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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1897
Page
12
A local letter criticizes Representative Blair and Mexican voters, arguing their naturalization and votes undermine democracy. It warns that if the Democratic party stays reliant on immigrant ballots, loyal native Americans should withdraw support. The piece decries alleged corruption and urges policy action.
In a colorful reminiscence from the New York Sunday Journal, Alkall Ike recalls a chaotic wedding scene where the best man sustains multiple injuries after a prankish groom and lively relatives prompt a scuffle. The narrator half-jokingly declares the affair a memorable, chaotic celebration.
The text depicts a fragmented vaudeville scene with jumbled dialogue and a lively orchestra. Characters Laughan Clarence Liantree and others exchange garbled lines as a popular song and dance routine erupts, leaving the audience in a raucous uproar. The passage reads like overheard backstage chatter with theatrical whimsy and comic confusion.
A brisk exchange features a lover praising poetry in her eyes and roses in her cheeks while a cynic teases with music in her voice. A dramatic reader recalls a critic’s harsh jibe about a failed performance and the critic’s supposed “lights” influencing a driver’s fate.
In a terse exchange the nurse confirms the patient receives the ordered brandy every two hours as prescribed by the doctor. A judge remarks the patient is "20 ahead" in the context of the conversation, indicating concern or progression in the case.
An odd scene unfolds as a tall, bearded stranger contests a local man on a county road. Amid screaming and gestures, the pair exchange threats and odd boasts about power, while bystanders watch a chaotic confrontation unfold near a horse.
The snippet blends quotes and overheard remarks from various papers about a con man Conrad Calle and a boy named Tommy, interlaced with doggerel verse about a kingly child. The text includes garbled OCR phrases, partial dialogues, and stylized lines, reflecting a collage of era gossip, humor, and court references.
Fragmentary humorous dialogue about marriages in heaven and stock dealing appears in a garbled Chicago Journal page. The lines feature playful back and forth with misheard phrases like yes or green goons and asks about greeting the lady of the house.
A garbled dialogue heavy with stray phrases shows an editor facing a reader proposing original matter for publication. The exchange touches on stories about farmers, Alexandria in Missouri, and a mock diary style of rural humor, with interruptions about telegraphs, divorce rumors, and a satirical tone.
A picaresque encounter on a lonely road shows a boastful traveler seeking directions to Silver Creek. A stubborn stranger refuses to help, trading tobacco for questions and delaying the path with evasive chatter and folk humor. The tale blends dialect, humor, and local color from early 20th century newspapers.
The piece argues municipal bond debt burdens taxpayers, urges restricting bonds to productive, permanent improvements, and warns that universal suffrage enables non taxpaying voters to influence city spending. It claims taxpayers should govern finances to avoid waste and mismanagement. It also notes a business sale and succession of Erich Menger's Soap Works to San Antonio Soap Works.
Denman Thompson’s The Old Homestead will be presented at the Grand Opera House Sunday and Monday with a matinee. A skilled cast will portray the delicate portrait of rustic characters, aiming to lift sentiment with nature’s colors and refined shading.
Chilhowie Va Mr K R B Greeve credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing his tuberculosis like illness after other remedies failed. He endured nights of coughing and weakness before finding relief. The local testimonial promises the remedy for coughs colds and consumption with free trial bottles at F Kalteyer Son's Drug Store.
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