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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
7
Proposes that hotel dining rooms should avoid loud music and showy art. Describes the rise of music at meals, a Mansfield protest, and argues music needs a suitable atmosphere and audience. Ends with note on quiet dining and reading.
A brief Baltimore American snippet shows a sharp exchange between a man and a woman. The man asserts dominance while the woman counters with a promise about worldly goods, phrased as a witty domestic exchange. The item reflects a light, tongue in cheek social vignette.
Summer beauty tips advise avoiding sunburn and greasy summer foods while suggesting a zinc ointment for skin eruptions. The piece promotes facial care routines including hot-water cloths, glycerine rose-water lotion, complexion brushes when healed, and a milk or jelly facial wash using fruit seeds and benzoin for sun-exposed skin.
Rumors say several candidates seek to replace J F Carl as assistant district attorney. Clint G Brown who becomes D A for Bexar County December 1 is urged to gain prep work first. Named contenders include Haltom Groesbeck and G C Brown. J Ed Wilkens backs the governor's campaign and may join the field. M Riebe Undertaking Co. provides auto ambulance service at 221 E Com Phone 341.
W. B. Yeary president of the Texas Cotton Growers association is expected to arrive from Farmersville to aid the Travis county branch of the Southern States Cotton corporation. The local group nears finalizing warehouses in Austin to store cotton, avoiding new construction. The move aims to bring about 30,000 bales of cotton to Austin annually with support from the Austin Business league.
John M. Parker, longtime Louisiana political figure, confirms confidence in Colonel Roosevelt's support for a platform plank calling for federal aid to solve flood and navigation issues along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers.
Warren, back in London after a tiring day chasing appointments, vents frustration at hotels and offices. Helen notes English manners and fashion while Warren secures a dinner-hour interview with the influential Bodington. They decide to take a taxi to eat, despite Helen’s preference for a bus.
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