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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1899
Page
3
Local notices report new coffin lowering device on display at Undertaker Joe Shelley’s parlor and a wave of ads for premium stamps, bicycles, and cheap tools. Vendors tout Christmas trees, fireworks, and a surge of jobless schemes as merchants urge shoppers toward gift premiums and short-weight deals amid city construction and street macadamizing.
Probate court adjudged mentis mentis for a local individual Friday. Roach Barnes Co advertises solar lamps and commerce street locations. A wedding between Adolph Boholz and Mrs Sarah Glacier is planned at Garden Street residence with Judge P H Shook officiating. Commercial ads promote Santa Fe freight agent Wagner reporting a strong cabbage crop near Corpus Christi. Christmas sale notices urge Shafer Downey College scholarships. Local clubs plan a Seventh Ward meeting in Wiesers hall. Wine prices drop ahead of holidays as P F Moyers retires business before January.
Local items from Pearsall and nearby towns recount visits by San Antonio residents, hunts near Castroville, and court actions. Notable names include Mr. Hans, Mr. Carle, Col. Wm. Ralmsdorf, and Jag. Slayden linked to congressional politics. Also mentions Christmas cards at NIC TENGG and local business notices.
An American army mule reportedly sparked a sensation during the South African war when Boers launched a charge down a hill near Ladysmith. The mule and several companions stampeded, drawing away British artillery and ammunition and contributing to the Boers’ capture of two British regiments and a mountain battery.
General Symons sustained mortal wounds at Glenroc. Colonel Yule succeeded him and was promoted to major general for leading the successful British retreat from Loncoe to Adyamltz. Yule, born in Canada, is noted as a Canadian-born officer ascending high command.
Uncle Jerry Peebles grins at a quail and toast dish and laments how to combine them. A Tadanapalie Journal quip notes the need for a convincing talker who sings of friends, while another line jokes about not finding film.
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