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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
6
An advertisement urges young men facing baldness to use PARISIAN SAGE to destroy dandruff germs, claiming it prevents hair loss and stimulates growth. It markets a large bottle for 50 cents at drug and department stores, noting Schwab McElroy’s pharmacies guarantee the product.
Miss Vida Vick hosts a dinner for twenty at the Anthony hotel roof garden honoring guest Miss Gladys Ewing of Houston. Mrs W H Chambers holds a bridal luncheon at the Travis club for daughter Miss Mildred Chambers and wedding attendants. Children of Mary at St Marys church host evening party on the parochial school roof garden. Social at Trinity Methodist church in the evening.
Miss Vida Vick of West Frenth Place hosts a dinner for twenty on the roof garden of the St. Anthony hotel this evening in honor of her guest Miss Gladys Ewing of Houston.
A large party of San Antonio society folk traveled by automobile to a country dance hall on the Fredericksburg road last evening. Luncheon was served by the party’s girls, with an orchestra providing music. Chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. J Townsend Woodhull and others. The attendees listed span numerous Misses, Mrs. and Mr. attendees, with names such as Margaret Koker and Elizabeth Camp among many others.
Mrs. Herman D Kampman announces the engagement of her daughter Eda Kampman to Joseph H Frost. Both families are prominent in San Antonio society.
Miss Muriel Kokernot entertained the Laurel Heights Embroidery Club at her home this morning. Members include Muriel Kokernot Margaret Kokernot Elizabeth Kokernot Mattie Terrell Maude Douglass Inez Foster Clara May Brooks Evelyn Howard Ruth Shaw Barma Camp Ellen Camp Elizabeth Camp Louise Moore Harriey Mouzon and Julia Mouzon.
The Hebrew Ladies Relief society will hold a special meeting at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon at the Synagogue.
The Alamo Heights Missionary circle schedules a 4 PM gathering tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. M. Carter on Ellwood Avenue.
Mr and Mrs W M McKinney of Myrtle Street left today for Kerrville, heading to a brief trip or visit as noted in the society notes.
The Campfire Girls will gather at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the Young Women's Christian Association for their meeting.
A noon luncheon hosted by Miss Mildred Chambers' mother at the Travis club featured the bridal party, two grandmothers, and two friends. Decorations were white and green with a silver-framed picture at each place and a central bride's cake, as guests included Ada Gerfers Annie Ray Townsend Corinne Russell Rebecca Watson Verne Leary Nellie Post Margaret Chambers Helen Leary Elma Dill Russell Rose Chambers Meg James George Chambers Verona Mahone J. E. Adams Carlton Adams Wilcox and J K Landis.
Mrs Gillespie and Mrs Harris will entertain jointly tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs Gillespie located at 2820 Monterey Street. The event gathers guests for an afternoon of socializing and hospitality.
Prospect Hill Methodist church hosts Missionary society meeting at six. Epworth League union gathers at Laurel Heights Methodist church this evening for a summer excursion from Boston to Epworth by the Sea via San Francisco and Yell-Dell. Members are expected to be prompt and ready to depart in a body.
Mr and Mrs Richard Terrell Rector of St Louis visiting A W Terrell in Austin spending a few days in San Antonio. Miss Esther Hardie has returned from a visit with friends in Dallas and Sherman.
Mr and Mrs A P Calhoun and family of Main avenue depart for New York this evening. Mr and Mrs S J Coleman return from a month at Mineral Wells. Mrs Foard Townsend visits Stevens ranch with her mother. The San Pedro circle of Travis Park church meets at 4 PM tomorrow at 326 San Pedro avenue with Mrs T N West.
Mrs May Harris Mrs Peters and their son Samuel Allen depart this evening for Brooklyn New York.
Miss Emma Curry entertained the A. and E. Literary society this afternoon at her home on Matagorda Street.
Miss Gladys Ewing of Houston is the guest of Miss Vida Vick on West French Place indicating a social visit in the city.
Miss Ruth McKinney Phylils Shiner and Gladys Virginia MacFarland are spending time at Nichols ranch near Kerrville. The note records a social visit with no further details.
August Corley, near Marlborough Place, faced two armed highwaymen on the Nueva street bridge at 10:30 last night. The pair fled when a street car approached, leaving Corley unharmed but shaken and reporting the incident to police. He describes the robbers as under 25.
Arrangements by the traction company to transport Masonic lodges and Order of the Eastern Star members after a picnic and joint installation at Sutherland Springs were disrupted. Passengers on the special trains and regular cars were forced to walk from Sunset depot as the train stopped for over fifteen minutes on East Commerce Street. Local music played as the disruption occurred.
A local newspaper notes the shop motto: If it's to be had a Light want ad will get it. If it's worth anything a Light want ad will sell it. The phrase underscores the paper context for small ads and commerce.
Adolph Krieg and about six San Antonians report ten days camping on the Guadaloupe River between Waring and Listerdale. They describe heavy rains but a glorious time with a 44 pound catfish as the largest caught in years.
A westbound Southern Pacific freight train derailed a few miles west of Dulaney last night at about 6:30. The engine and ten cars left the track, none of the crew injured, and track damaged for miles. Wreck cleared by noon today causing overnight traffic delays.
Hardeman Lodge No. 179 A I and A M in Luling Texas elected officers for the coming Masonic year. P. J. McDonald was chosen worshipful master with M D Moore senior warden O E Neid junior warden J M Walkins treasurer M H Dowell secretary and O Walkerwich tiler.
