Roads Hurt the Show Business Claim in Texas
A letter to the press from Edward G. Conke, agent for Alan & Terlhnger's Venti company, argues that theater tours face higher transport costs in Texas than elsewhere. He cites rail rates, special train allowances, and legal rate demands, urging state action to reduce costs and encourage theater attractions.
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Alan & Terlhnger
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Light's Daily Puzzle Answer Debuts Tomorrow
Yesterday's puzzle clue "Left side down in decoration" hints at a wordplay solution. The solution reveals a themed answer tied to the puzzle's daily sequence and decorative motif.
San Antonio Men Plan Local National Guard Company
A meeting is set at The Light office Friday evening to discuss forming a San Antonio branch of the National Guard. Local business leaders and promising young men back a crack company and will aid with funds, seeking to unite interested residents after prior efforts faltered.
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Theatre bosses face Texas audience backlash in tax plan uproar
Awakened to being powerless to cope with heated legislation, merchants and hotel owners pleaded unity against a ruinous proposal threatening communities. The piece notes dramatic returns from touring productions, railway costs, and a push by major theatre figures to rally support for new laws and methods, with calls to review the Broadway style moguls.
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Sheratan House
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Spectacles at Half Price Amid High Lens Costs
A fragmented ad-like complaint notes inflated eyewear prices and promotional claims from Hartheg and others. It asserts prices drop to 2 to 6 dollars at certain shops, with cheap frames and glasses including prescriptions and services touted as half price after a long running optician business.
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Unclear Classified Snippet From Antonia Era Ads
Fragmentary OCR text references a nettle advertisement and a vacant shop, with names such as Dr J A Gunningham, Catropatin, Moore Building, J Turnett Co, Bond Hardware Co, and Bermott & Co. It reads like a garbled early 20th century classifieds page listing stores, hardware, guns, paints, glass, undertakers, and merchants, but contains incomplete phrases and misread terms.
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School Books at Cut Prices in Texas 1908
The article announces heavily reduced prices on current school books before a new Texas School Book Law takes effect in Sept. 1908. It notes the upcoming list day and the need for new and different books, promising deep discounts to clear hundreds of dollars of stock before the change. Ben Hor supports the sale.
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Books That We Have In Stock Books That Are Damaged at Exactly Half Price
A local bookstore advertises damaged books available at exactly half price. The list highlights general stock and notes some items may have wear or flaws while remaining usable for readers seeking bargain editions.
Burial Associations Sighted In Texas Regulation
The Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking states mutual burial associations, recently formed in the state, cannot operate under territorial beneficiary insurance laws. He finds these plans violate state statutes prohibiting unauthorized insurance.
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Sullivan Loses bid for injunction against county tax
Judge Danny refused Sullivan’s petition to restrain the county board of equalization and tax collector Miller from collecting taxes. The court found the petition failed to show the raised assessment was excessive or that an injunction was justified. Plaintiff appealed after demurrer was sustained.
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Study of the Bible Lectures by Evangelist Brenneisen
Evangelist O W Brenneisen, former city president, travels under auspices of WT Bible Society to present lectures on Studying the Bible dispensationally and the three wave of the broad way. He has toured 20 states and spoken in over 130 towns. Lectures occur Thursday January 10 at 8 pm and Friday at 8 pm at Grace Church, Soledad, with a large colored chart and no collection. Public invited.
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