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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1909
Page
2
It advises subscribers to provide old and new addresses for delivery changes and requests notification by telephone or office visit. It notes payment and proper channels for change requests and warns against paying unauthorized collectors.
A proposed bill seeks to curb home invasions by defining burglary as a more serious offense when committed at night. Supporters argue lines of defense and assault with deadly weapons justify stricter penalties, while opponents warn against overreach and vigilante instincts. The measure targets repeat intruders and aims to deter breaking into sleeping homes, including those with women and children present.
The report notes widespread Lincoln day festivities across southern towns with governors and mayors taking part. It mentions Mayor Callaghan pushing sidewalk improvements and remarks on the governor’s event issues, reflecting ongoing public pride and municipal efforts.
A public health argument contrasts leprosy with tuberculosis, urging stronger action and funding to stamp out tuberculosis. The speaker condemns urban neglect, unsafe tenements, and pollution as contributors to disease while calling for legislative fixes and improved sanitation. The piece critiques societal indifference and stresses urgent policy reform.
A critique argues that representative government is undermined when legislation dies in committees or subcommittees rather than receiving full House or Senate votes. It laments the rule that allows a chair or a few to block bills, urging that all measures go to committee and then to a roll call vote, ensuring accountability and transparent majority support.
In a mid Atlantic wireless station Jimmy Daly uncovers Cartwright’s honeymoon escape. He battles through ship crew, sabotages wireless controls, and rescues his fiancée Bessie then lands at Rev. Samuel Boggs’s landing site, ending with the rescued pair.
The writer, at the Medallion Nickel Palace, describes a low rung in show business. She just passes ice water to thirsty patrons while awaiting chances to act, noting acts like contortionists and song teams. She jokes she could become a dishwasher if she cannot improve.
A crowded, garbled collection of fragments includes jokes about marriage patience and Digger Indiana, stray notes on elections and ballot boxes, a French explosion reference, car accidents, and assorted opinion snippets. It lacks a clear single event or appeasement, presenting a mosaic of miscellany. The text drifts through varied topics with uncertain attributions and nonsensical insertions.
The Office of Chief Quartermaster Detachment announces sealed proposals in triplicate for furnishing cavalry and artillery horses at San Antonio Texas. Bids due 12 noon central time February 1908. The United States reserves right to reject any or all bids. Envelopes should be marked Proposals for Horses and addressed to Col John L. Grom Q M.
A boy named Jack breaks a bedroom window by throwing a new ball. After a tense night with the wind howling in, his mother discovers the truth, comforts him, and the next day he pays to replace the pane and restore light to his room.
San Antonio notes from February 14, 1888 report visits by Col. R. M. Moore and T. G. Frost to Laredo and appearances of Postal Inspector Hallingsworth in the city. Mentions of detectives chief Thos Purlong, railway mail robbery case, and Col. Bellap’s New York trip. Local improvements include extra shade trees at Fourth Street School and a petition to extend streetcar tracks toward Government Street.
Court records show EE Bodeman of Boerne among witnesses in a murder case on trial in the district court. The proceedings advance as testimony unfolds, drawing local attention to the delayed jury deliberations and ongoing legal arguments.
Lamp Shoulder offers relief for muscular rheumatism with Chamberlain's Liniment. Three applications daily recommended, claimed to provide a reliable cure. Sold by druggists. Kinek's Electric Belt at Mattreas Factory advertises largest south plant using bales of cotton yearly at 624-8 Main Avenue Pouca for first class work.
Fragmentary OCR shows names J.T. Burnet and Go undertakers with uncertain statements about a firm in 1907 and a claim of ten million, followed by garbled phrases. Most names and facts are unreadable, yielding an unusable full report.
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