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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1897
Page
1
A provincial warning laments careless skating and unsafe ponds in east side parks. It urges vigilance for families, notes lives lost to drowning, and appeals to readers to warn others and protect the young from dangerous ice and sudden tragedy.
The annual masquerade ball of the Ivy Social Club at Mission garden on Saturday January 3 promises lively groups and comical masks. A committee will screen entrants in an investigating room to prevent immoral disguises. The Theo Artzt orchestra will provide music late into the night. Tickets are 50 cents from members or Mission garden, to avoid door trouble.
A Kalamazoo Michigan resident promotes a free remedy to cure nervous debility and restore vigor. The ad asserts the medicine requires no payment and invites letters to H. A. Olds, Kalamazoo, with a free prescription mailed on request.
Jan 23 report from Tom Green County, San Angelo, notes Owen Daugherty’s machinery ready for braots, a strong San Angelo club with active officers, and recent sheep buyers returning from the Divi river country finding fewer bargains. Cattlemen anticipate price drops next month, with a forecast rise next fall. City council delays a regular session until Saturday. Arthur D. West wed Miss Detle Clark at the Methodist church. A light sleet altered local weather plans. Livestock prices show calves at $2, two-year-olds at $26, threes at $22.80. The San Angelo club expands entertainments to dancing and cards. Interest in the Agricultural and Mechanical College branch wanes. Horse sales indicate continued market activity.
In Pearsall Texas on January 23 residents voice opposition to a proposed statewide tax plan. They fear it harms farmers by removing the coyote as a pest control, while others report cattle shipments to St Louis and growth concerns. Nearby figures like J T Bivens and Rev J F Castro appear in community notices, with business visits, cemetery board elections, and court cases in the mix. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised by local buyers as a trusted cure for colds with testimonials from Abner Mercer of Dilworthtown and Recker Bros Co endorsement.
Lucky Baldwin and Sak Pranedsen face a court ruling over 8740 damages for deceit in a case tied to Til Mau Astitexy’s wife Miss Astles. The story traces a tumultuous sequence from Miss Astles’s Mississippian ties to California, ending amid privation and family strife as Bonnej Ashley testifies.
Floresville Tex dam 4 teight Special-Mte Chronicle prints a lively sketch of county officers. Mrs Rodriguez, a well known figure, dies Sunday. her daughter Victoria follows Tuesday. Mrs Gilliard of Wairviesy dies of grip Sunday. Post Oaklus eon hosts a supper for bell and bel fry. Calaveras brick firm shuts storage pending price. County court winds up business and adjourns. Methodist quarterly conference begins. Laverula lodge adds new members. Wiseman earns fellowcraft degree. Frat Reese of Hairville resigns. Prof Tucker of San Antonio steps in.
In Caldwell County Texas on January 23 a light special teachers institute was held despite bad weather. Douglass Caldwell, injured last Sunday when thrown by his horse into a barbed wire fence, shows improvement. A deputy sheriff and two posse members detained a suspect accused of coercing local Black residents into the woods, who was jailed on bond. The marriage between James Polk and Dove Conley is announced.
A revival by Evangelist Boren is planned at the Christian church next Sunday. Nearby, the Barret Hand of the Baptist Sunday School promotes funds for Buckner orphanage. Reports note rising school enrollment during holidays, while local authorities struggle with a nuisance in Luling. Rain earlier in the week aided farming operations.
The notice announces Chag F Mayer as a candidate for City Collector and ER P Claydon as a candidate for City Auditor. Claydon pledges to run the office in a thorough businesslike manner without extraneous city expense.
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