Society Notes from Galveston and San Antonio Holidays
Miss Lucile Wright travels to Galveston for the Phi Chi medical fraternity morning German. Self-Culture Club Music Department hosts a Christmas party at Miss Marguerite Jones home Friday evening. San Antonio Cotillion Club marks its annual Christmas cotillion at the St Anthony Hotel with crimson bunting lights Santa heads and poinsettias in festive decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Wright
Galveston
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity
Self- Culture Club
Marguerite Jones
San Antonio
Tanlac prompts San Antonio Fat Man's Club idea
A flood of Tanlac testimonials in San Antonio cites dramatic weight gains. Contractors and workers report eleven to twenty three pounds after two to three bottles, with claims of renewed strength and health.
Social Calendar Highlights Busy Week Events
Tuesday Night events include the Casino Association annual children's party at 7 30 p.m. Misses Helen and Edwina Irvin entertain at dancing at the Menger James Gallagher hosts dancing at his Park Avenue home Mr and Mrs L Ward host an eggnog party for the Ward Dowden wedding party Wednesday San Pedro Circle of Travis Park Methodist Church meets at 3 p.m with Mrs William Blocker Hebrew Ladies Relief Society at 2 30 with Mrs M Alterman High School Dramatic Club meets at 1 45 p.m in manual training room
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Helen Bates
Majestic
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Wolff & Marx
Geneva Conness
Vera Saxon
San Angelo
Hattie Mae White
Alleen White
Louise Lucas
Lilly Kenney
Alice Olivarri
Evelyn West
Eleanor Fitch
Catherine Fisher
Martha Green
W. E. Fitch
L. S. Bates
Casino Association
James Gallagher
Park Avenue
Mrs. L. Ward
San Pedro Circle
Travis Park Methodist Church
William Blocker
Hebrew Ladies’ Relief Society
High School Dramatic Club
Marian Ball
Robert L. Ball
Ethel Martindale
Eloise Carr
Beatrice Stribling
Eleanor Stribling
Agnes Terrell
Dorothy Bell
Eleanor Henderson
Bessie Spears
Katherine Hart
Eulalia Crawford
Emily Bynum
Maria Taylor
Margaret Hazelrigg
Ada Maverick
Louise Anderson
Dorothy McCampbell
Pauline Jiggetts
Ruth West
Roxanna Gage
India Kerr
Charlotte Molesworth
Edna Louise Kane
Mary Louise Price
Sarah Silliman
Estelle Napier
Herbert Kokernot
Louis Kayton
Carlton Hagelstein
Sidney Templeton
Jack Berman
Jim Chittim
Oliver Flato
Gordon Jersig
Jim Gallagher
Tom Volney Dibrelil
Griswold Gillette
Travis Moursand
Francis de Lesdenier
Albert Deutsch
Hirachal Lewis
Lon D. Cartwright
Catesby Taylor
Harris Davenport
Perry Lewis
Forrest Reed
Frank Newton
Frederick Staacke
Julian Simmons
Corn Removal Claim Stirs Foot Care Advice Flyer
A Cincinnati man promotes freezone as a cheap ether compound to instantly relieve corn pain and dry the corn so it can be lifted out with fingers. The ad warns against attempting DIY corn whittling and urges readers to clip and try the remedy.
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Cincinnati
Father
Belles In Blue Satin Host a Holiday Dance Tea
Misses Walker and Howard wore blue satin frocks with gold lace and carried yellow chrysanthemum bouquets. Mrs. Rand wore black net while Mrs. Howard wore white satin with lavender tulle overdress. Guests and hosts included numerous couples and society figures at a Christ mas party, with orange ice and elaborate programs for dances and monograms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Howard
Edward McClannahan
Frank Winerich
W. W. Collier
Claude Keeran
Frederick J. Combe
C. C. Clamp
F. M. Meeks
J. Baggett
W. T. Montgomery
W. R. Hood
Perry Lewis
Christmas Trees From New England Arrive in Porto Rico
Five hundred Christmas trees from New England have arrived in San Juan and were quickly bought, mostly by American households. Porto Ricans celebrate Christmas with gift giving akin to Three Kings' Day, and Santa Claus is popular with children.
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Associated Press
San Juan
P. R
New England
Porto Rico
Train and Auto Collision Kills Farmer Near Von Ormy
Alphonse Biegert an 18 year old farmer died in a collision between an automobile carrying three brothers and a west bound Southern Pacific freight train on a curve at a crossing 12 miles west of San Antonio. Alfred Allen and John injured were taken to Santa Rosa hospital and expected to recover.
