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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
2
The fragment outlines publishing specifics for the San Antonio Light, including frequency and edition options, pricing, and mailing terms. It notes daily and Sunday morning editions, with one year and one month rates and second-class mail status.
The Light asks subscribers to pay money to the regular authorized agents only. Do not pay carriers, as efforts may fail. The notice emphasizes updating addresses for desired delivery changes.
Highlights include Edward II's deposition by Parliament in 1298 and Lafayette sailing to France from Boston. Other items note balloon crossing the British Channel in 1785 Millard Fillmore birth, a 1874 death, 1922 Liberia colonized, 1962 Battle of Blue Gap and charges by Representative Ashley, 1905 gold and wind storm with 98 deaths, 1819 Germany sending four squadrons to Algeria.
Representative Terrell urges telephone companies to provide 8 letter service and improve connections. The Light questions legal feasibility but asserts better service is possible, citing long waits and frequent disconnections. Poor switchboards and operator shortages may explain issues. authorities should remedy. Also notes January 1 supplement on El Paso growth and a jailed lunatic criticizing Texas.
Rumor from Austin claims John X Simpson former Texas governor candidate is slated to become General Webster Plana. Simpson, a wealthy district collector of internal revenue, might pursue the federal role, with Taft administration hints linked to his past fundraising.
Arthur Hall of the American Railway Association objects to pressuring prosperity ideas as 200000 idle freight cars illustrate. The speaker urges focus on tangible growth, noting two railroads handling six trains daily link San Antonio and Austin, while immigration and new business blocks signal rising activity.
A New Orleans Ster essay laments a surge in murders across Louisiana and Mississippi and argues for stricter gun control. It notes many victims and suspects carried pistols, warns of weapon availability in hardware store shelves, and urges licensing and enforceable laws to curb violence.
The text discusses kindness over wealth, faith in God, and righteous conduct. It references perceptions of evil, witnessing Christlike behavior, and the dangers of material wealth versus spiritual virtue. It implies a call to look upward and align life with Christian teaching.
An old San Antonio testimonial promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the best cure for back pain and kidney troubles. B Swain of 417 Live Oak Street claims his husband found relief after using the pills, with improvements in leg and back pain and irregular kidneys. The ad lists Bexar Drug Co as a local supplier and Buffalo New York as the U.S. sale agent, urging readers to remember the name Doan's.
The essay argues humor originates in prehistoric Europe with Celtic Irish leading the migration into the west. It claims primitive jokes emerged among Aryan peoples and that outsiders lack genuine humor, contrasting crude forms with higher joke sense. It ponders reconstructing the seven original jokes from paleontological humor studies.
Professor Ramon Guerrero of the high school seeks a magic lantern and sketches to illustrate botanical scenes for students. An inaugural meeting tonight will organize a San Fernando Catholic Society. Henry Bohn aged 83 and John Wilkens aged 58 celebrated birthdays at Bohn’s North Street home. Deputy Sheriff Dan McChusky, shot days ago, died this afternoon. funeral tomorrow at St Mary’s Cemetery. Burglars took minor items from Ed Ashley’s Soledad Street home. similarly several tools were stolen from Clem Cotton factory last night.
A reader asks for the origin of Old Probabilities and Mugwump. Answers trace Old Probabilities to Prot. AbD 1869 and Mugwump to Eliot Bible usage and 1864 New York papers. Russia Iron is a secret kept by the government with workers bound for life. many attempts to reveal it failed, and a dangerous letter was confiscated.
A reflective religious quote by Frances Ridley Havergal appears beside a stray, garbled line about Russia. The mix blends a devotional plea with a faded, uncertain wartime or political snip. The text reads as a dated fragment with distorted phrases and unclear context.
A passerby finds a carbolic acid bottle in Travia Park and imagines a tragic scene of a young woman facing despair. The narrative hints at love, betrayal, and a near suicide, leaving the true outcome and identity of the vial's owner unresolved.
A fragmentary poem style piece features grand statements on living well and truth. It names scattered figures such as Edward Hale and Napoleon in a collage of aphorisms about endurance, daily deeds, and heavenly powers. The text reads like a playful, historical misquotation and garbled attribution.
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