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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
6
Chairman Mayfield inspects a railroad in Texas reporting from Austin on May 9. Observation follows a special dispatch to the Light detailing site condition and ongoing infrastructure review by rail authorities.
Mayfield of the railroad commission returned from an inspection trip to Port Bolivar Iron Ore railway to determine why the line has not begun operating. He said much work remains to ballast and ready the road for service.
Stop the itch instantly with D D D Prescription for eczema a cooling wash. Trial bottle shown for 25 cents. If disappointed do not fear to try this soothing wash. Drugstores carry it but at our store the first dollar bottle is on us with no pay guarantee. A M Fichers Gibbs Building.
Mrs. J. H. Lieber hosted a five hundred party at Beacon Hill for bride elect Mildred Chambers with coral decorations and poppies. Guests included Mamie Storey Esther Hardie Helen Gunther Ruth Burleson and Mildred Chambers among others.
Notice lists Dr Charles A R Campbell as bacteriologist and microscopist with specialization in typhoid and malarial fevers, located over Dreiss' drug store.
A China Grove woman describes relief from nervousness backache and side pain after using Cardui for womanly troubles. She credits two bottles with renewed strength and urges others to try the herb based remedy. The ad touts Cardui as safe natural and effective with no after effects and directs readers to local drug stores and the Chattanooga Medicine Co. for instructions and a 64 page home treatment book.
The Equal Franchise Society plans a 4 PM Saturday meeting at the St Anthony hotel to finalize plans for Dr. Anna Shaw National Woman's Suffrage Association lecture at the Grand Opera House Friday at 8 15 PM. Also noted are meetings of the San Antonio History Club and Crockett School Mothers' Club with hostesses named and a Herff School carnival to follow.
At the May festival to be given tomorrow afternoon at Stephen F. Austin school there will be a crowd pleasing program with two plays performed by the pupils. Miss Sadie Cannon in charge deserves great credit for her work.
Members urged to bring contributions to the piano fund at tomorrow afternoons meeting at the school. The Twentieth Century club held its final meeting yesterday in Maverick hotel parlors with talks by Dr Ellen Church and Mrs Hagerty-Snell and a poem read by Mrs Belle Dilgarde. Five new members joined and officers were elected delegates to the state federation city federation and playground association with alternates. A 6 o'clock dinner was invited for Saturday at the Elks dining hall.
The Riverside Park Mothers' club will hold its final meeting tomorrow afternoon at the school. The note mentions an election as part of the proceedings.
The gathering will include installation of officers with hostesses Mrs Findlay Mrs Thulemeyer Mrs A W Sweet and Miss Pauline Macette assisting during the event.
The last Beacon Hill School-Parent-Teachers' club meeting is tomorrow at 3:45 PM in the kindergarten on Blanco road. Professor Bernard Mackenson will speak on Plant Life with stereopticon slides. Hostesses include Mrs. Sidney Smith and several other organizers.
Government Hill Literary club met yesterday afternoon at Miss Noonan s home to study the Victorian Age. Mrs. Ethel Lee Scott led the program with papers on Early Life and The Later Days of Queen Victoria, piano solos by Lucile Wilson and Mrs. Angus James, and vocal numbers by Mary Manning and Miss Clara Noonan. Refreshments followed.
A regular meeting of the Jewish Literary club is set for Thursday evening May 9 at 8 30 sharp. Tuais will feature a debate display by girls with participants Ray Wittles Betsie Myers and Sophia Brown.
Frances Rogovin attends as speaker in a discussion on Zionist and Jewish community roles. The event includes a musical program and a large anticipated attendance as part of ongoing cultural and religious observances.
The Self Culture club music department meets tomorrow at 4 PM at Miss Louise Polk's Durango Street home. A brief yet interesting program is planned for the session.
The final meeting of the Fannin School Mothers Club will be held tomorrow afternoon at the school. A musical program, officer elections, and reports of the year's work will precede a social hour with refreshments. Hostesses include Mrs. Louis Dromgoole Mrs. Carl De Vany and Mrs. Martin.
The headline notes that the first run service at Pike and Wigwam comes at a high price but accounts for over four fifths of all releases with no repeaters mentioned.
John Chidsey of Paris Texas was appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency as a national bank examiner for Texas. The notice from Washington dated May 9 confirms this appointment. Staacke Bros. received a shipment of bakery laundry and other delivery wagons at favorable prices. San-Alac advertised nerve soothing claims.
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