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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
2
Publisher urges Licht subscribers to pay only to authorized collectors and not to hand funds to carriers GF etrora warning that unapproved payments may lead to issues with subscriptions and delivery.
The Ways and Means Committee faces Southern protection requests as Chairman Payne questions why southern voters backed free trade in the last election. Southern industries press hardest while Northern magnates like Carnegie and Gary tilt toward compromise. The row centers on race politics and party trust, with Pullitzer checking Panama for signals of future finance.
In New Braunfels a discussion critiques the use of coercive labor tactics and court injunctions against Gompers and Butchell, urging exclusion of violent means by both sides. The piece praises Mr. Heltbron’s Texas style, notes police commissions, and highlights a Christmas charity tree for San Antonio's poor children amid critique of cold fundraising practices.
A story notes how devoted women organize to provide Christmas for needy children in San Antonio. It mentions past Ligat gifts, Santa visits, and hopes for continued charity. It references rail rivals Hill and Harriman, the Door earthquake victims in Italy, southern Italy emigrants in San Antonio, and Colonel Lyon’s former secretary as a new Hagie Pass collector.
Dr Wiley's statements on drug and drink habits prompt interpretation of vice. The piece contrasts old theological views with modern materialist ideas and examines causes beyond physiology, urging understanding of inner motives and the social forces shaping vice.
Fragmentary historical notes list Titus and Romain emperor birth and death dates, Isabella of Spain as Columbus patron, Otto von Korzbsie explorer birth and 1948 death, with bank payment suspensions in New York Philadelphia and Boston, and a theater fire in Chicago. The 3 Aut’s declination of 23 degrees 10 minutes appears as an item.
A vintage health claim extols pure blood as the key to vigor and disease resistance. It asserts Hood's Large Paritia cures blood disorders like eczema rheumatism catarrh and notes success with tonics or tablets called Saraatabe.
From The Light December 30, 1887 reports that in 188% there will be five eclipses, sun and moon. Races start at the fair grounds January 2 with five entries arranged. A bird shoot occurs at San Pedro Springs under Alamo Gun Club rules January %, at which national rules apply. J P Newcomb nominated alderman at large by Bexar County Republicans. Policemen Harris and Bennett on sick list. Stevens and Bergen stand in for boats. Guthrie of Kerrville Eye in city on business. W W Sheley and wife of Rio Grande City visiting. Fire department plans a grand union hall tomorrow night at Scholar hall.
The Greek Letter fraternity men of San Antonio organized a permanent pan-hellenic group at their meeting in Lotus study rooms chaired by R. P. Tagram with Dr. Glover Johns as temporary secretary. A pan-hellenic banquet will be held each year, and a permanent organization approved. Attendees included J. B. Wagoner Delta Sigma Delta, F. S. Hays Sigma Alpha Epsilon, R. Gorhy Delta Chi, and many others representing multiple fraternities.
Mayor Calla han announces a February parade in Alamo plaza to showcase the Alamo city fire department after new stations on Government Hilt and Jaarel Helehts. New steamers and two hose wagons join the force, with fourteen imported Norman Clydesdale and Percheron horses trained at city fire houses, average cost 300 dollars.
Ada Len McCoy seeks 40000 damages in the Thirty-seventh district court after her husband John McCoy was fatally struck by a West End streetcar near the Market house. The widow sues on behalf of herself and two minor children, naming the San Antonio Traction Company as defendant.
Mexia Texas December 86 M A Graham, aged 60, was thrown from a carriage yesterday and died an hour later from injuries. He was well known in the community. Dr Sara F Heraman osteopath advertises treatment at 868 South Press Street with the old phone number 1984.
A satirical piece extols the modern cinema as a humane affordable route to romance. It contrasts early courting rituals with quick, private outings via telephone and car rides, praising the cinema as economical, discreet, and socially beneficial for lovers.
Former Trinity Valley official Green will reenter railroad work in spring and is expected to join Colorado Southern. The Fort Worth area note cites Green as ex-general manager and vice president, with speculation about a new role in the Colorado Southern system.
In a morning dispute at the post office Are thur Wynne defends a strict rule forbidding giving any addresses. A man sought a location for a bus owner and pressed for help. Wynne recalls a tuberculosis case where staff helped privately but stresses the policy remains unchanged to withhold addresses.
POUND NOTICE from Trinity and Ruiz streets describes two animals: a brown horse branded PN on left thigh and UU on Jeff shivlier, and a gray Manso bearnduil 45 on right shoulder. Both to be sold at public auction for cash at 11 o'clock a.m. on the first day of January. CHAS VAN RITER Marshal Alienst, PRED FRIES City Clerk.
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