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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1899
Page
7
The article recalls a Mason Street school program with recitations and songs, praising Miss Colliay’s pupils and noting festive decorations. it also offers a vivid Christmas Eve scene in St Louis with Juan and Felipe, a hungry boy and his companion, seeking warmth and generosity in a crowded depot and, later, at a church, weaving themes of charity, debt, and faith into holiday memory.
A young boy named Johnnie faces hardship after his father dies. He earns money by selling flowers in a theater corridor to buy Christmas presents for his mother and Ally. An elderly man offers twenty five dollars for a dog, threatening to take the gift away, but Johnnie refuses, choosing to help his family with his change of luck.
A fragmentary tale describes Guadalupe village under Panosatepe and Tetacchihautl, with its small houses and church. The scene depicts mountains, the Virgin Mary, and a poverty stricken life that culminates in the church’s construction and a holy edifice born from hardship and devotion.
A garbled 19th century style note recalls a dying infant and a Christ child memory. The speaker Sara Oc King reflects on charity and faith as a child offers aid, while a solemn crossing of selves precedes a humble blessing on a Christmas morning.
The document outlines amendments to city ordinances, extending to two-mile limits beyond current bounds and applying Hinckenridge Park boundaries. It prohibits owners, agents, or lessees from allowing bolts to run at large and requires animals within pounds to wear bells. Violations incur fines from five to two hundred dollars, approved December 19, 1999, by Marshall Hicks, W. W. Olyson, Mayor, and City Clerk.
A bankruptcy petition was filed by Thormes Duron of Cuere seeking discharge of debts amid relief requests. He lists assets at 26 465 with liabilities totaling 15 384, including lack of life insurance and related costs, while noting Oppenheimer brothers in the city as creditors with a 1 000 claim.
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