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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1912
Page
18
Retrospective look at fall fashion and coming events in San Antonio society. Brides, farewell parties for college departures, and letters of summer memories feature as the season awakens with dances, weddings, and gatherings attended by local families and guests from Floresville, Dallas, and New Orleans.
Visiting university girls attended a luncheon hosted by Miss Inez Foster at her Main avenue home. Orange and white University colors adorned decorations and favors. Guests included Miss Bell Tips Seguin Miss Hazel Oatman Austin Miss Pearl Walker Gonzales and others. A guessing contest entertained the group.
An old advertisement touts Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths claiming cures for rheumatism sciatica stomach trouble neuritis gout skin and liver diseases. It invites readers to ask their doctor and then come for treatment.
The ladies' section of the San Antonio Turn Verein will host a card party Thursday afternoon at Turner Hall to raise funds. Proceeds support club activities and community events.
Advert says Harlandale waters boost the whole system and contain iron to aid cure without slowing vitality growth. It claims to cure the sick and invigorate the body with mineral benefits.
Miss Adeline Small and Miss Lottie Hanzal will host a strolling party at San Pedro Park this evening, inviting friends to join for an evening of leisure and socializing.
Local notice announces Miss Borden as vocal teacher operating from Studio 117 on Jackson Street with a phone listed as old 66. The brief identifies a contact point for lessons and scheduling.
Charles Cabaniss of Austin will marry Ophelia Brown at 7 30 Tuesday evening at Miss Lewis school Laurel Heights. W W Caves of Oakville wed Maud Van Wie on Wednesday September 25 at the Van Wie home Alamo Heights. Olive Embroidery Club meets 2 PM Wednesday with Mrs J G Mason on Montana Street.
The calendar lists several society meetings and events. Travis Park society gathers Tuesday with Mrs Charles Lucas for a 3 30 assemble time and box luncheon, and Hermann Sons hosts a band concert September 28 at their hall garden. Other notes include pantomime social at Alamo Heights Missionary cir next Tuesday, Central Christian Ladies Aid planning for the year, Laurel Heights dances October 12 at Turner hall, St. Mark’s Parish Aid gathering Friday at the parish house, and a harvest picnic at San Pedro springs with poems about earning the day’s dollar.
An advertisement touts Turkish Russian and Roman scientific massage and electric baths as the best way to get the most out of life. The facility claims a single floor and a half of the building dedicated to ladies, offering cures for the sick and invigoration.
Mrs Frances Justine, walking home on Campbell street Kansas City, was approached by two armed men who demanded money. They escorted her toward a warehouse and took about five dollars, discovering a small purse tucked into her corset. She laughed and cried during the struggle as the robbers fled, leaving her shaken.
An expedition led by Nelson of the American Museum of Natural History unearths a 72 room stone building near Stanley New Mexico containing skeletons pottery and relics. A nearby dam and irrigation works indicate a large prehistoric irrigation system in the area.
An invalid patient rests on a broad veranda, enjoying the scenery and renewed health. A passerby asks about life, and the patient replies that this is the first time he is truly getting the most out of life.
The article notes the so called great trek of American farmers toward Canada as US free homesteads near exhaustion and Canada offering vast fertile lands close to the border. It contrasts US land availability with Canada and hints at continuing migration motivations.
The Jeffersonian Literary Society at the high school elected Herbert Davis as president Bertram Lewin as vice president George Brinklow secretary Byron Nankervis treasurer Eldridge Travers reporter and Thomas Chiado sergeant-at-arms Committees were formed and June graduates were made honorary members Five applicants oh ts Reynolds Baxter Boone and Russey were admitted After adjournment Bertram Lewin performed a German solo and Edwin Simmang and Lee Haltom played piano solos.
In Georgia Judge Broyles rules divorcees may appoint an official spanker for their children despite protests from former husbands. The case involves W. B. Parrish arraigned over administering punishment to the Reynolds-Duncan children, who are in Mrs. Reynolds-Duncan’s custody. A US consul report notes strong demand for wild animal traps in Norway, chiefly steel traps from Germany and home manufacture.
A Baltimore American item quotes chatter about Mame allegedly treating Jack as if he were a dog. The exchange questions whether the treatment is broad or specific, and whether she treats him as her own dog.
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