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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
8
A veteran of Europe’s wars in Burgundy clings to memory and a battered trumpet. As Prussian troops approach, the trumpet sounds once more and shatters, killing the lone old man in a snow-filled village.
A Woman's Realm tip advises using mercorized wax as a nightly treatment to remove sallow skin. Apply like cold cream and wash off with warm water next morning. Repeated use claims gradually revealing a velvety white new complexion and a blemish free appearance.
A sequence of social notices details events in San Antonio including the Scottish Rite Masons banquet at the Menger hotel at 7 pm and meetings of the Government Hill circle Travis Park church and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The wedding of Lulu Elizabeth Kilgore to Oliver Franklin Billingsley draws seventy five guests at the Kilgore home with Rev. James Kilgore officiating.
Little Miss Marie Louise Dwyer was christened at San Fernando Cathedral with Judge Edward Dwyer and Mrs. Annette Dwyer as sponsors. A reception followed at their South Flores home with many attendees from prominent local families. The Willard WCTU planned comfort bags for sailors, while state convention plans and officer elections were discussed. Also noted were a marriage of H. A. Newman and Nellie Ellison, and several social gatherings including Flower Circle, Parish Aid, and Tusitila Club events with listed attendees.
Miss Gusta Mirus departed for Corsicana today after a summer stay with relatives Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Russell of San.
Antonio travelers return from Europe and domestic trips. Olympia voyage marks August 30 for home. Applewhite family reports two week mountain camping near Blanco. Wasson sisters finish summer in Virginia White mountains. Zaleme Vance to New York October 1 for schooling. Nye family to New York then Rowena to Wellesley College with Nellie Borden accompanying. Florence Evans and Ida Rawls back from Sutherland Springs hosted by Viva Mae Tracey in San Antonio with social functions. Call a Taxi. Both phones 123.
A humorous domestic vignette by Frances L. Garside centers on Mrs Lysander John Appleton critiquing her husband’s plan for universal signals. She recalls a recent visit where a cake labeled F H B reveals a family shortage, sparking wit about communication gaps between spouses.
An anecdote unfolds around Lysander John inviting many guests to a table. Guests notice engravings on borrowed spoons showing a daughter Lillian and Daysey Mayme. The host explains that these are children they have lost, prompting silences, sobs, and a tense attempt to change the subject as the guest mutters about “only two.”
A critic ridicules a proposed scheme described as a universal signalhood school, calling its originator a stupid, blundering man and questioning the benefit to the public. The remark frames the debate around whether the proposal serves public interests or is misguided.
In a toolmaker context a hair's breadth is described as one part in ten thousand of an inch. The passage notes dividing an inch into ten thousand equal parts and identifying seventeen parts as a hair's breadth.
The article explains magatone lotion made from one package of magatone dissolved in witch hazel to clear pores remove blackheads and wrinkles and reveal new smooth skin. Regular use supposedly reduces need for powders and rouge for a youthful complexion.
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