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Alphonse Biegert
John Biegert
von Ormy
Alfred
Allen
John
Southern Pacific
San Antonio
Pearce-Robinson Undertakings Compbeny
Shertz Station
Smuggling Rings Supplying Santo Domingo Found in Porto Rico
U S officials in San Juan report Porto Rico used as a base for supplying Santo Domingo with revolver and rifle ammo seized in boxes of codfish. Two arrests followed the seizure but grand jurors found no legal penalty for the prohibited trade. Information ties to Roosevelts era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
United States
Republic
Roose
Congress Acts on Santo Domingo Arms Prohibition
Congress adopted a joint resolution authorizing the president to issue a proclamation banning the shipment of all munitions of war to Santo Domingo. Officials here believe the move has broken up the systematic trafficking in munitions, with the proclamation the only recorded prohibition.
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Congress
Santo Domingo
Many Arrests Made After Boisterous Christmas in San Antonio
San Antonio police Sunday and Monday arrested 232 people for intoxication disturbances and vagrancy. The crowded police court docket saw many defendants fined from 1 to 6 dollars, with heavy fines suspended if they left the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Bomb Found Near Governor Spry's Salt Lake Home
A bomb was found near Governor William Spry’s residence in Salt Lake City on Christmas Day. R F Nealen uncovered it while sweeping a path between his home and the governor’s. Officials determined the device contained enough explosive to blow both houses apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
William Spry
R. F. Nealen
Nepthis Towed to Port After Storm Rescue
The Brazilian bark Nepthis, which broke from tug Garibaldi during a December storm, arrived in port December 18 after rescues by the Italian steamship Sardegna. Nepthis left Maranham on October 14 with twelve crew aboard. Faro Denies Acting Mysteriously.
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New York
Nepthis
Garibaldi
Sardegna
Coast Guard
Seneca
Maranham
Brazil
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for a cold with two hour dosing and three doses total. It claims to unclog nostrils, halt discharge, relieve headache and feverish symptoms, and costs 25 cents at any drug store.
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Grippe
Pape
Parties for Soldiers at Camp Wilson Start Next Tuesday
The Young Women's Christian Association will host a sequence of holiday parties for militiamen at Camp Wilson from Tuesday evening through Saturday evening. Two hundred invitations are issued nightly via the Army Young Men's Christian Association, inviting extension department girls and general YWCA members. The events continue the extension work begun last fall with games and frolics planned, and the building will be open from basement to roof for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Camp Wilson
Army Young Men's Christian Association
Young Womans Christian Association
Association
Borax Wagon Tour Heads Coast to Coast From Death Valley
The famed 20 mule team borax wagons begin a four year coast to coast tour from San Bernardino California visiting Texas places including Fort Worth Dallas Waco Austin San Antonio San Marcos and ending in Galveston. The team known as an animated trademark has delighted Americans since Death Valley.
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Death Valley
San Bernardino
Cal
Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
San Marcos
Galveston
Borax wagon team and driver known as Borax Bill
The narrative describes 20 mule teams used for borax transport with wagons weighing 8000 pounds and beds sixteen by four feet. Mules number twenty, trained to respond to individual names, driven by Borax Bill who began at nineteen after hauling freight from Carson City to Bodie. Railroads reduced reliance on mule teams, leaving few in existence.
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Seantte
Tony
Borax
Bill
Carson City
Nev
Bodie
Cal
Polish state credit bank forms in Warsaw
Governor General von Beseler signs an order to create a Polish state credit bank in Warsaw. The bank will issue new paper currency in Polish marks pegged to the German mark and guaranteed by the German government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Berlin
Associated Press
Sayville
von Beseler
Polish State Credit Bank
Colombian government to establish coastal and inland cattle labs
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes that Colombia will set up bacteriological laboratories along the coast and in interior cattle districts to study regional cattle diseases and prepare remedies. The piece contrasts early education hardships with the era's advancing infrastructure.
Fires and alarms sweep through city Monday night
Four fire calls were reported by the fire department Monday night. A blaze started in a dwelling at 313 Hoodsite, unoccupied, with a bedchamber ignited and a blaze spreading from chemicals. A skyrocket hit a shingle roof on Haynes avenue, igniting a building. Minor damage occurred at 721 Avenue, owned by Esser Brothers. A false alarm came from the corner of El Paso and Guadalupe streets.
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F Department
Mary Randell
Haynes Avenue
Avenue
Esser Brothers
el Paso and
Gualupe Streets
Big Grocery Sale Wednesday at Nichols Co
Readable ad notes a Wednesday sale at Nichols G Co with items like granulated sugar 13 pounds for $1.00, best hams 23 cents, breakfast con 24 cents, tomatoes, corn, kra hominy, peas, California peaches, tin Octagon and Crystal Wh soaps six bars for 25 cents. Address 51, 209 Ave, Cr.
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California
Nichols G Co. Ph
Ave
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