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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1915
Page
16
A fragile Haiti tale where a despotic rule ends amid hopes of the people. The white presence remains limited as Voadoo jem Flourishes, and the Marines confront a difficult security situation as Haiti’s instability persists.
Fragmented report outlines a chaotic sequence of political upheaval with multiple leaders deposed and assassinations. Key figures including Prive, Perey, Laitinen, Qawal, Nord Alesis, and Oreth are cited amid a volatile power vacuum and mass political realignments.
A fragmented historical column surveys Haiti’s struggle under white domination, noting governance, race, and poverty. It contrasts Haitian sovereignty with colonial trauma, and mentions brutal rulers, corruption, and voodoo beliefs amid social tensions and calls for reform. The piece ends with an unrelated real estate ad.
A promotional note from A. B. Gas Store highlights Gas Save 4 models as economical and high quality. It urges comparison with thirty ranges on display and announces a week long 25 percent discount on Rhinelander and Gibson refrigerators and ice boxes. The text promises easy terms and a final seasonal price cut.
A humorous true tale recalls Corporal Ugly and Sergeant Smiler, famed in nicknames, who meet as fierce rivals turned best friends after a long training and a staged boxing wager. The odd episode ends with their reunion as puppies, in a lighthearted British Army anecdote from wartime chatter.
In Slaton Georgia Elmore Dupree’s home on Second Street, a hen missing for nine months was recovered from an old abandoned well after it was opened. Top Palmer helped raise the hen and 27 eggs laid during confinement, with worms and debris noted in the well.
Washington prepares for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment from September 1 to October 3 marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil War grand review. About 40,000 veterans are expected, with military parades including former blue and gray soldiers. arrangements are coordinated by Colonel George B. Goslex, national chief of staff, to showcase the historic event in the nation’s capital.
London reports mark Mr. Asquith’s remarks in a debate on the fresh British course and possible adherents to the cause. The speech is read as alluding to Balkan states still outside the war, the timing and references seen as aimed at Romania and perhaps not Romania only, with implications for the Teutonic powers.
A scrambled OCR style excerpt mentions skin concerns and methods to alter appearance. It appears to reference tanning freckling and wrinkles with unrelated garbled text, names, dates, and fragmented phrases. The readable parts center on cosmetic effects and caution around skin tone changes.
The Federal Reserve banks reported profits in their early months, with New York, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas leading earnings across the system. Several smaller banks posted losses but not enough to offset the overall positive result as the central banking framework began operations.
A fragmented ad-like item touts a "pryguryHinn" method for freckles by a supposed physician selling a remedy. It claims quick removal of freckles with a vague procedure and mentions movement and a honey-backed wand. The text is garbled but suggests an early 20th century fake medical cure.
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