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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
8
The U S Department of Agriculture urges housewives to eat more corn meal and hominy grits instead of wheat foods. It distributes Farmers' Bulletin 565 with over fifty corn meal recipes for breakfast lunch and dinner and explains corn can replace wheat without diet differences.
Friday Night notes a church wedding at 7 30 in Christ Episcopal Church for Ira Joy Chase Holland and Miss Gladys Mc Farland. A Mysterious Set called meeting occurs at 8 15 at Miss Frances Lucas' home. Ella Goodwyn Carter Philathea class meets at 3 30 pm for a business session in the class room.
The Powers School of Expression presented two recitals at the Gunter Hotel with performances by Fannie Newding Craig Evans Marguerite Adams Ade line Newding Helen Zweig Roxana Barto Ruth Boykin Henrietta Newding Laura Lucille Powers Ruby Bryant Henry Roberts Virginia Estes Joe Hubert Rose New Ging Virginia Estes and others. The audience heard songs sketches and a variety of acts including dancing and piano pieces.
Hall decorations feature Miss Mary Pauline Ford tran avender notes and garlands of lavender sweet peas. Tables center on an electric fountain surrounded by tiny vases, with covers for Crittenberger Wood hull and Gross Fordtran brides. Visitors include Mrs G H Mensing and Mrs J B Baker of Waco. Big Sugar sale advertised.
Attorney-Examiner Henry Turrell and other court members attend a San Antonio banquet with railroad officials and shippers as the Shreveport freight rate case looms. The event features informal toasts and a vote on programs while hearings try to speed up. Cottingham witnesses on railroad earnings and rate reasonableness as the seven week hearing continues toward a possible winter Supreme Court decision.
A state commission led by Governor Ferguson plans a three week tour starting June 7 visiting dinners excursions on the Ohio River automobile trips through Louisville parks and other relaxations amid the serious duties of the gathering. The mission includes Lieutenant Governor Hobby Speaker Fuller Prof W F Doughty and the Commissioner of Agriculture.
The employer of Joske Brothers millinery department held a Tuesday evening picnic at Brackenridge Park. Attendees traveled by tallyho and enjoyed a lunch, games, readings by Fritz Buck, and a stroll through the grounds as the first in a summer series of outings for the store’s employer.
A government commission formed by the last Legislature to locate the West Texas A and M university site prepares to start its task in Austin on June 1. The board will evaluate candidates, report findings, and recommend a final location to state authorities.
Austin Texas June 1 employes and attaches of state departments were paid their monthly salaries yesterday the last day of the month pay day. The payroll for capitol employees amounts to about $100000 each month.
Portage Tire Co lists bicycles priced from ten dollars and up with easy payments, promoting low upfront costs. The notice appears as an advertisement from 2018 in Alamo.
Experiments with gray perch at Tortugas show memory for at least twenty four hours. Perch distinguish silver sardines from painted red or black ones, preferring painted prey after initial testing, indicating learning and recognition abilities in fish.
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