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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
7
A light homespun tip touts dropping Ivory Soap in a bath or washbowl so it floats and dissolves easily without fishing for small soap pieces. The gag suggests smoother bathing and quicker cleanup with a single convenient trick from everyday life.
A dated price sheet lists numerous produce items with unit prices for vegetables, fruits, and fish. Items include cabbage, celery, onions, potatoes, pumpkins, berries, bananas, oranges, dates, and shellfish with varied per unit costs. Multiple prices are given per item and some entries are partially garbled.
The Barnard Be a Daughter chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will meet tomorrow at 44% South Alamo Street, hosted by president Mrs J D Guinn. Papers on The Birthday of Texas and Battles Under the Texas Flag are planned with an informal reception for visiting members Mrs Venable and Mrs Hendricks, plus a card gathering at Fort Sam Houston hosted by Mrs Beverly Reed.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Dulling of 120 Claudia Street staged a pleasant surprise party at their new home. The reception featured a wine warming style, with refreshments served and guests enjoying a social hour as the couple prepare to move in.
Letters from women praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from painful irregularities backache cramps and insomnia. The company cites hundreds of testimonials and invites women to write for free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Thomas Van Stengel and Lian Ayers Rosalie Furias and Carolina Austin Hime Cochrant and Claudia Davis Marvin Shannon and Grace Shan Alfred Otto and Mrs Wilhelmina Legan dnin Corda and Mrs Anita Harris Overstocked In vehicles must mals room by sacrificing Core select your voligle and make your own price CO HL Dean CUT COUPON ON PAGE 1
A busy week in San Antonio’s theater scene featured the Grand The Albert Taylor Stock Company presenting A Message From Mans with Taylor as Thrace Parker, and the Empire audience enjoying Mimnerakia and Esm Era lla, plus an illustrated song number by Dan Daggett and strong turns by Mr Winninger. The People's Theater opened with Richard Lester stock company performing The Moths of Society, praised for Eloise May Clemant as Vera and Lester’s strong acting. many cast members received applause.
The San Antonio entertainment scene features the Happy Hour theater on Losoya Street presenting opening performances of a new show by the popular company, with Boyle and Harper and the musical acts led by Porling and Chaska. The Royal hosts a slate including the Kiskders, the Blnohs, Manjo, Jane, and others, with Madame Marchesi and Isolde at Covent Garden noted for contrast.
A Wisconsin couple recounts years of coffee troubles and sleeplessness and their shift to Postum. They report calmer nerves, clearer skin, and better temper after gradually replacing coffee, noting friends benefited once prepared correctly. The letter, signed Will Crook, Mich, urges readers to try Postum per directions.
Isolde and Whis dance mark the opening weekend for Eugene Winters play Paid in Full to be presented Friday Saturday and Sunday with matinee Saturday. Wingenhals and Kemper bring a full company, promising a staging as complete as New York and Chicago runs. Also promoting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted child medicine, with testimonials from M. Sturcher of Ripley and W. Vansay. The ad emphasizes safe, narcotic free relief suitable for children.
A fragmentary CIM railroad timetable from Hearne lists various local and through trains with departure and arrival times. The garbled text mentions Houston, Kerrville, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Cuero, and northbound and eastbound routes with daily and Sunday-only notes, reflecting a complex schedule snapshot for the era.
A fragment from a period piece discusses coping with emotional stress, health, and self control amid disappointment. It urges rest, moderation, and prudent spending, noting that external admiration fades and inner calm supports progress. It ends with a reference to a free coupon page.
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