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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1912
Page
6
The ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid remedy for sour upset stomach indigestion and gas. It claims effects in five minutes and urges regular use to regulate weak stomachs with a 50 cent case available at drug stores.
The Gibbons Literary club gathered at Knights of Columbus hall for Hemans quotes and a discussion of Catholic current events. Mrs Hogan sketched Felicia Hemans and Mrs Chalk ley joined as a new member. The San Antonio Self-Culture club met at Mrs Callahan’s home for a Bible lesson and reviews. Our Reading club held a session at 201 Camden street studying Francesca da Rimini by Gabriele D Annunzio led by Mrs Manlove.
A Greenville South Carolina woman praises Cottolene for frying doughnuts and other pastries noting the oil makes brown crisp delicious results. She claims the shortening contains no fat and aids digestion and mentions taking it on camping trips.
The Government Hill Literary Society led by Mrs W Hume and Mrs T N Givens will meet to celebrate its anniversary with a study of English parliament. The Twentieth Century club will study social conditions at the Maverick hotel. Prospect Hill Missionary society meets at 8 PM. A mass Philathea meeting is planned at the YWCA reading room. The jubilee committee plans to organize at Travis Park Methodist church. A benefit concert for the Protestant Home for the Aged is at Beethoven hall with Prof Carl Hahn arranging. Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society meets at Temple Beth El vestry. Woman's club holds an open meeting at 201 Camden Street clubhouse.
At the American Museum of Natural History annual meeting in New York on February 6, J Pierpont Morgan Jr. and Ogden Mills announced major gifts. Morgan donated a vast meteorite and mineral collection while Mills presented the George Cattlin collection consisting of 350 oil paintings.
Katherine M. Joseph reports on upcoming events at Central Christian church missionary class hosting a social at Dr John B Holt on Olive Street, and a series of social teas and receptions. The evening at Turner Hall featured Samuel C Chapman's graduation party with extensive dances and chaperones listed.
Mrs. D J Woodward hosts a five hundred party at her San Pedro avenue home this afternoon. Mrs J B Mauermann and Mrs M M Mooney entertain at cards tonight at the parochial auditorium. Girls Dancing club meets tomorrow at Harmony hall. Tuesday Musical club gathers this afternoon at 521 West Macon street. B Natural club meets this afternoon with Miss Dororthy Smith on Summit avenue. Daughters of the Confederacy meet this afternoon at the club house.
Ruth Moynahan hosted a formal party on West Commerce Street to honor midwinter graduates. The decor featured spring flowers and pennants, and guests enjoyed a gilded eggs football game and prize awards for Florence Evans and Gus McDermott. Mrs Moynahan and helpers welcomed invited seniors and friends, with punch and courses served.
Megadore Ohio resident Mrs. Lee Manges recounts suffering from female ailments before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits three bottles with restoring health, avoiding surgery, and enabling her to bear two healthy children. The ad promotes the remedy as a standard female illness treatment for displacements inflammation and irregularities and invites confidential mail inquiries to Lynn Massachusetts.
Colonel and Mrs Hugh J Scott were the guest of honor at a Sunday buffet hosted at Fort Sam Houston by Lt and Mrs John Heney Read of the Third Cavalry. Receivers included Mrs Read's mother and sister plus Mrs Nathaniel Burruss of Norfolk and Mrs Harry B Jordan wife of Captain Jordan of Rock Island Arsenal. The Third Cavalry Orchestra provided music and Mrs Fanny Gooch Iglehardt read from her latest book the Boy Cap ve.
The notice lists transport options including a taxi service and an ambulance company. It provides two phone numbers for Riebe Undertaking Co and another contact at 221 FE Com with a separate phone number.
Frost is predicted for tonight but the weather will warm gradually with several fair days ahead. Temperatures rise about six degrees daily with a 26 degree low at sunrise and freezing point expected tomorrow morning as high pressure dominates the U S with no storm near term.
The 100th birth anniversary of Charles Dickens will be observed in New York with a banquet and mass meeting led by a committee of 100 or more chaired by Theodore Roosevelt. Noted participants include Douglas Wiggin F Hopkinson Smith Charles Rann Kennedy William Bayard Hale Hamilton Wright Mabie Henry Vandyke and Illiam Watson of London.
Milberry Capewell estate in Dallas names Wig the small black dog as a beneficiary. The $500 trust is held by the executor, with Mrs Capewell having died in December.
Comedy farce proves popular with Mr. Wilson leading his original company in two Grand performances tonight and tomorrow night drawing hearty laughs from the audience.
The Plaza theater welcomes Ward and Weber, praised as real artists with novel steps, and they interpret late ragtime hits with syncopated vigor. Kramer and Spillane headline as sensational hand acrobats showing strength and agility culminating in a dramatic hand stand landing.
A local event promotes a bargain matinee Friday afternoon with school children as guests of honor on Saturday. The notice highlights a featured figure displaying his strength as part of the program.
At the Royal this week a strong lineup entertains from start to finish. Bessie Leonard captivates with singing and dancing while Alvin and Alvin deliver lively soft shoe comedy. The McDonald Trio and Don Carlos with trained animals also win praise. Lamothe’s Motor ing Comiques provide fast paced laughs. Wed features a bargain matinee.
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