Society calendar packed with club meetings at the Gunter
San Antonio Dramatic Club in the pink room at the Gunter leads Monday social. Mu Nu Sigmas meet in The Dungeon of the Gunter. Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Ladies Aid at St. Luke's, Pew Women’s Club luncheon, Sorosis in the St. Anthony Oak Room, Phoenix Club in the pink room, and more. Council of Jewish Women gathers at 3 30 with Rabbi Cohen. Y M C A Women’s Auxiliary meets at 226 San Pedro. Prospect Hill Presbyterians, Pierian Study Club, and San Antonio Pen Women host luncheons at the Gunter. Ohio Society meets Tuesday at 8. Also notes on the Southern Association of College Women and Alfred Noyes event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Council of Jewish Women
Woman's Club
Rabbi Cohen
Galveston
Pen Women's Club
Frank Bell
Charles Edward Davis
J. Kendrick Collins
R. Darrington James
Sallie King Hopkins
Mary Fly
Harriet Ford
Sterling Robertson
Bettie Phillips
J. L. Watson
W. H. Vaughan
Southern Association of College Women
Lucile Bell
Association
Alfred Noyes
Gunter Ball Room
J. R. Spell
Nazimova Shines in War Brides Screen Version
Nazimova delivers vividly tragic performance in the Brenon directed film War Brides based on Marion Graig Wentworth play. Key scenes include a protest by women after a husband’s death and a dramatic suicide. Gertrude Berkeley also gives a moving turn as the mother. Selznick’s production emphasizes dramatic power.
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Alla Nazimova
Herbert Brenon
Marion Graig Wentworth
Palace Theater
Nazimova
Joan
Mrs. Wentworth
Mme
Nazimovia
Gertrude Berkeley
St Josephs Orphanage Dinner And Local Club Officers Elected
A social session closed a meeting about city needs for an auditorium to host grand operas and community concerts. Eighty six orphans from St Josephs were treated to a post Christmas dinner at the Catholic Woman's Club. Officers for the Ella Goodwyn Carter Philathea class were elected at Travis Park Methodist Church with Moline Miller as president and Rebecca Hightower as first vice president among others.
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St. Joseph's Orphanage
Catholic Woman's Club
Ella Goodwyn Carter
L. G. Swope
Olive Brackett
Jesse Nance
Rebecca Hightower
E. D. Love
Wittels Honor Second Wedding Anniversary With Dinner
Mr and Mrs J M Wittels entertained at a six course dinner Sunday at Mrs M Sadov sky home for their second wedding anniversary. Covers were laid for thirty with out of town guests Mr and Mrs H Goldberg of Dallas attending.
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J. M. Wittels
M. Sadovsky
H. Goldberg
Dallas
Swift & Co Beer Sales in San Antonio Week Ending Jan 6
Advertisement notes Swift & Company beer sales in San Antonio for the week ending Saturday January 6 with figures. A stray dialogue line suggests a question about asking Alice to sing and a remark about hearing her before.
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Swift & Company
San Antonio
Burglary and Theft Incidents Reported Over Weekend
Police logged more than a dozen burglary and theft cases from Saturday and Sunday nights with loot totaling several hundred dollars. Two cars were stolen then found abandoned. Suspects, including two Mexicans, linked to a clothing theft from J A Harris’s car on West Commerce Street. Jewelry stolen from J T Stringer’s shop. several break ins clustered near West Commerce and San Saba. A plate glass window broken at Zanow Moore. rooms entered with cash missing. various livestock and items stolen in separate incidents. Authorities recovered some goods in a raid near West Commerce and Pecos streets.
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J. A. Harris
West Commerce
Pecos
J. T. Stringer
West Commerce Street
San Saba
Zanow & Moore
Military Plaza
R. A. Roberts
Vincent Sanchez
Soledad Street
East Ashby Place
S. Engelking
North Flores Street
Cameron Street
San Pedro Avenue
James Dolan
Model Hotel
Alamo Plaza
Boy Shot Dead Near Kingsville in Tragic Accident
In Kingsville area a nine year old, son of F R Holzman, died after a shotgun discharge while two younger siblings aged three and five were left in their care. The parents, away on business, found the boy dead upon returning home. The 20 caliber shotgun caused the death. details from the younger children are unavailable.
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Kingsville
Tex
F. R. Holzman
Italian Press Hails Allied Leaders Conference Unity
Rome reports cordial Italian press reaction to the allied leaders conference. Emphasis centers on united action and firm resolution as the key outcome of the meeting.
