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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
6
Editorial note states all communications for publication must include the sender's name. Katherine M. Joseph, editor, provides office and home contact numbers for reference. Old phone 176 and new 1359 listed, home 2862.
A flurry of society happenings fills the calendar as the St Anthony hosts a season dance with hostesses in satin gowns. Girls Dancing Club meets at Miss Helen Kahn’s on Marshall street, while the Literature Department meets at the Woman’s club clubhouse. Fort Sam Houston plans a post gym hop on December 29.
Mrs. Wilhelmenia Kotulla hosted a miscellaneous shower for Ella Beetz who will wed December 28. Mrs. A G Hunter A B Stephens and Mrs. Amanda Close assisted. The dining room featured flowers and ferns. A five hundred dollar game preceded gifts for the honoree. Prizes went to Alma Beets Charles Herper Otelia Dobrowolski and Hattie Kearns. About thirty guests attended.
The Study Circle of the Council of Jewish Women meets tomorrow afternoon at 521 Macon Street. The Shakespeare club suspends meetings until after the holidays and resumes January 4, 1912. United Home and Foreign Missionary societies of Travis Park Methodist Church held a meeting with officers elected including Honorary president Mrs. E C Nichols and President Mrs. C C Straughan. A campaign of education by the Congress of Mothers and the Society of Social Hygiene continues in city schools with doctor lectures for Mothers clubs.
A series of talks has been delivered and several remain scheduled covering The Hygiene of Dress and Exercise The Hygiene of Diet and Nutrition The Hygiene of Sex and Adolescence The Importance of the Religious Trnnect in Moral Character The Value of Education and How to Prevent Infant Mortality.
Fireman W. E. Cain and switchman A. P. Smith are seriously injured in a wreck when an engine crashed into rail cars in the I. & G. N. yards near midnight. Cain suffers internal injuries and Smith is badly scalded. Engineer L. G. Smith and switchman O. P. Roles escaped by leaping clear.
Fractured ad text notes children crying and advertises Fletcher's Castoria with a phone line for orders. The snippet resembles a vintage product promotion with a call to action and contact numbers.
A cleaner and dyer with four children nears ruin after signing two loan papers for $75. One note demands $76 in a year and a chattel mortgage of $260 with $5 weekly payments. A charity group intervenes, securing legal help and food, while the family scrambles in unsanitary, crowded quarters on Soledad Street near Houston Street.
The Alam Jewelry Co advertises a wide diamond selection at 815 Alamo Plaza opposite the Alamo. The listing targets Sunset Loan Bank customers and notes daily classified page placements.
An advertisement lists a fourteen piece highball set including ice tongs spoons tall glasses and cracked ice glasses priced at $40. Gold pocket knives ready for engraving are offered for $5 to $125. The fragment ends with unclear text.
Bell Stores announces free engraving on every article bought, promising superior quality engravings at no extra cost to customers. The offer targets holiday shoppers aiming to personalize gifts with professional workmanship.
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