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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
6
A long OCR list shows prices for green corn tomatoes cranberries and more. Items include butter cheese and sausage, with fruits such as bananas plums pomegranates melons and apples priced per dozen or per pound.
Mr. J Kendrick Colling hosted the Bohemian Scribblers yesterday at the Green Kettle on Eusoya street. Mrs. Collins Rasheen departed Tennessee six months ago and has returned among friends. Mrs. Margaret Gilva Jordan led an afternoon program with original works and poems by Mrs. J Kendrick Calling and others. The gathering featured floral touches, a formal table setup, and a new flock of hosts and guests planned for the November meeting.
A reader is urged to share private illnesses with Mrs Pinkham at Lys Mass. The ad claims strict confidentiality and cites decades of correspondence with sick women. It promises that letters prove the power of the advice to help cases.
Allen town Pennsylvania resident Norman R Barnett reports relief from organic disturbances and feminine weaknesses after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. He was advised by physicians to undergo surgery but credits the product and expert guidance for becoming a healthy woman again.
A historical advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard cure for female ills. It lists conditions such as displacements inflammation irregularities backache and nervous prostration as ailments it claims to relieve, noting long experience and thousands of cures. The text emphasizes reliability and decades of use.
Captain Teed Owl Louis Niles and Stevienmend Mrs Maciall appear in a clipped OCR snippet. Readable names and roles hint at a local notice or society event though full details are unavailable. Further context from the full page would clarify their connection and the event.
A party hosted by Gua Tpian of Peatackie Military school honored the seniors at a West Indies residence. The evening featured autumn leaf decorations, a nutty amusement contest, peanut group games, and refreshments. Forty four couples attended.
A fragmented 19th century style text offers beauty tips and moral counsel. It lists expected nightly routines for a child and a suggestive facial remedy with potassium carbonate glycerine sulfur paste. The piece includes guidance on marital honesty self improvement and echoes Emerson.
Pedro Rodriguez freed on $730 bond after waiving examination for alleged assault to murder Patrolman Md Wroboes¢. Guillermo Tar ridden remains jailed. witnesses present but no testimony offered. In related matters, Knox and others face land dispute judgments in the Fifty-Seventh District Court, with suits over promissory notes and foreclosure actions filed in San Antonio Beneficiary Association case.
At the commissioners court a plan was announced to transfer demented Black inmates from Bexar County Jail and the poor farm to the Austin asylum next week. Judge Shook said he would contact Austin authorities, noting the asylum can accommodate the jail population.
A group of 20 officers completed a 90 mile test ride to Fort San Houston, enduring wet conditions and weight strains. They arrived at 5 pm and prepared for another trip, with regulations limiting speed and fatigue noted. The Ninth Infantry plans a three day continued exercise starting Tuesday morning.
The remains of Annle Gameiil, a 2 itegrass, were interred this forenoon in Cemetery No. 3 after Coroner Fisk’s verdict that death resulted from a heart fall. Witnesses recalled a prior incident when she asked her highpitter for a peach before returning to sleep and waking to find her dead.
Brank Tallor, a negro man injured Thursday when a horse fell on him at his home on Radig street, is said by Yale Sareill to be in remarkable condition despite serious injuries. The entire intestinal system was dispersed in the accident but there is little hope for recovery.
A playful yet unclear extract lists odd breakfast preparations and substitutions. It references cooking steps for reheat soups, vegetarian substitutes for bacon, and a Cuban pudding setup with sponge cake and rice milk cream. Contains numerous garbled phrases and recipe fragments with several culinary actions.
Baraca glass of the First Church held an executive session to elect officers for the new year. The roster lists G. N. Wheat as president, W. M. Pardue and J. J. Reichardt as vice presidents, Will Noonan as treasurer, J. Parker as secretary, with A. Of Glong and O. T. Tueller as assistants.
Special hearing led by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Cockerill opens in Ballas to address complaints about Texas railroad and grain rates. Local officials and business figures attend as testimony focuses on pricing practices and service concerns.
The article describes dressy waists from the season using mixed materials such as net lace and silk with Irish crochet and Valenciennes. It highlights an Irish crochet lace collar with a front panel, Vandyke collar details, a cut away yoke, sheer mousselaire flyings, and medium puff sleeves formed from crochet motifs.
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