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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
8
The listing shows varied prices for bananas pears onions and pumpkins with quantities such as baskets pecks and pounds. Items include sweet peppers cabbage lettuce carrots and honey with prices per basket peck or pound noted across terms like 8 for 1 and 4 for 1c reflecting a bustling market wrap.
Civil service openings announced for September examinations. Positions include immigration service guards with vacancies in San Antonio Magle Pass and Brownsville, surveyor duties in the General Land Office and duties in the Pulity bing service. Salaries range from 29 dollars daily to 1400 dollars yearly with travel allowances. H. Byrd, traveling freight and passenger agent, is in the city.
The community hosted a Delish trolley ride through the city and a luncheon at St Pedro marking a social season kickoff. Prominent hosts Mrs Ghas Lae iin and Mrs Ed Golstein welcomed guests, with attendees including Lucilla Miller Marguerite Sarfor Isabelle Gal Wagher Roxie Schmidt and many others. An afterparty at Mrs Shiner’s home featured rides to Alamo Heights and refreshments. A tea at the Masonic temple showcased performances by Adah Charter No 49 and local musicians. guests included Ada Charter’s choir and Miss Meta Hertwig among others.
Local society notes report visits across Corpus Christi and nearby towns. Misses Linnle and Lora King of Hondo attend guests at 29 East Wayne Street. Agnes Clamp plans Brackettville visit. Walter Apringill family in Corpus Christi. engagements and weddings noted including Winnie L. Paton and Jackson marriage at 831 Burlesey Street. Community groups hold activities at Grace Lutheran and Turner hall with dances planned for August.
A fragment discusses a home cosmetic recipe using lemon juice borax and sugar for skin whitening. It mentions applying the mixture to hands and face, resting overnight, and removing in the morning. The piece notes eyebrow tonics and unresolved facial concerns like blackheads and enlarged pores.
advertisement notes a new skin cure named possam touted as the latest breakthrough. it promises quick relief for pimples blackheads blotches and acne with fast itching relief in eczema and skin troubles. the promo offers a two dollar jar and a special scent package with a free experimental sample by writing to emergency laboratories new york city.
Fragmented prose advises rational diet, deep breathing, daily bathing, fresh air, and exercise for healthy skin and vigor. It stresses growth needs of children, sleep routines after meals, and systematic gym or class workouts to prevent disintegration of body tissues.
A long list announces many changes to the staith executive committee FighterH at O Nea l Caag county Second J NM Noteon Hopking Kint Steger Fannin county Pourth Its centres Cooks county Fifth Wm Bacon Hunt county Sixth R B Alor Daillay Laventhes M. Benards Smith Tebin e Garter Shetby Montgomery Jefferson Bon Shirenth Llewellyn Montgomery Sixteenth Masterson Harris Savanteenth Stubbs Galveston Twenty first F J Maleo Comal Twenty second O O Moffatt Jackson Twenty fourth G B Finley Wvaluta Twenty seventh T D Brown Coryell Twenty ninth Nat Henderson Wishita Turtleth Parker Tarrant and Denton counties
A damaged wagon wreck lies at the corner of East Wouvlon and Maung doches. residents say it has been there for two mortia and there are calls for its removal.
Etiadalatta Pa August 12. A letter from McGrea of the Pennsylvania railroad to the Cleveland chamber of commerce states there is no plan for a general freight rate rise. A study on class rates is underway and presidents of central freight unions deem it premature to raise these charges until business improves.
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