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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
2
The San Antonio Light provides publishing details and subscriber guidance. It lists staff roles, contact numbers, and subscription terms for daily and Sunday editions, plus notices on service changes, mail delivery, and payment instructions to subscribers.
Dated list records several figures and events: Charlemagne and Peter the Great noted as deaths, Francis Drake and Mathew Carey born, Chicago loss listed in 1868, Paris capitulated in 1971, with various years and brief attributions.
A fragmented note attacks lawyers in San Antonio over tax payments and ethics. It mocks figures including T. Rouse Vallt and William Nelson Cromwell, urging punishment for perceived treason and calling to press legal trouble on critics.
A congressman from Texas denounces a Ways and Means Committee inquiry as superficial and biased, arguing that politicians push popular measures without forecasting long term effects. He cites the need for scientific study, criticizes 40 day sessions, and warns against selective hearings that favor special interests.
A fragmented text claims constructive party leaders studied tax reforms through a sun expert mission. It promises a new tax system aligned with scientific world beliefs and warns citizens to pay poll tax before Sunday to avoid consequences.
Bedilary of Agriculture Watson forms a committee of experts to meet in Washington on February 1 to set official cotton grades. Members include J. A. Aivey New Orleans Fosepi Atkora Atlanta F W Crump Memphis Jono Martin Fatls Tex Geo W Meville New York and Lewis W Picket Greenville DC. Exchanges across the United States and Europe contribute standards for the effort.
The Chicago Record Heral dnotes a Chicago public library bulletin on Abraham Lincoln comprising over forty pages as a partial catalogue of Lincoln literature. It marks Lincoln as a continuing subject of fascination for historians and readers, predicting rising interest and a place of high distinction in literary history. The library offers biographical works, sermons, orations, and varied volumes, with demand expected to grow in this centennial year.
The article notes Mr. Hill optimistic about prospects in Minnesota and mentions Tinney in the country. It discusses rising concerns over viral diseases, farm prosperity, and a shift in commercial outlook. It references William Haward Patt as a notable personality and mentions observers unsure of his influence.
A fragmented derisive line questions writing purpose as printers leak content and rework effort. It laments wasted labor, suggesting only a hopeful, if obscure, refrain about persistent shocks and a mock warning to a "Hikle xomahaw" society amid ongoing public disclosure.
An advertisement claims most people over fifty suffer kidney and bladder trouble and rheumatism. It promotes a Dandelion mixture with Compound Karyon, Fluid Extract Dandelion, and Sarsaparilla Syrup to cleanse the system, relieve bladder irritation, and revitalize the body. It advises dosing after meals and before bed with plenty of water.
A column from The Light dated January 28 1888 notes a surprise party for Miss Lingle Wagner on Stith street. News items include County Commissioner Boerner reporting a dangerous bridge on Bandera road, the San Antonio Rifles preparing for Austin drill on Tuesdays and Fridays, a Gyrosium fund with 500 subscribed, Jacob Weber welcoming a baby girl, George Chen displaying large radishes weighed 4 1 2 and three pounds, Captain BW Laubert visiting, a Ladies Hebrew Benevolent meeting at temple vestry, Major J G Derry reported, Cailhferme Casas named president of One Mexican Benevolent society receiving a gold watch, officers to be elected next Saturday, the July 5 290 week to be Pythian week at the Alusia Yukon racial exposition in Sewuila, and grand lodges from several states to convene in Seattle with 15600 Knights of Pythings participating.
Charley De Soria, a Sinn Antonio boy, draws crowds with The Faceograph on the Murray and Mack show at the Grand. The device magnifies a face via mirrors and lenses onto a back screen, with Eva Hinesley posing inside the machine as her image appears enlarged and animated. Her expressions, especially a winning smile, key the act.
A fragmented notice lists numerous local fraternal groups and halls such as Alatio Heights, San Antonio lodge No. 9, Sunset lodge No. 1136, Knights of Pythias, Masonic bodies, Natchez tribe, Red Men, and other assemblies. It mentions union labor meetings and social events tonight, with references to Mission Road and Alamo Heights, followed by an advertisement for Hygister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims as a remedy for dyspepsia and stomach trouble from LL & GN Drug Co.
The Breeches Bible of 1580 rewrote Genesis with a comic line about fig leaves and nakedness. The Vinegar Bible, printed at Oxford in 1640, features a misprint in Luke 24 1 and the heading reads Parade of the Vinegar instead of Vineyard, indicating a famous Bible typographical error.
A fragmented piece discusses opinions on standard measures and taste, contrasting formal procedure with individual judgment. It features a street scene where a resident asks about a new family, mentions a mixed racial-slur dialogue, and briefly notes a Swedish decorating custom with bells and a pet lamp.
John Castro, indicted for interfering with federal officers attempting to arrest Guerra, a Mexican surgeon wanted in San Antonio, pleaded guilty in federal court and faces sentencing Saturday. The notice runs alongside local ads and a reflection on a refund bill affecting San Antonio saloonkeepers and license refunds tied to earlier liquor laws.
An advertisement for A. M. Fischer promotes HIN PIPO as a remedy for Brights disease diabetes rheumatism gout bladder inflammation and nervous troubles caused by kidney issues. It offers mail order with a 60 cent trial and six boxes for 2.50 plus a positive guarantee.
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