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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
8
Prices list vegetables fruits and seafood with per quart pound and dozen rates. Green peas lettuce onions cabbage peppers and sweet potatoes appear with varied prices while fruits include lemons grapes coconuts and apples. Fish oysters and shrimp offered with several per unit prices.
Society notes describe a 1859 birthday celebration for Doinald Wing Peacock at his parents Prof and Mus Wesley Peacock home West End. Decorations include palms mistletoe and Christmas motifs with Santa delivering toys to young guests and a cake cutting in the presence of family and local ladies.
The doll sale at Milbury's drug store closed at six, drawing two hundred Dallas residents. Proceeds from unsold days were donated to the Christmas Treas as saion by Mrs NT Maltnck and several neighbors, including Mrs J Newton and Mrs W A Share.
An advert describes a new flesh colored product that conceals skin imperfections such as pimples red noses and blemishes. It claims to be grease free and skin tone matched, usable daytime with rapid healing. Available through specific drug stores and Emergency Laboratories offers free samples by mail for overnight results.
Newton wins big dol as Mrs H McGee receives a teddy bear. Miss Rose Toland and others also receive dolls during the year. A large list of ladies assistants, including Mrs GL Malburn and Mrs A L Matlock, helped with the event. Mrs B L Naylor hosted a beacon party for Miss Anna Jones and Miss Jake Moore of West Virginia. The evening featured decorations, a three course luncheon, and a 13-table four hundred game. Attendees included numerous named guests from Fort Worth and beyond.
A cautionary catalog of dubious beauty cures and potions promising fame and form. The ad text sells perfume making, skin treatments, and tonics with unsafe mixtures and dubious claims. It urges purchasing from druggists and includes do it yourself recipes with questionable ingredients and vague outcomes.
Mrs. Winchester Kelso hosts an afternoon gathering at 521 West Macon Street with music by Thon Amvat’s band and Purl mester. Miss Moseley Denman is honored with a complimentary party. The event features songs, readings, and literary sketches by local residents at Turner Hall and the college.
Fragmented OCR text describes various embroidered handkerchiefs in Yancy boxes priced at $2.00 each. Mentions women would appreciate the gift, notes pure Trish material and fine workmanship.
Mrs. 1 Wolfe hosts Panera on I Ramen and Velipo Anderson visits New York. Mrs. Lach hosts tomorrow’s gathering. Lanthar G. Johngans speaks with Mrs. J. Lach. Miss Divavala returns home from Austin. Mrs. Zavala family news and guests in San Antonio. A recital at Grand Opera House features Miss Marks group with Carl Hahn and Miss Hill.
A delicate description of a small girl's hat emphasizing prettiness and dainty styling. The piece praises the graceful form with feather accents, a high slope, roll-brim, and a large bow on the right side, noting how trim stands out around the crown and completes the elegant look.
A garbled OCR list shows numerous titles and performers such as Wagner Arias and verbiage like Nighingale and Dawn moving through a program. Names include Miss Clara Went and Miss Fly Wag net amid a parade of misread performers and song titles, with several entries corrupted beyond clear meaning.
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