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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
5
Miss Katherine Joseph edits the Laurel Heights Five Hundred gathering at Roy and Mrs Hearne's Marshall Street home. Eight tables played cards with sunflower themed rooms and score cards, followed by a sunflower colored buffet lunch.
Major General J M Lee hosts a 7 30 p m dinner at the Menger hotel. Daughters of the Confederacy and Confederate Veterans mark Jefferson Davis birthday and lay the cornerstone of the Confederate monument in Travis park at 3 30 p m. Country club hosts weekly dinner dance. Mrs P H McNemer and Mrs George F Robins supervise a Hot Wells picnic. Sphinx club holds regular meeting. Beethoven Maennerchor season opens at 8 30 p m in Beethoven hall. Mrs A E Woodruff hosts a China Shower for Miss Carrie Agnes Miller from 4 to 6 p m at 1281 East Commerce Street.
The Alumni association held a dance at Turner hall last evening honoring the February and June 1911 graduates. Frank Hicks led the grand march with Miss Marjorie Hicks. Twelve dances plus four extras were held. punch and courting chaperones were provided.
South Bellingham area testimony from Mrs. Clara Dykstra and her daughter endorses Cardui as a gentle non intoxicating tonic that benefits both young and old women. The letter urges nervous and tired readers to try Cardui and invites requests for a free booklet from the Chattanooga Medicine Co.
Mrs Bessie Bell Andrews held an informal musical at her home yesterday afternoon. Participants included Mesdames Brown Burns Newton and Misses Badger Bourland Denning Longmaid Johnson Naeglin Seeling. Miss Andrews performed three vocal numbers. Invitations were issued for Mr Steinfeldt’s advanced pupils recital at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday June 7 at 10 PM with Gilbert Schramm, basso, set to assist.
A rehearsal of the Holy City at Gaul will be held at 8 30 oclock Monday evening for those who will take leading parts. Mrs Harry Leap hosted her Sunday school class of Travis Park Methodist church with a picnic at Hot Wells last week. Class members include Masters George Beitel Laurence Teaban Lee Beitel Lonie Biggs Crawford Glass and Gordon Blair.
At the home of Mr and Mrs M M Kline 401 East Locust street Milton Kline received a confirmation yesterday afternoon about ninety attended. The reception hall parlor were decorated with ferns and flowers and the dining room displaying pink and white colors while ices were served. Milton received many beautiful gifts. The Ladies Aid Society of Pine Street Christian church will meet at 3 pm Monday at Mrs Thomas Hope 1221 Starr street.
Mrs J E Wright of San Luis Potosi Mexico buys a new five room cottage in South Park Terrace as a home for herself and daughters. Mrs Wright will remain in Mexico for some time.
Miss Inez Storm and Charles Ernest Eck married at the bride’s home at 7 this morning with Rev. S H C Burgin officiating in presence of close relatives. They depart for Morales Texas to begin their life together.
The Willard Woman's Christian Temperance Union has secured the brick building at Bandera and Cincinnati avenues to fit up a reading and writing room for the soldier boys at West End lake. They will also provide weekly entertainments for the soldiers and the public. Additional plans are under consideration to comfort the servicemen during their stay.
A. J. Sobieski, a San Antonio officer with twelve years on the force, charges politics influenced his dismissal after a 5 percent monthly campaign contribution. He details alleged coercion by Capt. Newnam and Braden, claims he was reassigned as punishment, and asserts his discharge was not for the good of the service.
In Austin on June 3, Chief Justice T. J. Brown received a diploma at Whitis school commencement. His son T. J. Brown Jr. also graduated but was ill with measles and could not attend. the father accepted the diploma for his son amid applause.
The amount alleged to be embezzled by Cotton Belt freight office cashier H. Skinner rose to 25280 as twenty one more cases were filed. Only one case had been filed previously when Skinner was arrested.
In a subway scene the Manicure Lady grieves for her brother Wilfred who has gone to the front in Mexico. The Head Barber offers bravado and mock wisdom, recalling battles, Kipling and El Paso while urging calm and downplaying danger.
A Sunday program at Madarasz Park features picnic meals dancing music amusements and prize sports under the Italo American Young Men’s Club. Local residents are invited to attend the event scheduled for Sunday June 4.
Richard Shields and Julius Blanchet were arrested after a quarrel with W. W. Carpenter and Allen Carpenter at the Artesian ice factory. They allegedly struck one brother with iron piping and injured the other. Bonds were set at $300 each.
News of a threat to Governor Colquitt prompted Chief Renfro to offer a personal bodyguard. Police and sheriff officials met to discuss the threatening letter after the anti statewide prohibition rally.
A reception committee of 600 business men and citizens was named to welcome delegates to the anti prohibition rally on June 5. A special committee headed by Mayor Davis will meet Governor Colquitt. The group met in the board of trade rooms yesterday and planned events for Sunday and Monday.
Two damage suits totaling 47000 dollars were filed in the Thirty seventh district court yesterday. In the larger case Luis Cassanova alleges his 10-year-old son Joe was permanently injured when a street car collided with a buggy on Nolan street on February 20. The wheel caught on the track and the car failed to stop, injuring the boy whose skull was crushed and body bruised. The second suit by H E Dixon claims Florena Dixon was dragged several feet under a street car at Medina street and Lakeview avenue and crippled for life after the car started before she could alight.
Dallas authorities announced a rigid investigation into all baby farm institutions next week. The inquiry will scrutinize women in charge and prosecute in aggravated cases. Testimony from the East Side Avenue case described inmates as half starved and beaten and forced to associate with objectionable persons.
Dr Sarah F Herdmann an osteopath located in the Gibbs building updates contact details with a new residence phone 3065 blue and office listings.
The Danish king, staying with the queen and royals in Paris, left the Bristol Hotel unaccompanied. Photographers, not recognizing him, watched until he stepped into the road and offered to pose. He stood as the photographers aimed their shots, showing his considerate nature.
Paris reports the first aerial taxicab will soon operate in Lucerne. Compagnie Transaerienne has sent a biplane with a taximeter, piloted by Erbster, to carry passengers on cross country flights at a rate per kilometer recorded by the taximeter.
Workmen at Exposition Park assemble a large carcassel from Kansas City, the souths largest of its kind, hoped ready by Sunday. A crowd gathers for Saturday night events with air cooled hall and shaded dance floor. Vaudeville at the new theater features Regoras contortion acts and Cofer Lomeron and Miss Ida Jewell in a lively program.
The Royal hosts LaFay and Lewis in a musical and scenic pan tomime next week. They plan to feature the devil figure as a saxophone soloist and manipulate other instruments with special scenery adding atmosphere. The performance promises warmth and ample comedy to entertain beyond the play’s light plot.
The school board approved Scutter plans and specifications for a 40000 dollar Prospect Hill school house. The two story stone and brick building will have twelve rooms and a basement with improved grounds and parking. Bids open soon. contract likely between June 20 and July 1 for a September 1911 opening.
Dublin was acquitted by a jury in Palestine Texas on June 3 in the murder case of Jim McInnis.
An older audience is advised that regular gentle bowel support is natural with age. Cascarets are recommended as a daily, mild oral tonic to keep bowels active without harm, comparing aging needs to weak eyes needing glasses.
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