Social Notes Span Texas Towns and Gatherings
A long society column recounts parties and visits across cities like Beaumont and San Marcos. It highlights Miss Constance Weeks’s birthday party on Convent Street, various lawn and bachelor girl events, church society socials, and numerous travels by residents and visitors including trips to Grand Lake, Chicago, and New Braunfels with mentions of bowling clubs and a wide array of local personalities.
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Constance Weeks
Convent Street
Lillie
Maud Cortz
of . Beaumont
Maud
Alice Wooten
Lena
Lala Mart
Constance
Annie Mae
Ray Weeks
Rose
Annie Bird
Bert Weeks
Francine Cowart
Zula Reel
Bessie Harris
Willie Griffith
Jessie Hawkins
Maggie Whitecotton
Weekly Fashion II Its Handsome Reception Gown Review
The article highlights a buff veiling reception gown with a long-shoulder effect and tucked yoke edged in Corticelli silk. It notes embroidered sleeves, clustered tuck skirts, strap garniture, and velvet ribbon trims, plus new cotton fabrics like grass cloth and fine lawns with lace insertions and embroidered haustes in white or beige.
Editor Refuses Office and Stays Content in St Helena
The New Orleans Daily States praises editor Holland of the St Helena Echo for declining political bids. He resists campaigns for Congress or Railroad Commissioner, saying he earns well, lives simply, and prefers to remain in his peaceful editorial role.
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New Orleans
Holland
St. Helena
Sam Robertson
Congress
Boy Nearly Loses Sight After Picnic Poison
Sioux City resident W H Dibble recalls his 11 year old son being exposed to a weed or pant poison while picnicking last month. The boy rubbed the irritant into his eyes and feared blindness until a neighbor suggested DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. After the first use his condition improved and he recovered fully. The ad touts the salve for skin diseases burns cuts wounds and insect bites while warning to beware of counterfeit products.
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W. H. Dibble
Sioux City
DeWitt
James Clavin
C. Schasse
Appmiann
San Antonio dogs, fear, and Pasteur debate rise in Tribune
The Orange Tribune reports frequent maid dog scares in San Antonio with cruelty toward the poor in medical access. It notes calls for a Pasteur Institute and public fear, while authorities push for prevention and police actions amid ongoing debate.
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The
Orange Tribune
San Antonio
Pasteur Institute
Suffering with poor eyesight offered here for help
An old notice promotes free eye examinations and inexpensive lenses ground to suit individual needs. It claims satisfaction guaranteed and prices that are low for first class work, urging readers that for poor eyes the best value is the cheapest option.
Gowns at Saratoga Race Meet Shine as Fashion Focus
Maude Griffin notes the season’s most beautiful gowns at Saratoga, mostly by New York modistes. She describes Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr’s gala attire and other elaborate outfits, and argues home sewers can replicate gowns with modest costs using silk fabrics, embroidery, and appliques.
Fashions at Newport Millinery and Gowns
Newport August 9 article surveys Bellevue Avenue display of millinery details. It highlights garlands of roses and forget-me-nots, chrysanthesmum straw hats, green and black ribbon trims, lace and chiffon accents, and elaborate gowns with plastrons, belts, and accoutrements. Wardrobe features include Neapolitan straw, batiste, linen, crepe de Chine, and green themes with delicate embroidery and ornate hats.
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Newport
Bellevue Aveenue
Silk gown with chiffon trim described in Gardener party listing
Osalind May features a waist low silhouette finished by a chiffon bertha with elbow sleeves tucked at the top. A guimpe of tucked chiffon with a high straight collar leads to a circular front seam skirt with flounces and a ribbon sash. Another pink micasseline garden dress with cream lace detailing and extended lace front showcases pink chiffon sleeves with ostrich feather trim.
Grove's Black Root Liver Pills Advertisement
Grove's Black Root Liver Pills use an active principle from Black Root to act on the liver like calomel without griping or sickness. They promise no bad after effects and are priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gery Demain
Grove
Redmond Urges Irish to Stay Home Amid Emigration Tide
The Irish Parliamentary party leader urges Irishmen not to abandon Ireland as emigration depletes the population and weakens national strength. He notes many leave to seek fortune in the United States, warning the trend risks English domination and fears wealth drawn abroad inflames envy among the Irish.
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Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Ireland
United States
Treland
Catholic Holiday Observed With Beasts and Fasting
Next Friday the 15th the Catholic church observes the Beast of the Ax suritio and the same is observed out the work of the syrae as Sunday. Sereiods até Wield the same as on Sundays. The day previous is x day of fat and abstinence.
Through Trains To Colorado Boost From Fort Worth
Beginning July first two thru trains to Colorado will run daily from Fort Worth one at 0 45 a m and one at 11 10 p m after evening connections A sleeping car will be ready at 9 00 p m for guests who retire early Both trains run thru to Denver carrying coaches sleeping cars and meals en route in cafe dining cars The Denver Road offers best time and high occupancy with radio slogan You Don’t Have to Apologize
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Colorado
Fort Worth
Denver
Denver Road
Fe. Worth
Tex
Texas Round Trip Fare Sale Ends October Thirty First
The rate from all Texas points is one fare plus two dollars for a round trip with one goat returning, valid all summer until October 31. Tickets routed over our line include more stop over privileges than any other road offers.
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N. B
Texas
Desirable Summer Resorts Listed Across the South
The article notes many seaside and inland resorts along the Southern States from Asheville North Carolina to Hot Springs and Tennessee and Virginia. It directs readers to Mr M Bonk Western Passenger Agent Houston Texas or their local ticket agent for hours folders and descriptive matter.
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Ashville
N.C
Hot Springs
Tennessee
Virginia
Bonk Western
Houston
Texas
Neprose
Business Directory Advertisement Rates Noted
The notice outlines general guidance for business directory ads in the Daily with a proposed price of $1200 per year per line and payment method. It mentions reaching a home or other medium and hints at advertising efficiency.
Smith's Studio Free Portrait Offer Vanishes After Ad
An old advertisement offers a 14x17 portrait free with every order, urging customers to visit Smith's Studio at 323 EB H Street. The copy is garbled but promises a no-charge portrait with purchases.
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Ant
Smith
EB. H Street
Stanit City
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