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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1908
Page
7
Readable market listing with prices for mixed vegetables, fruits, and seafood. Items include lettuce, celery, onions, beans, peppers, potatoes, bananas, oranges, apples, grapes, nuts, dates, fish and oysters, butter, honey, and kraut with per unit and per quantity prices. Has numerous OCR errors but preserves key items and pricing.
A Wednesday night double birthday celebration was hosted at Jack Raybould’s home for Mr Raybould and his son Hayy. Guests enjoyed cut flowers, potted plants, and music with a four course supper and midnight games before departing.
The column recalls society manners at the theater with playful critique of theatergoers and describes a Christmas party hosted by Mrs. Ed McClannahans for her daughter Grace. Attendees, decorations, games, punch, and a long list of young guests are detailed in a bustling social roundup.
Miss Olga Wells plans to return to Beaumont for holidays aided by relatives. Charles H. Morlan will have Y Eve s for the holidays while James Prince of Lake Washington visits with family. Miss Marion Wiem returns home with Dr and Mrs Stam of Laurel for Christmas. An entertainer at 1112 Avenue B, Alien Marx, will host a birthday celebration. The Tains club invites readers to a Christmas cotillion on December 23 with Rudolph Groos and Frank Gallagher dining with Miss.
The article discusses long capes and evening wraps with sleeves as practical cold protection. It warns to make armholes sufficiently large to avoid harming delicate blouses and notes the demand for larger sleeves on menswear like puffed chiffon and tulle for debuting evening coats.
A long list of reception committees, engagements, and upcoming weddings is reported from Fort Sam Houston and surrounding areas. Names include Miss Julia Binal Caels, Miss Sallie Alen, Miss Edith Goldstein, Prof. George Huyser Light, and Mrs. J. W. Daley among others. Social events feature dances, church weddings, formal balls, and holiday gatherings, with dates anchored to December and late December festivities across the community.
Despite rain and cold, Milam School hosted a large crowd for a Friday afternoon women’s club entertainment. The hall featured decorations and a variegated program with drawings by students, class acts, piano solos, recitations, pantomimes, and songs. Highlights included a Christmas program by seventh and eighth grade girls, a chorus, and instrumental pieces performed by the school orchestra under Miss Fleming.
Readings and performances are scheduled by the Woman's Club and various literary and school groups. The Women’s Club meets Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 at the club house with Christmas in Italy as the topic. Other clubs cancel meetings for the holidays. Travis School Mothers Club reports donations for boys and girls, plus two pictures and funds for reference books. A San Antonio chapter Daughters of the American Revolution meeting is planned for Saturday at Mrs Z J Stevens’ home, 511 Martin Street.
A garbled collection of confectionery and dessert instructions. It describes cheese dusted pastries, thin rolled sheets with cheese, fruit layered jelly molds, peppermint candies, mint patties, and a lemon pudding recipe. Procedures include rolling, folding, chilling, and boiling steps with peppermint oil and sugar.
A fragmented domestic column advises on personal growth and sociable conduct. It muses on beauty, friendship, and self-improvement, urging kindness to dull friends, thoughtful gifts, and gentle personal care while interleaving notices of gifts, wreaths, and cosmetics. A local birthday gathering and photography notes follow.
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