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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
3
Prices of vegetables such as cabbage peppers onions and spinach with per pound and sack rates. Fruits include Malaga grapes bananas apples and dates with per pound quotes. Also lists fish and oysters with weights and dairy like Poutry items and turkey quotes.
A lengthy account details the Queens Carnival household lineup led by Mrs Clarence J Thoms and various duchesses from named houses. It covers a wedding at the Browns home for Miss 8 FE Clifton and John Edward King with decor, attendants, and a reception, plus another wedding of Miss Carrie Feutiman and William Zizelman with church officiant, attendants, reception, and postnuptial plans. It also notes a Rainbow supper at 526 Vanessa street and a testimonial by Rev Joseph H Fesparman praising Frey s Kidney Remedy.
An advertisement extols a Free Baking School by Wolff and Marx Co promising great success and simple instructions. It touts Prof Sears as a key figure and offers a Cook Book with economical, practical recipes and certificates upon enrollment, urging families to join and learn modern cooking methods.
Notice to taxpayers the city taxes for fiscal year 1908 09 are due at the city tax collector's office room 16 City Hall from April 1 1909 to May 31 1909 without interest or penalties if paid before June 1 1909 C A Dean is recommended for purchasing a place buggy or carriage and invites inquiries
A garbled recipe compilation lists potato croquettes and omelette methods. It mentions boiling and mashing potatoes, seasoning with salt pepper and nutmeg, shaping into croquettes for frying, and a Lyonnaise style omelette with parsley. Also includes veal and ham gravquettes with egg binding and slow frying instructions.
An OCR fragment references eggs and a rushed kitchen scene with unclear names and places. The readable bits hint at a recipe or culinary note intertwined with a misread line about a title and a gesture toward a person or place, but concrete details are absent. The text remains fragmentary and inconclusive.
A jumble of vintage beauty tips and moral guidance appears as an advice column. It references Elizabeth B orange flower skin food, eye care methods, a tonic for oily hair, cucumber freckles treatment, and cosmetic shop promotions, mixed with aphorisms on social perception and confidence.
An OCR fragment describes a fashion item by the OMe American Dresswatchees association. It outlines a gown styled with a jacket made from a woven fabric, embroidered collar, and a narrow belt. A cabriolet hat trimmed with paradise feathers complements the gown. a bow and plume complete the ensemble.
Pattern description notes a lace trimmed pink dhulus with ruffle neck and pleated silk girdle finished by a large bow. Cut to fit bust 32 to 40 inches. Size 26 requires four and a quarter yards of 27 inch material. Price 19 cents. ad appears in newspaper.
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