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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
6
Katherine M. Joseph editor announces all publication communications must include sender identity plus office and phone details for old and new numbers and home line. This notice clarifies contact paths for submitting material and ensures traceable correspondence.
Mrs George Taliaferro entertains in the afternoon for Miss Bennett Craig. Leap year ball by Knights of Columbus at 9 o clock at Casino hall. Phoenix club meets in the afternoon with Mrs Hugh B Rice on Nolan street. Shakespeare club meets with the Misses Baskin in the afternoon. Queen's Daughters meet in St Marys auditorium in the afternoon.
Government Hill Literary club met at Mrs. Ella Richmond's home with a program on Gladstone and English Parliament plus a Burke life and Abide With Me. The Woman's club heard Dr. Frederick Bowen on Shakespeare and featured readings by Miss Greathouse. Jewish Literary club to meet at Redmen's hall for business and a current events paper with Mr. Lee speaking. musical interludes by Miss Neuda Hart and others. Herff School Mothers' club next meets Friday with Dr. T. T. Jackson on First Aids and hostesses Mrs. Douglass and Mrs. Eckelkamp.
The Twentieth Century club meeting is postponed to Wednesday February 21. The February 7 program will be announced at that time.
The Riverside Park Mothers and Teachers club plans a Friday meeting at 3:45 PM at the school. Dr. Mary L. Burnham speaks on Mother's Responsibility to Her Daughter, hosted by Mrs. A. C. Stanfield, Mrs. PD. F. Youngblood, Mrs. Alex Uhl, and Miss Sara Williamson.
The Roberts Beacon Hill School Mothers club will meet Friday afternoon at the school. Dr. Milton J. Bliem will speak on The Importance of the Religious Instinct In the Development of Moral Character. Hostesses are Mrs. C. H. Jackson Mrs. William Norris and Mrs. S. B. Hopkins. A Travis Park society reception follows tomorrow afternoon and evening in the Philathea rooms of Travis Park Methodist Church.
The Crockett School Mothers club will gather Friday afternoon at the school to discuss the teachers' needs. Mrs L L Boyd will conduct a parliamentary drill while hostesses Mrs F J Kearful and Mrs Grant welcome attendees.
The Stephen F. Austin Mothers' and Teachers' club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the school. Mrs. F. W. McAllister will give a talk on "Your Child and Mine." Hostesses include Mrs. C. Holleman Mrs. C. E. Cupples Mrs. George Lorwein Mrs. A. Hefff and Mrs. W. W. Lipscomb.
Richard Thomas Wyche of New York famed author and league president will present a tale of Ulysses tomorrow afternoon at 4 30 during the library's regular children's story hour. All children are urged to attend.
The History club meets Friday afternoon at the club house. Mrs. Sims presents a paper on Louis XVIII and His Successor while Miss Pirie covers the Evolution of the Drama. Mrs. Savage presents a reading and review of selections from Dumas and Hugo. Mrs. Norte leads the table talk.
A tea to benefit the Bonham School Mothers' Club is planned for tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock at the residence of Mrs Ed McClannahan located at 118 Goliad Street.
Joseph Giraud and Alma Michel were married yesterday at the bride’s Elm Street home by Father Ramon Pratt. The ceremony was witnessed by immediate relatives. The couple will reside in Corpus Christi.
John G Kennedy Jr and Miss Helen Frances Suss wed at St Marys church at six last evening in a satin gown with lace. Attendants included Stella Larrolde Dora Larrolde and Adelaide Putegnant in pink crepe meteor. Reception at St Anthony hotel followed by thirty five guests.
The ladies of Christ church hosted a tea at Mrs. Duval West’s home with Mesdames Houston Jones Cook Johnson and Lewis at the serving table. The Altar Guild served guests and a free will offering for the new church was taken. Mrs Floyd McGown’s West French Place reception followed as a standout event of the season.
At the Beta Tau Zetas meeting at Lela Stones the officers chosen include Dorothea Guenther re-elected as president Frances Hillier as vice president Frankie Dot Johnson as secretary and treasurer and Dorothy Swearingen as historian The called meeting at Pauline Cungus home tomorrow afternoon will formalize offices. The Army Relief Society post gymnasium card party at Fort Sam Houston on February 10 is postponed and ticket holders are asked to hold their tickets for a later date.
Mrs. R. C. Shane visits sister Mrs. A. M. Ritchey in Yoakum. Senator and Mrs. Q. A. Watkins of Giddings are at the Gunter. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carey return to San Antonio from a wedding journey to New Orleans and are at home at 117 River avenue.
Dr Littrell and Dr Stone of OSTEOPATHY KIRO-PRACTIC operate on the third floor of the Conroy Building while Dr Sahra F Herdman osteopath uses the Gibbs Building with residences noted at N 3055 blue.
A Mrs. Ocle Jett of McMinnville Tennessee recounts suffering from inflammation and other womanly ailments, bedridden 27 days, avoiding an operation after using Cardui. She claims two bottles let her work again, including washing, and urges other women to try Cardui for common and serious symptoms.
Jules Falk presents a Grand program at the Grand next Saturday evening featuring Paganini and Dittersdorf works, Porpora and Francouer pieces, Wagner paraphrase, Aulin pieces, Mendelssohn and Tschaikowsky selections, Saint-Saens Rondo Capriccioso, plus Bailey and Austin's The Top o’ the World with Manuel Klein additions. The production boasts over $35,000 spent since last season, 70 performers, and new scenic and wardrobe elements. Also notices warn of wet feet and promote Foley’s Honey and Tar, Mathews Cafeteria offerings, and Staacke Bros rubber work for carriages.
Brengk's Models headline the Plaza theater show this week with porcelain and bronze statuary acts. The act features living performers posed as famous European groups, including The Winning Post race tableau, illuminated by colored lights. Kramer and Spillane also perform acrobatic feats, with matinees for school children tomorrow and Saturday.
The national convention of Polish Priests of the United States and Canada opened in Detroit with about 700 priests in attendance, representing an estimated 3,000,000 Polish Catholics. Papers on various subjects and discussions are planned, aiming to improve conditions for Polish residents in the United States and Canada.
A brief notice indicates an event at the Grand Opera House in Bryan scheduled for 4 p m Saturday.
The 1912 convention of the American Bankers association will be held in Detroit the week of September 9. The Associated Bankers of Detroit approved the date at a meeting attended by Fred A. Farnsworth of New York, secretary of the national body. Over thirty meetings are expected, spread across five days.
A Medina river farmer facing a $3,508 judgment and foreclosure declares he will shoot Deputy Stevens and defy removal. He threatens mined roads and a showdown at his house with an American flag and six shooter, as writ of ejectment sits unsigned after sheriff sale of 340 acres, machinery, and cattle to the machinery house.
An epidemic of coughing sweeps the town hitting young and old, especially children and the elderly. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advertised as a quick safe and reliable cough and cold remedy with no opiates from Edwards & King Drug Co. Suc.
The ad promotes a rupture cure by Dr. Pulliam at 804 Conroy Building, emphasizing a non surgical approach. No knife is used in the treatment.
James B. Duke will resign as president of the American Tobacco Company to become chairman of the British American Tobacco Company Limited with its chief office in London. Percival Hill will succeed him as president of the American Tobacco Company to focus Duke on expanding British American Tobacco operations.
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