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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
10
Disjointed lines emphasize keeping a newspaper alive, urging readers to preserve the issue. It speaks of plain honesty, the publishers, and the role of distributors as essential to the paper's reach and endurance.
An inventor named W. E. Roach, secretary of S.A Lodge No. 216, has patented a home sunlight storage system. A roof funnel collects sun energy into a storage tank, then distributes it through house pipes for nighttime lighting with mellow illumination. Public notice urges support and sales efforts for this new device amid local civic reflections on the city’s high school and school board efforts.
A satirical batch of New Year resolutions lists James K. Davis W J Milligan Jess Wolfson and others pledging quirky aims. Gummy alias Webb Ransom recounts a frightful bank incident after a joke story session, ending with a dramatic scene amid ten dollar bills.
In a noisy exchange, ALN DEPENDS and WARRETI discuss monologues and dialogues. FRANK GALPIN defines a monologue as a conversation between a husband and his wife, while HARRITN clarifies a common misconception. GALPIN notes a second dialogue involves two persons speaking.
Special correspondent G Edmondson reports from Templa Texas that farmers could prosper if crops were good and markets paid fair prices. the piece notes local conditions and economic hopes with limited readable detail.
Corpus Christi report notes B A Heyek gains support from influential allies as a Sociable party candidate for president. Mentions campaign aid, running mate concerns, and details on local event logistics amid a minstrel show season and hotel finances.
A garbled passage discusses an extra issue by the Eika Communist Committee, late copy from Brothers of No 216, and mentions San Antonio and a seller. It also includes disparaging remarks about women and bad bargains, with stray names and incomplete asides.
George Turkey has spent six months organizing a selective boating club on the San Antonio river channel. The membership is limited to seven active members with a roster to be finalized once a printing contract is secured. Unclear fragment mentions a Browerville area and a police incident in San Antonio.
A terse exchange shows a lady demanding to see details of her husband s will from the county clerk and referencing a reprobaty procedure and a judge named Jim Davie in a fragmented dialogue from a historical page.
A fragment from a lively period page features Tam Surprised and Ed Gallagher debating marriage duties and domestic training. Characters include Clay Moore Ed Blanket John Blanket Frank Blond Martin Wright Charlie Fincham and Miss Beane with comic exchanges on women, silence, and dancing.
Ernest J. Altgelt received a cablegram from the king of England closing negotiations for the shipment of prairie dogs. For months Altgelt and agents bought every animal they could, masking a large capital need. The backer was revealed to be his son Gus, funding the venture. He had been negotiating with British authorities, who agreed to buy, lest Germany secure the supply.
Dec 10 panic struck the town as dogs ran amok causing chaos. Residents hid indoors while black streaks dashed through streets. Marshall Terrell and Tom Front soon arrived, dogs restrained, owners led them east out of town.
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