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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
6
A fragmented, recipe rich excerpt outlines soup beef with noodles or tomatoes, a mint dressing for meat, a never-fail white cake recipe, grilled sirloin steak with potato croquettes, a pineapple lemonade, glace icing, and cranberry raisin pie. Includes measurements and stepwise instructions, though several words are garbled.
Mrs Bascom Bell Milks Anna Alen entertained Wednesday afternoon at her home on South Flores street with a novelty shower for Nar Me Arthur a bride-to-be. Guests received handwork gifts with clues to their contents. Prizes for guesswork included items written by Nellie Johnson Rebecca Colesman and Midrey Gates. Allen was aided by sisters R P Tugtum and Hunter Harris.
Miss Anna Allen Jett travels to Louisville as a Texas delegate to the Sunday school convention to be held there. W. W. Morrison of New Orleans is the guest of Miss Morrison at 721 Avenue D.
A cluttered page mixes society items, gardening tips, fashion advice, and editorials. It mentions travel plans for Mrs. Dibrell to Boston, social visits to Del Rio and Fort Worth, a Flower Circle Carpentry of Trinity Park, parenting guidance on discipline, and fashion tips for skin care and garments, all in a period newspaper voice.
Dainty fashion item described by Tia chic MagerioMrock uses embroidery lace and sheer battists. It features a waist and skirt on simple lines, V shaped embroidery, and elbow length sleeves in gem-kintono style with frilla trim.
After a year’s visit to Mr and Mrs Robert Ried Russell Sam Bennetts has received a titlecram from his sister Mrs Ben T Youkma announcing the safe arrival of the party in London Mrs J T Dunning of Gonzales is visiting Mrs R H Northrup a Miss Lamb and her daughter are en route to Chandler and various folk plan a summer in Dallas Port Worth and Dallas awaiting Marguerite Pfesifer’s departure for summer travel.
Flooded with garbled OCR noting fruit and vegetable prices. Reads like a late 19th century grocery list with items such as watermelons at 13 cents, cantaloupes, pineapples, apples, oranges, lemons, bananas, green grapes, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, onions, cucumbers, potatoes, radishes, and various meats priced per pound or dozen.
Juxtaposed briefs report Texas activity from June 13. Fifteen carloads a day are shipping from Laredo. Governor Campbell to speak in Terral on July 20. A Taylor farmer, 65, falls breaking his knee. a Dale shooting injures a farmer. a Del Rio girl dies in an ironing accident. A Brownwood brick factory forms with 25 000 capital. Laredo banks set noon Saturday closings. Corpus Christi releases Candelavia Sornz on bail for a prior case. A Lavonia boy is badly hurt by a mowing machine.
W C Mcdonald district deputy leaves for Peoria Illinois for the upcoming convention on June 18. O C Gilliland Eagle Pass and A M Byrnum Amarillo attend the Menger. Castro and wife El Paso guests at the Menger. R H McCracken heads to Mexico for mining interests. C A Hornburg Sabinal at the Mission. Mrs Fred Alderman Sealy at the Mission. Mrs W C Thomas arrives from Los Angeles en route to Washington DC grating friends here. Shale staying at the Mansion hotel.
The quartermaster's department of Texas offers bids for oats hay bran and bedding for use at the Leon Springs maneuvers. Also bid for 60,000 pounds of blacksmith coal. Hay deliveries to camp, other supplies to Aurora station. Inspections on July 1, encampment ends by July 16. Carpenters to join June 16. forty men needed for building construction. Read The Light for further dressmaking ads.
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