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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1913
Page
6
Laura Hamilton recalls a white poodle with silky hair and oil of cocoanut as a remedy. She shares using coconut oil on the scalp every other night to treat hair thinning, noting its kindness to hair as a simple home remedy.
The text prescribes a natural gloss for hair with weekly shampooing and daily brushing, avoiding hot irons to maintain elegance. It also outlines a calm morning routine with simple stretches, chair lifts, chest rounding, and breathing exercises, followed by a morning swim, facial rinse, and modest dressing for a productive day.
In Wangen Alsace a public fountain flowed with wine on July 13 to commemorate the medieval payment dispute victory. The 1793 abolition and 1830 trial outcome led to the current communal festival. Since 1830 the fountain pours wine for one hour on that day each year.
Jacksonville Florida plans to convert public playgrounds into evening recreation centers offering community activities for residents. The move aims to provide safe after school and postwork spaces with organized programs and supervision. Local officials emphasize accessible venues and inclusive programming for families.
The Altar Society of San Fernando Cathedral hosts a lawn social at Miss Ida Dunbar’s North street home. Several San Antonio youths including Mr. Plummer and companions will travel via Grand Canyon route, with plans to reach by October 1. Guests in town include Miss Adeline Shiner and Miss Lucille Smith from Cuero, Miss Kate Weldon of Albany, Ga., and Mrs. McIntosh visiting from Albany with Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wilson. Lieutenant Abbott Boone hosts a dance at Fort Sam Houston in honor of his sister Miss Geraldine Boone with a long list of invited guests and officers.
Lieutenant Herbert Slayden Clarkson marries Ruth Kelso in a ceremony at Laurel Heights Methodist Church at 8 30 PM on Thursday September 18. The extensive pre nuptial events include dinners, teas, dances and a large reception at the St Anthony Hotel with many out of town guests listed.
A fragmented snippet mentions Skin of Beauty and a product or phrase describing a lasting tan. The text is garbled and lacks clear dates, people, or organizations to identify.
Mrs W G Cornett and niece Miss Lillian Cornett return from Texas City. Miss Emily Kalies returns from Seguin and will teach music in Stockdale High School after visiting Buffalo Toronto Kansas City Lafayette and Austin. Miss Pearl Johnson visits Cincinnati and Miss Viola Bruns from Seguin stays with Miss Kalies. Edna Noffsinger hosts a dancing party for Miss Kate Weldon guest from Albany Ga. The group includes Weldon Cox Kincaid and Harris among others and plans tennis after breakfast.
Miss Mary Alice Underwood entertained Saturday evening with a farewell party for Miss Ruth Davis of Wills Point. Games were played and refreshments served. Attendees included Ruth Davis, Martha Zellner, Mildred Charpentier, Frances Stephens, Ellen Mayfield, Mary Alice Underwood, Walter Stephens, Madden Read, Ben Sparks, Edward Isom, John Sutcliffe, Jack Gould, Raymond Marshall and Charley Leonard.
Miss Harriet Strohmeyer, head of the millinery section at Joske Bros Co, returned to San Antonio this morning after months abroad. She visited Paris during the Auteuil races and observed fashions Parisiens will wear in fall and winter, following a three week stay in New York on the journey home.
The J. B. Club held its regular monthly gathering Sunday afternoon at the home of Misses Carrie and Mary Meltoni. Members enjoyed music and outdoor games, refreshments were served, and all members were present.
Miss Lorene Tengg will entertain tomorrow afternoon in honor of the Merry Maids Musical Club, bringing a light program of songs and light refreshments for the group and guests.
Mrs Ever Johnson has opened her gymnasium at 129 1-2 W Commerce Street with an advertisement announcing the new facility and its location for local residents.
Clara Duggan Madison, a pianist, reopens her piano studio at her home located at 116 West Elmira. Contact phone number 11177 is provided for lessons and inquiries.
A long list of locals and visitors are noted as staying or stopping at the Menger Crockett Bowie St Anthony Gunter Savoy and Bexar hotels in San Antonio. Names include Gus F Schreiner Kerrville Dixie Purcell Woodville and many more with cities such as Kerrville Fort Worth Dallas Houston and Galveston. Also notes BP G Lucas chief clerk returns from vacation with family. San Antonio health feature praises Harlanale Hot Sulphur Baths. An anecdote about a doctor resolving a duel with a pill box ends in a fatality.
Describes how different plants protect themselves with sharp thorns from rose, mable, and gorse deterring livestock and snails, cactus prickles and daggers, Spanish bayonet with tapered spears, and ragged robin with sticky hairy stems catching climbing insects seeking nectar.
Manager Lytle of Wigwam Theater No 1 shows the Abernathy brothers from Oklahoma tomorrow and Thursday in a two reel photoplay made for them. Temple nine Louis thirteen ride their father’s horse famed for wolves with Roosevelt. They will speak about adventures and the show ends as their father plans to enroll them in a local school.
The Royal Theater runs two features The Madcap by Broncho Company a big two reel romance intrigue story and Peg of the Jolly P a Reliance love drama with Vivian Prescott Also Which Way Did He Go a Vita graph comedy drama with John Bunny Lillian Walker and Flora Finch Lost In Cambodia a Cambodian travelers mishap comedy with an annual Cambodian fete and elephants Scene shot in Cambodia French Indo China Always a good show at the Royal
An advertisement urging those with kidney trouble to use Foley Kidney Pills, claiming they restore kidney and bladder action, bring health and strength, and are sold by Fischer Drug Co.
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