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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1912
Page
15
An advertising piece touts the Union Dentists offering truthful dental assessments with free initial exams, painless services, and a ten year guarantee. It highlights modern techniques, plate prices from five dollars, and no charge for extractions when plates are made, with extended hours and female assistants.
Empire offers a three reel moral feature The Redemption praised as one of the strongest films in years with clear imagery and fitting orchestral music. Also shown are Thanhouser comedy Don t Pinch My Pup and American drama The Dawn of Passion with cooling comfort for Sunday audiences. Sunday specials include caramel and pineapple ice cream. call 871 for details.
A Texas compilation shows 32 railroads paid 2,923,944.20 in personal injury settlements for the year ending June 30, 1912, up 420,114.65 from 1911. The sums are passed to shippers and producers via higher operating costs, with the total funding resembling major state expenditures.
2706 P L Ward 1023 South Alamo Street 2707 G A Campbell 112 North Medina Street 2708 G C Wismer 506 Fourth Street
A long column lists visitors and registrants at local hotels. Names include Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edmundson of Houston at the Gunter, F. Griffith of Dallas at the Savoy, C. H. Seawell of Baltimore at the Bexar, J. G. C. Lieder and R. C. Sutton of Cotulla at the St. Anthony, and many others from Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Austin, Fort Worth and beyond staying at the Crockett, Bowie, Menger, St. Anthony, and Savoy among others.
A sequence of 1912 property transfers lists buyers such as Jack W. Neal Bennie Neal Paulina Koerbel and James K Harris with deeds for lots and blocks in Frasch street Blaine Street Garden Street and Los Angeles Heights among others. Prices range from $1 to $3250 with notes of cash assumptions quit claims and exchanges.
A. J. Goolsby applies for a four room house on Starr street at 800 dollars. Sallie Friedman files for a five room house on Glass avenue at 1000 dollars. Sallie Friedman also seeks a six room house on Westfall avenue at 1000 dollars. M. BE. Church South requests a church at corner Ala mo and Wickes streets for 12000 dollars. Mrs. C. G. Heinisch seeks a house on Porier street for 150 dollars.
The county clerk recorded marriages for William E Wilson with Mrs Johnnie Ivy Capps and several other couples including John J Krywalsky with Elsie Capps Juan Balleza with Manuela de Luna Leandro Losoya with Emelia Casias Florentino Cruz with Maria Lowry Cham Walker with Jessie Hatch George C Lambkin with Carmen R Cobb John EB Bate with Cayloma Goss John Herbert Williams with Clara E Pat Special today CARAMET ICH CREAM AND PINEAPPLE Ich CRWAMBERY DAIRY CO PHONES.
New chiffon waists with long sleeves and lace details debut with China silk foundations in black or striped chiffon. Tailored waists range from 1.25 to 2.50 dollars, middy and Norfolk blouses from 1.25 to 6.50, and petticoats in messaline silk priced 2.95 to 6.50 with Klosfit gussets for straight skirts.
New fashion notes describe trimmings and braids from France Germany and America. Roses garlands nature tints Irish crochet shadow lace edges and flouncings are shown with gold and silver nets and pearls. Also motor veils Shetland finish and shadow lace ceilings offered with prices.
The latest neckwear ideas include Robespierre collars of fine linen and Dutch collar trends. Prices range from 25c to $12.50 with lace collar sets from Cluny Irish crochet and Plauen. Also available are velvet bows, leather bags with varied frames, hair ribbons, and silk striped ribbons in popular autumn shades.
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