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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1912

Page

6

Luncheon Honors Mary Louise Young Ahead of Fort Worth Marriage

Mrs Atlee B Ayres hosts a noon luncheon at Belknap Place in her home for Miss Mary Louise Young as she prepares to wed Edwin Thomas Phillips of Fort Worth on September 18. Ursuline Alumnae finalize reunion plans for the academy Saturday. Government Hill Methodist church elects officers including Clara Cato as president Eunice Groos as vice president Ruby Hopkins secretary Thula Lawson treasurer and two committees named for social and charity roles.

Atlee B. Ayres Belknap Place Mary Louise Young Edwin Thomas Phillips Fort Worth Government Hill Methodist Church Clara Cato Eunice Groos Ruby Hopkins Thula Lawson Ida Guest Ruth Hopkins Adams Maude Torbert Louise Watters Nora Wuest Lee Folts Lucy Owens

Central Christian Sunday School Proposing Contest At Ida Brooks Home

Miss Ida Brooks hosted her Central Christian Sunday school class last evening at East Mistletoe avenue. Lanterns lit the lawn and the living and dining rooms were decorated with flowers and palms. A proposing contest provided entertainment and a prize was awarded to the winner with the largest number.

Ida Brooks Central Christian Sunday School East Mistletoe Avenue

Family trip to Great Lakes includes Chicago Detroit and falls

Joseph Courand and his two daughters left last week for a trip to the Great Lakes visiting Chicago Detroit Cleveland and Niagara Falls on the way home. Miss Margaret Gernhauser has returned from two weeks at Corpus Christi. Mrs William Cassin has returned from Denver where she spent August.

Joseph Courand Great Lakes Chicago Detroit Cleveland Niagara Falls Margaret Gernhauser Corpus Christi William Cassin Denver

Recital by Alois Brann and pupil Kurt Heinrich at Casino Hall

Pupil Kurt Heinrich to perform with Alois Brann in a program featuring works by Bach Beethoven Brahms Chopin MacDowell Homer Chadwick Liszt and others with contralto Elsa Harms assisting. Heinrich performs multiple pieces including Ljubl.

Alois Brann Kurt Heinrich Casino Hall Elsa Harms Bach Beethoven Senate Pathetique Brahms Botschaft Ela Harms Chopin Liszt St. Francois de Paule St. Francis of Paule Liebestraum

First run pictures and vaudeville program at local cinema

The theater advertises new films including An Eccentric Sportsman Small Game at the Zoo The Sacking of Rome Picturesque Sardinen Italy and Hearts and Coronets with Selig's Equine Wonder a trained horse act. Martinette and Lewis perform Saturday at 3 40 4 40 5 40 7 30 8 15 9 and 10 p m. Orchestra music matinee and night.

Martinette Lewis

London Woman Journalist Seeks New York Opening

Helen meets Edna Turnbull, a determined London writer seeking a New York chance. Turnbull explains tiny London earnings, affordable frugal living, and hope to start as a typist while pursuing literary work. Helen pledges help. husband Warren doubts the risk but hints at rough odds for newcomers.

Mr. Stevens Edward England New York Emily Stevens Helen London Stevenses Warren

Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Easy Liver Relief

An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a mild vegetable liquid that awakens a sluggish liver and relieves constipation without calomel after-effects. Fischer's drug store backs the claim with a money back guarantee for 50 cents. imitators are warned to beware of fakings.

Dodson Fischer's Drug Store

Noted Mentor Opposes Ambitious Woman From Home

Helen defies Warren's cautions and resolves to help a capable girl from her country pursue opportunities in New York, believing talent and effort can overcome initial doubts about shorthand and fit in the city.

Remedies and offers at Dundee Woolen Mills

Hosford's Acid Phosphate is recommended to quiet strengthen nerves and aid sleep. Free extra pants offered at Dundee Woolen Mills located at 218 East Houston Street.

Hosford Dundee Woolen Mills East Houston St

Donkey Engine Digging at Herff Homestead Site

A donkey engine with four or five negro workers and a steel plow handles excavation on the old Herff homestead site on Houston street. Three men direct the plow while another rides the bow connected to the steam powered drum. The crew moves through rock and dirt as spectators watch under Superintendent Jochem with railing guarding the site.

Herff Houston Street Jochem

Southern fire engineers head to Denver convention

Southern delegates from Atlanta join fire departments of Georgia Florida Tennessee and Carolinas and Virginia for the International Association of Fire Engineers gathering in Denver next week. The entire delegation will depart tonight on a special train.

Denver Atlanta International Association of Fire Engineers Georgia Florida Tennessee North South Carolina Virginia

Duerler Predicts Rain Within Five Days

San Antonio astronomer Gus Duerler Jr. bets rain will arrive in five days and turn cooler. He says equinox conditions and recent observations support a coming shower, and expects rain in as few as three days. He did not specify the cigars to be used as stakes.

Gus Duerler Jr San Antonio

North Texas Normal asks for new appropriations

The comptroller received an estimate from North Texas Normal at Denton through President Bruce for two fiscal years totaling 254500. The first year requests 148800 and the second 105700. The estimate goes to the state normal governing board for final approval.

Normal Austin Tex North Texas Normal Denton Bruce Wea State Normal Governing Board

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