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A travel note recommends placing a half cake of Ivory soap in a toilet kit to guard against minor travel annoyances such as wind dust and very hard water.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
6
A travel note recommends placing a half cake of Ivory soap in a toilet kit to guard against minor travel annoyances such as wind dust and very hard water.
A dense catalog of produce and pantry goods with prices includes various vegetables such as green peas, cauliflower, lettuce, onions, and pumpkins, fruits like grapes and bananas, dairy and eggs, fish and oysters, poultry, and miscellaneous items. Notable names L. B. Clegg, Geo. B. Taliaferro, and Dr. J. A. Burleson are mentioned alongside travel notes about visits and holidays.
Society Editor reports a Friday Afternoon Cord luncheon at 612 Goliad Street with Mrs J 2 Oldham hosting guests and winners in the ladies jig. Cho Cho Sans club hosted by Miss Nina Trimble at 603 West Magnolia with a Christmas theme and musical contest.
An advertisement from New York City promoting Blackburn's Cagca Royal Pills claims universal approval and superiority to castor oil. It asserts the pills prevent common ills from constipation and reduce contagious disease, urging ethical preparation and wide sale by Bexar Drug Co and druggists.
A late 19th or early 20th century social page notes a fashionable lace and satin ribbon blouse showpiece worn with a black satin waist in a decorative hall for a Frazer Clamp wedding party reception. Guests include Miss Nora Camp and Miss Lucile Bourland among many others. A second wedding, Joseph Melor and Miss Mint Haier, is described with attendants and a hand painted white taffeta gown. Environs include galas, cards, and musical entertainments.
A dated domestic advisory piece offers tips on gifts and manners for holiday exchanges. It covers thoughtful gifting, etiquette for mail and letters, and guidance on maintaining dignity amid romantic gossip and neighborly flirtation. It also includes a fashion note on veils and hats with step by step tightening.
The text lists a garbled recipe for German baked beans and other dishes. It describes soaking beans, adding ham, bacon, dates, sugar, flour, eggs, baking powder, and a sweet sauce. The instructions are broken and inconsistent, with unclear measurements and multiple steps merged. It appears as a fragmented, misspelled old-fashioned kitchen instruction with many nonsensical phrases.
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