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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
5
Mr and Mrs J M Swindler hosted an eight course dinner at their home on Young Street to honor daughter Geneva Swindler. Guests included Gladys Lee May Holmes Pat OShaughnessy and Owen Robnett with several dames and Misses attending. The cake cutting produced tokens for Gertrude Kelley Ernest Lamm Lester Allen and Frank Chaffin.
George Holmes and Vernon Patterson join Fred Ehlers, George Beitel, Garry Hardman, Lester Allen, Ernest Lamm, Frank Chaffin, and Edgar Swindler as the hosts prepare for a regional event.
Excellent prizes to be awarded at baking contest during the fair under the San Antonio Light. Feb 28 to Mar 4 incl. A Light Want Ad will find it.
Attendees attend the San Antonio Light Food Fair and Cooking School running February 28 through March 4. Local organizers invite the public to explore culinary demonstrations and tastings during the event.
Mr and Mrs John Arnold entertained at their Leopold street home Sunday afternoon for their twentieth anniversary. The house was decorated with plants and flowers. Games music and kodaking were enjoyed. Guests presented a set of Haviland china to the hosts. An elaborate dinner was served at six o clock.
Miss Bertha Berliner will be at home from 4 to 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at her Carmargo Street residence for callers and well wishers.
A. H. Francis of Zenith Kansas reports a severe back pain improved after using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad promotes these safe pills for kidney weakness and bladder sleep disturbances, available through A. M. Fischer, a local druggist.
In Society column Tuesday night events include the marriage of David Stanley Cassin to Miss Caroline Gresham at 8 at the bride’s aunt Mrs. John H. James’s home 602 Cameron Street. Other gatherings feature Norcal Chittim Willard Berman and Russell Hill hosting at the Country Club for Amanda Guenther and William Church. plus a George Washington dinner dance by Automobile Club and more social fêtes across town.
Our Reading Club hosts a 3 30 program in Carnegie Hall. Music department of the Woman s Club at 3 30. Mrs T E Barnes and Mrs T H Homburg entertain the Missionary Society of Prospect Hill Methodist Church from 3 to 6 at Mrs Homburg s home 1020 Buena Vista St. Hebrew Ladies Relief Society meets 2 30 with Mrs Max Karotkin 310 Arsenal St. San Pedro Circle of Travis Park Methodist Church meets at 3 with Mrs H C Holmes 423 West Craig Place. Young people of all ages meet at 4 at Elks hall to practice for Fiesta Breado Pierian Study Club meets in the afternoon with Mrs J D Allen.
Mrs John Hurst held a patriotic luncheon at the Travis Club in honor of Miss Blanche von Seelen Sundt of Galveston. Central decor featured cannons and cannons balls with flags, tents, soldiers, stacked guns, red hatchet place cards, and corsage favors of cherrits. Attendees included Miss von Seelen Sundt and a list of social ladies and gentlemen.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Evangelical Church will meet at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Mrs. T. A. Hull at 1008 Nolan Street.
The Mark Twain Club of the high school entertained members of the February 1916 class at a Boston tea party held Saturday afternoon at Mrs. J. H. Kirkpatrick's home. Honor guests Miss Fannie Belle Levinson and Miss Mildred Seele received keepsakes. 35 members attended.
Miss Lottie Jean Steele comes back from the University of Texas to spend the Washington birthday holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Steele.
Lieutenant and Mrs Charles R. Mayo entertained with a riding party followed by tea at their quarters on Fort Sam Houston Monday afternoon. Guests included Misses Marguerite Heard Catherine Winn Mary Comstock and Lieutenants Harris Magruder Wallace Heard and Conklin.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the engagement and upcoming wedding of Miss Carolyn Tom Peniston daughter of Mr and Mrs T J Peniston to Benjamin Other Smith Jr The ceremony is set for March 7 at St Andrews Parish Church with a large bridal party A luncheon hosted by Mrs Herman B Church at River Crest Country Club featured pink and violet decorations the wedding colors and plans generate statewide interest.
Mrs Eli Hertzberg and other music lovers gather for a symphony day at the Menger next Tuesday evening. Mrs Mamie Reynolds Dennison, president of the B Minor Musical Club, hosts the Sinn Fein Ceilid from 4 to 6 pm at the St Anthony. A skating party at the Soledad rink will feature Mrs A W Seeligson.
The chairman of arrangements and Mesdames 8S with D Barr W P Rote A C Pancoast Roy Campbell G A Stowers B F Kingsley Claude V Birkhead Sam C Bell Albert Steves Jr and H Lee Ransom as assistants announce an exhibition skating event with prizes for best single skater best skating by a couple best fancy skating and best skating by a married couple A polo game will also be arranged for the day.
