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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
11
Laredo April 10 report notes season began with promising Bermuda onions and early crops, but February hail damaged plants. March heat brought thrips, a melon louse lookalike, infesting stems and threatening yields. Webb county fields have seen limited thrip outbreaks with minimal damage so far.
The San Antonio Music Festival Association was chartered today in San Antonio with capital of 5500 dollars. Incorporators named are T. C. Carrington Franz C. Gross and Nat M. Washer.
Akron Ohio April 10 Antonio Pee seling an insane tailor started a fire in a padded jail cell today and was burned so badly that he is expected to die.
Rosalio Resendez, a workman, fractured his right leg while excavating at the new Kenny building on Loenya street this afternoon. A heavy sidewalk slab toppled onto his leg, and he was carried to a local hospital by a back loaded cart.
Burial permits list several local deaths with ages and causes. P J Greenwood aged 47 from blood poisoning after an operation at P and S hospital. Joe Metzner 74 of 206 Glenn street. Wm Carl Stein 7 months of 408 West Elmina street died of cholera infantum. Wilhelmina Moore Brown 45 of 614 Fourth street. Lyons 4 months of 1125 South Gamal died of cholera infantum. Andriana Garcia de Ayala 3% years from consumption.
A breve dialogue fragment shows a suggestive clash in a nighttime context with a speaker asserting constant presence in a certain condition and another retort claiming the same condition explains the situation. The lines hint at social or personal tension but lack broader context or specifics about people or location.
London reports the Times lauding President Roosevelt's stance against communism, predicting world moral support and urging awaited proposals with interest across the old world. Paris notes police detaining three anarchists Kuhn Roux and Russell and seizing dynamite tied to a broader April 4 lockout plot.
Funeral notice reports the death of Russell C Jennett aged 63 in San Antonio with services at 3:30 p m April 9 1908 and 10:30 a m April 11 1908 at St Marys Catholic church Interment at St Marys cemetery The notice also includes a card of thanks for support during the death of Mrs Frank Brown by the GaslpgRen family
Notice calls members to a North Presa street gathering Saturday morning at nine for the funeral of Russell C. Jennett. The service will be from his residence at 023 Goliad Street.
Births announced for Mr. and Mrs. F. Z. Moore at 233 Leigh Street a son, Mr. and Mrs. Trawkins at 8404 South Florgy Street a son, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Birdwell at 707 Baylor Street a son, and Mr. and Mrs. C. Andrade at 1122 San Marcos Street a son. Decorations for homes and businesses feature flags and boating. City Upholstering Co. advertises service with new phone 1149 and old 424-411 at 612 Navarro Street.
A prominent Washington citizen, unfamiliar with a railway line near a fertilizer factory, endures a strong odor. A daily traveler lady uses lavender salts to block the smell, and a polite request leads the man to ask her to remove the stopper from the bottle.
In Chicago Tribune prose a terse exchange unfolds with Mr Ferguson and Mrs Pergugan remarking on a boy nicknamed "the street car conductor" aged seven. The dialogue hints at a public scene and a lingering charge of mischief as observers react to the boy's behavior.
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