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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
2
The San Antonio Light appears as a daily publication from San Antonio, listing its fearsome daily schedule and the publisher as the San Antonio Light Pub. Ashing Co. Inc. This fragment confirms the paper's origin and ownership structure in a historical context.
Subscribers of The Light are urged to send changes of address to the regular authorized collector. Do not pay the carrier or writers. For delivery and service, use telephone.
This Day in History marks the death of Saint John Chrysostom in 498, the birth of composer Tozart in 1756, and the 1850 birth of Samuel Gompers. It notes Blaine’s 1893 death and a 1807 trace of Butr’s conspiracy reaching Congress amid calls to pay poll taxes.
A historical view argues that education and enlightened self-government will curb intemperance more effectively than prohibition. It contends that banning alcohol prompts illicit traffic and that self restraint and pay‑as‑you‑go policy will promote temperance. It warns voters that failing to pay poll tax undermines civic usefulness at elections.
County attorney Newton secured a conviction on January 26 against the sons of Ham for flagrant gambling with chips in San Antonio. The ruling is presented as proof that the anti gambling statute can be enforced and alleviates fears of illicit gaming in the area. Governor Tom is implied to rest easy.
The piece comments on civic trust and law enforcement readiness, mentioning sheriffs, constables, and the idea of stopping “horrid practices.” It notes San Antonio as a tourist city and references Scandinavian match manufacturers expanding to Russia and Sweden’s 1906 match trust facing Japanese competition in India. It also mentions Houston Street woes and upcoming work finishing with a sense of future relief.
A historic defense of press freedom asserts that liberty to comment on government is essential to republican government. Citing Tocqueville, the piece notes attempts to muzzle the press have failed and highlights John Peter Zenger as a landmark case for freedom of the press in New York.
A reader recalls a doctor’s despairing assessment of her condition, describing catarrhal neurosis and multiple illnesses with no solid foundation. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is credited with restoring health, strength, and stability, praised as the true foundation of cures and recommended to others for lasting improvement.
A 1688 San Antonio item reports Janis Brady and others leaving for Lehasse's hunting expedition. A first Menger hole social and multiple masquerade events are noted with hosts Herff and Kriset. Comptroller McCall is in town on office business. North Leonw street improvements planned next week. An arrest by Officer Krempkan targets a suspected deserter.
The Q and A discuss cement made from natural cement stones common in many states. Cement stones are heated and ground into powder with specific weights per cubic foot. The Armada section oddly lists a large, implausible mix of troops, slaves, monks, and nobility under a religious- and geographicly misattributed command, with numerous errors and unclear ruler references.
Government tests at the United States Geological Survey lab in Pittsburgh show a method that prevents blasts from coal mine dust. A miniature mine demonstrated that forcing steam from an exhaust pipe into dust laden air stopped explosions, while cold dry air produced immediate blasts. Since adopting this measure, explosions have ceased in the local Pittsburg and Westmoreland mines.
A whimsical tale recalls a toad named Bufo who spent millennia imprisoned in a rock crevice during Alfred the Great’s era. Freed by miners’ dynamite in modern times, the revived Bufo hurries to apologize, only to be humorously dubbed Methuselah and placed in a Bronx zoo box to muse on youth long past.
Dallas Times-Herald reports Hon. Gum-Shoe Stone in Missouri, showing ambition to succeed himself in the United States Senate. The piece hints Stone’s luck and political support within his party as it notes signs of a potential victory, though details remain fragmentary.
GW Guenther and Sons seek a groom dwelling and addition on Guenther Street for 1260 dollars. Christian A. Sched to add a shed and sine on Sroth Plores street for 500. Grace Wren to add a dwelling and shed on Crockett Street for 1. Batella Cromez requests a one room addition on Jean Street for 2. Leffeltroom dwelling on Maryland Street for 1000. Daniel Oiaz requests a room addition on Dunnalley for 100. Bantos Reyes plans a groom dwelling on Kerr Street for 200. Richard Whier constructs a two room dwelling on Drexel Avenue for 450. Marguerite Franz adds a shed on North Street for 300. R. W. Magan moves a house to New Braunfels Avenue. Givens repairs barn on Piarson Street for 25. J. L. Richey builds a room dwelling on North Comal Street for 50. Roxaman adds a dreaming addition and repairs on View Avenue for 50. Manuel Gareia builds a droom dwelling on Feulz Street for 200. J Nesbitt dates to South Side Raretta Street. M. S. Smith adds a shed on Alert Street for 50. Mrs Garrie Milburn constructs a steam dwelling and shed on Washington Waco for 250. Juin Pass adds a one room addition on Comal Street for 20. R. Ownby five room dwelling and shed on Loretta Place for 1750. John J. Dielmann builds a ware shed on East Commerce Street for 500. St Joseph Parish adds to a parish residence on Bart Commerce Street for 300.
A fragment from The February Delineator describes a child visiting a farmyard pen of pigs. The pig leaped up startling him as his mother instructed to tell him not to repeat the action.
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