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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
4
An 19th century promotional blurb extols Mother's Friend as a remedy for the pains and dangers of childbirth. It claims the product makes pregnancy painless, reduces nervous distress, and prevents serious complications. A price of $1.09 per bottle is listed, with free information from Sladfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
A colorful review of a Grand Opera House performance opening with The Time the Place gag. The production features Young as Happy Johnny Hicks and a sprightly chorus, with a strong chorus and witty dialogue. Garter DeHaveil heads the company and the show plays at the Empire with other acts and a change of bill planned.
Charlee Hanfort stars in a jazzed production of Antony and Cleopatra at Manford. Ford delivers a famed Mitre Antony performance, combining classic gravitas with a bold, vivid stage presence, elevating the season’s repertoire.
Secretary Muener reports San Antonio health data showing November death rate at 0.74 per 1000, the city’s lowest in the United States. 88 births recorded, population listed as 85,000 though many residents live outside the city limits. Of 140 deaths, some occurred outside city limits and others from violent causes, not counted in city vital statistics.
Miss Alice Wilson assumes the role of Cleopatra with magnetic stage presence and restrained power, joined by Jon M. Kine and Alexander Mackanale as Evobarbus and Geta Caesar. The maguidcent razedy promises to be a premier event, with a special Merchant of Venice performance announced for Tuesday matinee. Helen Byron Sluce, famed for Sergeant Witty, expands the cast in George Ade's Peggy from Paris, while Veron receives enthusiastic public acclaim for her songs. A teafull menu and local ads accompany the program.
A jaguar at a theater exhibit in Union City attacked 12 year old employee Foeilne Jimenez, tearing flesh from his left arm and shoulder. Deputies Lencestar and Holloman arrived, aided the injured boy to a drug store, where Dr. Keller treated him before he was sent home. The animal was secured by staff.
Elmo Collins, a Negro man, was fined $25 in the corporal Hon court after being charged by M. A. Pearce with throwing a stone at a streetcar door on Houston and Soledad streets. The case involved shattered glass, injured passengers, and testimony from Pearce as conductor and two passengers aboard the car. Collins claimed self defense during a prior threat with a knife. The episode occurred as a crowded car faced an assault and subsequent escape attempt.
A San Antonio meeting on city ordinance and sales inspection drew attention as officials reported a revenue gap between 16 000 and HANNO. Meanwhile several suspects were arrested by county officers on charges tied to a small theft ring, with one man held on an assault claim and another charged with theft.
A long list of Episcopal Methodist and Presbyterian churches in San Antonio outlines Sunday morning and evening services, Sunday schools, and auxiliary activities. The page names St. Mark’s Episcopal, John’s Episcopal, Trinity Methodist, Wilshire Park, Prospect Hill, First Baptist, and others, with service times and pastors including Rev. J. Patton, Rev. Dr. Hutcheson, and Dr. Truett, among others. Several churches specify class meetings, Epworth Leagues, and Sunday school schedules, inviting strangers and visitors.
CLOMAN LEZINSKY and his daughter Ingerman along with 5 year old grandchild Lillian Ingerman are linked to a telepathic incident drawing investigation by the Society for Psychical Research. The daughter recalls a vision of a grandfatherly man from a Russian town, guiding the discovery of a long-lost elder in America.
A dense list of church services across multiple denominations reads like a Sunday activity guide. It includes First Christian, Central Christian, St Paul’s, and numerous missions and Bible classes with times ranging from morning sermons to evening services, Sunday schools, and prayer meetings. Named pastors and venues appear, with notes on choirs, special music, and midweek gatherings.
An old time notice for a religious meeting at Latter Day Saints church corner Houston and St Marys streets invites visitors to Sunday services and Sunday school. The text also advertises tonics and goods at W. Commerce street and the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, with references to Harsh remedies and harness products.
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