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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1907
Page
10
Laundry Soap bars and paper items offered at low prices. Saxony yarns in all shades two to six cents. Hair pins and vaseline priced affordably. Talcum powder, cotton tape, machine thread, and hair curlers listed with small per item costs. Store promotion notes unusually low prices in San Antonio.
The advertisement lists bleached sheets 72x80 and 72x90, pillow cases, and sheeting with price comparisons claiming lower rates than mill pricing by the hundred, implying bulk purchase availability. The text emphasizes cleanliness and standard sizes for home use.
A Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Goold, English widow of a Danish merchant, rejects appeal and would die rather than serve life imprisonment. Her husband, expected to endure hard labor, also declines further action. The piece notes Rome politics and a sensational mix of trials and scandals, with cultural observations on Christmas in Paris and speculation on American wealth.
The wedding of Alas Glantys Mills, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ogden Mills, to Henry Carnegie Phipps was held at the bride’s parents home in Staisbarg New York with a ceremony attended by notable families. The account notes the bride as a leading beauty of the era and mentions prominent society figures and continuing advertisements in The San Antonio Light.
Berlin will confer a high Prussian order on Nathan Strauss, famed philanthropist, in recognition of gifts to Heidelberg and Karlsruhe. He recently met the Dowager Grand Duchess Louise of Baden who thanked him for funds aiding postwar youth.
Price Barker of Harvard University delivered the final two lectures to a large American audience in Salle Riche drawing about 360 attendees. Guests included Henry White the American ambassador, Professor Craiger, Mrs Charles Carroll, Meg Moore, Count and Countess Arthur de Tirlasac, Duchess izes, Mrs White, and authors Lieberman and Dr and Mrs Norris Vaugh.
Special Cable to the Light reports a policy shift in Germany where professors exchange increases and the English study becomes compulsory for all students, replacing some French and German language emphasis amid broader educational reforms.
London Tit-Bits notes that even identical locomotive engines built in the same time and factory exhibit distinct quirks. It takes different fuel and water needs, varying speed responses, and unique temperaments shaped by skilled drivers. Weather dampness and mist affect their behavior, making each engine a distinct machine.
An enthusiastic friend proclaims I have a Seraph’s face while the practical manager questions whether the subject has the bearing of an angel, highlighting a humorous clash between sentiment and business judgment.
Fragmentary Chicago News item in which a speaker says My Ute and another replies So it is as a conversation fragment unfolds with references to open-peals and an undertaker firm named T Burnett & Co.
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