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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1898
Page
5
The era's page extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women health. It claims strong effects on the female constitution, easing inflammation and aiding childbirth, with testimonials from Reno and Nevada readers and notices about the People’s Medical Adviser.
Railroad timetable details several lines including Southern Pacific, San Antonio and Aransas Pass, and San Antonio and Gulf Shore. It lists east and westbound departures and arrivals with multiple times, destinations such as Houston Galveston New Orleans Eagle Pass Mexico Waco Dallas St Louis and Kerrville Beeville Rockport Marines etc. Some entries have OCR errors but passages indicate daily and weekend schedules and special trains.
Comptroller Finley warns tax collectors and taxpayers that nonpayment of taxes by January 31 triggers a ten percent penalty on the total tax due. The penalty funds are distributed between state and county, with instructions to be issued later for monthly penalty collections reporting. Also promoted is Brucean’s Arnica Salve for various skin ailments.
Fragmentary ad item notes John T Hambleton & Co on Commerce Street offering Cascarets for bowels and relief from constipation. Text is garbled but implies a sales pitch for a laxative product.
A New Jersey frog hunter who traps for the New York market uses a decoy frog in a glass jar with a net to lure others. He waits by the shore as frogs gather, then captures them with a long spear, sometimes earning up to 109 dollars in a day by selling legs at 25 cents a pair.
A Georgia tale from The Atlantic Constitution describes a sheriff attempting to seize a cow owned by a Black man. The cow backs away with a calm, stubborn dignity as the rope looms. The scene blends regional speech and a rustic moral about power and stubbornness.
A fragmented San Antonio column portrays local races and council intrigue tied to the Brownstone faction and rival White Bastite, with editorials on tax, water works, and public sentiment. It questions colored workers' roles, urges concrete remedies, and notes candidates like Capt. Crawford and Col. Grice amid talk of county offices and voter engagement.
One small bottle of Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles removes gravel cures diabetes seminal emission weak back rheumatism and irregularities in both men and women In children it regulates bladder trouble If not sold by your druggist it will be sent by mail on receipt of 1 Manufacturer Hall Bros Co Texas ad claims a 9 year kidney trouble cure from one bottle and a testimonial from A Wassenich dated 1949
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