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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1913

Page

5

Social calendar: Luncheon, tea, and drama club events

Mrs. Oscar D Woestman hosts a 1 o'clock luncheon at the St Anthony hotel. Mrs. Robert Rolfe of Fort Sam Houston gives an afternoon tea for her guest Mrs 8 B Ingalls of Concord. Mrs John F Onion entertains in the evening at the San Antonio Dramatic Club.

Oscar D. Woestman St. Anthony Hotel Robert Rolfe Fort Sam Houston 8. W. Ingalls Concord John F. Onion San Antonio Dramatic Club Robert L. Rolfe W. Ingalls N. H Rolfe Charles G. Treat Richardson Wallace M. Craigie John F. Preston Tilford Frances Kathleen Scott Jean Aubrey

Lavish Luncheon Hosts Honor Johnson School Graduates

Mrs Oscar D Woestman led a grand St Anthony Hotel luncheon in a palm garden setting with crimson carnations and maidenhair fern centerpieces. Attendees included Scores of named guests and Johnson School graduates feted with pink and gray decor and dainty refreshments.

W. W. Walling Johnson School Mothers’ Club

Local Social Notes and Fort Sam Houston Nominations

The item lists names of students and social guests with travel plans to Fort Bliss Washington D C and Vancouver and notes tea and bridge gatherings at Fort Sam Houston. It also reports Swift & Company beef prices and invites sealed bids for construction work at Leon Springs Texas with Army contracting officials detailing submission deadlines and bid requirements.

Fort Sam Houston Texas U. S. Military Reservation Leon Springs Target Butt R. H. Rolfe

Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Invite Public Praise

Residents seek relief at the Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths and invite the public to hear testimonials from those aided by the waters. Take the South Flores streetcar to attend and hear the words of gratitude from the afflicted.

Harlandale South Flores

Grove's Tonic Promoted To Fight Malaria And Build Health

Advert reads Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a proven malaria remedy and health booster. It stresses the plainly printed formula of quinine and iron in a tasteless form for both adults and children. Price listed 60 cents.

GROVE

Cure skin and blood disorders with 8 8 8 remedy

Advertises a $1 bottle of 8 8 8 for eczema lupus psoriasis malaria and other blood and skin troubles. Claims direct healing through blood purification and elimination of impurities via lungs liver stomach intestines and kidneys. Encourages writing The Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Ga for more details.

Swift Atlanta

Women Club Meetings and New Auxiliary Organization

A roundup of local club gatherings with times and venues including City Missions at Travis Park Church, Tuesday Musical Club at Mrs. Ever Johnson's, and a Dutch treat luncheon at the Original Mexican Restaurant. The Ladies' Aid Society of Grace English Lutheran Church is postponed due to a death. An auxiliary to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union organized at Alamo Methodist Church with about 30 members and officers elected.

Board of City Missions Travis Park Methodist Church Pieter H. Torrey Ladies’ Aid Society Grace English Lutheran Church Central Christian Church Miss Webb Woman's Christian Temperance Union Alamo Methodist Church T. J. Lane Fourteenth District Central Mother Union T. H. Cunningham Central Union A. W. Shaw City Mission Board

Break in Rankin steel strike as 200 iron workers return

In Pittsburg on February 3, about 200 of 1500 striking iron workers at the Rankin plant of the American Steel and Wire Company returned to work. The mill was picketed but deputy sheriffs prevented disorder during the morning.

Pittsburg Rankin American Steel and Wire Company

Adelaide Thurston Stars In The Love Affair At Grand Opera House

Adelaide Thurston returns to tour under Frances X. Hope in Frederick Paulding's The Love Affair. The new comedy, set on a Long Island country estate, follows a young woman who manipulates love affairs to secure a fortune and finds happiness in seven hours.

Adelaide Thurston Frances X. Hope Miss Thurston New York San Francisco Frederick Paulding Grand Opera House Long Island

Prince of Pilsen engagement opens at Grand Opera House

Reservations start today at the Grand Opera House box office for Henry W. Savage's Pixley and Luders musical comedy The Prince of Pilsen. The show opens Thursday February 6 for two nights with a Friday matinee, led by comedian Jess Dandy as Hans Wagner, and is expected to meet strong public approval in San Antonio.

