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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1897

Page

7

Golden Medical Discovery Promises Healthier Digestion

A long promotional piece extols watching health while detailing risks of poor nutrition and starvation. It praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and pills as remedies for indigestion and metabolic issues, citing a Mount Vernon user testimonial about relief after four bottles and pellets.

Besinews Lyots Dr. Pierce Scavolt Sandusky St Mount Vetuar Ds. Vierce

Railroad Timetable Highlights From San Antonio Region

Train schedules list North and South Line departures at 9:46 a.m. with varied arrivals, Depress Special at 4:00 a.m., K T departures around 9:30 a.m., and Southern Pacific routes with Mexico Eagle Pass connections. Eastbound and Westbound services to New Orleans Houston Galveston and intermediate cities detailed with arrival times and frequency.

Great Northern Southern Pacific Railroas Mexico Eagle Pass Nauston Galveston New Orleans Houston Earle St. Louis Linsted Waco Fort Worth Gellas Kansas City Dallas Wara San and Donio & Aransas Pass Cuera Waza Bueville Corpus Christ Rockfort Boerne Kerrville Dalty San Antonio Kerrville Delly Sunlaya

Fort Sam Houston Military Headquarters Details

At Fort Sam Houston the second largest in the country serves as the Texas Military Department headquarters under Brigadier General W M Graham. The Fifth Cavalry on the upper post, with various troops and the Eighteenth Infantry and First Artillery also stationed here, totals 783 men. Daily drills, cavalry riding and guard mounting, plus open air concerts, are scheduled with Reveille at 6:40 a.m. and Retreat at 7:26 p.m. Public invited to view exercises on both parade grounds.

Fort Sam Houston Mrilitary Department of Texas W. M. Graham Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry Lient Whitside Fifth Cavalry Eighteenth Infantry Fifth Cavalry Band Department

Stowers Furniture on 7 West Commerce Street

A partial street notice references Stowers furniture bag at 7 M3 West Commerce Street. The readable line hints at a local address and commerce context without clear event details or dates.

Commerce Street

The Quest

A cryptic poem fragment describes a nighttime scene with dreamlike imagery and a figure named Treerch keeping nightly vigils after a mysterious early encounter. The last line references a late H. C. Banuwor in Berlinor z, adding a fringe historical touch.

Eleep Forlier H. C. Banuwor Berlinor

THE BOER AT HOME. A TALE OF COURTESY AND PRIDE

The narrator recounts a Boer encounter with missionary Daniel Lindley. A rude exchange ends with mutual respect as the Boer recalls Lindley's wartime discipline and begs a costly favor. The Boer deserts to the forest, proving the power and ambiguity of colonial traits. The tale illustrates contradictions in Boer character and English relations.

Bryant Linutoy Daniel Lindley Lindsay Bimarsa Torit Lindley Dutchainu Giast Black Forest England Forluney Bigelow Starper

Blotting paper versus sand box memory from old New York Sun

A mature speaker recalls blotting paper's 40 year rise replacing sand used by spilling ink. He notes sand sometimes rubbed into letters, yet preserved sharp lines and neat handwriting. He laments modern blotting methods while acknowledging changed busy times.

New York Sun

Weatherful Forethought in Insurance Claims

A large accident company president recounts a case where a policy holder was struck by a Brooklyn trolley car. After the crash he remained conscious for three minutes and noticed it was 16 minutes to noon. His policy paid indemnity promptly at noon, avoiding dispute or litigation.

Brooklyn Tealley Hoe Lig

Steering a Steamship by Compass and Cues

Reading a 19th century account by Gustav Soliteny in St Nicholas stresses compass use as essential when steering a vessel. It describes how seasoned sailors balance horizon wind wake soundings and surf to stay on course between lighthouses and buoys, especially in fog.

Gustav Soliteny St. Nicholas Comuan Yreauhorn Stenmera Tegular Halifax Cape Cod Sambra Nova Seddlan

The Open Boat And Global Struggles Intersect in Fragments

An article fragment blends Stephen Crane's The Open Boat with bold notes on Constantinople, the Dardanelles, and England's eastern strategy. It cites Crane’s tale, naval debates, and the costly Paris charcoal thread topic, linking sea peril to global power shifts and trade concerns.

Englard Rosaia Benjamin Wheeler Constantinople Russia Dardanelles Salonika England Cape of Good Hones Mediterranean India Australia Suez ‘ Canal Paris New York Ledger

Typographical Journa

Fragmentary OCR quote from a text page. Reading is unclear with garbled phrases. Likely a note on typography or printing errors and editorial commentary. No definite event, person, or organization can be identified from the readable portions.

Mo Tad Suit Chores and Glarn Proposal Question

Detroit Frea Presa reports a conversation about courting trouble and a suggested motive. Mango states no trouble occurred and implies the other person aimed to prompt a proposal.

Mango Detroit

First Sunday School in Georgia Claimed by Wesley

The Ladies Home Journal recounts John Wesley establishing what it calls the world’s first Sunday school in Savannah, Georgia, with 60 to 75 scholars. It notes Wesley’s early efforts after arriving in Georgia in 1796 to educate parish children, and cites Sir Charles Rud as supporting the claim that Wesley’s school predates Robert Raikes’ Gloucester effort.

Johen Wesley Georgia John Wesley America W. J. Scott Wesley Savennah Weeleyand Memorial Church Sivanmale Newlcr Weeley Charles Rud England Robert Raikes Gloucester Amarles Raikes New York

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