Fifth Anniversary Celebration At 105 South Cherry Street
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Johnson hosted a fifth anniversary gathering with chrysanthemums and ferns, a musical program, and fancy broom favors. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. B. Morrow, Mrs. Addie Kennelly, the Weiningers, the Carlsons, the Kornlys, the Morrows, the Zellingers, Miss Mamie Zellinger, Miss Kathleen Hebdon, Miss Lucile Johnson, Miss Mildred Johnson, Miss Bernice Welninger, Milton Fugman, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Johnson
South Cherry Street
B. Morrow
Addie Kennelly
W. Weininger
J. C. Carlson
Frank Knelly
E. Morrow
N. Zellinger
Mamie Zellinger
J. J. Johnson
Sadie Johnson
Kathleen Hebdon
Lucile
Mildred Johnson
Bernice Welninger
Milton Fugman
Surprise Party Honors Mamie Wakefield’s Sixteenth Birthday
About twenty young people of South Heights held a surprise party for Miss Mamie Wakefield to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. The evening featured games music selections and refreshments provided by host families and friends.
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South Heights
Mamie Wakefield
Miss Octavia Bullis Hosts Post Bowling Club Meeting
Miss Octavia Bullis serves as host at the Post Bowling Club after the meeting at the post gym. Mrs Henry T Phelps compliments the Groosbeeck Clamp wedding party with a buffet supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octavia Bullis
Post
Henry T. Phelps
Local social notes list Halloween events and new homes
Mrs Bascom Bell and Miss Elizabeth Lignosk host Halloween gatherings at 625 East Macon street and 236 King William street. Other teas, club meetings, and a Hallowe en social at 221 Belmont street are planned with a gingham apron and witch's cap theme.
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Mrs. Bascom Bell
East
Macon Street
Elizabeth Lignosk
Hallowe'en
King William Street
Rasche
I. M. Bettison
Buck West
R. G. Ward
Leonard Watson
Bates
A. L. Busby
Blair
A. L. Ulrich
Burg
Blake Alexander
Anita
Margaret Yaeger
Mexico City
Nell Flannagan
Annie Jefferies
Laredo
Nell Bryant
Kate Jaimes
Clyde Lignoski
Smith
Foster
Ethel Crider
Dr. Timmons
Harold Stickney
Robert Schemerhorn
Mr. Carson
Tom Whitfield
Pleasanton
Donald Joseph
Cuero
Lewis Ducker
East End
Nature's Remedy for Diseases in Olden Times
The article recalls fall replenishment of family medicine chests with roots herbs and barks including skull cap pennyroyal clover blossoms thoroughwort wormwood and balm of Gilead buds. It notes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound originated about forty years ago from these ingredients and is still produced with care and cleanliness as the standard female remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Halloween season affairs and postponed debut dance
A schedule includes a musical program a series of old fashioned games and refreshments. Mr and Mrs John B Stapler postponed their November 11 debut dance at the St Anthony to a later date due to conflicting dates.
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John B. Stapler
St. Anthony
Nellie
Dignowity Hi Circle Meets at Mrs Biggs Home
The Dignowity Hi Circle of the Travis Park Methodist Church will meet at 3 30 o clock Wednesday afternoon at Mrs 8 P Biggs 185 Adams street.
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Dignowity Hi
Travis Park
8. P. Biggs
Adams Street
Wilson Focused on Work Not a Second Term
Political Washington discussed President Wilson's Philadelphia speech dismissing thoughts of re election. Friends quote him saying he has been elected to one job and must first do that well. A cabinet member calls it typical of his focus on current work over politics.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Congress Hall
Philadelphia
Servants Returning as Cotton Picking Near End
Austin farmers report cotton picking season nearly finished with hundreds of workers in the fields. Postmaster Jefferson Johnson, longtime Cotton Returning Board member, says most of the crop has been picked and is being ginned, easing domestic help shortages for local families.
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Austin
Tex
Jefferson Johnson
Cotton Returning Board
Washington
Linen shower honors Miss Della Schmidt bride of the week
Miss Erna Donop organized a Saturday afternoon linen shower at Miss Schmidt’s Garden Street home. The decor featured hearts, cupids, roses, and wedding bells with a punch bowl display. Prizes were awarded to several guests, and a two course buffet accompanied the reception hosted by Miss Donop and assisted by her mother and sister.
