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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1906
Page
9
A fragment describes Benny the boy near a pier fishing from a plank at the end of a small plot. He observes a worm and a thirsty fish, contemplates catching it, and drifts to sleep as the August sun warms his face. Benny is awakened by a sudden moment, jolting the quiet scene into movement.
Benny, a boy, peers into clear water and meets talking sea creatures including a large lobster and crabs. They discuss dangers of land life and hold a race between Benny and the lobster. Benny loses, tumbles into the water, and is rescued to reflect on the strange underwater meeting.
Readable fragments reveal a speaker expressing personal judgments about colors, likening tones to strength and avoidance of lilies. Mentions a batr and a natural kink with references to color and unity, concluding with names Walton and Bayer.
A disjointed transcript shows a speaker lamenting past wrongs in a tumultuous moment on a pier. The speaker references Ry, lobsters, and Apache, condemning the practice of boiling creatures alive and declaring he does not want such actions repeated by an entity named TATBIA.
A garbled tale from a parsonage near a church describes Pat O Hara and Father O Hara in a comic clash over a telephone line. The reverend questions Pat about his work while Pat struggles to hear and eventually curses at the transmitter in a fit of frustration.
Grace, a five year old, helps a lost Italian girl find her way home in a crowded street. They meet shopkeepers, share dancing with other children, and Grace guides the girl to a nearby family before returning to her own birthday party. The event ends with a grateful reunion and a toast to Grace’s kindness.
A historical profile outlines Ellas Nowe later known as AL Spencer, early life in Indiana and Massachusetts, learning cotton manufacturing in Lowell, moving to Cambridge, and conceiving the sewing machine. It notes his youth, apprenticeship, and beginnings of invention amid economic hardship.
A fragmentary account covers Elias Howe and his sewing machine patent of September 16, 1844, his trials in America and England, sales to Howe’s wife and others, royalties and legal battles, and Howe’s perseverance through poverty to eventual royalty gains totaling over two million dollars.
Fragmented lines present a riddle about property, argument, dresses, and labor aimed at a misunderstanding or misreading. The text hints at women and costumes, phrases about wearing and drawing, with unclear pairs of actions suggesting a puzzle of pairs and roles. The piece reads like a perplexing column fragment.
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