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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1899
Page
3
A fragmentary Sunday column recaps political chatter in San Antonio with notes on police, budgets, ordinances, and local officials. It mentions Recorder Kroger, hotel syndicates, bridge repairs, and calls for fiscal prudence while mocking advertising and public notices. The piece references city departments, private contracts, and newspaper readership across cities.
In Vernon Kentucky on December 10, 1898 a reader thanks for Wine of Cardus and Black Draught noting relief before monthly menses and minimal pain while caring for twelve boarders. Emma Claypool of Mineral Point Wisconsin reports improved health and mentions Cardus Weather Chart. James A Covad adds note praising Cardus Weather Chart and Calendar alongside the wine.
Fragmentary lines indicate a call for the York brethren to place supper orders with a Democratic faction across a creek. The text mentions a diverse menu including potential fricassée and mule tenderloin amid political tension.
Ada Hart recalls a near fatal chest illness that treveiled to consumption. Four doctors dismissed her as doomed but she trusted Dr King s New Discovery. After eight bottles she claimed a cure and wealth, with trial bottles at Kalteyer s drug store. Regular sizes priced 60 cents and 1 00 guaranteed refundable.
Special to Sunday Light reports J A Bass death in Sabinal and activities around Uvalde including Masonic Soldiers event, marriage banquets for I J Rheiner, stock dealings with Wallace, cattle prices $18 and $22 per head, visits by H Jennings from San Antonio, and local officials O A Mills county judge and I B Bowles clerk traveling, plus Prof A J Harris returning from Ulopia.
An 1808 Texas ad promotes Hall's Great Discovery for kidney and bladder issues including gravel diabetes and seminal emissions. The claim cites mail order sales from B W Hall of Waco and a testimonial from Webster Puanagan praising a cure.
Advertisements from 1899 claim Wine of Cardus and Black Draught restore nerves ease menstrual pains and postpartum recovery. Letters from ARS of Berkley VA and JOHN LEVY Bryant Alp note strong health improvements and urge other women to use the remedies.
Joshua Texas January 12 1899 praise for Wine of Cardus and Black-Draught as leading remedies in Southern homes. The advertisement asserts widespread success and urges readers to trust the products over skeptics.
Palmer Arkansas December 18 1898 letter from Mary Donohoe claiming sixteen years of illness eased by four bottles of Wine of Cardus and a Black Draught for herself and her daughter noting relief from monthly cramps and leg pains after use.
New ton figures show two prominent Lockhart citizens visiting Tuesday. Sheriff Jim Weathcock and Willie Reynolds from Sutherland Springs dropped in on business Wednesday. Local residents report several absences and social visits, with Miss Lydian Goodwin and Miss Lara Saunders noted among those seen in town. A local baseball game entertained Saturday crowds.
The passage notes Hood’s Sarsaparilla using proverb advertisements headed by the proverb LO ERR 18 HUMAN. It cites Wood & Co as employing these proverb ads on a broad scale, attracting discussion and favorable comment across places.
An 1599 city ordinance by the San Antonio Council makes cruelty to animals illegal within city limits. Offenders face fines from five to twenty five dollars. The document cites approval on April 6 1599 and includes attributed names and a Chicago News quotation about US treasury money.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Armca Salve as the best remedy for sores, bruises, ulcers, eczema, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with a money back guarantee and promises satisfaction or refund, priced at 25 cents per box.
The Abita tribe presents a Tuesday evening musicale with Akielia Uribe as key performer. The program includes vocal pieces by Green and Lattiog, piano and violin, mandolin and guitar ensembles, and a lively dance set. The audience praised Miss Morin Gleason and Prof. Schuetze’s club for fine playing and dancing, ending with a jovial late-night reception.
A local advertisement touts Notion by Ahe Mills as a harmless, microbe killing formula claimed to purify premises and prevent contagion. It warns the product is deadly to chicken mites fleas and other pests and lists Alamo Sanitary Works as the distributor with a date code 3-20-1mo.
Members of all Woodmen of the World camps in the city meet near Chayin’s rug store at 3 40 p m Saturday April 22 to participate in the jubilee parade. Spokespersons from neighboring camps visit and extend a cordial invitation to join with us.
The garbled text references a gas lighting venture and price, with mentions of Crndie powers, economy and building use, plus a street address 524 Fast Trouston. The fragmentary OCR yields no clear events or names to verify a full news item.
The article surveys U S cities and towns adopting municipal ownership of water works, electric lighting, and tramways. It cites Galveston San Antonio Duluth Detroit and others investing in water systems, power plants, and street lighting, noting costs, franchises, and varying outcomes.
An advertisement lists multiple horses and livestock with brands and descriptions to be sold at public auction for cash. The notice states the sale will occur at 11 o'clock in the morning on the specified date at the town pound, with nullifications prior to sale for certain animals.
Marshall Higs, mayor, invites bids for city printing services for years thirteen and one ninety, to be received by noon Monday. The city may reject any or all bids and will publicly announce the successful bidder.
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