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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1912
Page
5
Local groups including the Stephen F. Austin Mothers club Riverside Park Mothers club and Ferdinand Herff Jr School Mothers and Teachers club held meetings at area schools. Speakers covered child welfare first aid and mothers duties with demonstrations and district reports followed by refreshments and a social hour.
Lieutenant Commander Samuel B. Thomas, United States Navy, who wed on his sick bed Wednesday, died yesterday of pneumonia in Los Angeles. He was the son of the late Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas and was stationed at Mare Island.
Duschilow and Kroschkin scheme to break an engagement by ruining a rival's reputation. A comic web of deception unfolds as Duschilow feigns cruelty, then exposes a tangle of secrets including a murderer on the loose, a counterfeit family, and a shocked lover facing police questions.
Fifty miners trapped for fifteen hours at the Fairmount Coal mine in Danville Illinois were freed after rescuers chopped ice from the shaft. They suffered exposure but were in good condition aside from that. The cage had been stopped about 100 feet below the surface when a wheel broke, trapping the workers.
New York February 10 three directors of the United States Express company resign Albert D Boardman George H Burritt and Chauncey H Crosby are replaced by Harriman estate representatives believed to control Wells Fargo.
Katherine M. Joseph editor issues publication communication requirements listing old phone 176 new phone 1259 and home 2863 for office and editorial contact. The notice emphasizes sender name for all published communications.
Mr and Mrs W A Lowe announce the engagement of their daughter Mattie May to Lieut Ralph C Caldwell of the Seventh cavalry now in the Philippines Their wedding is planned for April and follows a romance started on a steamer to Manila last spring They will live in Manila until Caldwell is relieved and then move to San Antonio Miss Lowe is described as a popular San Antonio belle.
Mr and Mrs George Smith of Chicago visit Mrs H M Donoho at 221 East Elmira. Miss Margaret Norton and Miss Edna Evenson head to Colorado after visiting Mrs L H Henry. Travis Park church entertainment draws large crowd with palm and rose decor. Frederick C Chabot gives recital at St Anthony hotel to praise and encores, noting his prominent San Antonio family. Debutantes of the season serve as ushers and add charm.
Miss Ruth Finck hosted the Pi Sigma club at her West Poplar street residence yesterday. Ten members attended to discuss plans for future entertainments, then played hearts with prizes awarded and refreshments served at the card tables.
Mrs. Lewis Smith entertained last evening for her sister Mrs. J R Simmons of Marietta Arkansas who is her guest. Eight guests attended and the evening included card games and refreshments. A vesper service will be held at the YWCA.
On Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock a meeting will feature speakers Mrs F W McAllister and Mrs E M C Nichols with music by Miss Josephine Dickenson and Miss Gussie Ellison all women invited. A masked ball is planned tonight by San Antonio Turn Verein children. Roberts Beacon Hill School Mothers club met yesterday to discuss business and enjoy a social hour. Crockett School Mothers club held an afternoon with teachers focusing on school needs with solos readings and a talk by Herman Hirsch on overall school work.
R P Coon, member of the state democratic executive committee, travels to Fort Worth to seek a big San Antonio convention. A May gathering would select delegates at large and adopt a platform for the Texas delegation to Baltimore. An August convention would nominate state office candidates and two at large Congress members.
Rabbi Samuel Marks at Temple Beth El praised Abraham Lincoln in an eloquent encomium. He recounted Lincoln life hardships and his calm leadership during secession amid clamor for advice from western clergy. He cited Lincoln’s call for patience and focus on state’s weighty duties to keep the nation safe.
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