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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1912
Page
29
A Lancet writer examines early Indian surgery and hygiene in the Atharva Veda era. Sushruta, a famed physician, is praised for ethical standards and surgical skill including ear reconstruction. References to ancient medical systematization and instruments show advanced knowledge once present at Benares and Taxila.
The San Antonio Turn Verein entertained last evening with a ball commemorating the organization's forty seventh anniversary. The ball room sparkled with smilax palms and ferns, and a six piece orchestra played excellent music throughout the evening, with a hedge of palms concealing the musicians. Above the space appeared the figures 47 in electric lights.
The event headed by Fred Hummert featured 20 dances and extras with a receiving line of Mesdames Gloeckner Waters Gutzeit plus Miss Schultze and Alma Baetz. A six course midnight supper followed in the banquet hall with lush plant and flower decor, credited to organizers Gus Koch Gilbert Scholl Louis Huppertz William Zizelmann and Ned Zoller.
The Westminster Gazette notes a new Delhi district conclave formed to govern the rising capital while preparatory city works proceed. Tree planting on main avenues and cantonment plans advance as temporary government buildings near December occupancy. A European hospital is set in the old Hindoo Rao house and a special postal express will speed English mails from Bombay to Delhi within a day.
E F Benson discusses The Vintage with Greek War of Independence context. Will N Harben’s Paul Rundel follows a poor family, Seitz’s The Buccaneers by Harper authorship, Lincoln stories by Anthony Gross, and Gregor outdoor books. Hamlin Garland rebuilds home after fire. Current Literature for November features world figures, Shaw comedy excerpts, and Panama canal lithographs.
Mrs. Eli Hertzberg, president of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, will preside at the Texas Federation's fifteenth annual convention in Fort Worth from November 18 to 22.
The issue includes a symposium on Are We a Lawless People a scientific vindication of the high cost of living a novel analysis of T R and a poetry department. Richard Middleton’s A Great Man features alongside Peter Newell’s The Rocket Book The Hole Book and The Slant Book respond to playful ideas drawn from books and clipping.
The American Hebrew notes rapid progress in Jerusalem with a new American road roller and plans for an efficient tramway system. Gates increasingly left open due to immigrant housing, while Prague no. The article cites French tram concession, English water project, harbor talks in Jaffa, and the Jaffa Jerusalem Railway seeking a 1,000,000 pound capital.
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