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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
6
Market list shows prices for watermelons cantaloupes peaches oranges lemons apples pears grapes and more. Vegetables include green corn beans squash tomatoes lettuce carrots garlic cabbage cucumbers onions okra and peppers with assorted per unit and per basket prices. Note: some OCR errors present in item names and figures.
A fragmented old page discusses beauty lore and self care tips, with references to reading and travel as education and figures like Nora and Philip hinted. The text also contains cosmetic and home remedy instructions such as hair tonics, foot care, skin foods, and mouthwash, all presented in a period style.
Society items list visitors and travels from Kerrville Quebec and Mexico to Saltillo and Cincinnati. Names include Miss Faith Larkin Miss Mayetta Smith Miss May Price Miss Virginia Maverick Miss Wheeler Miss Blair Mrs Alex Martin and others. Several families plan trips to New Orleans New York Canada Yellowstone Lake Superior and Mexico with homecomings and birthdays noted.
Colonel B. V. Lilly, a veteran trainer who joined President Roosevelt on a bear hunting expedition through Lavistama, departed this morning via the Southern Pacific for New Mexico after several days in San Antonio. Lilly, a lifelong bear hunter, remains in good health from constant outdoor life, arriving in Bay City, Texas, on Friday amid hunting chatter.
A fragment describes a trip to New Mexico with three hounds tended by a man in the express service. It mentions personal letters of recommendation from a president and an emphasis on values attributed to the traveler.
To Mr and Mrs Pat Euntit at Allen Street Ty 18 a girl To Mr and Mrs Sam Soakeus colored 434 Sherman Street July 18 two girls To Mr and Mrs H O Terrell 16 Mays Street July 18 a boy
A Times despatch from Tabris dated July 1% notes the town is in revolt with executions, Rabhin Khans horsemen withdraw, royalist control collapses, Teheran troops desert, and Rachin Khans chief executioner was slain publicly yesterday.
La Societe Francaise de Secours Mutuels San Antonio organized a Bastile anniversary event at Ware's Garden last evening with a Marseillaise opening. July 14 was celebrated Sunday afternoon with Alfred Lanner Ett Arnaud J Bousstman D Lieber J M Ousset and G Herrman overseeing a successful program. Flags of France and the United States intertwined decor adorned Muth's Garden as an orchestra played patriotic tunes and dancing featured at the pavilion.
The Central Anti Prohibition Club led by Fritz Ruosi staged stunts at Ben evolencia Tat last Saturday night. He praised candidates in English and Spanish, urged crowd action, and attacked the “Big Six” machine linking Bryan Callaghan and Coy. The piece calls for smashing the machine and notes Fritz’s theater of support for Bryan and other allies.
A Friday evening trolley ride organized by the Tutner league of Grace English Lutheran church drew a cheerful crowd. Among attendees were many youths and local names such as Aisaen Beck, Lana Peters, Stella Brown, Esther Smith, Gazella Ahr, Helen Piper, Serena Wrassm, Robert Kuploting sau Latha Joiner, Mes sie Armatron Hochs, G. Mueller, Chas Peters, M Wollhoefer, and Rey Pelger.
Reading shows a mangled local notice describing Mrs. Wo Bagwell and children at a hotel with unclear reference to Angeli Hy Short and lte. The garbled text mentions a person Tikit and a game, with stray phrases about paying freight and a prior walt style, suggesting a disrupted social or travel notice.
New York July 20 Cy Judge RB Pryor of the supreme court and ex Confederate official attended the 80th birthday of a Confederate veteran. A large Horary home desk held two bouquets as Pryor spends his days with flowers. Mrs Fryer is his companion. Pryor was once the youngest Confederate nomination figure at Hartio more in 1852.
The Icierates at the Texas Deutech Katholischer Staatsverband held in Castroville last week favored San Antonio for the 1909 convention. On Father Fuhrwerk of St Joseph churchs suggestion the event was awarded to Hollettsville and will be held in San Antonio in 1910 as part of a joint celebration with St Josephs society marking its twenty fifth anniversary.
Miss Nettie Nagle of Houston has recovered from appendicitis and went to Corpus Christi. Many locals and visitors, including J. E. Fitzgerald, W. McClurg, D. G. Reel, and others, plan trips to California, Washington, Utah, and Colorado. Several families travel to Corpus Christi or Mexico. typhoid fever concerns and assorted social calls are noted among residents and guests in San Antonio and nearby towns.
A Turns of the Western Throat Company heads for Austin and other towns on the TL after a busy tour meeting numerous merchants and presenting trade opportunities.
Marriage licenses listed for Juan Alahis and Emira Chaves, William Balzen and Tina Schaller, Alphonse Hbogl and Annis Rinne, Francisca Barrera Garan and Gregori Villareal, Ernesto Ramirez and Narcisa te le Garza. A drowning incident near El Paso is reported with a body not yet recovered while the Rio Grande is described as dry and a local baseball game played on the riverbed yesterday.
A recipe fragment describes scalloped salmon layered with crackers and butter baked until browned, plus a corn oyster and tomato entree. It mentions red salmon, crackers, butter, eggs, milk or ilk, and seasonings, with frying and baking steps in a kitchen.
An aged Des Moines resident vanished a sum of $1000 from the Adams Express Company office. The missing cash is reported as belonging to the man and investigators seek clues to recover it. Local authorities and the company officials are handling the case.
A damaged fragment reports one of three identical packages vanished after shipping. The currency packages were said to be consigned by a Des Moines bank to an outside addressee, with the remaining two delivering to the destination. The lost package was described as the last of notes from the Adams Express Company.
A man named Anthony Swabovila badly burned after a cigarette ignited hay wire at a hay rake in Mietara Texas on Saturday evening. His horses bolted into the blaze as the fire spread through the fodder area.
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