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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
3
Frightful OCR provides a list of fruits vegetables and groceries with prices. Watermelons cantaloupes pears grapes green corn pumpkins onions cucumbers and more are priced per dozen, per pound, or per quart. Poultry items include broilers hens turkeys with quoted ranges. dairy items include butter cream cheese and eggs.
A chaotic roundup of notable names and events from July through winter, touching on Roosevelt’s hunts Peary’s pole trek Prohibition era anxieties a tax rate from Standard Oil a jewel loss by an actress and a rising building height amid a tariff panic and Wall Street shifts.
Mrs Bascom Bell hosted the seventh birthday of Miss Warner Brown at 429 Maycrick Street Calphiation with a lawn game, candy prize won by Miss Mary Nelson Johnson, and a meal featuring punch and a cake with white candles. Guests included Mrs W M Crethan and Miss Lankford entertaining visiting Arkansas ladies Loriie Mildred McLarkle and Lian Hudson.
Airs. HW Jarrett travels with Miss Cleve Jarrett and Miss Steve Ellison to Mouths in Denver for a short stay. Mrs. Alle Buell and Miss Reb Boug-Scott visit Coleman for a month with Buell’s daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winerich depart for Kersville for several weeks in the mountains. Mrs. Ler Reynolds hosts her sister Miss Lille Batley of Fort Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Ro S. Dilworth and Miss Kenton Jones visit San Antonio. Miss Maltic and Tin Mac iorey host a dance at the Grett home in Milnesville. Miss Mande Harr of San Antonio attends. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Witte plan a Triat to Angush with a New York stop, returning in October. Miss Trainor Brackenridge, in Boston for the Nations Federation of Women’s Clubs, remains north, praising Boston yet noting it was cool. Mrs. Perry Towis and children with Miss Celest Towis head to New York. summer in Canada follows, returning in September. Miss Nora Wittel leaves for Mexico to Wilt Meade. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shelly return from a trip to Rockport. Mrs. Chas. Tartan of Denison visits her father Don A. Dilgs.
A disjointed antique page fragment mixes a reflective prayer with casual domestic conversations. The text references a bank loan and a suggestion of family dialogue, including a child’s remark about keeping secrets from the mother and a daughter’s hint of potential marriage.
The readable lines describe a chaotic scene with names and actions but lack clear events or context. It mentions a byline, a boy, a Teneth town line, and a police element, but the meaning is obscured and no concrete outcome or location is established.
A late 19th century style column offers advice on seduction, self respect, and beauty routines. It counsels women to avoid risqué flattery, to remain sincere and true, and to pursue natural charm. It also reviews facial hair removal, skin care brushes, and tonics with cautions about effectiveness and timing. The piece blends lifestyle tips with moral tone.
A new drug Poslam claims rapid relief for eczema and other skin conditions. Previously sold in large jars, it now comes in a fifty cent size for small quantities, with distribution via San Antonio stores and direct from Emergency Laboratories in New York. Immediate care begins with first application and fuller cures in two weeks. Samples offered by mail to the laboratories.
The text offers dubious relationship guidance about women desiring men, paired with odd cosmetic and health tips. It weaves references to mistimed aphorisms, a jarred recipe for a “Yancake tenic” formula, and scattered musings on pleasure and aging. The mixed tone hints at an era's popular yet flawed domestic discourse.
A scattered collection of domestic how tos covers preserving apples by lye, lemon butter cake, jelly from spring flavors, lemon and jelly confection methods, and canning guidance. Additional notes advise on cornstarch batter, frying techniques, rhubarb with soda, tomato cleanup, fowl cleaning, and tenderizing beef with vinegar, all framed as old fashioned homemaking advice.
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