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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1911

Page

5

Linen and five hundred parties mark social week

Mrs E E Young hosts a linen shower for sister Pearl Young ahead of her September wedding. Miss Mildred Taylor stages a five hundred party at Mrs R C Lehmanns on Guenther street with artful decor and twenty five players. A moonlight social at Mr and Mrs A A Mosher on Hays street and a Madison Square Presbyterian lawn social highlight local society news.

E. E. Young Miss Pearl Young Mildred Taylor R. C. Lehmann Guenther Street A. A. Mosher Hays Street Madison Square Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Aid Society W Society R. CC. Lehmann Edna Hooker Constance Ball Eleanor Barclay Gertrude Dowden Starrow Smith Mary Crider Flora Briggs Genevieve McBride Duke Hagner Naomi Gouger Ella May Neville Clara McCormick Emily Orr Josephine McAmes Bernice Duggan Evelyn Haile Christie Moore Zaleme Pettus Edith Pancoast Judith Rogers Virginia Wheat Margaret Brasswell Dorothy Guenther Pauline Cungus Myrtle Carr Marshall Street Pearl Young Misses McReynolds Emma Felter Nellie Collins Lizzie Villimann Elizabeth Lanson Nell Hastings Mabel Reeves Theresa Clements Cecelia Smith Esther Igo Louise Quisenberry Hattie Igo Mesdames Rankin Durbin Lamb Mills Stang Richardson Connors McCloskey Bordelon Dacus Pressly Hensley McAlister Dulnig Hicks Sargent Smith Kennedy Weber N. B. Igo G. F. Igo Echelroth McCalla

Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promoted for Grays

An article endorses gray hair remedies noting gray hairs signal nature’s request for help. It praises Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, claiming it restores color, refreshes dry hair and removes dandruff. Sold by W. C. Kalteyer at 408 East Houston Street for fifty cents a bottle.

Wyeth W. C. Kalteyer East Houston Street

Social notes highlight local visits and gatherings

Miss Daisy Watts extends stay at Comfort. Miss Nell Pryor of Augusta street plans a month in Fort Worth. Mrs William Icke and son Alvin return from a week away. Amelia Goodwin hosted the Juvenile Card club on West Cypress street with five hundred games. Prize winners were Helen Walton and Jessica Matthews. Guests included Blanche Laboard, Eleanor Wilson and Mary Knox.

Katherine Farmer Prospect Hill California W. C. Farmer Zarramora Street Mae Wood Nell Pryor Augusta Street Ft. Worth Amelia Goodwin West Cypress Street San Antonio Helen Walton Jessica Matthews Lessie Goodwin Annis Walton

Carl Hahn Resumes Piano and Theory Classes

Carl Hahn resumes classes in piano and theory starting Saturday September 2. Appointments available mornings before 9. Studio address at Beethoven Hall appears in the notice.

Carl Hahn Beethoven

Sneezing Fit Causes Texas Man's Death in Oklahoma City

A sneezing spell led to a fatal hemorrhage at a hospital in Oklahoma City. Stephen Froesi of Austin Texas began sneezing on August 24 and suffered intermittent attacks until his death on August 31.

Associated Press Oklahoma City Okla Stephen Froesi Austin Texas

Rain Delays National Lawn Tennis Finals in Newport

Rain halted the final match of the national lawn tennis tournament in Newport Rhode Island. The Associated Press reports play was impossible today as wet conditions persisted, postponing the conclusion of the event.

Associated Press Newport R. I

General Duncan Reviews Old Unit at Leon Springs Parade

Gen. Joseph E. Duncan praised his father’s unit, Co. E of the Third cavalry, during a parade at Leon Springs. He recalled the Mounted Riflemen name from the Civil War era and described the long reviewing line as a thrillevent, noting the division stretched a mile.

Gen Duncan Co. E Third Cavalry Joseph E. Duncan Fort Ewell Cotulla

Reviewing of 28th Infantry Impresses Generals at Dallas

General Duncan praised the massed lineup of over 6000 soldiers drawn from the Twenty-eighth Infantry and a Twenty-second Battalion as the most beautiful military scene he had seen. Troops from kitchens to drill grounds formed a straight, silhouette-rich line before the reviewing stand. Following the review, units prepared for target practice at Leon Springs with conical wall tents and equipment transfer to the canal zone, while six officers and thirty men head to Fort Benjamin Harrison to ship Tenth Infantry gear.

Brunean Duncan Twenty-eighth Infantry Twenty-second Leon Springs Edward N. Plummer Canal Zone Twenty Eighth Twenty-eighth

Regiment Reinforcements Planned for Canal Zone

The article notes expectations of further decreases before October 15 and predicts a reinforcement of infantry, possibly with a cavalry troop, to be stationed in the canal zone within months. General Duncan, proud to see veterans fill the Third cavalry unit, continues to strengthen ranks despite recent discharges as it remains his father’s old command.

Canal Zone Duncan

Miss Meta Hertwig Opens Piano Studio at 343 Blum Street

Miss Meta Hertwig announces the opening of her piano studio at 343 Blum Street on September 4. Contact Old phone 1541.

Meta Hertwig Blum Street

Boys Seek Drowning Clue in Trinity River Death

Police search for a group of white youths who drove 9 year old Gabriel Gonzales into the Trinity river last week to test his swimming. The boy drowned and his father had been looking for him a week before learning how he died.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex Gabriel Gonzales Trinity River

Conference on Dissolution of Tobacco Trust in New York

In New York on August 31 judges Lacomb and Noyes discussed plans for dissolving the tobacco trust in line with the U S Supreme Court decree during a conference at the federal building.

Associated Press New York Tobacco “Trust United States Supreme Court Lacomb and Noyes Federal

War Game to Start Off Virginia Capes

Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Osterhaus moved from Hampton Roads toward the southern drill grounds outside the Virginia Capes. Spectacular September war game will begin with preliminaries tomorrow.

Associated Press Norfolk Atlantic Osterhaus Hampton Sieads Virginia Capes

Women Drive Off Mormon Elders in Kamrar Iowa

Two elders of the Mormon church were driven from Kamrar Iowa this day as women beat dish pans to create a din. The episode occurred in a quiet town setting reflecting local tensions with religious visitors. No injuries were reported and the elders left on foot amid the clamor.

Associated Press Kamrar Iowa Mormon Church

Amusements At the Royal Theater Opens Season

The Royal theater will open its winter season with matinee and night shows on Sunday. Manager Joe L. Nix booked top vaudeville acts for long engagements, led by James E. Rome and Marguerite Ferguson in The Prince of Pilsen presented as A Little Variety. Also featuring the Manning Twins, Doc Rice, the Faust trio, Britt Wood, and standard moving pictures.

Royal Theater Joe L. Nix San Antonio James E. Rome Marguerite Ferguson Henry W. Savage Doc Rice Faust Britt Wood

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