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Erna Donop
Della Schmidt
Garden Street
la France
Regina Corona
Caroline Nauwald
Eleanor Dulling
Pauline Zimmerman
Cleo Grona
Lorena May Snell
Cupid
Maggie Casey
Fdna Mater
Pauline Zitzelman
Otelia Dobrowski
Josie Icke
Nellie Casey
Felicitas Sievers
Geanie Nordhaus
Mesdames L. Baumel
H. Wegel
H. Snell
J. A. Conaway
Miss Donop
E. Schunke
Copies of Laws Ready For Distribution In Texas
The secretary of state in Austin reports that general and special laws from the Thirty third Legislature are prepared for sale at 15 cents each in person and 25 cents by mail. Postage stamps are not accepted. orders must include cash, a money order, or a check drawn on an Austin bank.
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Austin
Tex
Secretary of State’s Department
Secretary of State
Weinert
Miss Florence Gillespie Hosts Little Southern Girls Club
Miss Florence Gillespie hosted a Friday afternoon event at her California street home for the Little Southern Girls Musical and Literary Club. Misses Josephine O'Brien Margaret Otto and Vera Simpson presented a well arranged program. Prizes were awarded to Misses Pauline Simpson Josephine O'Brien and Gi nella Hedges after games. A two course luncheon concluded the afternoon.
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Florence Gillespie
Little Southern Girls
California Street
Josephine O’brien
Margaret Otto
Vera Simpson
Pauline Simpson
Ginella Hedges
Hallowe'en Party by The Little Southern Girls Club
The Little Southern Girls' Musical and Literary Club will entertain with a Hallowe'en party on Wednesday evening at Miss Ruth Frances's home.
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Hallowe’en
Little Southern Girls’ Musical and Literary Club
Hallowe'en
Ruth Frances
Miss Bessie Barnes Hosts Hallowe'en Party for Merry Maids
Miss Bessie Barnes will entertain Saturday evening in compliment to the Merry Maids Musical Club. The event aims to delight members with a festive Hallowe'en gathering.
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Merry Maids
Bessie Barnes
Hallowe'en
Swift & Company beef sales in San Antonio week ending Oct 25
Swift & Company reported fresh beef sales in San Antonio for the week ending October 25 averaged 9.65 cents per pound.
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Swift & Company
San Antonio
Language Study Ordered for First Cavalry Brigade
Government order issued by Col. James Parker requires officers and enlisted men of the First Cavalry Brigade to study Spanish beginning November 1. Minimum three hours weekly during garrison training to boost Rio Grande frontier duties. examinations to follow. Mayors and officials plan conference in Austin on November 4 with J J Pastoriza and J J Collins expected to speak.
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James Parker
Rio Grande
Fire charge against Ford era figures shocks town
Lee Weatherford, Bill Ratliff and Roy Bastus are charged with burning the First Baptist Church and parsonage. The incident has unsettled residents as investigators pursue motive and potential accomplices.
May Extend Interurban to Austin
Officials of the Southwestern Traction Company of Temple are expected in Austin this week to discuss extending the interurban line from Temple to Austin. Chief engineer A. M. Coffin is in Austin preparing route details.
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Austin
Tex
Southwestern Traction Company of
Temple
A. M. Coffin
Sex Hygiene Taught in Chicago High Schools
Chicago observers report the start of sex hygiene education in the city's high schools with six lectures across five institutions. Physicians were appointed to deliver the talks, four aimed at boys and two at girls.
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Chicago
Paris Ships Carload of Vinegar
A solid trainload of sixteen cars of vinegar from a Paris Texas firm left for San Antonio marking the first trainload shipment of any product from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
San Antonio
Arson Trials Set for First Baptist Church Case
Final preparations are under way in Fort Worth and Weatherford for the start of arson trials tied to the First Baptist Church incident. Authorities plan to proceed in Weatherford with the proceedings this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Weatherford
First Baptist
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Woman's Club
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A. A. Gray
Nature
W. B. Corsets
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Dallas
Conference of Mayors and City Attorneys
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