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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1899
Page
11
Notice to taxpayers within San Antonio city limits on June 1, 1593 of taxable property for the city tax. They must render property for taxation by September 1, 1593. City Assessor 3 P. DHVINY.
The narrative follows Mrs. Boysen of California and her son William Boysen, heir to the Boysen line, detailing their wartime roles. William resigns from York Manufacturing to become an assistant surgeon with Pennsylvania troops and serves before Manila, illustrating a mother’s influence on a son amid war.
The account recounts Mrs. Boysen rallying with American troops during the Philippine campaign. She tends the wounded, shoots from trenches, and is praised by General Wheaton for bravery under fire, earning a life pension tied to her late husband’s status. Also noted are tea merchants offering pension-like dividends and U.S. pickle consumption figures.
An ill tempered mascot named Agulnikto 8 Willysse tonkey is described as treacherous yet cowardly. The piece recalls his time aboard the cruiser Buffalo and his prior service on the Don Juana to Austria before the battle at Manila Bay. A Boston boat crew was sent to rescue any survivors after the fight.
A wild scene aboard a ship ends with the monkey Aguile waldo causing trouble as crew fight with a reporter. AJutuildo and chickens are captured and eaten while Earl Summerville shields the monkey from harm during the uproar.
A 200 pound woman attempted to drive a small horse along West Grand Avenue in Chicago yesterday. Each time the horse tired, she urged it to continue, but the animal lay down and refused to move. Spectators helped lift and reattach the horse four times before the ordeal ended.
A chaotic street scene ends with a misfired buggy and an angry crowd near a procession. The article shifts to news on French women smokers, noting a rising trend with Duchess de Uses and others publicizing cigarette use and pipe smoking. Estimated yearly cigarette consumption reaches 807 million.
Six prominent citizens of Texarkana join a farmer named Xager near Rondo to uncover a young woman living as a man. Lola Shaw, formerly of Waco, dressed as a man to avoid talk, is revealed. she and D Sims marry after being warned by local officials that they were breaking the law. The couple are wed on the courthouse steps as onlookers cheer.
Citizens in central Kansas oppose Cheyenne lake enterprise plans to build two ditches drawing Smoky Hill water toward a large artificial lake near Abilene. They warn irrigation feeders and power systems would suffer, and geology and machinery could be damaged. Legal action is sought to block the project via injunction.
A hand on the Ra. Ben Hardman farm near Mapleside Cumberland found an iron pot covered by a stone slab containing about 1000 dollars in gold coins. The gold had crusted into two pieces and was buried under a plum tree in uncultivated ground. The Anderson Farm dates back to 1640.
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