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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1909

Page

2

Sunday Morning TOAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION AND PUBLISHER NOTICE

Sunday Morning TOAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION BY CARRIER OR MAIL lists subscription options and notice to pay collectors. It notes postal entry in San Antonio Texas and references Toll free numbers. Publisher warns subscribers about paying carriers and discusses tariff politics and local issues with terse criticism of Harvard professor Palmer and Tennessee law. The piece ends with a broad social commentary on Texas and national topics and a taunt on war readiness.

San Antonio Texas Representatives New York Tribune Chicago

Local business loyalty key to San Antonio's growth

A persuasive call urges San Antonio to favor local firms to strengthen city wealth and industry. It argues residents must support home businesses, noting past loyalty issues and the need for trade bodies to investigate contracts awarded to outsiders.

United States San Antonio San Antonians Lo Saye

Bedouin Ethics and Roosevelt Echo in Public Debate

A column mocks President Roosevelt by contrasting his calls for decency with Bedouin ethics. It argues that good conduct defines a good citizen, while praising a Bedouin traveler who share hospitality yet robs later, using the tale to question modern notions of virtue and judgment.

Teddy Selah Liv Roosevelt

Trouserette gowns prompt praise and paradox

Readers debate gender attire and mobility as supporters claim ease of movement for trouserette gowns while questioning why plain trousers would not offer similar benefits. The chatter ranges from fashion progress to political intrigue and public policy, reflecting broader social tensions.

Beaumont Journal

After That Haunts Houston Bargain Counter

A fragment notes Yue firat bale sparked excitement in Houston as a curiosity before it is transformed into lingerie and displayed on the bargain counter, signaling a local buzz around an unusual item.

Houston Houston Post

Publicity banquet boosts San Antonio tourism push

The Observant Citizen notes clever window music displays in Gogpan's shops featuring patriotic tunes like Stars and Stripes Forever and Grand Old Flag. F M Swearingen asserts San Antonio will attract more tourists with expanded hotel capacity, claiming we will turn away more visitors this winter than last.

Puta Gogpan U. A U.S San Antonio Wes F. M. Swearingen

San Antonio July Fourth Observance in 1888

San Antonio prepares for a grand Fourth of July celebration with a large parade and fireworks at Shore Park. All offices to close. towns nearby also joining the festivities. A rifle team departs for the state tourney, while city officials and residents participate in various events and news items include a drowning and a fire chief leading the parade.

Sem San Antonio Muth Garda Thy Springs Trifle A. Steves EB. Doseh A. Guenther Ed. Steves Jr Ed Drejes George Bartholomaie Groos Jhn Mushall H. Faust Charles Hemmel Y. Ross Lars Betters Partie Ana Inejured Duerler Kelso Eagle Pass

Fragmented overheard chatter from a wartime scene and local life

Jumbled fragments recount a chaotic scene with a Chicago brewery worker, a drink of beer, a coast journey by mule train, and odd comments about weather, dentistry, peace, and college plans. Names surface briefly as patter in a noisy, era-bound exchange.

Odd Magazine Tales On A Country Town Ride

A glimpse of a curious scene from a country town where a thin woman rides an undertaker’s wagon seated atop a long box. A bystander recalls a sharp remark about paper magazines and chores as townsfolk discuss odd curiosities in Philadelphia Record fashion.

Rome

Chemist’s fatal error poisons customer in cautionary tale

A chemist errs in his weights and poisons a customer, prompting a dramatic reaction as the sorrowful craftsman cries out in shame. The incident, highlighted by Harper's Weekly, underscores the peril of careless measurements.

Iia Harper’s Weekly

Wealth's vagaries and a parlor car named

A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that old Bullion has ordered another parlor car. He chose a fine name for it and had it built, reflecting the era’s railroad car naming habits.

Cleveland Plain

New thought will beautify the plainest girl

A brief quote from the Milwaukee Journal notes that new ideas may enhance appearance, but most women will not trade fetgus for fashion. The oddly phrased line reflects a dated, playful editorial tone on beauty standards.

Milwaukee Journal

Picked His Man

A terse exchange from the Baltimore American recounts an old man’s condition for marriage, stating the suitor must go to work. The respondent confirms he did so, underscoring rural or local tone in a brief anecdote.

Baltimore American

Why He Knew He Was Alive

A Philadelphia Record item notes a tale of a man in a coma who believed he was dead until signs of life appeared. He explains hunger and cold feet prove he was alive, while skeptics joke about heaven and appendicitis as reasons for doubt.

Ony Alhar Philadelphia

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