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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1911
Page
5
Katherine M. Joseph, editor, with office contact 176 and home 2862, is listed in a local newspaper notice. The item preserves her professional role and phone details without further context or dates.
Miss Annie Flannery hosts Philathea class from 5 to 7 at Pine Street home in Calender to entertain for Miss Leila Harris whose marriage is set for Tuesday.
Miss Willie Voigt hosted a Finding Out Club lawn party at Travis Park church with Mrs V A Godbey and others assisting. Guests included Louise Berry Maud Gresham Carrie Lee Gresham and many more. meals, games, and music followed the reception. The piece also notes regional visits by several residents and a silver medal contest at West End Methodist church won by Maida Davis with a reading about How Mrs Hennessey Saved Her Boy.
A church notice invites audiences to hear James H. Cole speak on whether death is an ally or adversary. The talk takes place Sunday July 9 at 3 p m at Woodman hall with free seating and no collection.
Seguin Texas July 8 Owen Reily appointed fire marshal under provisions of a new fire ordinance now in effect LeGuin reports the town has a well equipped fire department
A religious meeting invites attendance to hear J H Cole discuss death and the hereafter at Woodman Hall 117 North Aga Street on Sunday at 3 p m in July. The event frames the Bible versus heathen philosophy and promises divine revelation.
In Sulina Roumania on July 8 a boiler exploded during efforts to refloat the stranded river steamer Queens borough. Twelve people were killed and several others injured in the blast.
Governor McGovern signed legislation returning 25000 to United States Senator Stephenson who donated the sum to the state park board for naming a Door county park. The board adopted Stephenson park, while the legislature renamed it Peninsula park.
A home beauty remedy using Kulux Compound and witch hazel promises to whiten and smooth the neck and shoulders. One two ounce bottle mixed with quarter ounce witch hazel and water is claimed to give immediate, lasting results that resist perspiration and rubbing off.
A nineteen year old girl and a twenty one year old youth fall in love despite poverty and plan a rushed marriage. The piece contrasts romantic fantasy with parental warnings urging a one year delay to avoid ruin from debt and misaligned life skills. It argues for self restraint and family responsibility.
Sap Spends $50,000 at Yoakum. The S. A. & A. P. Railway company reportedly invested about $50,000 to construct a new switch yard near Yoakum’s passenger depot. West bound freight will switch in the new yard while north bound routes shift to the south yard.
A New York columnist notes Mrs. Andrew Allen hosting a wedding in her drawing room for Anna Anderson a trusted maid who served three years. The piece argues for honored service by mistresses and contrasts strict, generous domestic standards with other household inequities.
President Taft's message on Pure Food and Drugs law mentions prepared medicines but omits Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and Foley Kidney Pills. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has sold for over thirty years as a trusted remedy for coughs and throat and chest ailments in children and adults. Foley Kidney Pills are likewise praised for effectiveness and merit.
Riebe Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 E. Commerce with phone 341.
Multiple churches across San Antonio list Sunday services. Trinity and other churches announce sermons by their pastors and visiting speakers, Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and midweek prayer meetings. Catholic masses, music, and volunteer invites accompany the schedule.
A damaged OCR train schedule lists multiple numbered routes. It includes departures and origins such as Houston, Kerrville, Kerrville Sundays, El Paso, Cuero, Laredo, and coast towns, with times ranging from early morning to evening and notes on Sunday service and express options.
John M. Bradley, chief clerk of the Colorado Midland passenger dept, no longer needs an alarm clock after appendix surgery. He now wakes automatically at 5:00 each morning, noting the natural wakefulness starts two hours early but cannot sleep past five.
A Chicago man says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieves hay fever and summer colds. E M Stewart of 1034 Wolfram St. reports great relief and notes many others may benefit from his experience. The King Pattison Drug Co.
A July 4 wind and hailstorm in Lee county Alabama caused about 150000 dollars in damage per Captain Hays of the U S army after federal investigators tour. Over 500 people were affected and nearly all crops were destroyed with some impact reaching into Georgia though losses there are smaller.
A concise notice highlighting the Glass, Plain and Ornamental line from ED STEVES AND SONS. The brief item presents product types and the company name in a period-voice card style for archival reference.
The Eleventh Cavalry hosts a camp fire event at 8:30 pm beyond the infantry camp in the division area. Guests will see camp lights Chinese lanterns and greeks fire with a dance floor and two bands providing music. The regiment and its fourteen organizations will welcome friends and officers will assist to ensure a memorable gala in San Antonio.
Washington reports May 110,165 tons of print paper produced and 107,242 tons shipped, per American Paper & Pulp association data filed with the commissioner of corporations. Production ran at 4 percent of normal with other grades irregular. May output overall at 37 percent of the computed normal.
Chairman Stanley of the house steel trust investigating committee travels to Pittsburg to seek evidence on United States Steel Corporation. Hearings will resume to probe the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and whether meeting with Judge E. H. Gary and H. C. Frick influenced government action.
Professor H. A. Ivy of Dallas addressed residents in Yoakum on statewide prohibition arguing for the pro side. He spoke on deadly parity and dry county tax rates, urging support for restrictive measures.
WACO Texas July 8 Manager William Webb of the Texas Central announces daily fast freight service starting July 16. Trains will depart Waco at 4:00 A M and reach Rotan at 11:00 A M the same day covering 263 miles.
Sage tea has long been used to restore hair color, now marketed as Wyeths She Sulphur Hair Remedy. The product promises to darken dull or faded hair with a prepared formula and is sold by druggists for fifty cents, with a money back guarantee if it fails to perform.
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