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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1916

Page

6

Society Dinner Dance Honors Debutantes in San Antonio

Mrs Herbert Slayden Clarkson hosts a dinner dance at the Meager Tuesday evening honoring four debutantes including Gladys McFarland Margaret Graham Mattie Terrell and Con stance Ball among others. Guests arrive from Dallas Fort Worth and Berkeley California with several social figures noted in attendance. Major and Mrs Harry B Jordan hosted a reception at the San Antonio arsenal for Brigadier General William Crozier and Mrs Crozier with lavish decor including palms roses and chrysanthemums.

Herbert Slayden Clarkson Gladys McFarland Margaret Graham Mattie Terrell Constance Ball Dorothy Gage Hester Schreiner Marjorie Metcalfe Laurel Clarkson Victoria Herff Frederick Funston Winchester Kelso Julius A. Penn Arthur G. Hixson John Mag Harry B. Jordan San Antonio Arsenal William Crozier War Department Washington, D. C Crozier Mrs the Menger Me Terrell Constance All Jordan Henry A. Greene Clarence C. Williams New York Malvern-Hill Barnum Fitzhugh Lee France Bell Payne James A. Mars Leslie J. McNair L. B. Clegg Laura Girard Mary Pauling Fordtran Janie Polk Margaret Wilkins Arsenal Nineteenth Infantry Fort Sam Houston

Halloween social calendar events and gatherings

Social calendar lists Halloween dinners dances and balls at the Menger and Gunter Hotel with groups Mu Nu Sigma and Phi lathea class. Also notes church and club meetings including Woman's Club Mothers Council Parish Aid and Hebrew LadiesRelief Society with times and venues across San Antonio venues.

Cardus credited by Kentucky woman for recovery

Narrows resident Mrs. C. F. Askins recalls a long illness with back pain and weakness. After taking Cardus on a friend's advice she gained strength and flesh, reaching about 195 pounds and feeling better than ever. She notes doctors offered no relief before Cardus.

Narrows C. F. Askins Cardus

Social events mark Fort Sam Houston circles and clubs

Miltary hostices and club meetings fill a social log with detailed attendee lists. Major and Mrs. Jordan greet guests with Mrs. Crozier and other officials at the Fort Sam Houston arse nal. Nineteenth infantry band plays as German Classics Reading Club and German Literary Club hold papers on Don Carlos and Egmont. Twenty-two women golfers dine with Mrs. Duane Elliott at the Country Club. Travis Club Hallowe en doin s feature Dr and Mrs A A Luther and numerous parties.

German Classics Reading Club Schiller Carlos Clara Staffle Philip II of Spain Mary Elmendorf San Antonio Duane Elliott Country Club Frank M. Lewis Max Graham

Local luncheon honors Miss Abbe Moore at Nichols Gro Co event

Mrs A E Mitchell hosts a Saturday luncheon with guests including S Fowler and party and Mr and Mrs J L Cowan among many others. Specials advertised include best hams 22c, breakfast bacon 23c, picnic hams 18c, 2 lb creamery butter 75c. Nichols Gro Co advertises lowest prices and monthly accounts.

J. L. Cowan A. G. Beckmann H. C. 8. Smith A. E. Mitchell Abbe] Moore Nichols Gro. Co Ave. C

Closed season ends Tuesday night for antelope sheep and prairie chickens

Federal game warden George C. Shupee says the five year closed season ends Tuesday night, opening deer season and allowing limits of two antelope, one sheep, and 15 prairie chickens per season. He notes a 16 bird total may be taken if the label reads fifteen game birds and enforces sunrise shooting rules.

George C. Shupee Shupee

Governor Ferguson Meets Creager in Corpus Christi Rally Scene

Governor Ferguson and Republican candidate R B Creager spoke amiably in the Nueces Hotel lobby for five minutes. Ferguson will headline a Democratic rally in Corpus Christi tonight as Nueces County leans toward a close governor race amid a Citizens party challenge. Creager spoke to a large audience with Harry Wurzbach and George F. Rockhold accompanying him.

Corpus Christi Tex Ferguson R. B. Creagor Nueces Citizens’ Party Nueces County Creager

Reprisals Reported as Germany Punishes Russian Officers

A Norddeutsche Zeitung dispatch via Amsterdam says several Russian officers from elite regiments are being held in German prison camps under harsh conditions in retaliation for alleged German prisoner abuses in Russia. Berlin orders reprisals as Germany demands improved German prisoner treatment in Russia and Russia misses the deadline for compliance.

London Berlin Amsterdam Norddeutsche Zeitung Germany Russia Sayville

Lost Cause veteran finds new strength with Tanlac

Private J A Jackson of Hood's Brigade recalls Civil War battles and a four year illness marked by joint pain and weak digestion. After three weeks on Tanlac he reports renewed energy appetite and sleep and plans to continue treatment with his family. Tanlac is sold in San Antonio through J H Meier and Wagner Drug Co with a local representative.

Patton-Pope’s Birmingham Ala J. A. Jackson Jackson Manassas Chickamauga Tanlac Forty-first Street East San Antonio J. H. Meier Wagner Drug Co

Special camp holds detainees under strict discipline

Report notes transfer to a camp with severe discipline until Germany complies with a German request. The article then shifts to Daisy Bunco Club entertaining with Miss Hazel Mackenfuss and Miss Stella Strick er performing piano pieces. Guests included Celeste McSorley Emma Kolb Emma Kir cher Dora Knaup Clara Schumann Nora Wagenfuhr Frieda Jaehnig Hulda Steffler Stella Stricker Kathleen Rilling Estelle Wesnig and the hostess. The Want Ads promote Dollar Day Light plan offering 15 words over three days for $1.00 including two Sundays, starting Thursday.

Daisy Bunco Club Hazel Mackenfuss Stella Stricker Celeste McSorley Emma Kolb Emma Kircher Dora Knaup Clara Schumann Nora Wagenfuhr Frieda Jaehnig Hulda Steffler Kathleen Rilling Estelle Wesnig Dollar Day Light Want

Five Hundred Club matinee at Majestic then Original dinner

The Thursday afternoon Five Hundred Clubs will host a matinee at the Majestic followed by dinner at the Original. Members include Marguerite Meyer Agnes Lange Marguerite Schulze Marie Dimick Ethel Powell Pauline Scapalanda Hilda Wagner Cleo Grona Edna Maier Irene Linnartz and Eleanor Meyer.

the Majestic Original Marguerite Meyer Agnes Lange Marguerite Schulze Marie Dimick Ethel Powell Pauline Scapalanda Hilda Wagner Cleo Grona Edna Maier Irene Linnartz Eleanor Meyer

Testimony Begun in E. B. Taylor Murder Case at Austin

Court in Thirty seventh District hears initial testimony in the E B Taylor murder case involving the killing of E S Burleson a relative of Postmaster General Burleson at Austin on November 9 1915. Witnesses Dr Wooten and Dr McCaleb describe the fatal wounds and a single bullet. Jury of 12 drawn from a 200 man venire. defense and state counsel named.

E. B. Taylor E. S. Burleson Albert Austin Burleson

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