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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1941
Page
4
Philip Horton returns with the emerald necklace to Anne de Waesignac and is urged to rest, while Horton meets a menacing Meredith outside Nikki's flat. The scene builds fatigue and danger as the conspirators await dawn in a grim Park Lane setting.
In a tense Fiat scene Anne de Vassignac hides shock from a wound while Meredith exposes the plot behind the Sulangu necklace caper. He concludes Satsul, a Japanese ally, schemes to place Sulungu royalty on a throne, with Raoul’s immunity used as leverage.
Tips for hand care emphasize washing in heat, using rubber gloves with strong cleaners, and daily moisturising. Suggested practices include milky or semi liquid creams, weekly oil massages, and starting nail care at the nail base. Warning notes about deep blemishes from skin specialists and bleaching agents.
Secretary Perkins reported that living costs in larger cities increased six tenths of 1 per cent between November 15 and December 15, 1940. Food costs rose 14 per cent by December 15 and 24 per cent versus December 1939, with a sharp rise in the cost of coffee and several items such as vegetables, milk, flour, cured pork and lard, reflecting wartime shortages.
A misc tasting roundup of small bite treats and easy party foods with steps for cheese rolls mince meat puffs bran dumplings and a vintage Southland shortcake style dessert. Recipes include Old English cheese marmalade toast rolls midgets cores puff s and tangerine filled custard cake using simple pantry items.
Debutantes host a house party at the Marcípors ranch near Marquis in Coahuila Mexico. Miss Mollie McKellar leads as hostess honoring Misses Donnie Fraser and Maris Bleves with Jamie Maths Nesbit Boennie also listed among attendees. Delegates left San Antonio Friday morning for the weekend gathering returning Sunday evening. Additional invited include John H. Weed Noyes Evans Roy Smith Sanwhite Albert McDavid Rafael Joseffy Frank Davis and Dr Woody Palmer.
A reader asks about timing and formatting for birth announcements and gifts. Guidance covers how to address parents on cards, whether to include return addresses, naming after the father, opening gifts at receptions, and proper family etiquette in postnatal notices.
A crowded social scene in San Antonio highlights visitors and travel plans. Mary Hesaley departs for New York with sister Miss Trane Beasley and J M Beasley sailing February 15 for Puerto Rico and other Caribbean destinations, while others visit Eagle Pass, New Mexico, and tuples of weddings, teas, and club meetings fill the week.
Beatrice Fairfax counsels a reader on going steady and engagement timing while a Mothers' club plans a benefit card party at St. Anthony School auditorium. The note mentions an out of town engagement, a proposed formal announcement, and a fundraiser chaired by Reinhavkel, with several committee members listed.
Mrs Stewart Johnson hosted a morning gathering at her home to honor Miss Betty Peterton of Belfast Ireland who with her parents is visiting guests at the St Anthony hotel Mr and Mrs George McDowell announce the birth of a daughter Cathryn Ann on January 18 Mrs Collins formerly Low Carpenter is the maternal grandmother Mr and Mrs J Al Caretren ter and Mrs Clara Mr Collins listed among tenants seeking rooms or apartments via Light Want Ads in Class I- Mcations 105 to 11d.
Fort Bam Houston Officers Club hosts a reception from 4:90 to 2:30 p.m. Monday in honor of Dr. A. P Atout Dr. Walter A. Vanstor and Maj. B. F Gurley speakers for the Intermissions Postgraduate Medical Assembly. Miss Linden and Miss Dorothy Steves receive attention at the event with table decor featuring pale blue cloth and yellow blossoms. seventeen guests attend.
The piece portrays an artful, gossip laden tour through Terrell Hills and San Antonio society, describing Mrs. Pilon and friends with homes decorated in blue and pink papers, Mexico trips, and antique interests. It mentions wedding antics and a minister’s moment, hinting at a lively, if tangled, social milieu.
Saturday evening events include Dr and Mim Lee Rice hosting a party at their ranch near Baidera with town speakers attending a medical convention. Mr and Mrs Charles Koehler host an engagement party in Homer for Miss Dorothy Steves and her fiancé Lin Harwood.
The Bexar County Hunt planned hound departure at 2 a.m. Saturday weather permitting. After the hunt, Mr and Mrs Perry Bhankde hosted a 5 p.m. cocktail party at the Country Club for club members and their guests.
A mayoral figure Mary Maverice will speak at a junior chamber banquet in Conn Clinisth Antut night. The topic will be on national defense and related policy priorities.
Miss Raith Elephens hosted a Saturday morning coffee at her home to honor Miss Dorothy Steves, bride-to-be. Pastel spring flowers decorated, with Ed Steves, Jimmie Dick Angley, Mary Louise Tips, and Margaret Walk helping serve. Bridal party and a few intimate friends attended.
MILWAUKEE January 23. In District Court the accused was intoxicated and driving his automobile. One drunken driving charge was dismissed. The defendant's lawyer argued state law bans drunken driving on a public highway, while police described the driver as bumping down railroad tracks. Judge Harvey L. Neoler ruled the tracks form a private right of way.
Kansas City report notes Sheriff O. Fewell of Pettis County received a diamond studded badge in 1921 as a symbol of office. The 1920s party tradition linked badge to the sheriff seat, with Republicans breaking a long Democratic tenure by giving Fewell a simpler badge without the diamond.
Pattern notes state sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 for children and 18 inch doll. It lists yardages for fabrics including 145 yards of 30 inch and 86 inch for blouses. Refer to Pattern Department for Us pattern soma and the Batt Antonio Light Pattern Department. a 10 cent professional will bring the newest pattern book.
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