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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1898
Page
7
A dreamlike Sunday Light fragment follows a wandering narrator, touring dream scenes around San Antonio. A closed carriage, a doctor, a boarding house, a swell old-world mistress, and a millinery shop frame the surreal journey ending with a murky hint of local life and a vague farewell.
A Detroit Prep Press report describes a rash young lawyer facing a circuit court verdict. He protested fairness, pleading mercy as a novice, while the judges weighed a suitable penalty. An elder barrister urged leniency, noting his inexperience and urging time to learn.
A collage of social vignettes from the era covers fashionable women at theaters and galleries, a tale of Mrs. Hetty Green’s mortgage visit, Hanna daughters’ debut prospects, and a note on Venetian glass mirrors found in the Galic omunle tombs. The piece blends society, finance, and science with brief foreign observations.
An infamous Philadelphia figure nicknamed Mac shows steady nerves during a hotel fire in Pittsburg. A lawyer, claimed to be his intimate friend, calmly downs a smoke and urges restraint as guests flee in undress. The pair survive moments of danger with humor about missing pants.
The Volodya railway extension to Archangel on the White Sea opens a nearly 400 mile route to the Dvina river mouth. The line traverses sparse tundra and barren stretches, with many sections crossing permafrost and harsh terrain, marking Russia's first rail link toward the Arctic ocean.
A detailed note on the frigate bird describing its long wingspan from eye level to twelve feet, light hollow bones and a large air filled pouch enabling buoyancy, its feet and small legs, and its feeding method that includes riding the air and diving successfully after birds that catch fish. The bird often stays aloft, rarely touching land except for nesting.
A new antiseptic of value as a bacteroide has been made at Elberfield from a Bayer & Company formula by Dr Eichengrun. The preparation named protargol is a protein and adver compound, and a one percent solution destroys anthrax and enteric fever bacteria. It is usable as powder and ointment.
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