Y W C A Conference to Open in San Antonio Friday
The YWCA Southwestern field conference for South Central and West Texas and New Mexico opens Friday in San Antonio, part of the jubilee month for the organization's 50th anniversary. Delegates from Austin San Marcos Georgetown and Taylor total about 100 with events through Sunday at Travis Park Methodist Church.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
South-Central
West Texas
New Mexico
San Antonio
Southwest
Ern
United States
Travis Park Methodist Church
Eliza Rhees Ettler
New York
National Board
Marguerite Stuart
Southwestern
Mildred Corbett
Mabel K. Stafford
Southwestern Field
Abbie Graham
Austin
San Marcos
Georgetown
Taylor
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Texas
Houston
Young Women's Christian Association
John M. Hanna
Eliza Rheeg Butler
Helen A. Davis
Iron tonic promises 200 percent strength gain in ten days
Health claim from Dr E Sauer touts Nuxated Iron as curing nervous weakness stomach and digestion troubles by correcting iron deficiency. Test by two five grain tablets three times daily for two weeks then retest strength. manufacturers offer $100 to charities if iron fails to raise strength and money back if strength does not double in ten days.
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New York
N. Y
E. Sauer
Ths City
H. L. Wagner
Wives as barbers in Brownsville church debt drive
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church Brownsville plans a self funding campaign to pay a church debt. Between now and July 1 several wives will act as barbers or barberesses earning money, with each pledging two dollars.
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Brownsville
Tex
Woman's Missionary Society
First Methodist Church of
Paper Mills Operate Near Capacity Amid Famine Fears
In New York on February 17 the American Paper and Pulp Association delegates report mills working full tilt with many turning away orders. Rising raw material and labor costs squeeze profits while Hastings of the American Writing Paper Company warns of the greatest general paper famine in history.
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New York
United States
American Paper & Pulp Association
Arthur C. Hastings
American Writing Paper Company
Comparative study of ancient profanity by a golf season
A Richmond Times Dispatch note records a bantering exchange about golf and a playful claim of pursuing a comparative study of profanity used by Romans Greeks and Egyptians.
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Gruggs
Stubbs
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Trains From Piedras Negras To Mexico City Begin
Through Mexican lines start passenger service from Piedras Negras to Mexico City with sleeping cars. Trains depart Piedras Negras at 7 p m Mexican time, connecting at Eagle Pass with Southern Pacific. Through tickets to Mexico points not sold in the U S. buy in Piedras Negras. Typhus quarantine still enforced.
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Piedras Negras
Mexico City
A. R. Atkinson
Mexico
United States
Eagle Pass
Southern Pacific
Republic
Domestic Science and Pure Food Exhibit Set at The Light
The Light proudly announces its original annual Domestic Science and Pure Food Exhibit. Mrs. Jean Prescott Adams of Chicago will lead daily lectures and demonstrations February 28 through March 4. A prize baking contest closes the lectures, with many national food manufacturers exhibiting at the Food Show. Admission to lectures and exhibits is free with a Light coupon or via ticket from local grocers and suppliers.
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Jean Prescott Adams
Chicago
America
San Antonio
Story Teller Brings Free School Readings to Children
Richard Thomas Wyche known as The Story Teller presented folklore and Uncle Remus tales to second and third grade pupils in the Carnegie Library auditorium on Thursday. He will perform Odyssey for fourth to sixth graders Friday afternoon at the library. The library directors also announce a lecture on Southern Spain by Miss Lilia Casis of the University of Texas on Thursday evening February 24 with slides. Dr. Stockton Axson’s nineteenth century novel lectures will not occur in San Antonio this week with the final two lectures Stevenson and Kipling postponed to a later date.
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Richard Thomas Wyche
Remus
Gtades
Carnegie Library
Miss Casis
Spain
Stockton Axson
San Antonio
Stevenson
Kipling
Burks Case Dismissed After Bandit Killing Report
A report to County Criminal Judge Nelson Lytle states E. I. Burks, charged with negligent homicide for a July 21, 1913 automobile death of Henry McNeely, was killed by bandits in Mexico months earlier. The dismissal ceased when filed Thursday, per County Commissioner J. K. Lamm, Burks’ appearance bond holder.
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Nelson Lytle
E. IL. Burks
Mexico
J. K. Lamm
Burks
Henry McNeely
Lamm
Nearing the Tamarind? Daughter’s Luxuries Sought by Father
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt captures a tense exchange where a father pleads to provide his daughter with the little luxuries she’s grown used to, while a lover hints at a final extension of their arrangement after over a year.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Edge On. Black- What’s the matter with this champagne glass
Edge on. Black discerns a flaw in a champagne glass while Williams notes a perfect edge on a purple cow.
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Black
Smith
Williams
Remarkable Pinex cough syrup pasteurized remedy
The ad promotes a homemade Pinex Syrup using 2 1/2 ounces Pinex with plain sugar syrup to treat dry hoarse or painful coughs. It claims fast relief within 24 hours, low cost, and a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co Fort Wayne. It notes Pinex as Norway pine extract rich in guaiacol and useful for bronchitis and winter coughs.
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Pinto
The
Pinex Co
Fort Wayne
Baking Contests at Light's Annual Cooking School
The Baking Contests for adults will be held Saturday afternoon March 4 with four divisions layer cakes loaf cakes doughnuts and pies. Grand prizes average $50.00. Entry information available with Mrs Adams during the first two days of the Cooking School. Entries must be in by Thursday March 2. Last year over eight hundred entrants. more expected this year. Pastry entries will be auctioned for charity after awards on March 4.
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Fireat
San Antonio
Adams
Advertising Opportunity for San Antonio Housewives
The Light offers the best chance to present goods to San Antonio housewives with reservations for advertising space and exhibit booths. Call the Advertising Department and a representative will explain details.
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Housewives of
San Antonio
Advertising Department of
the Light
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