Making Life More Beautiful club debates clinging vine ideal
The Making Life More Beautiful club, led by Daysey Mayme Appleton, grapples with the idea of a wife as a clinging vine. Members insist a wife must be supported by a financially strong husband, sparking calls to send the issue to The Hague for study. The discussion includes a militant speaker detailing exhausting domestic duties and balancing work.
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Frances L. Garside
Daysey Mayme Appleton
He Hague
Daysey Mayme
the Hague
Tourists to San Antonio Seen Boosting Rail Traffic
L B Sheppard traveling passenger agent of the Alton lines reports increased fall travel as farmers in the north and southwest have good crops. He predicts a 50 percent rise in visitors to San Antonio and Texas winter resorts, with railroads expanding facilities. In Gonzales, voters approve $30,000 in school bonds by 144 to 4.
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L. B. Sheppard
Alton Lines
Dallas
San Antonio
Texas
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promises Health and Lustre
A vintage ad promotes PARISIAN Sage weekly hair dressing for healthy hair, preventing itching dandruff and baldness. It touts the Auburn haired girl's image on the carton, claims dandruff banishment and shine, and sells a large bottle for 50 cents at Schwab-Myers drug stores.
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Schwab-MyElroy
Mayor-Elect Jones Plans City Reorganization After Victory
The San Antonio mayor-elect is at his LaSalle county ranch and aims to reorganize city departments after canvass and sworn-in oath. Advisers say plans are nearly finished with chosen appointees ready. possible opposition from demoted aides and council friction are anticipated but budget actions may face hurdles.
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A. H. Jones
San Antonio
LaSalle County
Jones
Richter
Mr. Jones
Entertains Merry Maids by Helen McCormick
Miss Helen McCormick hosted the Merry Maids Musical club event yesterday afternoon. Performances included Winnie Converse on violin with Pearl Cade, Loretta Small with Lena Mitchell vocal and piano solos by Josephine Lucchese. Refreshments followed and a musical contest awarded Winnie Converse the prize and Josephine Lucchese the booby prize.
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Merry Maids
Helen McCormick
Merry Maids Musical Club
Winnie Converse
Pearl Cade
the Glow Worm
Loretta Small
Lena Mitchell
Josephine Lucchese
Winnie Conversene
Jewish Literary Club Meets Tonight for Program
The Jewish Literary club will hold its regular meeting this evening at 8 30. The program includes vocal solos by Miss Tillie Passur and Miss Pearl Young, current events by Miss Frances Novich, a talk Education and the Messiah by Dr S Cohn, The Lesson of New Yorks Disgrace by M Scharlack, and a recitation by Miss Meta Wolf. Members and friends are invited to attend.
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Jewish Literary Club
Tillie Passur
Pearl Young
Frances Novich
8. S. Cohn
New York
M. Scharlack
Meta Wolf
Cure for disfiguring facial sores touted in 1912 letter
An endorsing letter from Edward V. Thomas of Baltimore describes five months of painful facial sores spreading to neck and back. He credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with complete recovery after two months of use, noting home remedies failed. The advertisement promotes liberal free samples and a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Department T Boston.
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Foster Ave
Baltimore
Edward V. Thomas
Dept. T
Boston
Luncheon Held at Travis Club for Bridesmaids
Social notes recount a noon luncheon hosted by Miss Mattie Dittmar at the Travis club honoring Miss Lillian Luke and bridesmaids. Pink and white decor, six course menu, pink heart place cards, and white bridal slippers filled with candy as favors.
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Mattie Dittmar
Mrs Mills Hosts Cards in Honor of Mrs Royal
Mrs Grant C Mills entertained yesterday afternoon with a card party honoring her guest Mrs Martha P Royal. Severe prizes were awarded and a luncheon in courses was served. Attendees included Mrs Martha Plummer Royal, M W Sloane, Edward Van Vieck, Joseph Mueller, J H Mills, Phil Howerton, Roscoe Cahs Lawrence Goforth, A T Mills, K E Lamb, Thomas Lodovico, George Conred, Kate Plummer, A B Wooldridge and Miss Mattie Plummer.
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Grant C. Mills
Martha P. Royal
Martha Plummer Royal
M. W. Sloane
Edward van Vieck
Joseph Mueller
J. H. Mills
Phil Howerton
Roscoe Cahs
Lawrence Goforth
A. T. Mills
KE. Lamb
Thomas Lodovicc
George Conred
Kate Plummer
A. B. Wooldridge
Mattie Plummer
Thief Takes $300 Hidden in Shoe Belonging to Man
Jesus Benitos saved $300 from months of work and hid it in an old shoe. On July 12 a thief entered at 205 Ruiz street and stole the money. Joe Borden was arrested and waived examination on a theft over $50 charge.
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Jesus Benitos
Benitos
Ruiz Street
Justice Umscheid
Woman Kills Herself After Court Hospital Ordeal
In St Louis a widow of a son of Gen Nathan Bedford Forest killed herself in a park after claiming dishonorable treatment while restrained in a straitjacket at the city sanitarium. She said the hospital care led her to end her life, though she hated to. A hospital attendant described female staff caring for her during restraint.
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ST. Louis
Hallie F.forest
Nathan Bedford Forest
First 1912 cotton bale received in Fort Worth
Fort Worth reports the first bale of 1912 cotton arriving today. It was grown by D. A. Wood, nine miles northwest of the city, and is believed to be the first bale in Tarrant county.
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Fort Worth
D. A. Wood
Tarrant County
Ages in the Wrong Place
Private John Allen visits a hospitalized friend in New Orleans. The patient laments a mismatched diet of egg and sherry, noting the egg should be newer than the sherry and the sherry older than the egg. The anecdote appears in The Popular Magazine.
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John Allen
New Orleans
Allen
John
The
Popular Magazine
Wakefield Woman Builds Jersey Herd From One Cow
Mrs. Maggie Carter of Wakefield Massachusetts began the milk business nine years ago with a single cow. She now owns fifty Jerseys and runs a daily route serving six small towns and more than five hundred customers. Carter personally oversees all operations and often milks the cows herself.
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Maggie Carter
Wakefield
Mass
Effective Economical Complexion Beautifier
Julia Orff recommends mercorized wax as a universal cosmetic to replace cleansers, massage creams and rouges. Daily use absorbs discolored cuticle to reveal clearer softer skin. one ounce suffices and can remove freckles tan sallowness blotches pimples and blackheads with a nightly wax application.
Ed Neal Loses Saloon License in San Antonio Action
Comptroller Lane forfeits the malt liquor dealer license of Ed Neal a Saloon keeper at 3121 South Flores street San Antonio after a Sunday liquor sale charge. The license would have expired July 11, but the five year prohibition follows the comptroller action taken after a quiet convention inquiry.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Lane
Ed Neal
South Flores Street
Neal
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