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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
9
Readable selections show price points for peaches apricots oranges grapes cucumbers celery and other staples. Several items list per unit or per dozen quantities with small coins indicating cheap daily specials. Items include honey, butter, eggs, onions, potatoes, lettuce, and poultry noting bargain per pound or per bunch.
The text promotes self makeover using fashion and grooming advice. It discusses choosing hair methods, wigs, and styling tools, notes for avoiding embarrassment, and urges education and self-improvement. It also offers color guidance for different complexions and cautions against dull tones.
A busy section reports a dinner party honor for the Adams Booth group with many Misses and Messrs attending, plus a garden of daisies and prizes won by Miss Lassner and Miss Mattie Terry. Wedding of A Gordon Inglis and Miss J Jane noted, guests in from Vista and other towns, and plans for future visits and theater and drill events.
Crowds flock to buy Dexar Burns Wynews and other brands as a new cure for pimples acne herpes and skin troubles hits the market. A 2 percent spectral Bhcent package is sold alongside a regular two dollar vial with claims of relief in days and cure of chronic conditions in two weeks for persistent cases, with free samples offered by mail from the Emergency Laboratories New York.
Miss Nellie Lyue returns from Birmingham Alabama where she attended the Confederate reunion. Mrs Jim Seamands and Mrs Mary Corwin plan to spend the summer at Waring. Lucie Lankford attends as guest. The Misses McCorkle of Hope Arkansas and Mrs Dowdell and Miss Dowdrell spend summer at York Davies. Mrs W W King leaves July 1 for Monroe Ald to join her daughter Mrs Guy Stubbs with the party to Galbraith Springs Tennessee. Mr and Mrs WL Martin are
Club women in Hoston Mass attend the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Severe weather prevents full participation. an afternoon session is set to continue discussing plans. Angela Di Carlo marks her sixteenth birthday at home with refreshments and a gathering of relatives and friends.
Willam H. Howard and Mayme B. Rae. Eddie Kempf and Mary Wanike. Justina Calera and Rofugio Martines. Francisco Camarisia and Santos Seytin. Manuel Salinae and Jacobita D. Perales are listed in the latest marriage licenses.
Marcon Sanchez files suit against Sint Antonio Traction Co for $10,000 in alleged personal injuries from June 14 1908 when attempting to board a car on Dolorosa street.
Odd recipe fragment set shows black pea soup with overnight soaking and lemon, navy beans, steamed brown bread, Harlequin Sandwich, and Good Fruit Balls. Instructions mix rough quantities and steps, mentioning molasses, sour milk, graham flour, baking soda, steamer, and shaping dough into balls with coatings and fillings.
A weather update reports general rain in North Texas this morning with Maj Huell forecaster noting showers around one o'clock that cooled the air and refreshed dry ground. The forecast indicates widespread rain across the state as signs point to continued wet conditions.
Charges filed in county court allege Roy Nelson and Haya Daffin stole ice boxes valued at 450 from the home of L Wolf at 735 Lubbock Street. Indictment forms the basis of the case.
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