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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1900
Page
11
The fragment mentions Bacchus the god of wine and a reference to Henry Menger with an address at 140 W Commerce Street and telephone 447. The readable text is sparse and implies an advertisement or literary note without clear event details or dates.
A London hotel scheme unfolds as Cyrus Cavendish Bentinck and his daughter vanish with diamonds worth £50,000 after using a desk trick at the Victoria hotel. Detectives track the pair to Weymouth and then exile. Matilda Smith, the wife, pleads guilty to conspiracy. The trial ends with seven years for Henry Smith and a grim, sorrowful aftermath.
Train schedules list departures and arrivals for multiple routes. Westbound trains depart around 9 a m and 12 10 noon, with arrivals from the East at 8 30 p m. North Texas Oklahoma routes bound for San Antonio and St Louis through various connections. Local trains serve San Antonio, Laredo, Houston, Waco, Kerrville, and Kerryville area towns with daily and Sunday specifics.
Railway mail schedule lists arrive and depart times for multiple routes including GN, BA, ALP, GJ, and HN lines. It notes daily except Sundays service to Spring Branch and Pleasanton with specific departure hours, and lists additional stops such as Kerrville, Corpus Christi area, and Welintes.
For sale to printers a two revolution cotton press No. 6 in great shape, speed 2400 per hour, prints form 40x4, cost 2100. Also a Brown folding machine with hand feed, speed 1060, cost 750. Sell both Presa and fider together for 1760. Address 4 B Johnson 13-26-1f Daily Light Office.
The City Council of San Antonio amends Chapter 45 Section 6 to prohibit printing on walks or crosswalks and prohibit signs on public streets and plazas unless the vehicle is not for advertising. It requires permits from the City Marshall for carrying or transporting signs and ads, with a carve out for vehicles used mainly for non advertising purposes. MARSHALL HICKS, Mayor, Atcent V. JOHNSON, City Clerk.
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