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Rome
Paris
Nazimova Stars in War Brides at Broadway Theater
Nazimova appears in War Brides at the Broadway Theater, delivering a lifelike screen presence under director Herbert Brenon. The film, produced by Selznick Pictures, expands a vaudeville play into a wartime drama with strong supporting work by Gertrude Berkeley and other cast members. Ticket scalpers troubled Broadway crowds with loud pitches near the venue.
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Mme
Alla Nazimova
Mme. Nazimova
Herbert Brenon
Selznick Pictures
M.3
Marion Craig Wentworth
Nazimova
Joan
Brenon
Gertrude Berkeley
War Relief Funds Near Depletion Urges Wilson Appeal
Washington D C Jan 8 Americans are urged to refill the nearly empty European war relief fund of the American Red Cross in an open letter by Woodrow Wilson president of the Red Cross. The letter asks if the nation will let the organization continue its work or withdraw from a field of greatest need. It notes that from Aug 6 1914 to Sept 30 1916 the Red Cross received and disbursed 2144968 17 for European war relief with 1121766 25 for allied nations and 248669 48 for central nations.
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Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
The
Red Cross
Poultry Show Opens With Pens Filled in San Antonio
The sixth annual Lone Star Poultry Association show opens in San Antonio with nearly 700 cages filled. Judging begins Tuesday morning as entries must be shipped or entered by Monday night. Notable entries include white-faced Black Spanish by C C Leel and a pen of Light Brahmins, the largest chickens, with birds from the Mediterranean region developed in the U S.
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Lone Star Poultry Association
Main Avenue
Albert Steves Jr
G. G. Geyer
Manufacturers’ Club
C. C. Leel
Rhode Island
San Antonio
Poultry Show Draws Birds From Texarkana to Fort Worth
The exhibition features fowl types from chickens to ducks with weights up to 14 pounds. Entries come from Texarkana Dallas Fort Worth and southern Texas fanciers. The show runs daily this week and closes Sunday night.
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Texarkana
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas
Armored Escort Moves $179 Million Through Wall Street
On Sunday in New York a large transport escorted by heavily armed police moved $179 million, including $7 million in cash, through Wall Street. The funds were for the Metropolitan Trust Company as it relocated to new quarters.
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Wall Street
New York
Metropolitan Trust Company
Austrian Baron in Switzerland Under Watchful Eyes
Geneva dispatch reports Baron Agenor Goluchowski former Austrian minister spent weeks at Vevey Switzerland. Ostensibly visiting a Murat family member who left Austria since the war. real aim to learn Allied intentions and tendencies and report to Emperor Charles.
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Switzerland
Paris
Agenor Goluchowski
Vevy
Geneva
Matin
Murat
Austria
Charles
Dagger in the Back Prompts Back Pain Relief Ad
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily solution to backache. It claims historic Dutch origins since 1696, urges consumers to buy only GOLD MEDAL, and offers refunds if not helpful, with prices 25c 50c and 1.00.
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Haarlem
Holland
Netherlands
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Mu Nu Sigmas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
the Alamo
Edmund Haltom
Ladies' Aid Society of
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
B. D. Lindsey
Pew Women’s Club
Gunter
Sorosis Club
Oak Room
the St. Anthony
Phoenix Club
Woman's Auxiliary of
F. H. Kingsbury
Prospect Hill
Presbyterian Aid Society
I. D. McKee
Pierian Study Club
Ohio Society
Gunter Hotel
W. J. Law
Pasteur Institute
Cato
America
Abi
N. Y
Selznick
Alice
Boston Transcript
Empire
Kingsville Farm
Hertzberg
Houston
St. Mary's Ste
World
Broadway
Forty-second
Ballyhoo
Europe
May Murray
Hempstead Bentley
Lytle
Empire Theater
Mr. Hempstead Bentley
Southland
George Evans
ROYAL
Eden
Buffalo
Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Buffalo Jones
Buffalo Bill
W. F. Cody
Virginia Pearson
Keystone Triangle
Helen Holmes
Lumberland
BIG Double Country Store
Strand Theater
Manhattan Girls
Queen Theater
Francis Ford
Grace Cunard
Clara M’dowell
Matt and
Jeff
Helen Gipson
Amet Bseai
Iluc
Sorghum
Scott
Scott’s
Scott & Bowneybloomfield
N. J
Washington Star
Wildon
Drugeiste and Dental Supply
Corega Chemical Oe
Cleveland
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