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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
9
A jumbled grocery list details varying prices for corn, tomatoes, vegetables, fruits, and staples. It includes items like onions, sweet potatoes, beans, butter, honey, raisins, and various teas and cheeses with per pound or per quart pricing, indicating a local market catalog or advertisement.
A 1989 era reception at 414 West residence hosted by Mrs. Moore White honored Miss Bessie Yoakum with a large gathering. Guests, table settings, and lavish floral decor highlighted the event, with Mrs. A W Houston and others assisting. Character recitations by Miss Esle Rowley added entertainment to the veranda and dining room tea hour.
The weekly social round features visits and arrivals across Fort Sap Houston with extended Kentucky stays, bridge gatherings, and convivial parties. Notables include Mrs. W. Campbell hosting guests, wedding announcements for Fred Krishe and Lana Larson, and multiple local society notes from the Phoenix Club and East End Baptist circle.
An adrift, garbled reflection on hotel life and manners, contrasting English speaking guests with foreign menus. It notes tips for guests to be tactful, help with housework, keep rooms orderly, and avoid prolonging stays, while musing on gender roles and social expectations.
In this fragment the speaker contrasts women's roles with men’s, arguing that a wife’s duties are as significant as other aims. The text laments the difficulty of comparing sexes and hints at gendered lines of thought, using unconventional phrasing to probe societal expectations.
An unclear recipe text outlines veal preparation with butter, a half wine of onion, chopped vegetables, salt, and pepper. It describes browning, layering with dough or crackers, and cooking until thick, then serving over mashed potatoes with green pepper garnish.
Fragmentary OCR style item from Galveston area by Galyston Salog describes a quiet scene with scattered numbers and references to times and places. Mentions Houston and Kuasat City with unclear figures and a mix of labels, dates, and codes.
Suceiulle The Light reports in May's county the first legal execution scheduled this year for Jesus Nerio, a Mexican man who killed his wife near Budh. Nerio pleaded guilty, received the death penalty, and upon sentencing cried Astad Bueng.
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