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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
7
Dr. 8 T Lowry resumes practice after a brief police court session reporting small fines totaling seven dollars. A christening at Guildters Home brought relatives, naming Mate Antonnette. Plans for a planing mill, new police uniforms, and Judge Buckley’s return from travel are noted along with various local civic items and personnel changes.
A mixed local update reports basement work near the courthouse nearly finished, with offices set to occupy the space and officers consolidating postings. Other items include a proposed undergrounding ordinance by Alderman Braden, assault charges against Max Woodford, civil service exams in Washington, a Hermann Sons event at Landis Park, a boy hit by a horse on Main Avenue, and transport incidents with two trains.
Grimes lodge No. 63 held a social with Bay City Houston and Alamo lodge visitors warmly welcomed. An infant, Albert De Leon, died at home on Karl Silado Street. services planned at Ban Pernahda cemetery. In other news Mr and Mrs W B Bernd considered medical treatment for Mrs Bernd but decided against it.
A note from Clerk Newmon indicates that the return blacks for the constitutional amendment report have not been received from the secretary of state. In Bexar county the result will be forwarded to state officials as soon as blanks reach Mr New On. Negro Intered Will Nobles lies in critical condition at City Hospital after a fall at the Southern Pacific railroad yards last night. He sustains a deep head gash and is believed to have fallen from a freight train.
Mrs Phil Wright wife of Fire Chief Wright has recovered and is able to leave Physicians and Surgeons hospital. Captain Walter G Sheed of Austin seeks a tract of 200000 acres in Mexico for a German colony with Texas colonists joining the effort. The plan aims to house many immigrants from the old world in the new venture.
Harry Zimmerman proprietor of the Mion hotel is recovering after an assault that left him badly injured. Doctors report he is able to be out of bed but remains under care at the hospital as further details emerge from Fort Hood and local officials.
Visualized as a study of kiss as a unit of affection and cultural variation, the piece surveys how lips and noses convey love across peoples. It weighs natural impulse versus convention and links kissing to smell, primitive greeting forms, and cross cultural practices.
A garbled snippet from a Chicago Record-Herald page features stray lines about a man writing verses on a woman, with jokes and quotes on beauty. The text includes odd phrases, scattered captions, and stray dialogue reflecting fashion and social commentary.
A damaged text recounts Lucy’s mischief with the front hall door left unlocked. Her guilt grows as she contemplates Maggie and Maggie’s plans, fearing consequences and weighing obedience to her mother’s rules against her desire for afternoon company. The scene shifts to Lucy’s anxious vigil while awaiting Maggie’s arrival.
A handyman was hired for SMS work in a wealthy woman's residence. White alleges a plan to steal from the mistress by ransacking a rainy closet said to hold valuables. The plumber allegedly removed items and handed them to an assistant, saying to hide them and warning of dishonest people in the house.
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