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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1912

Page

6

Local social notes from Rusk scene of card party

Max Sloan of Rusk and other guests attended a West Commerce card party hosted by Miss Select Joan with floral decor and sweet pea score cards. The Westminster League hosts an evening gathering in the Presbyterian church parlors. Various residents, trips, and club events populate the social page with visitors from Kerrville Atlanta and New Orleans and a Merry Maids recital ending with cream and cake.

Max Sloan Rusk Tex Select Joan West Commerce Isses Lucille Williamson Kerrville Fee Irene Correvon Johnnieompson Mildred Murray Clyde Lig- Noski Ethel Pahlmann Henry Hare Bert Pryor Momer Hathaway Carey Gardener Frank Pahlmann Westminster League First Presbyterian Church League

Health Board to Convene Special Meeting Next Week

A special meeting of the new health board will be called by president tr. W. BB iKtuss for next week with all members expected to attend as the reorganized Department actions begin. Absence of Dr. Moody and Shrepshire prevented yesterday's regular session.

Health Board Tr. W. Bbiktuss Cary fUrset G M. Moody Shrepshire Lee Jones Russ A. Cohen Cohen

County to install official milestones on roads

County officials order the engineer to measure county road distances to San Antonio and erect mile markers. Several months are needed to replace misleading signs after Commissioner Frank Sommers cites errors like Bianco road showing 21 miles instead of 22.

San Antonio Frank Sommers Bianco

Eckman Alterative touted as Tuberculosis remedy

An advertisement-level claim promotes Eckman Alterative as beneficial for consumption and lung illnesses. Patient testimonials cite a June 1907 surgery for tubercular peritonitis with reported recovery after using the remedy. The text claims nonpoisonous ingredients, availability at Fischer's Drug Store, and requests for more evidence from Eckman Laboratory.

Eckman Savannah &J Rochester N. Y Edna Finzer Fischer Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia

Hot Springs Liver Buttons Laxative Ad Assurance

An old promotional ad praises Hot Springs Liver Buttons as the most efficient laxative. It claims quick relief from biliousness coated tongue dizziness indigestion and general tonic effects. It directs readers to purchase a 25 cent box at San Antonio area druggists and to request a free sample from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Arkansas.

Hot Springs San Antonio Hot Springs Chemical Co Hot Springs, Ark

Wertz Heirs Seek Multimillion Dollar Estate

Estelle Kiyan Snyder and her husband sail for Germany with Wertz heirs to contest the Field Marshal Paul Wertz estate valued around 155 million dollars. The Wertz association, heirs of the 17th century general, seeks rights to the fortune held in trust by the Bank of Vienna for Holland.

Wertz Association Paul Wertz Estelle Kiyan Snyder Germany Austria Holland Wertz Bank of Vienna

Married Life the Third Year in London Hotel Ordeal

Helen waits for Warren at the Cecil and Savoy in London before dinner but he fails to arrive. She endures anxious telephone checks, a menacing city journey, and a tense reunion when he returns unrepentant, leaving her shaken and distant as he brushes off her fears. Miss Mary Hewson opens her studio at 112 West Commerce Street with an appointment set for 9 to 11 a.m.

Helen Cecil Warren Mrs. Curtis Savoy The Strand New York Forty-second Street Miter London Telen Mary Hewson West Commerce Street

Fund Raised for Central Railway Survey to Rockport

A committee in Lockhart Texas completed its drive to raise fifteen hundred dollars for a preliminary survey of the Central Railway of Texas from Quanah to Rockport. President L. E. Walker left for the coast as the group sought fifty thousand dollars and company right of way. The line pledges passenger trains by July 1914 or the funds are returned. Professor Kronsberg resumes teaching violin.

Lockhart Tex Central Railway of Texas Quanah Rockport L. E. Walker

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