Two San Antonians Return to Perform Opera Concerts
Ra phaelo Diaz and Vera Nette, San Antonio natives now with leading opera companies, plan a joint concert at Beethoven hall on October 3 before heading north. Diaz recalls Berlin study days and a hoped Royal Opera future, while Nette recalls debuting in Italy and singing for Italian audiences before returning home.
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Raphaelo Diaz
Vera Nette
Europe
San
Diaz
St. Mary’s College
Hammerstein Opera Company
New York
Vera
Boston Opera Company
Italy
Mr. Diaz
Berlin
Royal Opera
Royal Opera House
Nette
Germany
Frontier Days of Texas Lone settlers face siege by Indians
Goldsburg Childress and five men with Rev. Crouch and Dr. Davis escape a two front attack by roving Indians near Bell county. Davis and Crouch die while defending the wagon. Childress leads the retreat to safety with women and children, building a breastwork for protection while Indians burn cattle. The Childress settlement later bears the family name.
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San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Goldsburg Childress
Little River
Bell County
Old Nashville
Brazos
Brazos. Mr. Childress
Crouch
Davis
Childress
Worth
Panhandle
Texas
Frank Childress
Erath
Elm Creek
Nnd
Fitzhugh Lee
Jack Hays
Lee
Hays
Virginia
Havana
Cuba
Maine
United States Army
Spain
Robert B. Lee
Sidney Smith Lee
United States Navy
Sandies
Gonzales County
George Barnett
San Antonio
Cibolo
DeWitt County
John York
Tomlinson
Goliad
Escondido Creek
York
Tumlinson
James Bell
Sykes
When Women Talk Ages and Envy Among Women
A seaside talk turns to age and beauty as women discuss a peer who looks young. Envy and egotism drive the habit, rooted in fear of aging and the fear of losing a mate, revealing a harsh truth about feminine motives and social dynamics.
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Smith
Mrs. Smith
Sausage buyers urged to choose tin tag freshness
An advertisement urges shoppers to ask butchers or grocers for a tin tag to verify fresh, wholesome sausage. The note promotes checking displays at Union Meat and references Grand Opera House in an old storefront ad style.
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Grand Opera
Union Meat
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Sabatini
Opera
Rafael Diaz
Detroit, Mich
Chicago
Ae Nes
Redsking
Fitz
Jack
Eastman CO
South
Almerene
Fox Studios Co
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, Tex
Mr. Smith
Farrand Piano
Detroit
Piano Factory
Mie
Segerstrom
United States
the Mayor Piano Co
Travis and
Soledad Sts
Wolff & Marx Co
Crockett
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