas Valentine Rivera Mariano Gonzales Thurman Barrett Richard Leisner C. Hunter Johnson Edward Lange Eldon Young Edwin Lange Slayton Erskine Lawrence Brady Wood Erskine Edward Donoho Nelson Lytle Charles Steele Edwin Carruth Lucius Lamar Westminster Presbyterian Church Nichols Gro. Co Ave C

Just We Girls Club Holds Friday San Pedro Park Meet

A Friday afternoon gathering of the Just We Girls group took place in San Pedro Park. After a brief business meeting, attendees were served refreshments.

San Pedro Park

Wastes of yesterday show waste turned to wealth in industry

The Chicago Herald reports Sheboygan firms form three companies to make furniture from sawdust using paper produced from sawdust. The piece notes how science transforms waste into valued materials and hints at future stories of waste reuse in mining, cotton seed, gas, and meatpacking industries.

Sheboygan Wis Chicago Herald Federal Forest Laboratory Madison Athens Chicago

Conditional Foregiveness Riddle from a Chicago Herald Child Tale

Harry and James quarrel over a playroom dispute after supper. The nurse arrives to announce bedtime and urges forgiveness before sleep. James agrees to forgive that night but warns if he survives the night his brother will face consequences tomorrow.

Harry James Chicago Herald

Married Life Ends In Jealous Tension At Luncheon

Helen Wilcox feels jealous as Warren Converse and Lola Wilcox accompany them at a Waterfalls lunch. The day’s anticipated happiness dissolves into unease with quiet silences and charged exchanges as the party moves from the table to the beach discussion.

Helen Warren Miss Wilcox Lola Wilcox

Branded as Brainy Miss Wilcox Sparks Tense Dinner Talk

In a tense dining room scene Helen frets as Warren praises Miss Wilcox as brainy and poised. Helen envies the woman who combines intelligence with femininity, while Warren shows clear interest in Miss Wilcox, setting up a rivalry within a domestic tableau. Portage Tire Co. ad appears at the end.

Mrs. Dalton Miss Wilcox Helen

Skin Whitening Wax and Saxolite Remedy Ad

An old advertisement touts discolored skin removal by a corized wax applied to the face and peeled off each morning to banish tan freckles and defects. It also prescribes saxolite solution for facial wrinkles and claims a marvelous transformation from bathing with hazel-based lotion.

Zeppelins Stored at Darmstadt Reported by AP

Copenhagen dispatch says Germany completed ten Zeppelins at Darmstadt. Each 820 feet long with 190 675 cubic feet gas capacity and machine gun mountings. Newer craft reportedly have four armor plated cars and 4000 horsepower engines for a top speed of 57 miles per hour.

Associated Press Copenhagen Darmstadt

Notable guests linger at San Antonio hotels

Fred Flato, once with the Menger Hotel, stays at the Menger while F E Gresner of Laredo stops at the St. Anthony. Others include C D de Forest of New York at the St. Anthony and J C Beam of Atlanta at the Gunter. Numerous visitors from Dallas, Chicago, and New Orleans are listed among arrivals. Ella Felder heads to Navajo for family illness.

Fred Flato Menger Hotel Menger F. E. Gresner Laredo St. Anthony Miguel B., Ya Tampico Mexico Guntes F. E. Goodman C. D. de Forest New York J. C. Beam Atlanta Gunter W. A. Pollock Ed Andreen Dallas San Antonio J. B. Wells Brownsville J. B. Naiel Chicago G. T. Thomas New Orleans Wo Heeeoll Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway George E. Wilkes Richmond W. R. Leaveing and Fat Worth Ella Felder Nava- Boia Fex Mia J. J. Felder

Confiscated a Road by Carranzistas Moves Troops

The Carranzistas allegedly swiped a Southern Pacific Mexico rail line for about two weeks to move troops, restoring it after a month. Wade Cunningham of the Southern Pacific reports the 1000 mile line remained in good condition and that troop trains will be routed to the Northern states.

Mexico Southern Pacific System San Antonio Wade Cunningham Southern Pacific Railroad el Paso Tex Southern Pacific de Mexico Republic Cunningham

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