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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
6
Corpus Christi Rotary holds annual banquet tonight with town speakers listed. Event slated for tomorrow evening in Corpus Christi Texas.
Governor Ferguson, who attended the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth after leaving Houston, is not expected back in Austin until Friday or Saturday.
A local drugstore touts Solvax as a great kidney remedy with a money back guarantee. Clerks report strong demand and customers praise its effects on kidney pain uric acid and related rheumatic discomfort. The tone emphasizes quick relief and improved quality of life from using Solvax.
The Majestic presents Vaudeville headlined by Emma Carus and six other acts and a Grand program featuring motion pictures led by The Birth of a Nation.
Patrick Rooney is described as nimble of feet and quick in wit, seen as living proof of hereditary influence.
Cure advertorial urges mothers to give frail daughters Scott's Emulsion for a month to improve blood, reduce nervousness, and restore energy. Promotes pure nourishment free from alcohol or opiates with a nutty flavor and no substitutes. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N J.
Pat Rooney the second headlines with Marion Bent in this week’s Majestic vaudeville bill, while Emma Carus headlines a cycle of new songs dances and dialogue with Noel Stuart as partner. Pat Rooney the first and Pat Rooney the third are also noted icons in the family’s entertainment legacy.
The Birth of a Nation at the Grand Opera house drives rapid industry strides with fifteen companies earning about a million dollars every seven weeks. Projections suggest producers may net around 19 million dollars before it ends, compared to Merchant of Venice’s 15 million net from 360 years of box office. The piece contrasts motion pictures’ brisk returns with stage drama’s long history and earnings.
The Pierian Study Club and Sorosis Club met for papers on authors patriots and agricultural colleges. Notables planned March 28 meetings at Mrs Williem and St Anthony. Fundraisers for Protestant Orphans Home include cabaret dansant with Joe Walsh monologue and doorkeepers Mrs A B Weakley and Mrs Roy Campbell.
Mrs. E J Braswell hosted a party for friends at the white elephant grant party arranged by the ladies auxiliary of the Milks Tuesday afternoon. Proceeds benefit the Protestant Orphans Knee. Travis Park Circle plans a baby clothes shower at Mission Home and Training School with $50 reported in treasury to be sent to the Methodist Orphans Home at Waco.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Central Christian Church hosts a St Patrick's tea from 3 to 6 pm Thursday at Mrs. A. G. Howell's home 618 Burnet Street. Helpers include Mesdames T. M. Connover and others assisting.
Dandruff causes feverish scalp irritation and hair loss. A 26 cent bottle of Danderine is recommended to rub into the scalp, with several applications claimed to remove dandruff and halt hair loss.
The Parent Teachers Club of Crockett school will meet at 3 45 Friday afternoon with Mrs J B Cox leading a lesson on School Vacations in a Community Hostesses are Mesdames L L Hall C H Cunningham J H Long and Ralph English Several San Antonio girls including Lillian Hughes Russell Hughes Virginia McFarland and Phyllis Shiner will attend the Bryan Agricultural and Mechanical college cotillion next month Miss Hughes invited to lead the cotillion Mr and Mrs J Ernest Jarratt entertained with a buffet supper Tuesday in honor of Miss Marguerite Deutsch St Patrick s day emblems decorated the rooms Guests included Marguerite Deutsch Dorothy Gage Margaret Coleman Mildred Luedinghaus Elizabeth Caufield Dorothy Dibrell Fannie Watlington Lolita McCulloch Carrie Lewis Joe Maxwell Lindsey Shropshire John Howard Edwin Bock Will Mayes Harper Furnish Chariton Janin John James and Warwick Fields Judge and Mrs W M Pardue entertained Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs Beulah Montgomery Brice of Memphis Texas Rooms adorned with plants and cut flowers Contests music impromptu talks and readings Punch served by Miss Lucile Rupely Forty guests Attendance noted Home cooked chicken and turkey dinners Sunday and on request Ye Kendall Inn Boerne New management Bathing beach Good roads from San Antonio Adv
A Tuesday night gathering at Turner hall endorsed W G Tobin for fire and police commissioner, with D J Woodward elected chairman. Tobin declined entering any Citizens' League convention and will rely on merit to win at the polls.
The Good Fellowship Club at Pine Street Presbyterian Church opened its series with a well received Tuesday night program in the church ante room. President R S Hedges welcomed attendees and outlined charity aims. The lineup included Ruth Phillippi, Earl McCloud, Florentine Heilig, Irene Hugman, Annie Hunnam, Frank Basenberg, John Baugh, Nora Deussen and others with multiple musical and reading offerings. The next meeting is scheduled for March 23.
An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a safe candy tasting remedy for indigestion, sour stomach, and dyspepsia. It claims five minute relief, helps digestion and appetite, and eliminates need for laxatives or liver pills.
A fragment shows a dialogue about the ultimate solution in car building with a confident reply, hinting at a salesman’s assurance. The lines imply a skeptical buyer probing for a purchase option and a salesman’s promise. The source section reflects mid century industrial bravado and marketing bravado.
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