House of God Near Rock Quarry Builds Comfort in Barrio
Mrs. Sarah F. Ostrom and her daughter Frances opened a one room white building labeled House of God at 1522 Jones Avenue to serve Mexican squatters near Tobin Hill. They fund and run outdoor summer services, winter indoor meetings, and a growing program of religious uplift, education, nursing, and social support in the neighborhood.
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Sarah F. Ostrom
Frances Ostrom
Rock Quarry
Jones Avenue
Miss Ostrom
Frances
Tobin Hill
Ostroms
Lumber Company
When I Played With Faversham A Supe's Roman Nightmare
A former stage hopeful recounts being paid fifty cents as a super in William Faversham's Julius Caesar. He endures make up, smirks from rivals, a crowded house, and a humiliating walk home after a chaotic performance, concluding he would not do it again for all the box office receipts.
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Julius Caesar
William Faversham
Faversham
Grand Opera House
Mother Hubbard
van Dyke
Buster Brown
Fellows
Buster
Hfe
Caesar
Buck
Pompey
Brutus
Trebonius
Trebonious
Cinna
Phillips
Ancient bronzed bodkina and straight pina for hair
The passage notes women of early days used bronze bodkina similar to modern tools and employed straight bronze pins with spherical heads to set hair, unlike the later bent wire technique. It highlights continuity in hair styling implements from two thousand years ago to today.
Patient Doctor Exchange on Billing in 85 Dollar Range
A fragment shows a patient demanding a worst case update from a doctor while noting the bill may cost about 85 dollars. The brief exchange hints at medical billing concerns without further context.
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Boston
The Manicure Lady Narrates Hangnail Folly
A salon anecdote features the Manicure Lady recalling two men who visited for nails. One middle aged man from a small town admits he rarely manicures and sought relief for several hangnails, believing a manicure could fix them.
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George
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God
Gested
David
David Lloyd George
England
Lloyd George
Ambrose
George Cohan
Menger Kotel
South
Arnold
Noas Spears CO
Losoya Street
Greer’s
Richter’s Steam Bakery
Tate
E. Houston &J
Crockett
Moory & Hormann
CG Crockett
Mike Goggan
Houston St
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, Tex
West
Commerce Street
Ponger
Boot Shop
East
Houston Street
Phoenix
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