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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
2
Fragments report multiple political events and figures including Col RM Wyone as attorney general candidate, remarks on Congress, and speculative bets on outcomes. Notes stray references to mint demand in Georgia, automobile racers, anti trust indictments in New Orleans, and various unrelated political chatter.
Indications of strong government interest in public playgrounds for children emerge as the Twentieth Century Study Club plans an inauguration in the city. The San Antonio project is hailed as a stride toward metropolitan status, aiming to provide safe recreation and uplift for the younger generation.
The talk by Bear, J A. Phillip, argues play is a natural instinct vital to human development, as essential as food. It cites Grevis and Ronis, Jewish festivals, and Victorian schooling to show play preserves civilization and joy, urging lasting leisure and supervised playgrounds for children and adults alike.
A fragmentary piece describes a family scene centered on a father performing daily chores and a mother absent, with cryptic lines about home life. The narrative voice questions the value of a home without a mother as the father endures chores, groceries, and child care while a disturbance occurs at night. The text blends domestic routine with a reflective, mournful tone about maternal absence.
San Antonio events of February 21 1887 include a children's masquerade at the Arbiter Verein where Willie Krisch won a prize. Many residents traveled to New Braunfels for the We Aardi-Grag festival. County office fee disputes are sent to Attorney General Hogg. Lewis Lindheim and Jato Wolf depart for New York for Miss Lindheim’s wedding. The grand jury urges cleanliness in Ju fie coun t by jal.
The Grand Opera House presents Gloriana Betsy with Betsy Patterson and James K. Huelett praising the cast led by Miss Vilas Mannering. The play follows Betsy and a French tutor with Napoleon appearing, ending in a dramatic aboard vessel and Betsy’s return home amid a parade of curtain calls. The Empire also advertises Ania the Singing Girl and The Gambler, with matinee and evening performances and souvenir photo albums for fans.
The Griffith company presents The Blue Moon at the Lyric Theater with James T. Powers and a large cast, staging vibrant scenes in a tropical West Indian setting. The program features vaudeville acts and a hypnotic novelty show with a tour through Houston and Fort Worth, plus a test of thought transference by Griffith on Monday.
An old health ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as an ally against indigestion and gastric distress. It claims the product digests large amounts of food, trusted by physicians, and offers free samples from Stuart Co at 160 Stuart Building, Marshall, Michigan.
A conductor recalls an evening ride where a white-haired man gave up his seat to a lady, only to be ignored by the first woman who instead adjusted her skirt and remained seated as rain dripped on the observer. The account questions selfish behavior among women during crowded transit.
A frigid Thursday morning sees a small boy in thin clothes walking on Alamo near Gazden with a brown parcel, tears in his eyes, after losing his shirt tie and a dozen snatched by a thief. A passerby in gloves consoles the shivering child and asks why he cries.
Jacob Gordin 14 presents a provocative work shown at the Manhattan Theatre New York and later at Veraisa Square theater. Mills Walsh leads the cast in a production hailed as a significant dramatic triumph, with Wagenhals anderan announced for a New York appearance.
An antiquated account describes early trials of motion vision and sequential images. It recounts Sir John Horschel Alter Aintier and friends testing devices to show two sides of a scene, the development of perpetual motion models, and early photography experiments leading to Muybridge's moving picture concepts. The piece notes observers like Dr. Fitton and mentions devices such as the wheel of life and a perforated cylinder showing motion as drawings pass by.
A study argues that simplicity fosters honesty and trust more than complexity. It cites examples from philosophy and history, including remarks attributed to Senator Beveridge and a Philadelphia Press libel case, to claim simple integrity guides wiser conduct and protects against duplicity.
An announcement from the sheriff race notes Lindsey as a candidate for the office of Sheriff at Bexar County, subject to action by the Democratic primaries.
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