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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
1
Edward J. Fath of 674 10th Avenue New York writes that Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cured his wife of hypochondriacal mania and aided appetite and energy at home. He endorses it as a household necessity and a remedy for debility indigestion cough and wasting illness.
A vintage advertisement for Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey promotes it as an absolutely pure malt distillate. It claims to aid overworked people and the sickly, boosts longevity, and features the Old Chemist trademark with a price of 1.00. Dr Curran offers a free medical booklet and advice.
A 13 year old Weber knocked down Will McCoyn in a playful boxing match near the post office yesterday afternoon. McCoyn, aided by Dr Wespfield at Placker's drug store, survived after initial fears and was carried home as spectators watched. The bout was for sport and ended when the punch sent McCoyn to the floor.
An unclear exchange from Palladelphia Press fragment shows dialogue about a broken engagement and plans for a more substantial future. Names and places are obscured, but the overheard talk hints at social tensions and a proposed tour project.
A quirky reminiscence features a retired night exchange about differences between a husband after bidding and an old sea captain, and a clerk’s quip on trousers that turn up versus hiding at the top. The piece weaves casual humor with local names and a brief office scene.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas held a second session at Ellis Hall focusing on The Modern Siege of the Alamo. Mrs. Rebecca J. Fisher of Austin was elected president with an array of officers and an executive committee.
A man named Vontra Dominikca, thirty four, climbed to a window at 389 Grand Avenue to watch the world, slipped, and tumbled onto the sidewalk. A bystander alerted police and an ambulance, but Dominika recovered and reentered his home smoking, with no serious injuries.
An old time advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for sick kidneys. It lists two danger signals a sick kidney emits and features a San Antonio testimonial from Mrs. M. B. Frosman praising relief from back pain, irregular urine, and general health decline after using the pills. The copy cites Foster Miller Co as U.S. agents and urges readers to remember the name Doan's.
Henry Soldier and wife Anna sue Lone Star Brewing for 30000 cited as damages for their 16 year old son Henry Jr who lost part of his hand in a bottling dept accident at the brewery on 16 1907. The boy faces lifelong disability and nervous shock claims. Parents seek 1500 for themselves and 26000 for the son.
A London advocacy piece in the New York Tribune argues smoking harms. It claims that inhaling smoke is least harmful, while not inhaling is the least harmful, and inhaled smoke is the most rabid form of heart palsy. It warns heart risk rises with age, noting the effects escalate after fifty-five and sixty, with cabbage and Havana products cited as worst.
A young Japanese student Morimura, insulted when beer was spilled on his back at a Sant Antonio resort, left for Japan this morning aboard a Southern Pacific train. Morimura, attended by friends and a Japanese nobility contingent including Prince Waukiy, had informed his wealthy father in New York who urged immediate return.
Fragmented OCR text presents garbled dialogue with references to a character Castor Gn Bourn and a strange line about authority and a mysterious order. The readable portion implies a dialogue between a male clerk and a young matron, with phrases like Does sour how and Mid any etyla office and He did. The legibility fails to establish a clear news event, date, or location.
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