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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1907
Page
2
Fragmented text hints at political chatter and social notes from a chaotic page. Mentions Gaet confidence, certificates, Virginia reunions, and a New York paper headline. References Mrs. Fragiey avoiding stage work if convicted, and various holiday optimism against a backdrop of political talk and odd freedoms.
The article contrasts San Antonio and Chicago in street beauty and cleanliness. It notes a campaign in Chicago to beautify streets, backed by property owners and civic pride, urging better drainage paving and sidewalks to create a truly street beautiful city. Civic groups could drive improvements as San Antonio’s growth outpaces public works.
False reports circulated during the pour Week period alleged layoffs and widespread stagnation in business. The San Antonio Light investigated each claim and found all rumors to be entirely untrue, including a claim about a local holiday supplier dismissing staff. The paper urged verification before spreading damaging rumors.
A dated December verse speaks of the Old Year fading as January and the year’s seasonal daughters pass. The speaker Year mourns, December reassures with warmth and hospitality, and the transition ends with night falling as the Old Year departs.
A controversial claim by Dr J W Forbes Ross proposes curing and boosting immunity to bovine tuberculosis by eating raw flesh from infected animals. He cites studies and expert endorsements, arguing meat consumption by athletes and the poor affects disease rates and national output, despite warnings of health risks.
The Bottom Globe notes a record rise in athletic participation in New York citing a Verdification Committee report. About 2.441 million individuals engage in varied athletics such as swimming wrestling boxing basketball baseball and gymnastics. The article highlights broad participation across ages and stresses physical culture’s spread beyond crime prevention to everyday fitness.
A fragment urges immediate help to reclaim a drunkard using temperance tactics. It praises a method said to work silently and surely guiding a drunkard toward sobriety in a single day, addressing a female reader to act without delay.
A dubious free trial offer promises a sample package of a Wonder Mil Golden Remedy. Readers are instructed to mail name and address on a provided form to a Cincinnati address, with a vague claim of proving personal secrecy and accuracy. The misspelled and garbled text suggests a scammy marketing line try.
After 27 and a half hours the Williams assault and robbery jury is deadlocked. Judge Dwyer may discharge the panel if no verdict is reached by Monday morning. Williams, charged with pistol assault and robbery of Mrs. Ballie Gibson last June, remains in court as deliberations stretch late into the night.
Two line report details J Patterson, struck and dragged by a city street car while attempting to board. He lies in critical condition with extensive injuries, awaiting possible surgery within hours, surrounded by concerned family at 105 North Cherry Street and cared for by Army Surgeons Chase and White.
Mrs B D Lawson of Navasota Texas claims her young daughter was completely cured of catarrh and deafness after using Peruna. Other testimonials from Washington DC, Chicago and Cleveland praise Peruna for relieving catarrh, weak lungs, headaches, and neuralgia, endorsing it as a trusted family remedy for decades.
The case centers on B W Clarkson claiming a free Peruana Almanac and a $100 check and cash, with Memphis Tennessee cited as his home. The jury cites a $10 fine for intoxication as part of a grand larceny charge. Details reveal heavy drinking and questionable conduct by involved parties.
Two young New York women, Mrs. Cecil Hermann and Miss Rebecca Ndeston, were arrested in Mobile on telegraphic complaint. Local writers report the pair detained after a Mobile incident reported by Hearst wire.
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