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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1897

Page

6

Local ads and notices fill San Antonio paper page

An old Texas column lists ads and notices about shoes and fabrics, wall paper, carpets, and furniture. It also reports on address changes, court moves, a jail rework, a county bond, and local events at Menger hotel, Turner hall, and San Pedro springs with names like Sullivan, Seng Bros, Wolfson, Kendall, Rips, and Stowers. The mix includes Lost gold watch charm, church services, and a public auction hint.

South Elo Mir Sirs Seng Renos Kypter & Seng Seng Bros LO Ivpter & Seng Commissioners’ Court Kypfer & Seng Kypfer P. E. O'Hara S. A. Gas Co Menger Dr. Menger Weat Commerce Frio Wolfson's Catholic Roads Department East Houston Kendall & Jiles Houston Street Paul Wagener C. HW. Fine Tadies Fine Worth Presa Street Commerce Market Sercete Moke’s Militacry Co Garden Street Central Park Wm. Ziegler Paul Weener Wolfson‘s Turners Turner Hall Zola Vera Beng Bros R. H. Warbert Wharton Stiamo Boe Sullivan Centre Street Alenie San Pedro Springs Sullivan's Jiny Willian Shook Willams Smith Block Soledad Kypfer & Sons Nic Tengg Maria C. Jackson Texas G. A. Stowers Furniture Co St. Philip's Episcopal Church Wiljita Street South Alamo Carter & Mullaly

Personal mentions from Brenham to Monterey in Texas visitors

A long list of residents and visitors in San Antonio and surrounding areas includes HW Mids of Brenham at the Menger Hotel and W O Brill of Joresville at the Smithern, with many others staying at the Menger and Southern hotels. Notables include Buckley of Eagle Pass at the Mince, and Mrs. Beauresard relocating to San Antonio. Additional names: Jenkins of Tarpon, Lumpkin of Meridian, W Daly of Fort Worth, Walter Daly of Beeville, Mason of St. Louis, Sawalsky of New York City, Trowell and wife, McManus, Brady, and Alniedon attending the San Antonio Gun Club tournament. August Robin Sr and daughter plan a month in Mexico visiting Coahuila governors and Cardenas connections.

Ft. T. Beauresard Trom San Antoni Wo .T. Waggoner Decatur Texas TL. M. Holt Wargoner I. Ta Southern Walter W Daly Fort Worth Waxahachie Tex San Antonio Lake View August Robin, Sr Peter Grandjean Mexico Fe~pe Cardenas Coahuila Henry Crandjean Monterey Miguel Cardenas

Railroad Notes Teems with new appointments and moves

Major W C Leivis of the Santa Fe recovers from an eye condition. King returns from Mexico City to visit his brother Martin O Day. John T Hendrie Jenves plans to go to Dallas as International commercial agent. Gleason will not leave the Bronchos when they pass through Dallas. CM Stone becomes local freight agent for the International. Hymer Sachs gains congratulations on appointment as general agent of the International. Henry Ashley leaves New Orleans for the City of Mexico to run on the Mexican International. The International handles about one hundred livestock cars daily from South Texas to the Indian Territory. the rush continues about ten days. N W Grin amore departs for Laredo after transfer to represent the International. W H Ryan, formerly commercial agent of the Mexican National in this city and late general agent for the same in New York, arrives and will become assistant general freight and passenger agent of the National in Mexico City. His family will follow later to live in Mexico City.

Hille. Gleason The Santa Fe Dallas Stone the International Pdas Hymer Sachs International Henry Ashley Southern Pacific Aip New Oreans City of Mexico San Antonin South Texas Indian ‘Territory N. W. Grinamore Laredo Grigamore W. H. Ryan Mexican National Railway Agme Company New York Ryan National Mexico City

Kenedy Traveler Reports Local Conditions In April Visit

From Kenedy Texas April 17 C Engle bert of San Antonio traveling auditor of the Sap was here attending to his duties last Tuesday He found everything in first class shape here as he always does Hon 7 H Dalley of Cuero passed up the road to San Antonio last Tuesday as Alise Pyle the efficient operator.

A Wonderful Man Dr B S Reese Healer in City

An advertisement extols Dr B S Reese the spiritual and magnetic healer at 108 South Alamo Street promising miraculous cures and truth about disease and lost or missing items. It claims he can reveal past and future and challenges mediums to test his powers, urging trial to convince skeptics and defend his credibility. A separate brief notes New Orleans district attorney seeks habeas corpus to compel penitentiary inmates to testify in cases, marking a novel use of the writ.

B.S. Reese Alamo Street Reese New Orleans Marr Louisiana State Penitentiary Paul Recknagle State John Fortier G. Desforges Pariah Peteon New Oheese

Special Wire to Sunday Light New Orleans April 17

A special wire report from New Orleans details events of the day with brief notes on local affairs and notable occurrences. It provides concise updates suitable for early editions and streetside reads.

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