Living Model Display at Joske's Opens Monday in San Antonio
Beginning Monday San Antonio will host a living model display at Joske's featuring dresses costumes and hats from abroad. Professional models will showcase garments with Parisian flair and orders may be taken for some pieces while others are sold and delivered immediately. The exhibit invites all San Antonio women to view the creations as shown in Paris on mannequins.
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Paris
Fifth Avenue
New York
Chicago
Jones Millinery CO
Alamo Plaza
America
Gates Talks Texas Corn Wealth Increase
Charles G. Gates, son of John W. Gates, arrived by special train and learned his corn crop value had risen substantially adding thousands to his wealth. He said he was torn by conflicting emotions and had suspicions at the time.
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Minneapolis
Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Gates
Millionaire Gates Expands Oklahoma Land Holdings
The article portrays Charlie Gates, the Democrat, describing his real estate moves in Oklahoma. He explains buying 3000 acres previously and adding 6000 more while noting a payback expectation from a weak crop year. Gates travels by engine and cars, visits Texas and Oklahoma, and plans to inspect his Minneapolis house before continuing south.
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Charlie Gates
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Oklahoma
Gates
Turtle bears inscription linking family to historic toll
Frank Benter found a live turtle near Monongahela Pennsylvania with the carved name Henry Ballantine Benter and the date June 8 1804. Pressley Benter recalled the reptile had appeared on the family farm three times since his great great grandfather carved the name 109 years ago.
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Frank Benter
Peter Benter
Monongahela
Henry Ballantine Benter
Benter
Pressley Benter
Panama railroad to keep steamship service post canal opening
The Panama railroad and its steamship line to New York will continue under the present system after the canal opens, with only changes needed by traffic, per a recent board resolution of the controlling company.
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Panama Railroad
New York
Panama Canal
Temperance Speaker Sparks Seafloor Saloons Jest
A temperance orator fragments a speech with a quip about saloons at the sea bottom prompting a humorous reply from the audience about people drowning. The exchange captures a moment of lively rhetorical humor during a public address.
Social Calendar Daughters of Isabella meet and parties noted
The Daughters of Isabella meet at 8 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall. Mrs H Morris and Mrs M B Hutchins honor Miss Amy Mayer with an afternoon card party and shower. A Kiddies hop is scheduled at the Post gymnasium in the evening.
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Daughters of Isabella
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Amy Mayer
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Social events and engagements at YWCA notices
The piece catalogs a sequence of social gatherings and engagements in San Antonio era society. It covers Miss Lucille Mueller’s upcoming wedding with a kitchen shower, dinners hosted by Mrs. John Zadek and others, a chafing dish supper for YWCA members, and delegation moves for church conventions, plus hostesses for St Patrick's Alumnae and a mixed shower for Miss Amy Mayer. It notes Captain Frederick Starr Wright returning from Europe to Fort Sam Houston and various parties at the homes of Mrs. J Townsend Woodhull and Mrs. M B Hutchins with detailed floral decor and five hundred games.
Shower of gifts at bridal party with floral parasol toast
A bridal shower for Miss Mayer featured a clever toast under a floral parasol followed by a parasol shower of gifts. Guests enjoyed a five hundred game and refreshments in an elegant setting with lace tablecloths, white carnations, Regina Corona, and a silver service led by Mrs. Max Deutz and Mrs. H. B. Affleck. A long list of attendees included Amy Mayer, Annette Schmitt, Mildred Morris, Helen Gunther, Linda Tyrasch, and many others.
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M. B. Hutchins
Hutchins
Amy Mayer
Charles Janver
Browne
Regina
Dicta Hutchins
Hazel Woodward
Hazel Wood
Annie Bess Moore
Lydia Moore
Emilee Chapman
Terry Marley
Ruth Burleson
Marie*Barnes
Marie Shafer
Zelime Vance
Annie Lee Kerr
Fanita McMillan
Juanita Hopkins
Yadie Clamp
Edith Goldstein
Mary James
Nell McCormick
Bessie Madge Andrews
Earle Allen
Mayme Storey
Lula Mae Hubbard
Winifred Bollows
Ida Shiner
Ailleen White
Mary Maverick
Amanda Guenther
Dorothy Bingham
Marybelle White
Marie Thayer
McFadden's Flats Revised and Captivating at Grand
The updated musical farce McFadden's Flats returns to the Grand with new songs features and sensational novelties including a Cabaret scene and top scenic production. A cast of 50 and a beauty chorus of 80 promise clean bright humor and nonstop fun for Saturday and Sunday matinees and evenings.
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McFadden
Edison Talking Pictures to be shown in San Antonio
Edison Talking Pictures debut in San Antonio for five nights starting Monday with daily matinees. The series presents talking motion pictures where each film uses actor dialogue and tones, an illusion praised as a marvel from Thomas A Edison. Historic figures and greats could be seen and heard speak, marking a notable age of invention.
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San Antonio
Mary Pickford to star in In the Bishop's Carriage at Royal
Mary Pickford appears for the last time at the Royal Theater in In the Bishop's Carriage under Daniel Frohman direction. The production blends book thrills with underworld drama ending in romance, supported by an excellent cast and expected to draw strong crowds. Nearby notes mention Maine state librarian receiving historic periodicals and a Canada water power estimate of 16.6 million horsepower.
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Royal Theater
Miss Pickford
Bishop’s Carriage
Daniel Frohman
Bishop's Carriage
Maine
Massachusetts Sentinel
Boston
Herald of Freedom
Federal Advertiser
Kennebec
Severance & Dorr
Department Clerks Join Organization in Pension Push
Headquarters clerks of the Southern Department join the Army Field Clerks Association to back a bill for a minimum wage of 1200 dollars a year with pension retirement. The plan, backed by Congress supporters including Julius Kahn and D. R. Anthony, aims to 2400 dollars after five-year steps, noting no pay raise in 30 years.
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Army Field Clerks’ Association
Congress
Adjutant General's Department
Julius Kahn
California
D. R. Anthony
Kansas
Boat Bait for Fish on Nile Voyage
Washington official Edwin F. Sweet testifies to a strange fish tale aboard a Nile trip. He recalls a three foot fish leaping from water into a small boat trailing behind a steamer as family and companions witnessed the moment.
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Washington
Edwin F. Sweet
Nile
Unusual Fish Story From Dinner Voyagers
A narrator recalls catching a fish of remarkable appearance with unusually white sharp teeth during a voyage. Most crew were below deck and did not witness the catch, yet they all ate the fish and praised it. The tale remains hard to fully confirm.
Musical Club Meets At Madge Briner Home
The Little Southern Girls Musical and Literary Club meets at 4 this afternoon at Madge Briner's home, 314 Sixth Street.
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Little Southern Girls’ Musical and
Madge Briner
Meemster's Golf Woes Prompt Quiet Vow
An elderly Scotch meemster on the links mutters in frustration after failed strokes. He concedes he must give up the meemistry, while a senior deacon asks what he means. The exchange is captured as a humorous reflection on restraint and pride.
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