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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
10
Katherine M. Joseph reports Miss Fanny Applewhite has received social attentions during her stay. She will return September 1. Publication contacts and addresses are listed in the editor's notice.
Miss Bessie May Emerson hosts progressive hearts at her South Olive street home for guest Miss Erma Strain of Port Lavaca. Officers at Fort Sam Houston attend Hop at 8 30 o'clock. Farewell reception for Rev D Greer at the Beatty home. Woman's Jubilee committee meets at 9 30 o'clock at Travis Park church. Mysterious Seven hosts afternoon reception for club mothers at Mrs Leon Charles Pinn's home.
A pleasant church gathering occurred last night at Madison Square Presbyterian Church. Members and attendees enjoyed a cordial fellowship with the majority present, and refreshments were served after the social meeting.
The Mysterious Seven club of young ladies will entertain this afternoon at the home of Mrs Leon Charlie Pinn on Commerce Street in honor of their mothers. A unique program has been arranged for their pleasure and refreshments will be served.
Mrs Emily W King and Miss Sarah King who have toured California all summer will return home next Wednesday.
Miss Constance Ball sends greetings from a delightful Port O Connor stay. Local families report returns from Rockport after several weeks away and plan visits to Kentucky Illinois and Arizona towns.
Mr and Mrs R Tommins host Mrs Thomas Chapman and daughter Miss Norma of Denver Colorado as a guest visit described in society notes.
Mr and Mrs Ansel McKinney and their baby returned to Del Rio Texas after a pleasant visit with Mrs C A Smith at 414 Guenth er street Riverside not specified in text but Del Rio is clear.
Miss Bessie May Emerson entertained this afternoon at her South Olive Street home for guest Miss Erma Strain of Port Lavaca. A game of progressive hearts and refreshments were enjoyed, with a list of attendees including Lorena Strain Flora Briggs Ruth Bingham Evelyn Hall Judith Rodgers Margaret Braswell Lula May Hubbards Helen Wilson Emily Orr Marion Seymour Eva Harper Zaleme Pettus Margaret Finck Zelma Prior Vera Timson Erma Strain and the hostess.
Mrs. J Arthur Gaul held a prettily decorated birthday party at her South Alamo street home for her daughter Helen Edith eleventh birthday. Guests included Marie Mayer Meyers Lucile Frederickson Zulema Olsen Helen Scholz Florine Tarril Lion Audry Suchert Inez Carver Bethesda Ware Helen Kress Florence Kress Adelia Judd Thomas Boone Louis Kayton Jack Berman Allen Heinen Ivan Heinen Herman Kress. Mrs John Hill Minnie Neal and Herman Kress helped receive guests.
The Avoca club plans a Saturday evening dance for friends at West End lake pavilion with chaperones Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Rechel and Mrs. C. H. Frick supervising.
Edward Paul of the Tenth Infantry and Miss Sophia Hohman were quietly married at 8 o'clock last evening at Rev. Frederick Bowen's Camden Street home. The bride hails from San Antonio and the couple will reside in this city.
Los Angeles policewoman Mrs Abia Stebbins Wells testifies how a man can be easily arrested by a female officer. Night yardmaster Thomas Gibbon is charged as a masher after she says take a walk and he follows to the central station. He admits she flashed a star and arrest. he claims a wink was accidental. Call a Taxi.
The Manicure Lady boasts a $10,000 Nova Scotia bank roll left by a rich uncle and recalls travel to Europe including Paris. She derides poets and publishers, funds her brother Wilfred's poetry, and recounts family debts as she dismisses local barber chatter.
A seventeen year old girl asks if it pays to be good. Dix argues virtue brings self respect, healthier life, and safer treatment from men. She contrasts poor, honest workers with wealthy, disreputable women, warning the lure of luxury harms health, happiness, and future prospects.
The ad touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a safe remedy used by millions of mothers for teething children. It claims to soothe the child, soften the gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and aid diarrhea, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
M P Hallowell of Munden Kansas carried a five dollar bill for thirty years without breaking it. He invested the bill in mining stock in San Antonio earlier this week and later learned a relative willed him five dollars in 1881 in the same bill. He has interests in San Antonio and Mexico and left for the republic to inspect properties.
Jane Doe appeared in night court dressed as a man seeking deportation to Italy. The 21 year old immigrant from Naples explained her plan to return home after losing her brother and failing to receive aid from the Italian consul. The magistrate adjourned the case for investigation.
Carl Hahn restarts piano and theory lessons on Saturday September 2 at Beethoven Hall studio. Morning appointments begin at 9.
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