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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1911
Page
15
An advertiser touts a home remedy by Grace Benson that allegedly transforms the skin of hands and arms in a night using Kulux Compound and witch hazel. The piece blends promotional copy with local club notices and PTA reports from San Antonio, detailing meetings, officers, and events through May.
The annual reports will be read and officers elected for the coming year. A social hour with light refreshments will follow. The Tuesday Musical club meets Monday at 4 o clock at 521 West Macon street. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of South Heights Methodist church meets Thursday at 8 in the church. After the Alamo Hive No 22 Ladies of the Maccabees review at Odd Fellows hall a social hour and program follow featuring multiple solos duets readings and an ode with refreshments served.
The regular meeting of the Council of Jewish Women is set for Tuesday afternoon at 3 30 o clock at the club house located at 201 Camden street. The agenda includes annual reports and then the election of officers. Riverside Park Mothers club held remain unclear in fragment.
Eastern Millinery at 286 San Pedro avenue offers hats with a large stock cut to less than half. All pattern hats are included in the sale.
Miss Mary Lou Small hosted a Thursday afternoon cards event in Beaumont honoring Miss Marjorie Bucklin. Decorations featured cut flowers ferns and palms. a salad and ice course were served. prizes went to Miss Harriet Leighton and Miss Marjorie Bucklin.
Police report Stanley returned from the Louisiana leper colony with C. H. Bronson who escaped a farm two years ago and was captured in Fort Worth last Saturday. Bronson was driven to the city, then placed on a train between Fort Worth and Dallas.
Fifteen union card holders serve in the current congress. The piece notes a debate on restricting output as a potentially beneficial policy, reflecting labor alignment within legislative action.
This piece surveys the Monroe Doctrine from its 19th century roots through key episodes with Britain and Venezuela, detailing Polk and Cleveland’s stances, the 1895 arbitration settlement, and the doctrine as international law, not tied to any party. It highlights figures Jefferson, Monroe, Polk, and Cleveland and their roles in defending hemispheric sovereignty.
Congressman Slayden of Texas urged abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine at a Baltimore gathering. The piece recalls its origin in 1822 amid the Holy Alliance and explains the two core principles opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere and noninterference with existing colonies.
Claiming quick and permanent relief for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles Hall's Texas Wonder is marketed with testimonials. The ad notes Dr. E W Hall of St Louis Missouri and states the product is sold by druggists with high cure expectations.
Capt. Wm. Devan, head of the U S life saving station on the Ohio river in Louisville, died aged 69. He saved about 6000 people from drowning at the falls since the station opened thirty years ago and earned nearly 100 medals. He also led notable rescues in 1875 and 1882 including the yacht wreck and the Parker steamer incident.
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