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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
8
A local department store advertises reduced prices on boys suits and overcoats in the boys department and announces Saturday hours extending to 10:00 p.m. The promotion emphasizes savings on boys apparel.
The St Johns Orphanage will open with a formal ceremony Sunday afternoon December 28. Rt Rev J W Shaw will bless the building, with Mayor Clinton G Brown Judge A B Storey Nelson Lytle and Joseph Courand among speakers. The 150 capacity home cost about 70000 dollars on a 130 acre site across from the First Mission.
J L Lytle resigns as president of the Real Estate Exchange. First vice president C M Roberts is expected to be elected to succeed him at a 4 pm Friday meeting. Roberts has led the L P Peck Realty Co and previously headed the San Antonio Advertisers Association.
Mrs Hosea Morris hosts her debutante Mildred Morris with a lavish reception in a rooms draped in smilax and palms. Attendants in white and pink gowns welcomed guests, while Mrs Morris wore light blue silk. An evening dance followed on a veranda, with many local society figures assisting.
Misses Elizabeth Jones Juliet Crittenberger Josephine Heard Marie Thayer Isabel Crosby Julia Crosby Margaret Treat and others, plus Colonel and Mrs Harris Roberts, will spend Christmas with Mrs Roberts' mother in San Antonio before remaining leave at Fort Sam Houston. Guests include Mrs Robert Carter and Mrs Will Stone. Local clubs host dances and musicales with proceeds aiding flood sufferers.
The ladies in charge note the ticket covers all afternoon attractions and the affair remains strictly informal. The St. Anthony Hotel will lead the rooms provide music refreshments and attendants with all proceeds going to flood sufferers.
Christmas photo sittings wrap up this week at Powell's Studio located at 511 1-2 East Houston Street. Phone Travis 1444. Adv.
Advert says the Dansant at St Anthony runs each Wednesday and Saturday from four to six. Dance enthusiasts are invited to attend at the St Anthony venue as listed in the notice.
L E Allen found the August 26 1778 Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser with a George Washington advertisement stating he had patents to 20000 acres along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers and offered leases at reasonable rates. Broker Thomas Brereton advertises he seeks to purchase a 12 year old enslaved girl.
BonD's at 235 E. Houston St advertises roasted turkeys chickens and ducks and English plum pudding as seasonal foods for customers.
Mrs. Clara L. Graham received badge and credentials from the mayor to enforce laws at moving picture shows. She consulted Judge James R. Davis and Probation Officer J. Ross Boles on powers under state law and the juvenile statute. The article notes a man who was injured after a fall in an elevator shaft and obscures.
An advertisement showcases premium lard and a selection of fish products including Finnan Haddies Smoked White fish and Smoked Salmon from Bond's at 236 B Houston St. Advo display.
Frederick Percival of Port Huron now works in Detroit in electrical construction and has applied for a pension to correct a death record. The U S government lists him among those who died in the Spanish American War after news of his death was published July 26, 1898. He served with Company F, Thirty third Michigan Infantry.
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