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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1909
Page
9
Prices of vegetables and fruits listed with unit prices for items like tomatoes two for 10 cents and lettuce five cents. Also includes fish oysters poultry and meat prices such as crackle items and various four item bundles.
Society column reports Laura Blocker visiting in Austin attending Daughters of the Republic and Daughters of the Confederacy reception for General Tom Green relatives. Various clubs meet with readings, colonial costumes, and receptions. Miss Kate Allen honored with luncheon. high school graduates noted. numerous social entertainments described with hosts, guests, and theme details.
A Rockland Maine resident credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing years of back and side pain after many doctors. The testimonial claims the remedy reaches the root of female weakness and promotes lasting health, with Mrs Pinkham inviting women to write for advice at no charge.
A dinner in Fort Worth honored by a coterie of well known members featured G Dulling and several guests. The Jewish Literary club plans a Regent march gathering with an excellent program and announced prizes for a masque to be held March 7 at the club rooms.
A garbled report warns that sand in plumbing can damage joints and screw threads. It describes sandy grit near a pine area and advises careful handling of pipes to prevent wear from tiny particles entering the system.
To clean a sponge, first rinse it in warm water several times, then wash in cold water, and dry thoroughly before using.
A fragmented period piece blends advice on marital harmony, dress trends, fame, and self care. It references domestic abuse, modest fashion, vanity, and beauty remedies with stray lines about dental health and cosmetic treatments from a printed reader.
A list of marriage licenses shows Robert G. Chatbers and Altere Nuke, Me Th fledwood Jr and Marga Passar, additional couples including Tantaly and Mamsie Tow, Archie Plannbeok and Clemmine Neares, Miguel Gurevee and Juanita Vance, and others such as W R Forbes with Ivy, J Christopher with Mrs Be Lowallyn, and Arthur Mack with Haga ba Roche.
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as willow charcoal with honey to neutralize bad breath from onions liquor and decay. Claims include freeing breath by reducing gases and aiding digestion, with mentions of cleansing the stomach liver and blood. The pitch offers a trial pack by cash on delivery from Marshall Michigan.
A Detroit area report notes Mrs. Foote, wife of Mr. Thomas W. Foote, earning master’s papers on the Great Lakes to command a vessel. She is poised to captain a big yacht and later serve as chief engineer, joining the small list of women with such credentials.
Mud stains lift with a weak ammonia and water rinse after dry removal. For colored fabrics use a bicarbonate of soda sponge. washing tips urge thorough soap, scrubbing, and longer lasting clothes. Make a kitchen apron with eight inch deep hem to extend wear. K Aycock, Jr. at San Angelo is registered at the Southern hotel.
A garbled collection of dish ideas and cooking instructions mentions roasting meat, making gravy, salmon and pess, oatmeal stuffing, ham and banana desserts, turkey or chicken stuffing, a chicken pie, and a note about P. Howard and his Houston wife visiting the city. The text reads like a fragmentary domestic guide with uncertain spellings and ingredients, capturing era kitchen practices and casual regional references.
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