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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1900
Page
12
A prose collage from Henry Warnock presents scattered reflections on San Antonio, liberty, and culture. It weaves Whitman and Stevenson quotes with parrot jokes, cemetery imagery, and snippets of verse about daily life, a boarding house, and enduring faith in life.
A dated fragment from Detroit Free Press recounts a humorous mishap where a man loses half a dollar given to a porter for his wife. The story features a torn bill, a promised care, and a quest to learn the wife’s reasoning behind using halves instead of the whole. The Indianapolis Press adds a sharp, teasing exchange about manners and language with a SkeYou taunt toward a verbose speaker.
The timetable lists departures and arrivals across WM, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, and other lines. It covers routes from San Antonio to Laredo and north to St Louis, with sleepers to St Louis, and connections via Fort Worth, Oklahoma Territory, and Texas coast points. Also includes Houston Waco Dallas Rockport Kerrville Kerrville Boerne schedules and stockdale Laverla arrivals.
Mail arrives at the postoffice from multiple rail lines with times for north and east routes and star routes to Pleasanton Spring Branch Gallagher's ranch and Helden. Departures list north south east routes with morning and afternoon times including noon. The schedule notes daily exceptions and weekly service days.
John Kuppers, a roller maker, advertises window and mining roller production. He seeks orders with diameter specifications and delivery address for Edison mineograph gear. Contact details not provided.
An 1900 ordinance declares throwing trash on sidewalks streets or public places a nuisance and bans spitting on sidewalks church floors public halls theatres streetcars and similar areas. Violators face fines from one to five dollars plus possible jail time. approved January 17 1900 by Mayor Marshall Wicks and City Clerk W. W. Johnson.
In 1893 reports compare Admiral Dewey’s fame in Naples and Leghorn, noting locals confused by his role in the Spanish American War and the absence of clear news. Italian papers relay telegrams sparingly, while the intelligentsia distinguish him from other American admirals and reflect on sensational US reception.
A fragmented inquiry asks what a written language may be, reflecting curiosity about deciphering an unfamiliar tongue and the lingering idea of a pure heart and an elderly perspective.
A historical report notes Japanese wrestlers’ great muscular development and size. Measurements include weights from 200 to over 280 pounds, heights up to 6 feet 5 inches, chest girths around 48 inches, and lung capacities up to 8 000 cubic centimeters. Observers claim these fighters rival European and American experts in skill and power.
A newspaper report cites Lord Kelvin's opinion that the twentieth century began January 1901, arguing the century started in 0 and ended in 37 99, then claims January 1 1906 marks the start of the 20th century. The piece mocks the idea and parodies the scholar's other remarks about books and debts.
The South African Republic hosts a vast zo logical collection and gardens deemed the finest and largest. It features Lebombore- Blog forests guarded by white tribes and diverse species. Bronx Park New York houses complementary displays, while Yellow Pigus National Park in the United States preserves regional fauna.
Fragment from a antiquated magazine page argues that magazine rifles mark a future edge in military ops while noting Boer defenses at Kroonstad Belmont and Tugela. It also humorously mentions a burned water tank and a prairie dog of blues laws and a derrest journal fragment.
An old advertisement from H. Menger at 140 West Commerce Street highlights a selection of whiskies wines cigars and cordials. It invites shoppers to treat friends and family with velvety pure whiskey and plum pudding while noting a broad assortment of beverages and tobacco.
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