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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1912
Page
12
A shop girl Laura Smith becomes Laura Fitzsimmons after adopting a romance driven name. She falls for a dashing man whom she meets in the park and on Sundays as she reads novelettes. He stops coming. years pass and a duchess accompanies him when they meet again, leaving Laura heartbroken and unrecognized.
Central Park menagerie adds ten pythons to its dwindling collection. Head keeper Bill Snyder selected the snakes from a dealer during yesterday’s restock. The longest python reached twelve feet and resisted when grabbed behind the head.
Judge Kimbrough of the circuit court issued a writ restraining a Mule owned by Jack Goodwine of Potomac from braying and disturbing Benjamin Wise, supervisor and publisher of the Potomac Record. Wise had sought an injunction after protests failed. the mule is kept in a barn near Wise’s home. Goodwine, former foreman of a noted vote bribing grand jury, faces the court action.
A remarkable baritone voice, praised by the New York World, prompted the board of pardons to recommend commuting Velka Ankrovitch’s death sentence to life imprisonment. The condemned man wept with joy, sang a hymn, and inspired support from many, including prominent women, as visitors secretly listened to his performance in the jail corridor.
Daughters of the American Revolution chapter hosts a luncheon on Tuesday May 14 at the St Anthony hotel in honor of Mrs Harry Hyman. Also, Miss Florence Nicholson entertained in the afternoon for Miss Ruby Talley of Taylor.
Miss Vida Vick travels to Houston to visit relatives at Vick's park. She is joined by Mr and Mrs Vivian Vick who stay with Mr and Mrs A J Vick on Laurel Heights. A called meeting of the Laurel Heights Methodist Church Woman's Missionary society is scheduled for 10 30 tomorrow morning at the church.
At the Country club this afternoon a reception for the visiting ladies was hosted by a ladies committee headed by Mrs. Robert Ball. Guests arrived in their own cars or from the St. Anthony hotel where transport was provided. The younger society set served punch and other refreshments were served.
Mrs Letty Harper of Bowie school traveled to Gonzales for the Fifth district meeting of the State Federation.
Fourteen year old Wilfred Preston told Baltimore police that he learned gun use from moving pictures and identified a bandit film he saw at an East Baltimore street show as the motive for killing Frederick T. Baer for his $20 purse. He described the bandit scene and claimed he followed it closely until unsure about a nearby bystander.
Prominent cooks Marion Harland Janet Fill and Sarah Rover favor Cottolene for cooking fat. They praise it as satisfactory purer and more economical, with Harland noting complete satisfaction and Hill calling it very satisfactory and recommendable.
The Alamo Heights Mothers' club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the school to elect officers for the coming year. The Protestant Home for the Aged auxiliary meets in Beethoven Garden at 4 PM for annual session with reports by President Mrs D A Livingston and Treasurer Miss Lina Briam. The Bohemian Scribblers postponed due to bad weather and will meet Thursday at Mrs J H Kirkpatrick's home for officer elections. Our Reading club met yesterday with Mrs Cora Davenport in charge and social at Davenport's home. May 17 discussed constitution changes at the next business meeting.
Local clubs held meetings with varied programs yesterday. The San Antonio Self-Culture club installed officers for the coming year at a home gathering.
Leroy Thacker of Watertown South Dakota says eight years of rheumatism ended after using Foley Kidney Pills. He reports three bottles cured his pain and highly recommends the remedy through Edwards King Drug Co.
Helen Zweig hosted a word contest at Johnson school yesterday afternoon with a musical program and refreshments. Miss Alice Stone won the prize for the largest number of words, and those attending included Misses Eunice Wade Gracie Bell Ola Applewhite Edith Lubbock Zula Crenshaw and Lyda Duval.
Mrs. M Seideman announces the engagement of her daughter Hildegarde Seideman to Edgar Gillette with a wedding planned for May 22.
J Nilsen Laurvik argues that co education erodes marriage appeal by dissolving male glamour and highlighting female intellectual equality. He contrasts American trends with German Scandinavian moves toward shared life and home centered ideals.
The passage hints at a growing awareness of the need for reforms in American colleges and universities. It suggests that institutions are only now beginning to recognize and address these required changes.
A mother chronicles her son’s shift toward better conduct through Boy Scouts of America. She cites the twelve Scout laws as guiding principles and notes personal gains in traits like selfishness, cowardice, and reverence fading as the boy joins the movement. She urges others with boys to consider Scouting and support their youths’ participation.
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