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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1911
Page
6
Ernest Newman lauds Sousa and his reed band as a premier string substitute and calls their program, alternating grave and gay, a marvel of construction. Sousa brings a full concert with matinee and night shows on Friday October 27 at the Grand.
An advertisement urges giving teaspoonful doses of Vinci to children who refuse food. It claims Vinci is a pleasant tonic containing iron and cod liver elements, strengthens the blood, and can restore appetite and health, with a money back guarantee. Mrs. EB Stanger of Bronx, N Y, says her three year old recovered from bronchitis and regained appetite after using Vinci, and Fischer's Drug Store in Gibbs Building offers it.
Vaughn Comfort resumes the central interlocutor role for George Evans honey boy minstrels at the Grand on Saturday and Sunday matinees. The famed center chair governs jokes, music cues, light effects, and overall opening rhythm, with Comfort praised as the best in minstrelsy.
Gulfport, Miss. Oct 23 A telegram from his wife in New Orleans prompted 24 year old B W Thompson to dash for a departing train. He fell under the wheels and died within minutes from injuries. Locals J J Py Gilchrist, a Llano banker, and spouse arrived by automobile from Llano.
Swift and Co reported week ending October 21 in San Antonio with fresh beef sales averaging 6.50 cents per pound. Call a taxi, both phones 123.
Katherine M. Joseph notes correspondents and honors. Members of Bowie School Mothers' Club elect officers J C Hooper and others. Burnett School Mothers' Club to host garden party Friday afternoon November 3 with moving pictures and musical features to aid the piano fund. members recount earnings and social events.
A social calendar lists Sphinx club meeting at 8 tonight at their rooms to plan the Christmas dance. Miss Minnie Simmonds hosts a 1 o'clock luncheon for Mrs. Melrose Holmgreen and a Plaza box party for eight. Miss Lottie Engle entertains for Elsie Seebe with five hundred games and a three-course luncheon. Richard Ennis Dunn and Jennie J Long wed at 6 Saturday evening at St Marys rectory. Dunn, an artist, now resides in San Antonio. The couple reside at Elmira and Howard streets. A Dignowity circle meeting and Ladies Aid bazaar planning are noted. A box party at the Plaza tonight honors the Dunns and Mrs. Hearne hosts eight friends. The senior class at St Marys Hall enjoys a chafing dish supper.
In a humorous tale Mr White persuades Mr Black to try Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which are praised as relieving heartburn indigestion and sour stomach. The ad promises a one pack sample by mail from Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
J. J. Kerns of this city and Mrs. Ellen Johnson of Chicago married in Houston on Thursday. They will live on Montana Street in this city. Miss Helen Foster, visiting Prospect Hill, heads to Mart Texas for school after multiple local social functions. Mrs. William Acklin and infant Ann return to Buda after visiting Mrs. John W. Mueller on Bois D Arc Street. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Fanning, guests of their niece, depart for a short visit to Flatonia friends.
Little Miss Elizabeth Hackman celebrated her eleventh birthday with a Saturday party at home. Festivities included contests and games followed by a party menu. Attendees included Elizabeth Hackman Bernice Wilke Willie Hewett Helen Schultz Alvin Hackman Clara Wilke Adela Schultz Frances Quinn Beatrice Bowling Dorothy Fetzer Gladys Dreiss Josephine Schultz Florence Quinn and William Fetzer.
Local attorney A L Matlock was injured when Tob the former racing star bolted on the San Juan road. The surrey carrying Matlock, his wife, and daughter Ruth was wrecked. Matlock suffered a broken hand and a deep cut between his thumb and forefinger. Tob was unharmed. Cal Rodgers was sighted earlier in Harlandale.
The 1911 12 session closes its second week with 1100 students registered at Texas A and M College, more than ever enrolled. Officials anticipate about 1200 total, as many students defer enrollment until after Christmas holidays.
Dr. G. B. Fraps, state chemist for Texas, from the Texas Experiment Station at A and M College, recommends applying 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate in the seed row about a week before planting to improve grain yields where land grows stalks but little grain.
A narrator recalls Eden as a garden of apples, love, and longing. A wife enjoys youth and wealth while her husband grows distant. A younger lover returns, tensions rise, and a Lucerne boat crisis tests loyalties as she must choose between passion and duty. In the end Eden remains, and apples still grow.
Carl Geyer, a businessman from New Orleans, is listed among the guests arriving at the Menger hotel.
Mrs. T. J. Anderson and her daughter Miss M. E. Anderson of Houston are listed as guests at the Menger Hotel. The brief notice notes their visit without detailing dates or activities.
In Camden Mississippi a local woman named Miss W. E. Wilson credits Cardui with restoring strength after an operation and years of weakness. She says she no longer needs medicine and urges others to try Cardui, advertised as a women’s tonic from the Chattanooga Medicine Co.
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