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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
3
Readable social notes show dinner dansants hosted in San Antonio venues including the Menger and Gunther. Mentions invitees, evening hours, and refined supper dances as fashionable society events.
Miss Josephine Woodhull hosted a large Hawaiian tea at the St. Anthony on Friday afternoon with 120 guests including New York Cavalry officers. Attendees wore vivid gowns and roses. conversations moved from Spring Styles to Peace and other social topics over successive courses.
Advert reads Foley's Honey and Tar as a cough medicine that hastens relief from colds coughs and croup by reducing throat and bronchial inflammation loosening phlegm and easing breathing. Testimonial from W F Thomas Summerville Gr and A M Fischer endorses its efficacy.
A lengthy roster of residents and spouses from Bryan including James George Walker T P Mc Campbell J O Terrell Herbert Korkernot William Bonner A J Bell J M Kincaid A P Ford and others. The record also notes Jennie Kaufman A A Wilke W S Fly and several others such as Miss Lela Williams and Miss Allie Conway.
Visiting New York and Texas militiamen attended a grand Cavalry Frolic at the Empire. The event filled the ball room dining salon lobby and tea rooms with yellow cavalry blue infantry and red white and blue decor. A buffet supper followed at 11 o clock with a thousand guests including Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson officers and families.
The piece details richly dressed guests at a Baltimore social, including Miss Mary Aubrey and Miss Marguerite Pittinger. Mrs. Augustus Dugger hosted a large dancing gathering at the Gunter with hundreds present, and attire ranged from cloth of gold to satin and tulle. Attendees included Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Mulliken among others, with a hibiscus of orchids and violets as bouquets. The Cavalry Frolic and border dansant at the St. Anthony drew New York and Texas militia groups, culminating in a Menger dance night and visiting guests from Seguin and Utica.
Rev William Bertrand Stevens rector of St Ann s New York accepts call from St Marks Episcopal Church San Antonio and will preach first sermon the first Sunday in February. He will arrive with his family before that date and has not fixed the exact time of coming. Stevens is a highly educated native of Maine with degrees from Bates Columbia Cambridge Theological School New York University. Mrs Stevens is daughter of the late William E Bond of New York.
Mrs George Huntress entertained the San Jacinto Card Club Friday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs A E Schmidt Mrs W A Mell waine and Mrs George Huntress. Those present included Mesdames Albert Friedrich Gus Koch W A Mell waine Alex Uhl R Graves E W Oeffinger Jack Raybould A E Schmidt T Welker W H Schneers and H Wagner Jr.
Mrs. M. Summers offers a free home treatment for bed wetting and daytime urinary issues. She states spanking is ineffective and urges mothers to write for full instructions without sending money. The program also claims to help adults and the elderly with urine troubles.
A diary of church services lists Bible schools and morning and evening preaching at First Baptist Beacon Hill Pentecostal Calvary and other churches. Specific times include 9 45 a m Sunday school and 11 a m services with various youth and missionary activities scheduled through the week.
The San Antonio class of the Associated Bible Students will gather at the Modern Woodmen hall on North Flores for a Sunday funday with three services. Sam Williams will discourse on The Divine Plan at 8 p.m. A Bible study is set for 4 15 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. Tuesday features prayer praise and testimony.
St Mary's Church lists daily and Sunday masses with multiple Sunday times and special services for visitors. San Fernando Cathedral notes bilingual high mass and St Vincent de Paul meeting at 2:30 PM, plus sodality and catechism events. St Joseph's Church includes Sunday and weekday masses with a St Aloysius Society holy communion event on January 21 and instruction sessions.
Government Hill Christian Church at New Braunfels avenue and Mason street offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m led by J C Bell with Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Ladies Aid meets Monday at 3 p m Central Christian Church at Martin and San Pedro avenues with Rev Hugh McLellan preaching at all services Shriners attend the evening service Shrine band will give a sacred concert Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 p m Prospect Hill at West Travis and North Sabinas streets lists Bible school 9 30 a m Community service 10 45 a m and Christian Endeavor at 7 15 p m.
First Church of Christ Scientist avenues D and Fifth street presents Sunday services at 11 4 p m and 8 p m with the subject Life The evening service repeats the morning service Sunday school starts at 9 30 a m A testimonial meeting is held Wednesday at 8 p m
The San Antonio branch of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion led by John A. Lewis meets Sundays in Red Man’s Hall at 112% Sol edad Street at 3 p.m. and Wednesdays at 425 East Guenther Street for divine healing at 3 p.m. and a prayer meeting at 8 p.m. with evangelist N. E. Green in charge.
Sabbath school at 9 30 a m and 11 a m with sermon titled Unconscious Loss of Power by the pastor. Evening services at 6 20 p m Young People Society on The Young Man and His Church. Prayer at 7 30 p m in Sunday school room and evangelistic service at 7 45 p m led by Rev H B Wallin. Thursday prayer meeting.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance at 526 Matagorda Street holds Sunday school at 2 30 p m Sunday preaching at 3 30 p m on the topic Adoption Tuesday prayer meeting at 7 p m and Thursday Bible class at 2 30 p m with a lesson from Matthew xx
Pastor G M Rance leads Bible study at 10 a.m with the morning sermon on The Arka Type of the Church at 11 a.m. Communion follows. Evening service at 7:30 p.m features The Life of Enoch. Located at 3432 South Flores Street.
