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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
5
Members of the two Thaw juries held a joint banquet in New York last week and exchanged views. The somber dinner brought together jurors who presided over the trials of Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White.
The Light newspaper runs a school contest offering cash prizes and points for subscriptions. Students from multiple high schools vie for top rewards, with premiums of 5 to 50 dollars and school-wide prizes, based on points earned through monthly, half year, and yearly subscriptions.
White bay gelding Down and out and two companions faced police after a scuffle with Paliceman Brown on Cameron Street. The fight followed alleged theft at a motor-street home, with Ahr and Hardie fined five dollars and a companion detained.
Mr and Mrs 5 G Newton reported a birth as listed by J T Burnett & Co Undertakers. The notice names the infant and family, with standard funeral home phrasing and index terms.
City council debates a proposed ordinance regulating wires and public utilities as a response to rising costs of living. Alderman Braden leads the telegraphs, telephones and railroads committee while furniture of opposition cites widening streets and safety. Proposals include fare increases for cab rides, with initial charges and added fees for longer trips and late hours. a refund provision appears for prior taxes.
A descriptive note from Noah Bay reports the Emily Reed wreck off the Nehalem River coast Oregon. Of six ton Wie ship’s crew only three survive and recount hours adrift in a lifeboat with no water or food since Sunday night. They describe capsized decks, searches for rescue, and a distant steamer that passed unaided.
Martin Mertz a cab driver was charged with cruelty to animals after police allege he restrained a tavern chain and weight while driving, and asked how to be drowned. Officer Awey Hatto testified the incident occurred near the Wested Bridge as a bystander was pressed into a role.
A dated advertisement touts Munyon remedies for dyspepsia indigestion and related stomach and heart symptoms. Claims include cures for wind in the stomach heartburn coated tongue and loss of appetite. Also promotes Munyon ointment pills liver and other tonics with prices and multiple fictional cures.
A jumble of names and fleeting travels unfolds as travelers and officials stay at the Southern hotel, with visits from Meckiey, Ragsdale, Wald, Edwards, Slater, Heath, and others. Delegates to a convention register, while a mock courtroom scene hints at a legal pursuit and a stray jest about a lawyer’s client.
De Zavala chapter Daughters of the Republic held a meeting at Mrs S Lytle on Soul Presa Street to arrange a future reception for Miss De Zavala. A further meeting will be held next Wednesday afternoon for more discussion. The event date will be announced after arrangements are completed. The plan includes a musical and literary program with a notable orator.
London Standard reports New Shoren Schools managers praise a girls’ scholar for eight years with neither absence nor lateness. They plan to seek an education committee grant of a special award for the pupil.
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