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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1900
Page
11
A vintage ad praises Maxy land Pure Rye whiskey and a selection of wines, cordials, cigars, and cigars. It touts seasonal warmth for Santa and an appetite for plum pudding, promoting H. Menger at 140 West Commerce St with telephone 447.
Arthur Grissom sues Dr. Woods for 400000 asserting alienation of his wife Julia Stone Woods, once the Kansas City banker's daughter, amid their saga from Kansas City to New York and Alaska. The case traces poems, romance, a second marriage, and a later plan to edit the Kansas City World.
Benjamin Prine, born in Itchmonds, lived through the Civil War era and beyond. Once a stage driver between Kiehmond and Tomkinsville, he later did odd jobs and small-town work for about thirty years. Now living with his daughter in Port Richmond, he remains in good health for his age, with four children and seven grandchildren who regard him as a marvel of endurance.
In University City the Cambridge Chronicle asked pastors to submit Christmastide service plans. Samuel G. Stow of the Reformed Presbyterian Church wrote that no special arrangements are made this year and questioned the dating of Jesus birth. He notes December 25 is a Catholic designation and urges authority beyond church tradition. He declines further comment.
Cigarmakers unions No 90 and No 10 in New York merged on Xmas day, with No 10 members becoming beneficiaries of No 46s cremation fund. The fund, created years ago amid talk of a cremation option, now serves fifteen cigar makers from an East Fourth Street office.
Bishop Johnston, famed church leader, left Corpus Christi for San Antonio last Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Lockwood, a longtime parishioner. He will visit Corpus Christi again next month before moving to Brownsville with Rev. Mr. Brokaw to fill an Episcopal vacancy.
Local timetable lists numerous trains with east and west departures, arrivals from the east and north, and services to Houston Waco Dallas Rockport Beeville and Kerrville. Also notes trains to Kansas City Fort Worth Dallas and Santa Fe routes with specific departure and arrival times. Contains multiple stations and operating days including Sundays and daily exceptions.
A historic notice lists mail arrivals and departures from the San Antonio Post Office, detailing routes by rail lines including G. H. & S.A. Ry and S.A. & A. Ry with times such as 6:60 am and 10:30 am, plus STAR ROUTES to Propeanton Spring Branch Gallagher’s ranch Helotes and more, with daily and weekly schedules and Sundays excluded in some lines. The memo also notes outbound mails from the post office to various directions and times like 7:16 am and 3:15 am, using several railway lines and star routes to Corpus Christi Kerrville and Carnuas Christ areas.
A public notice reveals applicants seek a special session of the Texas Legislature to amend city charter provisions for San Antonio. The proposed changes target sections 43 and 45 to adjust tax rates and bond limits, with specified conditions and a voter requirement for bonds. Signatories include H D Kampmann and others.
A garbled ad-like text describes an express service with rental charges and a winter fashion item. It mentions a 60 mile rate, a 2.75 price, and an agent fee, followed by a lengthy fur cape description with full volume, trimmed with black sable seat, cap, and tears. The text references a retailer S H A R S E S E cK and Co Sus Lae.
Miss Adams of Norfolk Connecticut paid around ten thousand dollars to uncover her genealogical ancestry from the Revolutionary era, hiring clerks to search records in Connecticut and Washington and even sending for English data. Her conservator and brothers disputed further spending, but she defends the pursuit as a noble quest for American heritage.
Twelve year old Manley Lawton, son of General Lawton, serves as captain under General Grant in the Philippines. He earned an honorary lieutenant appointment earlier, aided by his father in campaigns, and received a desk in the general's tent. The boy, slim and growing, is praised for bravery and calm, with a wish to join a military team. General Corbin notes the title is honorary and unpaid.
Paragols Wholeaste and retail umbrellas and parasols recnvering relining and repairing on short notice. B. G, inf- 4, proprietor, 21 Te. Totston street.
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