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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
6
A long readable list of produce and groceries with prices. Watermelons 55 cents and up, cantaloupes, avocados three for, peaches, pineapple 25 cents each. Vegetables include green corn, beans, peas, cabbage, lettuce, onions, okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes. MISCELLANEOUS items cover butter, eggs, cream cheese, sausage, country butter, snapper, honey, and poultry with various per-pound or per-unit prices.
The First Baptist church hosted the wedding of J. Ross Boles to Miss Della Small at 8 pm, with Rev. C. O. Coldman officiating. Guests filled the church as the bride wore white Swiss and lace, carrying carnations and ferns. maid of honor Miss Robbie Abbey wore pink mull, and bridesmaids wore white organdy. Reception followed at the bride's parents’ home. The couple will honeymoon in Nacogdoches and east Texas, then reside at 609 Camden Street after June 25.
Mrs Josephine Tobin and Mrs J M L Carr return soon from a visit to Mr and Mrs John Tobin at their ranch. Stanley Miller plans a camping and fishing trip with friends on the Dana Miss Henry McKinney arrives from Arkansas to visit sister Mrs Jophe R Morton. Mrs Lucy Thornton recounts a Long Island trip and plans with the Yoakums to New York, then Europe. John James visits Vermont after a year at Exeter and Proctor Spalding visits Berkeley parents. The Carr home on Main Avenue hosts Townsend family of St Louis for the summer. Government til Literary club closes the year with a tea hosted by Miss Marcela Robinson.
Local notes recount a witty school story about a San Antonio optician 249 West Commerce Street and roof work by Cooper Lathrop on a tin shoot. Headlines chronicle visits of Mrs Florian and Miss Georgina Florian, plans for summer trips to El Paso Galveston and New Orleans, plus musical programs at the Woman's Club and tributes to Miss An. Engleking and Mrs. Sigismund Engleking.
A Washington letter notes big house receptions and a prominent assembly at Mrs Henderson’s home with Mrs Longworth and Mrs Scott of West Virginia presiding. Invitations extended to governors’ wives, plan for continental tours and a Roosevelt garden party rain check. Mrs Rounds to display a collection of old English prints at her studio.
Ackers injured by Leng stabbed last Saturday night. Tomlinson brothers to answer affray charge in the precinct court. The Tomlinsons previously faced murder charges in the same case, but Ackers injuries eased and an agreement appears to have been reached on the affray count. New Business Block Peeville Texas May 26. KR Hall awarded contract to build six hundred feet two stories and a basement.
A partial 19th century advice piece discusses beauty, husband duties and fatigue, urging women to value household burdens and avoid overfocusing on rewards. It includes letters policy, a note on vanity, and faded recipe hints for skin care and fatigue relief attributed to famous actors.
This week only an advertisement proclaims Villa Resi lots priced from 9200 to 3n9 less than established price. A note on page 5 directs readers to see the paper. In San Angelo Texas on May 36 the contractor for two new war school buildings to cost 4497 is in the city and will begin immediately.
A collection of kitchen notes describing plain boiled custard with tips on beating and cooking, Venetian chicken with tomatoes and pasta, and a two cakes in one pan recipe. Instructions emphasize double boiler use, gradual milk integration, and flavor tweaks like lemon. Also covers boiling stock, pasta, garnishes, and simple bake method.
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