Central Congregational Church at 822 East Houston hosts Sunday school at 10 a m with a sermon titled The Test of Character for one of the ten virgins. Pastor Rev Charles Albert Riley will read the pioneer story The Man With a Wagon and a Will during the hour.
Christ Church Laurel Heights Holy communion at 7 30 a m Sunday school 9 30 a m morning prayer and sermon 11 a m St Marks Episcopal Travis Park Third Sunday after Epiphany Holy communion 7 30 a m Sunday school 9 36 a m morning prayer and sermon 11 a m evening prayer and sermon 8 p m Chaplain Ferguson will lead the 11 o clock service The evening union service features Rt Rev Thurston bishop of eastern Oklahoma speaking for clergy pension fund Friday St Pauls Grayson and Willow Holy communion 10 a m Rev Frederick C Price Jr rector Sunday school 9 30 a m Holy communion 11 a m morning prayer litany and sermon 11 a m evening service omitted in favor of union service at St Marks Church 8 p m Bishop Thurston will speak St Lukes West Houston and Chupa
Evangelical Friedens Church at Main and Elmira offers Sunday school at 9 15 a m service at 10 30 a m Young People Society at 7 p m English service at 8 p m An annual church meeting follows morning service and a Sunday school teachers meeting is listed Friday evening First Evangelical at Nolan and Muncey provides Sabbath school at 9 30 a m classes for all ages Morning worship with a sermon at 10 30 a m Y P A services at 7 15 p m and a sermon at 7 45 p m Young People prayer meeting at 7 45 p m Congregational prayer Tuesday evening and midweek prayer Wednesday at 7 40 p m F Ss Erne is listed as pastor.
St John s on South Presa and Nueva streets holds Sunday school in German and English at 9 30 a m with morning and evening services. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church at Avenue E and Fifth offers sermons on The Christian Getting the Upper Hand and The Endings of Life s Earthly Day with catechism classes and Luther League activities. St Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church at South Presa and Roseborough conducts Sunday school at 9 30 a m with German morning service at 11 30 and English at 8 p m.
San Marcos Street German Methodist Church led by D G Hardt offers Sunday school at 9 46 morning English preaching at 11 and 7 30 with Epworth League at 6 30. Other churches listed include Aurel Heights College Park Travis Park Prospect Hill and more with varied service times and league meetings.
A page of Presbyterian notes lists multiple churches with pastors and service times. Madison Square and other parishes announce Sunday worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. alongside sabbath school, prayer meetings, and society gatherings in their new parish houses and church parlors.
Theosophical Society meeting at headquarters 320ue C on Sunday at 1:15 p.m. features Mrs Weatherhead presenting The error of Theosophy, followed by The Inner Life class. Lectures also planned at W O W hall East Houston Street at 8:00 p.m. by Mrs Harriet Tuttle Bartlett replacing avalanches talks.
The San Antonio Society of the Church of the New Jerusalem holds service at 11 a m Sunday at 201 Camden Street also known as the Women’s Club. Rev G G Pulsforah preaches the second sermon in the current course on “Progression” from Amos 5 12. The holy supper will follow the sermon.
The Unitarian Church announces Rev. George H. Badger will preach at 11 a m in the Gunter hotel ballroom. Tomorrow's topic: The Religion of Kennedy’s The Servant in the House, the third in the five drama series on religious values.
United Progressive Souls will hold regular services Sunday at 8 p.m. in Houston street. Mrs Louise E Brown lecturer and others featured.
J E Coen to be ordained deacon at Pegues Memorial Baptist Church at 7 30 Sunday evening with Dr J W Dickinson preaching. Shriners attend Central Christian Church. Shrine band to perform a sacred concert amid revival meetings by Mrs Bessie Williams and Mrs T L Mulanax on Porter and South Pine streets continuing another week.
A district in Eastern Oklahoma sponsors a fundraising drive for a $5,000,000 Episcopal pension endowment. Bishop candidates will speak at St Mark's church Sunday evening, with services at Christ's church Sunday morning and a Monday luncheon at the Gunter hotel. Four million already pledged, one million needed by March 1 to avoid loss, St Mark's pledges $5,000.
Acting on a Senate resolution, John D. Mc Call releases a complete list of Texas penitentiary claims totaling 670 242 25. The Prison Commission notes 624 186 85 in bills payable and notes and 46 055 40 in open accounts. The document is sent to the Senate finance committee for audit.
The Madison Square Presbyterian Church will use its new parish house for the first time this Sunday as the Sunday school meets there. The dedication is set for Sunday January 28 followed by Jubilee Week programs each evening. Delays in furniture shipments caused the opening postponement. now the building is ready for immediate use.
Patent medicine advertisement touts Coldine Tablets for colds la grippe and constipation without quinine. Mentions a 26 cent price and distribution by druggists with an advertisement emphasis.
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