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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
A reader testimonial credits Peruna with restoring health and vitality after a nervous breakdown. The user describes rapid improvements in sleep, appetite, and color, noting a four month recovery without hospital care and endorsing Peruna as an effective strength builder.
The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society hosts the San Antonio and West Texas Conference at Prospect Methodist Church. Delegates gather for a full program of devotional services, talks on gifts and auxiliary press reports, and discussions on furnishing homes for preachers. A closing sermon is planned tomorrow evening by Rev. J B Harrison.
San Francisco July report states lightweight contenders Gans and Nelson will meet in Ely Nevada this September for a $90,000 purse split. Nelson to receive $20,000 and Gans $10,000 as terms of the fight arrangement.
Voters through July 8 p m list numerous candidates and addresses amid a heated San Antonio beauty contest. The piece notes rapid voting, shifting standings, rising stars like Miss Kerns and Miss Allen, and calls for diligence, with new entrants joining the field to secure a top six. It emphasizes urgency, campaign pace, and reader engagement in selecting winners.
Gustav Hummel, about 79, is severely injured after a fall at his home on Mesipille Street. He climbed a fence, misstepped, and three prong wounds pierced the lower right abdomen. He has suffered multiple hemorrhages and his condition is serious for his age. He is a longtime local resident with notable vigor for his years.
Residents vote by ballots clipped from The Light and by voting certificates issued with The Light. Ballots count for the next Protestant named on them when received at The Light office before the expiration date printed on the ballot. Certificates of vote are issued with subscription rates for various durations, while the balloting will be canvassed by a businessmen committee after Jane 21 and ends August 1 at 9 p.m. The Light prohibits employment relations with contest participants and will not print extra copies for coupons.
Alberts Valdez, injured near his home on Sones road just outside the city, suffered a compound fracture to the arm after a pitchfork assault. He alleges a Mexican man attacked him over ongoing tensions, and was taken to the city hospital with serious injuries.
BIRTHS REPORTED Girl Veruune 28 to Dy and Mrs Ghari¢s Uussell Hodgson Bouth Balle utreet Boy ban duly to Mr and Mrs John J Jchil 126 Luvacy airoet This fragmentary notice lists birth announcements with names and addresses, including a girl born February 28 and a boy born on a date obscured.
A string of reader notices lists W C Bailey of Abilene witip Bexar and many others in transit or staying at San Antonio hotels. Names include W W Buswall and family bound for California, Mra Bo Linke Beeville at the New Maverick, H F Wlscher and daughter guests at the New Maverick, J Cunningham Temple at the Alnalehited, J M Caeter and wife Gorsicana at Bex, T P Morris Stockdale at Bexar, QO A Cone Florcevilo at the Bexar, and numerous stockmen, engineers, and travelers staying at the Maverick, Angelus, Menger, and Mission hotels as they visit or prepare summer plans.
Manager Matt Cannon introduces The Dixie, a new bandbox of the eightler, in a debut at the local cinema field last night. The opening drew a large crowd from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., totaling 2360 attendees, and The Dixie was lauded as a win for all hands.
The Dixie is fully equipped with 410,060 expended on fittings. Elm novelties and devices will be shown in rapid succession with a daily change of pictures. The Little Peacemaker and other features promise heartwarming, hopeful entertainment, per Hollister's Rocky journal. Tenor Table Lone Star Drug Store.
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