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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1904
Page
2
A prose-poem style meditation contrasts vengeance with forgiveness in an Arab legend about Yussef and Potent host. It argues true greatness comes from self-governance, not power, urging steady inner growth toward moral maturity and just rule.
A fragmented verse recalls old games cricket golf and bridge and catalogs ambitions of a writer. It laments editors who despise the pen and notes a life of small joys and a wish for recognition in the Who's Who and a future with fame.
Fragmented OCR text presents a garbled poem with archaic diction, naming a range of natural images and fleeting scenes. It reads like a失 rough hymn to spring and nature, with references to wine berries, mice, seas and winds, interwoven characters and places, but lacks coherent narrative or clear attribution.
A fragment discusses how eggs resist crushing along their long axis due to atmospheric pressure and volume traits. It notes eggs can be crushed along the short axis, explaining the role of spheroid shape, internal pressure, and the eye like structure in maintaining shape under axial compression.
The excerpt discusses perceptions of hair color and deformities in England, noting bias against red and yellow hair. It references literary figures Dryden, Tonson, and Shakespeare era depictions, describing how red hair and beards were treated as ugly or associated with devils, with examples from Coriolanus and variations in spelling and phraseology across texts.
Londail Standard describes a historical washing tally from Charles’s era, a wooden framed device with a dial and fifteen squares. Articles such as cuffs and socks bore printed names, protected by horn, allowing quick tallying of items sent to the washroom and an accurate account.
Fractured text recalls an Irregular expedition led by Admiral Walker from England with 11 000 men, stormy seas, fog, wrecks off Quebec and Montrea t, with 100 bodies reported on the coast. The fragments mention street hawkers, chatter, and social gossip amid a chaotic news page.
Fragmentary account describes General Wallace’s estate near Crawfordsville with a grand library and studio. It notes the Greek portico, Romaneque tower, glass dome, and extensive art and relics forming a notable literary work space. Mention appears of Susan Arnold Histon and connections to Indiana politics.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a critique of women described as strong-minded and inappropriately bold. The wording is garbled, but suggests a dated, possibly editorial stance on women’s conduct and propriety within a social or moral context.
An old timetable lists arrivals and departures for International and Great Northern lines including trains to Houston Galveston Beaumont Orange and San Antonio Aransas Pass via Davy Crockett services with daily deviations to Boerne Kerrville Rockport Rockdale and Waco Cameron and connections to Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio East and West lines. It notes times for trains to Dallas Fort Worth Kansas City and Mexican routes with through express services and nightly departures.
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