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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1900
Page
8
Mrs. I Waite of Chicago writes of severe six year illness from cough, fatigue, and poor appetite. After using Favorite Prescription she reports renewed energy, appetite, and better sleep. She credits the remedy with ending her long struggle and restoring vitality.
The schedule lists arrivals and departures across multiple routes with frequent abbreviations and misread names. Key items include a Veos Turrink arrival, several port calls, and notes on weekly cycles with days labeled for weekdays and Sundays. The text mentions service breaks on Sundays and a weekly pattern, indicating operational changes and timing for ships and ferries.
Fragmented timetable lists numerous trains and ships with arrives and leaves across the North and East, naming routes to Kerrville, Fort Worth, Waco, Dallas, and Kansas City. It notes frequent Sunday exceptions, connections, and depots including AL DEPOT and Gar. Bold timetable fragments indicate broad travel activity.
A letter from UILAS W. Senelder questions Texas baseball league plans and leadership. The writer notes San Antonio hopes to join, Dallas and Houston discussions, and potential support from Houston and Galveston. The conjecture centers on whether Gov. Silverto or other figures will push a formal league consolidation.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a charity dinner note with references to Christmas, Thanksgiving and a capital city measure. It mentions lent donations, a group of people, and a proposal related to good works. Names and places are obscured by errors.
A garbled text fragment reports a man claiming to be Chapa’s brother Stor from a Mexican city, seeking travel by freight to a Texas location. It mentions ongoing negotiations, a sales pitch for a payment plan, and references to Olive Street and the American cites. The piece hints at failed travel arrangements and possible identity concerns.
Wealthy bachelor Harris Osmurd wins hearts in San Pramiieca and after a period of homekeeping, plans to build a new residence while a fortune shifts to Mile. Ticlon who returns to Paris. The Osmun family’s status rises as Henry Osmurd gains a fiancée, with social circles noting the engagement and the growing fortune. A telescope grant is announced for Millsap College in Jackson, Mississippi, funded by A. Tomes of Yazoo City, dedicated to a late father and brother. Warner & Siva of Cleveland, Ohio oversee the project with Shoelencope Feels as the supplier, and the timeline anticipates construction within days.
An odd OCR fragment advertises a bar called Matropolitan Bar, located at West Commerce Street and Wain Avenue, with a claim that a person named Aug Limburger will treat patrons well. The text mentions sales of wine cigars and questionable phrasing about police attention.
A scattered parcel of eyewitness items, ads, notices and brief society bits. The page mentions a January 11 political primary, local businesses promoting remedies and goods, a fire in the county, theater and masquerade notices, and various personal items and calls to visit shops on Commerce Street and nearby avenues.
A fragmented page blends theatre, drug ads, and local notices from Houston with scattered names and addresses. References include stores on West Commerce Street, Ballabius Snow Liniment, and physicians in familiar locales. The jumbled text mentions Toy shops, a charity hospital, and a saloon, creating a chaotic snapshot of a city page.
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