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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
6
Ivory Soap marketed as a superior toilet and bath soap with pure material quality. It promotes use for laundering colored fabrics, delicate textiles, linens and laces, claiming 99 440 percent pure soap at a favorable price.
A fragmented price list from a 19th or early 20th century page shows vegetables fruits fish dairy poultry and misc items with prices per unit such as green peas 10c per quart, tomatoes 1 each, cauliflower 5c to 25c, cranberries 1c per quart, lettuce 2 for 5c, cabbage 2c per lb, apples 10c to 15c per dozen, oranges 2 for 40c, butter 20c per lb, poultry prices and fish items listed, reflecting a general market catalog format.
Klaus May may qualify today for Alderman role after his recent appointment by Mayor Gilaghay to fill the late Wideman. The council regroups this afternoon with several reports due on TutibArdre and market stalls rules under consideration. An ordinance could extend stall rental periods to one year and a water works franchise for Lake View Lownsite may be discussed.
In Anderson Texas on December 14, Gontle Wheeler was sentenced to twenty years for the murder of Sam Thomas near Shire last July. The trial lasted five days with a jury of eleven taking seven hours to reach the verdict.
The Santa Antonio social page highlights holiday events and gatherings. Amy Cresswell Bell narrates society happenings, including the Passing Show and Christmas season interest. Queenly engagements are noted alongside meetings ofDaughters of the American Revolution and various clubs. Community members plan rides, teas, and commemorations at homes and clubs around town.
Travelers and couples from Ohio, Arizona, and Texas are registered at local hotels. T W Pettis arrives seeking land to settle here if a suitable plot is found. Traveling agents from Frisco-Rock Island, International & Great Northern, and T N Q visit Palestine for road business and holiday trade review.
In a Chicago News line, Diggs praises a youth named Green as lucky and ventures west last spring. Bieza wagers on his success, while Diggs asserts he can return without sitting home for money, underscoring a boast about independence and risk.
Light s Daily Fashions present a blouse style for women to wear with tailored suits at matinee or luncheons. The striped turquisette creates a graceful, simple trim while a fidraisette with white ground and berry red stripes sits over white liberty silk. Satin bands form a yoke and square cuffs with berry satin buttons. Satin piping along the inner yoke edge and sleeve edges adds a pale berry finish.
Henry Miller operates the Euclid line trolley as John D. Rockefeller, aboard a vestibule car from Union Depot to his 12 mile home, chats with the motorman about work and daily duties, reflecting early 20th century transportation life.
Special to The Light from Alice Texas notes Miss Tuell Howrd of Dallas visiting Mrs. Rariolt this week. Mr J I Willits of Ray Marcos visits. Mrs W R Perkins of Nix buys 100 Waves of land near AUC. Henry Strattnberry and Miss Mary Pagal wed at MoJaes, Rev Gorett officiating. Various residents move, visit, or travel to Corpus Christi, San Diego, and Alice regions.
General Abert, Myer, and Colonel Vola Tedee plan a visit to Los Barrios to inspect the water supply and oversee enlargements. Other officers Kirnes Caplin B.C. Doyle and Samerl Mackall are assigned duties at Fort Sam Houston, with travel and duties noted in the period dispatches.
Numerous fraternal bodies announce gatherings this evening at venues including Elks hall, Temple Beth El, Pythian and Odd Fellows halls, and union meeting spaces. Organizations listed include San Antonio lodge No. 216, Edgar lodge No. 211, Ladien of the Maccabees, Miriam Redekals lodge No. 2a, and Painters No. 172 among others.
Stockdale Texas and surrounding country benefited from a week of good rain. Local figures include J Duis visiting San Antonio, Jern Bell returning to work for Maverick Clarke in San Antonio and planning to take local employment January 1. Teachers will close county schools December 28 for a weeklong institute at Flor sige, then resume January.
Hugh Tallman sues G H & A Railroad Co for damages claiming a foreman ordered him to move heavy pieces on duty date 34 1997 causing a fall and severe back injuries while employed by the defendant. The suit seeks thirty thousand dollars in damages.
Richmond Maychester Virginia factory ships trainloads of “GOOD LUCK” TOs to satisfy vast demand. Owl Grocer advertises pure wholesome baked goods made with “GOOD LUCK” in patented moisture proof tin foil newsboard can. The ad touts quality, safety and chemist endorsements to persuade customers.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century piece parodies beauty routines and moralizing on female conduct. It weaves recipes for powder and soap, cosmetic notes, tips on bathing, dress, and social behavior, with quips about beauty, kindness, and proper decorum.
A fragmented vintage cooking piece describes decorative hats and elaborate lace as well as multiple recipes. It covers potato croquettes, meatballs, onions, tender round steak, and broiled quail with butter and lemon, all in a period voice with ornate language.
An early 20th century advertisement touts a constipation cure. Reverend J A Parker urges readers to recognize the truth and avoid purging the bowels. It promotes Casca Royal Pills as a tonic nourishing bowel nerves and restoring vitality, claiming painless relief and affordable pricing.
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