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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1896
Page
5
A fragmentary column from The Sunday Light surveys Texas politics with satire on Harrison, Cleveland, and San Antonio figures, noting slogans, party tensions, and local concerns. It hints at upcoming weather shifts and public matters like education, roads, and tax issues, amid editorial asides and rival editorials.
Notices issued across Karnes County precincts seek input on county ticket plans and school district textbooks. Rains aid markets. Midwinter show in San Antonio inspires revival of the South Texas Fair project. Kenedy Methodist church completed with treasury balance. Range High School Library Day aims to add 1000 books. local merchants Scoville & Son pledge trust coverage. total indebtedness reported at 12,526.
In Luling Nebraska on February 8, reports say recent rains improved sidewalks and crossings aiding school travel in wet weather. Local baseball gear is being prepared for spring with strong timber and rival club prospects. Oil tanks refilled and shipments to Maxino resumed. The Lyceum plans Angel of Midnight as first play while Lipscomb rifles are noted as ready. Regular meetings near Ballinger Weaver's store attract interest. A wild town runaway caused a lively scene and fence damage. no injuries. Protracted Presbyterian meeting resumes Sunday night. Drummers and knights of the grip move between businesses. commerce remains steady with no major complaints.
West End churches filled on Sunday with Christians of various grades. A Monday night concert featured several local musicians, including Mina Ella Graves of Georgetown. The St Louis college group attended the Midwinter fair, and the West End residents observed crossing at the L and G N tracks. The literary Endeavor society named officials for two months. Sid Masley, the lawyer, visited family. Bobby Sullivan learned legal intricacies from him.
Quail hunters from Missouri and Ohio joined local sportsmen last Sunday on the Sap road site. Read of early season opinions and practical tips for winter hunting including dog care, transportation costs, and horse management to maximize bag.
In Temple Texas weather and council concerns dominate with rail plans to El Paso attracting travelers. A charity act sends two runaway boys home with tickets and advice. District court in Hilton sentences five criminals including a burglar, while city trees and school basement drainage are set for repairs. A Christian church benefit dinner raises funds, and local rain delays farming progress as the Board of Trade plans to fund street repairs, awaiting construction.
The notice lists daily saint commemorations from February 9 to February 15 including Apollonia Severin St. Catherine and St. Valentine, with notes on founders and historical figures such as Monte Cassino and Cotton Mathar. It appears as a calendar excerpt of religious observances and martyr commemorations.
The notice lists Joe Munday and Rev. A Burligon lecturing for men at Wolfson hall and church services at St Panve Eplecops Trinity and St John’s Episcopal churches. It details times for prayers, Sunday school, Evening services, youth events, and a free music lecture by J F Spring, with visitors welcome and no admission charges noted.
Mr Eunica W Mellville headmistress of the National Rebekah chapter of Mintespolle will speak Monday at 8 p m at Odd Fellows hall on Odd Fellowship and the Rebekah branch. All Gda Fellows and families invited admission free. Also help wanted ads for servant girl cook and other positions appear in this notice.
In South Carolina, lawmakers considered radical railroad bills including a Jim Crow car measure long hung on the calendar. A first class fare of 3 cents per mile and 8 second class 24 cents per ticket were set. A separate coach bill passed, and a near vote on a freight train ban from Saturday night to Sunday night drew attention. New efforts sought to regulate car movements and prevent rate or facility discrimination among connecting lines, with penalties for violations.
Ralph Adams Oram in February Ladies' Home Journal outlines colonial house plans and details priced at $5,000. He critiques modern colonial styling for mimicking old forms while praising the authenticity of early century simplicity and frankness in design.
The lucrative public notice boasts Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California as a premier policyholder ally with seven million dollars paid to policyholders. It claims unique liability for stockholders and directors under constitutional law, urging timely insurance through Devlin and McCoy, general agents, in San Antonio.
Notice to Contractors seeks bids by February 10 1895 for furnishing materials and work on about four miles of brick or concrete sewers and appurtenances in San Antonio Texas with specified lineal feet pipe sizes timber gates and bridges. Monetary bid security of $2000 required and bids may be rejected. Also notice of International Building and Loan election February 10 1896 and a real estate sale advertisement mixed in.
Daily rail notices list trains arriving from Waco St Louis and Kansas City and departures to Houston Galveston New Orleans and El Paso. Also entries for Cuero Kerrville Beeville Rockport and Corpus Christi with exceptions Sundays and Saturdays.
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