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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1900
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR shows a liquor store entry: H. Nenger at 140 West Commerce, telephone 447. The brief note lacks full details but identifies a business listing and address.
An editorial argues for obligatory postmortem examination before interment to prevent premature burial. It cites medical jurists led by H. G. Garrigues, detailing signs of death and insisting only a physician can certify. The piece condemns reliance on nurse or attendant reports and urges universal corpse examination.
A fragmented text argues that Yanken invention and rapid machinery development will open vast opportunities for engineers in Asia and Africa. It cites early electric railways and growing industrial potential across South America, South Africa, and China, noting vast untapped resources and the need to educate a temperate workforce.
A fragment discusses American expansion in the Philippines, noting Manila as a potential Western Pacific trade hub. It highlights trade advantages, nearby markets like China and Siam, and the U S role in modernization, with import opportunities and lower costs for machinery and goods.
The notice lists daily and weekly mail routes from the San Antonio Post Office with arrival times to northern, eastern, southern, and western districts. It includes Star Routes to Pleaganten Gallagher's ranch Helotes Spring Branch and Gallagher's ranch with specific departure times from 6:38 to 12:30 p.m. and additional routes to Kerr Pike Corpus Christi and Worth with various frequencies and days.
An 1886 San Antonio city ordinance declares throwing trash on sidewalks streets and public places a nuisance. It prohibits spitting on sidewalks walks and public venues and provides trash cans at streets and parks. Violators face fines of one to five dollars or jail time as prescribed by law.
A long excerpt discusses how eye shape, position, and movement supposedly reveal character and mental states. It cites an English analyst and uses examples of brown, grey, and other eye colors, eyelid action, and wrinkles to claim insights into temperament, intelligence, and emotions.
A self describe righthanded worker offers services as a first class bookkeeper stenographer typewriter and many other talents. He cites 23 years in business and experience with the United States Embassy at Madrid as credentials and asks for a weekly wage of 3 to 4 dollars plus extra benefits. He claims to be a patent candidate for a church endowments and odd jobs.
A House Ways and Means subcommittee debates whether the phrase United States in the constitution covers all U S territory beyond the core states. Rep Newlands argues the issue touches tariff relations with Philippines Hawaii and Puerto Rico, questioning free passage and duties for inhabitants and goods across territories and how “territory” should be interpreted for political unity or geographic extent.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt surveys Sable Island ponies, their stock origins, numbers, and roles in lifeboat patrols. It traces decline from 400 to 100, attributing losses to export, harsh winters, and imported stallions. Also recalls rodent and animal introductions and shifting island ecology over time.
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