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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
7
A list of grocery items with prices across vegetables fruits fish poultry and misc. including tomatoes squash lettuce cabbage cranberries grapes apples lemons peaches and common staples. Items priced per dozen pound quart or each with values ranging from a few cents to a few dimes.
A humorous piece with dialogue on love and family duty, offering quips about happiness at meals and ways to handle mood. It includes a sketch of a beauty recipe and cautions about glycerine and home cosmetics, ending with a note favoring professional electrolysis for blemish removal.
Mrs. Ba McClannahan hosted a tea this afternoon under the St. Mark's Episcopal church auxiliary, with Mrs. Walter Richardsonrauch presiding. Guests enjoyed palms, pink roses, and a decorated hall as Mrs. George McQuaid and Mrs. Stonewall Jackson Colemat poured. Numerous attendees included Mrs. G W Johnson, Mrs. Muir, Mrs. Zilker, and Mrs. Ward among others.
Mind Rose and Wilbeldrina Barnitz host card party tomorrow at 315 Weet Poplar Street. Miss Helen de Russy Clark plans a 500 party at her Arsenal residence for Donir hne and Terhune. Mrs. John Darragh returns from New York. Mrs. George W. West hosts luncheon at the Menger for Lucie Frost and others. Catherine Glatz Schacketho and Hugh Jones announce engagement and wedding set for Wednesday. Chas L Kempar hosts after 8 PM at 123 Hast Marple Street for Miss Mabel Ivy. Harmony club loop postponed to tomorrow at Harmony Hall. Free Kindergarten Association board meets tomorrow at 10 AM at the Woowws Club House. Council of Jewish Women meets tomorrow at 2:39 PM at Temple Beth col vestry. Mrs. Max Cohen returns from San Marcos visiting daughter. ComeTreas Jewish Women meet tomorrow with Florence Converse Minnie Strauss May Engle and M B Smith contributing. Mrs Clara Herzog to sing with Miss Fuller at piano. Lillian A Wood and Hugh Barr marriage announced for Tuesday at St Pauls Church. Mina Tulky Chitin hosts dancing tonight at Turner Hall for guests from Wagle Pass and Corpus Christi.
In the Thirty seventh district court this morning Pedro Rodriguez and Guillermo Tarrin received a continuance in the assault to murder case tied to Policeman Ed Frobotse. The incident occurred near the I G N depot shunt two months ago as Frobotse tried to break up a fight. Frobotse was harmed, and one suspect allegedly drew the officer’s pistol and fired twice. a second shot fired. The hearing was postponed due to the large number of defendants and city commotion.
Glub elects officers for the ensuing term at the San Antonio club meeting. T. H. Clarion is reelected president, W. C. G. Rigsby named vice president, B. E. H. Coombs chosen treasurer, and R. M. Bilpbee elected secretary.
The Light's Daily describes a fabric technique where Broadcloth and sufficity firm sets are ravet at the edge with ple motifs. Heavy net lies beneath the cutout pattern, held by tissue underneath and cut along edges. A hot iron presses the fabric firmly to fix the design, then the cutout is applied solidly to the net sleeve as trimming.
Special Io The Light from Alice Texas reports Hancock touring north and east Texas to boost Alice county interests Miss Mary Graham returns from Torreon Mexico after teaching magic there Many friends greet her home Pa Harmon of Corpus Christi buys Staples ranch near Alice Joseph Parker spends the week in Corpus Christi Wandymes Young and Foster lead a crowd from Alice to the East ranch for a Thinkaglying day picnic Rev W A Gorett receives a severe pummeling Friday night while unloading a delivery wagon at the church Mrs Sallie Muenster leaves after 29 years in Alice for an Austin home Ada Thigpen hosts her ninth birthday party with friends and gifts Mrs Sallie Muenster leaves for Austin after 29 years in Alice and friends bid her farewell.
Corpus Christi dispatch notes grand jury returns four felonies and eight misdemeanors. Local Masons lodge officers elected for the year. A remarkable three foot long bobtail pard cat was chased for hours below the Alta Vista hotel, rounded up by 16 hounds.
Imling Texas notes a calm prohibition election with low activity and expectations favoring the anti vote. Fisher and Towns report 700 cattle on feed near the San Mareng river. Miss Dora Alice Dowell returns from a visit to Douglas Arizona.
An past editorial style piece touts mineral springs as rejuvenating but promotes Blackburn's Casta Royal Pills as a non secret medicine with concentrated sulphur and other ingredients. It claims relief from constipation biliousness liver and kidney ills purifying blood and preventing diseases. Available in ten and twenty five cent packages.
A large hunting party from North Texas city departs this morning for Uvalde to hunt deer. Chaperon B C Flowers of Uvalde leads figures including Gus Franks of the Angelis hotel Dave Harmon of North Street Stables C H Mardleston conductor on the Waly Sherti Forbes Shaffer G D Kingston Hunter and Rufe Byam all of Dentry. They plan to stay until December 7 and expect to reach the limit in game.
Mayor Bryan Baltagean announces that the board of equalization will convene in the city assessor's office to hear all appeals from the assessor's decisions and review property assessments for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1908. Sessions run daily 9 am to 1 pm, except Sundays and holidays, within 60 days. Neither the city council nor the assessment committee will consider future assessments after the board adjourns.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Altaat and Fred Mrs cite clerk with odd phrases about family and pictures saved by a handsome gold frame for Christmas at McDonald’s Art Store.
Special Officer George W. Downs was injured during a melee at a show on Arsenal and South Laredo yesterday afternoon. He fired in defense after being attacked by about 20 Mexicans. witnesses and citizens rushed to aid him. Downs and a man named Thomas Roetignes were mentioned in court as involved in the altercation. The case will be before Judge Buckley tomorrow morning.
Personal notes report Hon Otto Wahrmund and accompanying party leaving for Toreon Mexico to oversee mining interests. Other travelers include David Woodward returning from the Katy line, Mr and Mrs W Haskell Coffin of New York at the Mission Hotel, J Joseph and daughter Miss Joseph of Gonzales at the Angelus, and many more guests at the Menger and Angelus. The wild west show arrived in private cars with 25 members, en route to St Louis via rail.
Notice announces annual election of officers to be held at W. O. W. hall Tuesday evening. Regular meeting and business follow with members urged to attend. President H Akuby and Secretary M Rothwell sign.
An OCR damaged mix of old kitchen recipes and a Fort Sam Houston construction notice appears. The text blends recipes for cakes pies and buttermilk delights with a 1908 sealed bid call for paddock fences and cavalry stables work in Texas. It references Fort Sam Houston Hidalgo County and a new courthouse, all in a single garbled column.
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