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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1898
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment lists newspaper office location and staff roles for The Sunday Light with subscription notices and warnings against unapproved collectors. It includes a date line Sunday, August 3, 1898, and references to subscription rates and complaint procedures for nonreceiving subscribers.
The essay argues Spain’s national apathy follows war trauma while the United States displays vigilance and honor for returning soldiers. It contrasts national sensibility, calls for humane crime policy, and questions whether eradicating crime justifies deadly measures, urging thoughtful reform. It references Hobson and public reaction to military service.
A Detrait Journal excerpt shows a merchant asking a poor customer if she can afford the marked prices, prompting the woman to sob and lament poverty as the curse weighing on her. The fragment captures distress over rising costs and the struggle to purchase necessities.
A question if priests may ride bicycles for calls in rural parishes has stirred debate. Bishops and clergy seek guidance. Bishop Eller deferred to church authorities in Rome. Father Moeller notes cycling as harmless exercise and a pleasant pastime.
A profile of Captain John W. Philip of the Texas praising his devout Christianity amid the Santiago de Cuba actions. The piece contrasts religious faith with wartime violence, recounts his prebattle prayers, postbattle thanks, and notes his long naval career and the Texas battle record.
A church report urges members to give generously on the first Sunday in September for church extension. It stresses personal fault forgiveness, loyal companionship, and the church depends on every member to fund new houses in destitute communities.
Yvalde County items report M D Chance shipping hundreds of cattle to Maverick County in Texas from Louisiana, Mrs T W Baylor returning from California, BF Hollingsworth visiting Corpus Christi, a light dust-relieving shower, Miss Grace Woolf visiting Sherman, a Monday hall dance, J L Cruikshank returning from Brackett and settling in Griffin cottage, Mrs H Vanham home from eastern visits, G K Chinn visiting family, Emmett Bowles a child dying from spasms, B A Randle and wife visiting San Antonio after a week in town.
A busy social week features Misa Lelly Love visiting Carrizo Springs, Bishop Foreat and Tath om Wely en route to a parish, and many residents traveling to St Mary’s, Port Lavaca, and Washington. Staff changes include Edna Thompson taking a new elocution teaching post. several families announce trips and health updates.
A prominent courthouse official wandered into Central garden on Thursday evening and slipped from a footbridge into the river. He did not return to the Brown Stone and instead went to his cottage to change into dry clothing.
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