Weiss Jess” Dandy Hans Wagner

The Merry Widow at Grand Opera House February 12 13

Henry W. Savage presents a lavish new production of The Merry Widow at the Grand Opera House on February 12 and 13. The show features expensive gowns and hats as part of a completely new staging.

Henry W. Savage Grand Opera House

Vind Blood Maker Promises for Anemic Child’s Recovery

A Brooklyn mother reports her 9 year old daughter improved after six weeks on Vind, noting restored appetite, vigor and looks. The ad claims Vinci enriches blood, tones digestion and strengthens organs, with a money back guarantee and a Saxo Salve skin remedy.

Louise Vinci Geo. E. Munro Brooklyn N. Y A. M. Fischer

Traffic squad urged for San Antonio intersections

R A Love owner of Fredericksburg railroad calls for a city traffic squad and whistle signals to regulate street crossing. He argues pedestrians face greater danger at busy intersections and cites practices in large cities as a model for San Antonio.

San Antonio R. A. Love Fredericksburg

Millionaire Frederick Beach Faces Trial for Assault

Frederick O. Beach of New York will stand trial in Aiken South Carolina on Tuesday for assaulting his wife with intent to kill. The case follows a February 26 1912 attack on Mrs Beach on the Beach residence lawn leaving her badly bruised and with a serious throat cut.

Milllionaire Aiken 8. C Frederick O. Beach New York Court of General Sessions

Bergson Arrives for Lectures at U.S. Universities

French philosopher Henri Bergson arrived yesterday aboard the Carpathia for a four week series of philosophy lectures at Columbia Harvard and Princeton universities. He plans to stay about four weeks in the United States.

New York Henri Bergson Carpathia Columbia Harvard Princeton

Martina Zatella Sings Ahead of Debut With Bonci

Martina Zatella, a coloratura soprano, speaks of her dream to be a great singer and her debut in opera planned for the coming season in Italy. She credits her mother for encouragement and recounts early lessons and study with Signor Bondany as she prepares for tonight's concert with Alessandro Bonci at Beethoven Hall.

Italy Martina Zatella Alessandro Bonci Beethoven Hall Signor Bond

Hotel Guests Register as Visitors From Across Texas

A list of visitors and hotel guests in San Antonio includes W Lynn of Temple J P Rochell of Dallas N R Blocker of Bermuda Mrs C B Truly of Yoakum F L Wilkins of Austin C S Halcome of Sonora George Harold of Houston P J Flinn of Victoria and many others staying at Bexar Menger Crockett Bowie St Anthony Savoy or Gunter hotels. Local business travelers C A McFarland Dallas H L Rose Chicago and more are noted among arrivals with several guests from Fort Worth Dallas Victoria and Corpus Christi.

Tex Savoy Robert Carter Dallas St. Anthony D. M. Smith Wac Tex Registe Menger Hotel W. B. Milton Austin Gunter A. R. Schuelke Denison Bexar Hotel P. H. Carter Fort Worth The Crockett Carl D. Cryer Oklahoma City Bowie R. A. Sanford College Station Savoy Hotel EB. c. Alexander San Antonio Columbus C. A. McFarland Bexar August J. Bree Yorktown Crockett Hotel J. F. Mulhall Bryan S. E. Reiks Pleasanton

Wealth as a Good Servant Not The Highest Good

Rev. E. G. Johnson of the First Evangelical Church spoke to a large Sunday afternoon crowd at the YMCA on wealth as the third of eight vital subjects. He said Jesus taught wealth is good but secondary, warning of danger in its accumulation and urging wealth be used to advance the brotherhood of men.

E. G. Johnson First Evangelical Church Young Men's Christian Association Mr. Johnson Jesus

Free medical consult offer from Dr Miller

If you have rheumatism or neuralgia consult Dr Miller free at 203 Gunter Building.

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