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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1909
Page
20
Independence resident Tony Williams is noted for admiring the Texas battleship in 1892 alongside Norfolk festivities. The piece catalogs varied social events including banquets, musicales, box parties, and recitals across Washington Annapolis Fort Sam Houston and New York hosts, with many attendees named.
Local women groups announce a busy slate from a Self Culture club gathering at 3000 West Commerce Street to a Shakespeare class at the Woman's Club, with meetings of Miriam Rebekah lodge, Alano Hive, and the Washington’s Birthday programs. A colonial tea fundraiser at Bonham School and a Grand Army Women’s reception are also planned.
Mrs J E Winters of Alkemyer's, returning from eastern markets, promotes the new spring millinery line at Alkemyer's. She notes the store, now owned by Mr and Mrs Winters, will carry the largest and most handsome millinery and ladies apparel for the season. Announcements will appear in The Light.
The Light's Daily Fashion notes a craze for semi barbaric jewelry, with many women spending thousands on gems. A La Valliere rhinestone necklace featuring pearls and diamonds, mounted on silver bands, attracts particular admiration for its dainty charm and delicate design.
A garbled recipe snippet lists steps for a pepper based sauce with garlic and wine, thickened with flour and milk, then mixed with chopped cooked meat served on lettuce with a border of frijotes. It also references bread and cakes with measurements for flour, molasses, milk, and soda, plus a Madeira cake method and roast meat dressing with apples.
A fragmented 19th century style column discusses female beauty and conduct, contrasting vocal gentility with loud speech, and offering home remedies for skin and hair. It includes cautions on maturation, gender roles, and suggests hair and skincare routines, plus dietary tips and vague medical claims.
A scrambled list of vegetable fruits and other goods with prices per pound or unit. Items include tomatoes, onions, pumpkins, okra, potatoes, citrus, apples, grapes, oranges, tangerines, lemons, dates, fish and oysters, poultry, eggs, and cheese. Many spellings and quantities are inconsistent due to OCR, but price points and some item names are identifiable.
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