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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
6
Members of the San Antonio Deutscher Maennerchor entertained Saturday night at Mission gerien with a four concert and dance directed by Prof. Carl Hahn. The program included a Breu song, grand opera selections, My Paradise cello solo, Selo from Hiller and Bohn, The Two Grenadiers, Souvenir De Suisse vorn et solo, and encores by Mrs G Noelting and Mr G Wolsting. Dancing followed.
Beethoven Juniors staged a bright Saturday dance in hall decorated white and yellow with palms and ferns. The program listed 17 regular numbers and 6 extras, performed by an orchestra hidden behind floral decor. Committee members were M. Hearné, Georg Armbrust, M. Goldsmith, and Id. Steves. For finest strawberries and small fruit boxes, Bonil's at 225 Bust House Street advertised.
A new straw Tam O Shanter novelty hat debuts this spring, noted for its charming fit atop a soft hairstyle. The Copenhagen blue straw features a blue bachelor’s buttons brim with green leaves and a single deep pink rose, creating a striking bloom accent.
Washington correspondent notes a grand banquet at Rausche's in Madama Portela for Buenos Aires selection to the Pan American congress in 1910. Among 112 guests were cabinet members supreme court diplomats and notable figures including Representative and Mrs Slayfen of Texas.
Fancy work and Easter novelties will be sold with refreshments in the afternoon. An informal gathering and committee chairmen will oversee activities as guests travel from Detroit, Marfa, Galveston, and New York visiting relatives, hosting and attending social engagements around the Great Lakes region and Texas towns.
Royal Achates No. 44 members endowed themselves at Turner hall Saturday night in an informal dance where pleasure radiated with sociable good will and cheerful fellowship.
A period column blends beauty advice and etiquette with brandish of home remedies. It details skin care drinks and tonics, including a shampoo from castile soap, eggs, and water, plus cautions on modesty, hospitality, and mutual respect among hosts and guests. It also offers facial preparation routines, bathing tips, and guidance on posture and figure enhancement through diet and exercise.
In the Tucal district old bird race, 43 pigeons started from Kiowa Oklahoma under H. W. Settles. Birds clocked nine hours near four o clock with Henry Pauly and W. Pauly among top finishers. Strong north wind tempered the field, and most birds arrived late in the day with some discrepancies in timing.
The column lists many names with travel plans and visits across towns. Thomas Towers, Mrs M Maneyett, Miss Manny, P Maney, and numerous others are noted visiting relatives, attending colleges, or planning trips to San Margos, Pearsall, Devine, Franklin, Gonzales, San Antonio, and beyond. Several locals are staying at the Menger and New Maverick hotels, with short remarks on their whereabouts and errands.
T A Hill of the First National bank of Weimar reported a missing gold chain and compass after arriving from Laredo at the I&GN depot. He said a crowded station and rear pushing likely caused the loss, discovered upon reaching the Mission tunnel. Chain and compass valued around 20 cents each. Hill was returning from Mexico where he and others from Weimar were seeking gold interest. he recently refused $40,000.
Fragmentary OCR notes show Anto Giver Away seeking information about tt whoo needing net Carr Woad and Coal Go. Dr C Glavin has moved to the fifth floor of Conroy building, Alama plaza.
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