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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
2
Subscribers warned to update pager addresses with both ID and new location. A mystery figure named Mulligan is active around Alamo Plaza and Commerce Street, offering a ten dollar bounty for capture. Reports promise fuller description in the news sections.
A plea invites readers to send or bring funds to The San Antonio Tight Office or to Mrs N Knight, treasurer of the joint organization. Donors will have their names added to the daily list published in The Light.
The Atlanta Constitution discusses using cotton as a currency asset and credit basis. It notes Senator McLaurin's proposal to base currency on cotton within safeguards, arguing warehouse kept, insured cotton could back treasury notes as securely as government bonds and aid movement from field to market while supporting other crops.
A reflective piece describes a forgotten Christmas for a child, imagining Santa’s neglect and the resulting grief. It portrays bereavement and the long shadow of a child’s broken heart, warning of how lost faith and loneliness can steer a young life toward rebellion.
Union barbers vow to press Sunday closing efforts despite two acquittals. Additional affidavits planned and prosecutions set for December 15. Barbers meet to discuss hiring an attorney full time to pursue all violators and to rally sentiment beyond juried verdicts. EW Day, shop owner on East Houston Street, argues juries do not reflect citizen views and pledges continued action until all shops close Sundays.
Nic Tenses hosts a holiday goods display inviting visitors to explore the seasonal collection. The exhibition showcases various items with no obligation to purchase, inviting the public to browse and enjoy the festive arrangements.
Amusements note that Possum Ridge a four act drama drew large crowds with high praise since Sunday while Lend Me Your Wifes offered similar appeal. Empire Theater features Rachel Goldstein and Emma Bunting as a Jewish girl and Grand presents Kerry Gaw with Bernard Daly in Irish drama. In crime news three men arrested by Detective Womack confessed to a railroad car robbery with 12 razors a bolt of dry goods and two bottles of wine taken.
The Coming Country magazine published by the M. E. & T. railroad issues a handsome Christmas edition focused on San Antonio. Walter B. Whitman, a well known writer, pens the principal article praising the city as the City of a Thousand Delights and Surprises with numerous illustrations prepared for the issue.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes Mr Bryan hints at forgiving past Democratic opposition. Time will reveal if opponents mirror his gracious stance or resist reconciliation.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Internal remedies are required. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is not quack medicine and is prescribed by physicians. The remedy mixes tonics with blood purifiers to treat catarrh. Testimonials are available from FJ Cuene y Co, Toledo, and druggists sell Hall's Family Pills for constipatio n.
A Japanese boy, Tokes Ikegami, once unable to speak or write English, writes from Los Angeles to Constable Charles Stevens in San Antonio, thanking him for years of help. Stevens taught him English during leisure time, and Ikegami praises the progress reflected in his letter dated December 12, 1907. Razors Potchernick's.
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