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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
4
A freight wreck near Austin Texas on August 22 halted traffic for several hours. The incident disrupted rail service and prompted local authorities to investigate the scene for causes and potential repairs. No injuries were reported in the fragmented notice.
A derailment on the International and Great Northern line between Round Rock and Musto in the evening halted passenger traffic for several hours. Several freight cars derailed but no injuries were reported.
A playful exchange shows dissembling humor as the editor thanks a viewer for drawings and remarks on their use. The Fair Artist asks for details while the Olive Boy truthfully admits he simply said take them and they make him stick, as reported by Tarper's Weekly.
Berlin reports King Peter of Bervin faces abdication or dictatorship as cabinet crises stall new ministries. Garrison stands ready. royal birthday visit amid a mood of weakness. Slowed reform movements in Russia are noted, with Tolstoy urged as moral voice against executions and autocracy.
In Plack the most active members of a revolutionary party tracked a spy inside their ranks. Treachery leads to 14 executions, 20 exiles, and imprisonments. Gavalinsky is condemned to death, wounded, and hospitalized where Haberman kills him in bed and then also murders his wife who aided spying. Haberman is captured and executed.
One of the largest box factories in the state, the R. I. Burnett Co. at 316 817 East Commerce Street, is a major southern plant. President R. L. Burnett has 30 years’ experience in box manufacture. The firm serves Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico, employing 35 to 50 people and offering wrapping paper, paper bags, and printed supplies.
Miss Jennie Allen and Miss Misty Marguerite Brown vacation in Galveston to recount the storm’s aftermath and the city’s recovery. Winners Miss May Burke and Miss Rosa Slevin share travel plans to New York and Wisconsin while others delay trips. Proposals for Fort Sam Houston wire screens noted.
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