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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1896
Page
3
The Sunday Light notes friction over sewer work approvals, contractor delays, and demand for strict testing of completed lines. It surveys political maneuvering in Bexar County, names Col Brenneman and Judge Slayton as potential figures, and mocks McKinley and Cuney crosstalk while predicting a heated election landscape.
A prominent Republican visitor argues that southern cotton mills deserve protection and will boost the nation, noting fuel costs, transport distances, and the need for skilled labor and machinery. He supports establishing a cotton mill in the city to prove Republican principles align with national interests.
Mise Brome Math, a popular local young woman, plans an extended journey starting next week. She will travel to Detroit and other northern cities, visit relatives in Germany, then return to San Antonio. Friends here regret her departure but wish her a safe and pleasant trip.
Special to St Louis Republic from San Antonio Texas April. Wright Cuney the colored boss of the regular republican party of Texas will leave for New York for talks with McKinley supporters. The plan aims to control the Texas delegation to the St Louis convention by trading Allison Reed delegates for McKinley. Cuney hopes to travel through the South with funds to back McKinley’s nomination. Terrell and Ellis accompany Cuney to negotiate while Cuney faces white opposition in his own party. The Lily White revolt grows as white Republicans seek to curb black influence before the convention.
West End community reports slow days and crowded streetcars due to mud. Echoes literary society reduces meetings to monthly. One vacant house, new fence near orphan asylum site, two accidents, but none serious. Governor names J Camp district judge, previous postmaster and prosecuting attorney also noted. Menger hotel eyed as potential tourist draw. discussion of future hotel in West End continues.
In Cuero and Karnes County reports show cotton tolls reduced to one cent per pound for the coming season and a charity concert last night drew strong support. Fruit trees promise a good yield as frost remains unlikely. A Karnes City wedding joined Dan Coleman and Miss Reagan with friends attending. Corn and cotton plantings progress, with winds damaging some crops near Charco. Ex Governor Hubbardeo, nicknamed Aliver-tounged Dick, is set to speak at Range High School closing exercises May 1. Kenedy schoolhouse nears completion as Moody opens a local school on the first of the month, aiding both small and large fry.
A string of fashionably named actors and events fills the page. Sarah Bernhardt born 1844 in Paria, Maurica Barrymore 1847 in India, Roland Reed 1802 in Philadelphia, Rose Coghlan stars in Brothers play Madame, Louis Aldrich born 1843 aboard, Louise Manfred Pyke dead, Salvini visits New York, Tiberius? Morris and others in London and New York theatre circles. Legal name change for Adolph Littman, adaptations of The Thoroughbred in New York, Love Makes the World Go Round sings in Bohemia, Isle Opera stranded but aided in Baltimore, Madames Modjeska and others in California and Chicago. Next week at Elyria Ohio, and theatre governance moves in Kansas City and Hartford with design changes to show windows.
The city council enacts rules for all funds received by officers to be paid weekly to the city collector, with duplicate receipts. It requires annual and final reports on unpaid ad valorem taxes and a yearly final financial report by the collector, plus stringent verification and audit steps. The measure repeals Sections 1 2 and 3 of Chapter VII and was signed April 1898 by Mayor Henry E. Ennotation and City Clerk E B Norren.
A fragmented OCR calendar lists dates and saints for April including references to St Julius pope 342, Henry Clay birth in Vermont, and Lincoln death 1863, with scattered notes on Civil War events and other dates, creating a chaotic sequence of days and names without coherent narrative.
City council ordinance in San Antonio bans interference with processions or parades on streets and plazas. Violations carry fines up to twenty five hundred dollars, approved April 6, 1856, signed by Henry Elmendorf, registrar.
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