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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1909
Page
5
A brief ad highlights Mesceul El Llano Tequila cigars and cigarettes at low prices. It mentions Ang Lim burger at the corner of Main Plaza and West Commerce and notes a new phone line.
A disjointed OCR fragment lists Hennessey quitting a position at a secretarial meeting and hints at a Priday night event. It mentions a Masque Ball and a charity or social gathering, with scattered references to locations and beverages. The readable items are garbled and partially unreadable.
Dooley leads a meeting with writers appointing roles and officers including treasurer and secretary. The group names Barats Louis and others, with a focus on organizational duties and governance.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions multiple names and places with no clear sequence. It references political figures and locations such as London and Toladol with scattered terms like NUS DOTA and CYLy, but lacks coherent events or dates to define a concrete article or outcome.
Old men’s health issues and genito urinary disorders discussed at a medical clinic. Evening hours until 6 p.m. at 405 Moore Building.
An advertising column extols a skin cure for eczema attributing it to a Dr D D Deunth era discovery and a compound by Denis with wintergreen oil, claiming immediate relief and removal of scales. It also promotes Ballard Horenound Syrup for coughs and lung healing sold by Bexar Drug Company.
Baraca class at a Methodist church elects officers for the ensuing year including HT Shaw as president WM Doherty secretary BP Sm reaauver A R Smithers Bunting WH Nhe terse as executors Also referenced is an advertisement for Petey's Honey and Tar and a Bourbon offer with contact numbers, reflecting typical church notices and local commerce.
New Orleans Feb 16 The welfare convention of women from committees of members will meet in New Orleans Wednesday and confer Saturday. The program will feature games of some of the best players in all Western or American. Several games were postponed due to health concerns.
Fragmented obituary notice details multiple deaths and survivors. Mentions Peter Fietehul, Margaret Walker of San Aung, Lizzie Hansen, and Frank Toulon among others. Describes funeral arrangements, health concerns, and transfer company ties.
Constantinople reports a major earthquake collapsing houses and a government building in Sivas. Thirty people are said dead with many injured as panic spreads. In Hungary a lasting tremor in districts including Kecskemét and Nagykörös sends residents fleeing and causes wall cracks but limited damage.
A fragmented OCR piece mentions San Antonio figures in a quirky dialogue with garbled phrases and stray names. The readable bits hint at a playful, misspelled national mood and wandering references rather than a clear event or biography.
Proposals for horses are sought with envelopes endorsed Proposals for Horses and addressed to Col. John L. Clom. The notice mentions beefed up regulations and a deadline near February 17, 1999, with bid details and conditions. The fragmentary text references Oak or Salt by Moxie Drug Co and Dak Jans Siow Dindient.
Several fraternal and social groups meet tonight at venues around San Antonio. Fag Ere Mane Lodge, Adah Chapter, Burleson chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Germania lodge, Pythians, Woodmen, Red Men, and other lodges announce gatherings at various halls including Masonic temples and unions. Evening sessions start around 7:30 with additional afternoon events at venues such as Germania lodge and Woodmen halls.
A fragmented notice advertises an Orphans' Benefit Show by the K of P and Pythian Sisters at Alamo Plaza starting at 10, with vague timing and place details. It calls widows and orphans to attend in a local frayed community notice.
Washington reports no Americans among those hurt as a crowd at an Agapal Mexico theater collapsed following a disputed reception. Over 200 injured, with more than a thousand witnessing the chaos. Officials say the event caused many families to flee home, while authorities investigate the deadly incident.
Mrs Careback recounts events on the fatal November ninth with jurors hearing her walk to the crime scene and identify Carmack. She denounces Col Cooper and details shots from the fence as Cooper allegedly fires while Carmack lies wounded, noting a note threatening Carmack allegedly written by Cooper.
An eccentric home remedy claims to cure any curable ailment using a concentrated pine compound mixed with glycerine and a Walt pint of liquid. Instructions urge frequent shaking and dosing with labeled spoons every hour, touting the pine as a refined medical preparation sold only in half ounce bottles.
We thank friends for sympathy in the death of our beloved son Henry Clements and for the many coral offerings. The Family. Kleck's Electric West Mattress Fat. authority plant in south, 1000 bales cotton yearly, 026-8 Main avenue. Phones. Firstel work only. People who suffered from Theurine tism have taken Sand's Sarsaparilla and found relief. Seed oats Kansas and Texas clipped oats. M W rockzau. Bath phones.
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