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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1917
Page
12
Several hundred housewives attend the opening session at Beethoven Hall as Mrs Kate Brew Vaughn announces a Wednesday demonstration for a formal dinner attracting broad public interest.
Several hundred house wives attended the opening session at Beethoven hall on Monday afternoon. The crowd expressed strong interest and declared their intention to attend future meetings and participate in classes on home economics topics.
An old fashioned ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. The copy warns calomel is mercurial and harmful, promising that Liver Tone cleanses the liver, prevents biliousness and headaches, and won’t cause salivation. It asserts effectiveness with a money-back line from the druggist.
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn heads a San Antonio Light cooking school week presenting demonstrations on menus and meals. She links food choices to community morals and urges careful budgeting and hygienic living for rising homemakers.
A reader essay argues that childlessness strains marriage and increases separations and divorces. It suggests the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for wives unable to bear children to reduce childless homes.
Celebrations planned for February 19 and 20 feature a daytime masque and street merriment with a Brilliant King K. K. K. parade at night. February 20 offers open air events for children, with maskers on streets and a night bar masque, promising nonstop fun.
Tickets go on sale February 19 with a return deadline of February 22. The notice lists no event details, prices, or venue in the readable text.
A collection of homey dishes including Southern Spoon Bread, Date Muffins, Marshmallow Pudding, and Tutti Frutti Tapioca with step by step ingredients and cooking notes. The collection emphasizes substitutions and simple methods for convalescents and family meals.
Three women attended The Light's free cooking school Monday afternoon. The session covered basic techniques and kitchen safety as part of the community education program.
Patrolman John Stonebreaker was instantly killed and Howard Burke chief of police was seriously wounded in a gunfight at a Salina rooming house. Officers went to arrest two men who escaped after the shooting.
Members of the National Association of Builders' Exchanges gather in Atlanta for the sixth annual convention. John Trainor of Baltimore delivers the annual address and speakers include John Lawrence Maurin of St. Louis, AIA president, with H. L. Lewman of Louisville also on the program. Delegates will tour nearby points of interest after sessions through Thursday.
The second week of the home economic campaign in Bexar County saw the organization of girls canning clubs at Brackenridge High School China Grove school and the St Hedwig school. Senior and junior officers were elected at Brackenridge with Verra McElwee as president and Ollie Ferrell as president of the junior club. China Grove elected Erna Harless as president Bertha Joes as vice president and Elenor Bing as secretary. St Hedwig organized with Elenore Wagerner as president Myrtle Woerner as vice president Alma Wesch as treasurer and Mary Prosek as press reporter.
A vintage remedy touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for colds and grippe. It claims to clear nasal passages, stop discharge, ease headache feverishness and throat soreness with doses every two hours, costing 25 cents at drug stores and offering immediate relief.
The Uncle Sam Oil Company seeks $200000 to acquire properties and expand drilling to at least twenty locations. It touts eleven years in Kansas Oklahoma and Kansas City operations with 14 new drills, 1200-barrel refineries, 2100 acres of ownership and 22,000 stockholders. Investors urged to act before oil reaches $4 per barrel with a promoter’s profit offer and charter details mailed for ten cents.
Educational board session in Austin postponed at the governor's request. Monthly meeting of the State Board of Education was to be held in February but was delayed.
A meeting was defied and will be held within the next day or two. An apparatus has been invented to provide electric light baths while lying down.
An old classified-style notice urges readers to mail a cut-out with five cents to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Compound, Kidney Pills, Cathartic Tablets, and related products. It lists ailments and promises cure options, with a return address and advertiser A. M. Fischer.
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