Mr and Mrs Harry Drought hosted a box party at the Majestic venue then a buffet supper at River Avenue home Monday night honoring Miss Amanda Guenther and William Church.
The program lists guests for the Tuesday evening event including Mr and Mrs Frank Winerich Mr and Mrs Ned MelIlhenny Mr and Mrs J Newton Lott Dr and Mrs Paul M Peck Mr and Mrs J M Capt Mr and Mrs Edwin H Witte Mr and Mrs A G Beckmann Mr and Mrs Charles Tips Mr and Mrs Victor Keller Miss Edith Leslie Walter McComb Manuel Arguesso Mrs M J Arnold and others.
Mr and Mrs Nat M Washer hosted a reception at the Majestic with guests including Mr and Mrs R L Ball Judge and Mrs W B Fly Mr and Mrs Aaron Pancoast Judge and Mrs A W Seeligson Mr and Mrs J E Jarratt Mr and Mrs D K Furnish Mr and Mrs Nat Goldsmith all in attendance.
Mrs. James Hobbs and Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs Jr. with family return to Idaho after visiting Mr and Mrs. W. W. Hall.
The ladies of the staff held an at home afternoon Monday at Mrs. Sterling Price Adams quarters. Guests receiving included Mesdames Funston Parker Scott Bundy Crosby Barnum Marquart Clark Winn and Rogers. A musical program featured Miss Hazel Hutchins violin solos and Charles Cameron Bell vocal numbers.
Mrs Sigismund Engelking and Miss Mary James hosted a buffet supper after the rehearsal for the Cassin-Gresham wedding Monday night. Guests included bridal party members and relatives.
Mrs Thomas Henry Flannery plans a luncheon at the Wolff and Marx tea room on Thursday to honor her sister Mrs Annie Oge Bertrand. After the meal she will entertain at the Majestic.
Mr and Mrs Albert Steves hosted a Monday evening supper dance at the Gunter Hotel in honor of their debutante daughter Miss Edna Steves. The ball room gleamed with white and gold, palms, ferns and bay trees, while the east dining room served as a drawing room with festive arrangements.
An Oriental rug filled salon hosted a refined intermission scene with Mr. and Mrs. Steves, their daughter Mrs. Ganahl Walker, and the honored guest. Attendees include Miss Marguerite Heard and dozens of debutantes, while gowns feature white silk marquisette and pale green taffeta. Supper tables boasted cherry trees and red white blue ribbons as silk flags and cherry boutonnières were favors.
Special for Wednesday Best hams 19 cents Picnic hams 14 cents Breakfast bacon 22 cents Best creamery butter 8 cents Best guaranteed yard eggs 25 cents a dozen cash We are the lowest Nichols Gro. Co. Ph Cr 61 207 Ave C
Mrs Jean Prescott Adams delivers a lecture at the San Antonio Light Food Fair and Cooking School held at the cor North Flores and Houston Streets. The event promotes culinary demonstrations and cooking techniques for the public.
Amusements include vaudeville at Dunbar Salon Singers and other acts. Film attractions feature the Grand motion pictures. Jane Grey stars in Let Katy Do.
Mrs R Crossley of Antlers Oklahoma traces severe kidney trouble to twelve years of good health after using Kilmer Swamp Root. She describes months of fatigue loss of appetite and sleepless nights. She wrote to the Kilmer company received a sample and then purchased more Swamp Root with lasting relief and restoration. Notary Ed Brown attested to the statement on March 1 1915.
Letter from Dr Kilmer and Co invites readers to obtain a sample bottle of Swamp Root by sending ten cents to Binghamton New York. It promises a booklet with information about kidneys and bladder and notes availability of regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
The Majestic stage presents one of the season’s best bills with the pantomime Sur geon Louder U S A featuring Inhoff Cohn and Coriene. Pekin Mystery showcases deft Chinese sleight of hand. Also highlighted are the Dunbar Salon Singers and Allen and Fanny Steadman in a cabaret skit with singing and piano.
Weig announces Tuesday and Wednesday showings of Triangle pictures headlined by Let Katy Do It. Jane Grey stars with a Griffith cast in a melodrama about Katy Standish, a New England foster mother who raises seven children after tragedy, including a mine visit in Mexico and Mexican bandit action.
Oliver praises the brave children who fend off attackers until aid arrives. Katy and Oliver reconcile and settle with the flock in the states. Sam Bernard the Broadway star appears in the Keystone comedy The Great Pearl Tangle.
Dramatic adaptation from Hichens novel features Edyth Latimer as Domini Enfilden and William Jaffrey as Boris with Mary Anderson de Navarro assisting. Critics praise restrained feminine casting and strong performances. Special revolving stage to be used. additional matinee Friday.
A fragment notes a forthcoming trial and mentions rising health indicators as a sign of broader concern. The text hints at public attention and possible legal action, with no clear names or dates provided.
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