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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1898
Page
3
City tidings show repairs on Flores street, arrivals, sales and social notices. Businesses advertise gas ranges and plumbing, while residents plan dances, birthdays, and church events amid scattered personal notices and notices from local firms.
Fragmentary prose depicts a brutal scene as a Cuban force accuses, a soldier questions burial of a murdered nurse, and a harsh commander's reply sends riders forward leaving a corpse for vultures in a jungle clearing.
Special Wire reports Texas charter filings with the secretary of state naming the Wyalde Live Stock Company of Uvalde with capital of 60,000 and Alvin Fire Company of Alvin Texas with no capital. A Madrid dispatch says General Mansané, governor general of the Canaries, has resigned and the resignation accepted.
Readable names of several officials and commissioners listed in a disorganized register. Entities include Corton, Mee, Kob, Steverns, Rodriguez, and county level posts such as District Clerk Nat Lewis and County Judge Gen H Noon.
The report hints at a light next legislature race with a prominent candidate from Texas county and mentions plans for a candidate to attend a parade. It lists church events at Epigconal church near Hornet and Cherysimets, Central Christian, and Methodist churches with services, Sunday school, and social gatherings. W. A. Cooper is named as pastor, with C. D. Daniey delivering the first sermon at the new espeech corner.
In Third Seventh District Court M J Sayers sues J Sayers for divorce alleging cruel treatment and non payment. She seeks restoration of her former name M T Wotan. They married in Ballinger Tex April 23 1897 and lived in San Antonio six months before filing. They separated on the 1st of the current month. She had three children before marriage. he had one. Plaintiff claims $65 per month support. Defendant reportedly has no property or income.
Citizens and police warn of burglaries in Seventh end FHishth wards believed to be carried out by young black males in disguise as women. A sharp lookout is kept, and any suspects caught in disguises will be arrested. The inhabitants and authorities remain vigilant for thefts in any form.
Advertisement for a patent medicine touting syrup of biga from the California Fig Syrup Co. as a gentle cure for habitual education, headaches, fevers, and to awaken kidney and liver activity without strain, claiming effective relief with no weakening.
A biographical sketch traces Jules G Ord son of General B O C Ord Civil War veteran and supposed great grandson of George IV. It covers his enlistment in 1887, commissions, transfers, and his death at Santiage Cuba. The piece also discusses Ord family lineage and connections to English royalty and Mrs Fitzherbert.
A Sunday Light wire reports Aussia says Texas will not host circuses this year due to heavy taxes and costs. Some shows may still operate a unit of the Buffalo Vita Wild West lineup elsewhere. The recent trend excludes major circuses, prompting fear for regular young fans and families.
A venue described as Riverside Park hosted a summer school picnic yesterday afternoon. Attendees included Blake, Arésdames Marsh, Swany, Selaces, Bésate, Stelle, Emma, Muriel, Adele King, Mary Braking, Hulda, Hiella, Baby Swartz, Julia Hart, Charlotte Josting, Lillian Sion, Leah Marsh, Rose Gehweiller, Pauline Wallace, Masteta Albert, Louis, Walter Sion, Fritz Marsh, Leonard Kinjs, Lew Wallace, Mike, and Word Srakine.
The District Courts report the City of San Antonio suing the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway and several defendants in the Fifth District for trial of title to land at the Sherman and Pine street intersection. Damages sought total 3000 for alleged wrongful possession and up to 25000 for rent and other obligations. D Sullivan & Co. sue TR Hunsteck on a 900 dollar note and the M M Buck Manufacturing Company intervened in the case Balft & Bros v Texod Briquete and Coal Company for 2682 dollars.
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