The Cumberland Lodge A. F. & A. M. marked its 100th anniversary with a banquet in Nashville attended by about 200 Masons. The lodge’s hall hosted notable events, including a 1825 ball for La Fayette and two receptions.
Kerrville Texas reports an exceptional oat crop with some fields yielding 70 to 90 bushels per acre and an average around 40 bushels per acre. The note appears in a syndicated special to the Tight.
After twenty eight years of service the senior Minnesota senator Kinute Nelson will refuse to seek re election and retire from public life. Age and responsibilities are cited as reasons. Nelson is praised as a founder of modern republican progressivism and as a man who voted on merits rather than party lines.
Supporters of Judge William S Ramsey and Governor candidate Colquitt will gather at the Gunter hotel in San Antonio at 11 o clock Monday July 8. The Ramsey Dallas headquarters led by secretary Richard Mays issued the notice. Attendees expected from Central and Southwest Texas number several hundred.
Friends and relatives gathered in Pettus Texas on June 25 to celebrate the china wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. G A Ray. An old-time barbecue dinner followed by punch, a two-course luncheon, and music by an Beeville orchestra were part of the day. The Rays received many beautiful gifts from guests including San Antonio participants Mr and Mrs J L Browne Mrs Carroll sister to Mr Ray and her daughter Miss Noth.
Corpus Christi Texas June 25 Professor W T Lofland science teacher in the Corpus Christi public schools has resigned to accept the principalship of Hillsboro High School. He is a member of the summer normal faculty and will remain in Corpus Christi until August 16.
Kerrville West Texas Normal opened yesterday morning with a large turnout. Fifty students attended while Professor Alvin Dillie, Kerrville superintendent, gave the welcome address. Professor A. W. Evans of Uvalde, normal superintendent, replied, and J. E. Grinstead of the Mountain Sun spoke. Many visitors attended and teachers arrived on every train.
Beaumont's bid for lower rates through its Chamber of Commerce was rejected by the state insurance board in a ten page opinion. The request sought a 24 to 33 percent cut, but the board found current rates are mostly below those in force in 1910.
San Antonian Frank A. Juhan will be ordained at 11 A M Sunday in St Mark's Episcopal Church by Bishop J S Johnson. He has sung in the church since childhood and recently served in Goliad. Special music led by Henry Glaeser of New York will accompany the service.
G S Chessum the boys work director at the local YMCA for two years resigns to join the YMCA in San Diego California. He will depart July 15 and after visiting Canada start new duties in San Diego in November or December. The move places him in a larger field with a $250 000 building behind the new work. He came to San Antonio from Denver. No successor has been picked.
Edna Phillips fourteen, daughter of Joe Phillips, was run over by a locomotive on Fort Worth street while returning from church. The wagon halted at the crossing and she jumped as the train approached, falling under the wheels. This is the fifth fatality at that crossing in four years.
Baroness de Reinach-Werth born Diane Morgan Hill of Washington died by suicide June 21 leaping from a nursing home window near Regents Park. She had been suffering from hysteria.
New York June 25 Young Brown of New York outweighed by six pounds and defeated local boxer Jack Goodman in a ten round bout at night. Brown weighed in at 132 pounds.
In Baltimore on June 25 Patsy Kline of Newark stopped Young Britt in 51 seconds of a 16 round bout. A left to the stomach and a jaw swing ended the fight for the local boxer.
James Robert Butler and Emerald Reece, Bruno Mendoza and Juana Herrera, Orion Rowinsky and Louise A. Sanders obtain marriage licenses amid a city records event.
Riebe Undertaking Co operates auto ambulance service at 221 EB Com, contact phone 341.
A long roll of hotel arrivals includes guests from St Anthony Mollie Timmins Marshall B Scholl Houston B Deutsch Memphis J J Heiser Denver and many others. Names cover Dallas Chicago New York Montreal Philadelphia Monterrey Guanajuato and more with dates not shown.
A brief notice advertises using phone numbers to place want ads as the most convenient method. It lists two contact phones: 176 and another implied line. The message emphasizes ease and accessibility for readers seeking to post ads.
State Health Officer Steiner announced Dr. Morris H. Boerner of Austin will head the hookworm department of the state board, with Dr. H. Ferrer of Tyler as assistant. The appointments launch a vigorous Texas hookworm campaign as Boerner departs for North Carolina to study the program.
A special meeting is set for Wednesday morning to review Acting City Engineer Philbrick's report on street rav ing and to consider paving plans and material specifications prepared over the past two months.
Roosevelt supporters in San Antonio display red bandana kerchiefs as banners after the party split and the formation of the Progressive party. One driver paraded with the emblems on his car while Dr Frederick Terrell a Taft loyalist showed a silk American flag advocating the regular Republican line.
Classified notice notes easy realization of goods and services on Light platform. Readable tips emphasize quick listings, broad reach, and practical steps for posting ads and finding buyers.
AMOY China June 25 A force of 4000 counter revolutionists is reported occupying a strong position in the mountains along the North river about fifty miles from the city and threatening Chang Chow.
Hallettsville beat Yoakum 4 to 0 in a Friday afternoon game in Hallettsville. Yoakum failed to score as Hallettsville capitalized on offensive chances to secure the win.
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