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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1898
Page
1
A speaker urges immediate action focusing on living in the present as all joy and sorrow are bound to today. The address warns against postponing kindness and duties, noting battles at Manila and Santiago and the peril facing sailors aboard a doomed vessel off Sable Island.
A passionate exhortation urges men to express affection and perform acts of kindness today rather than delaying. It ties wartime duty to personal courage, urging confessions of love, comforting actions, and generosity to wives, mothers, and families. The piece contrasts scenes of suffering with calls to immediate heartfelt deeds.
The brief notes list players Morales, Hicks, and Huston in catching and pitching roles with mentions of Kendall, Mueller, and Pandeben as key participants. Game focus centers on performance by pitchers and catchers in today’s schedule.
The New York Commercial Advertiser paints a crowded tenement scene with Guiles’ summer night. Descriptions of sweltering families, makeshift rooms, and shared meals depict daily life amid garish street noise. A German war talk intermingles with neighborly tea, music, and romantic hopes on Cherry Street rooftops.
Pearsall July 3 reports Judge H H Aarmart and family leaving for St Louis for a visit. W J Collins and family from Jackson County visit Dr and Mrs Treddict and stay at their Pryor ranch near Pearsall. Mrs T W Earnest of Millett visits old friends. Miss Dirma Matrom returns from Austin. H M Jones rents J Me Crapless building to open a board hall next month. Pearsall Hummers beat Miguel nine in Fourth of July game. C Hy Davies and family attend Gatesville celebration. Addie and Annie Youngblood of Miguel attend the ball here on the Fourth.
Karnes County reports a camp meeting planned at Holstein pool camp grounds near Union Valley. The event spans the fourth and fifth Sundays in July and invites the public. A. Pullen, a leading Oklahoma neighborhood citizen, visited town Tuesday and noted good crops locally and welcomed news of his sixth daughter arriving two weeks ago. A heavy shower occurred in Runge.
Heavy rains swept through most of the county on Sunday and Monday, causing a big rise in the Keleto Creek and San Antonio River. Early cotton picking may begin in ten days to two weeks if rains stop. The Masonic school of instruction began its season on Tuesday led by Geo Lopas. Nora Lyons, daughter of May and Mrs ALA Lyons, died Saturday morning of typhoid fever. A large crowd attended the Fourth of July celebrations near Yorktown. Prof. Jackson left for Yorktown to assume duties as a special examiner at the normal school.
The Hoewne Post notes disapproval of the political ring by San Antonio lawyers and others as it nominates Eitner for county judge without consent. It criticizes the ring’s influence and questions which class of men, business leaders or others, can enact beneficial state laws. The piece laments finding honest, capable leaders among lawyers, farmers, or self-serving politicians.
In the Atchison Globe column readers meet a witty mosaic of social musings on fashion, weather, education, and public opinion. The sketches lampoon women's hats waistlines and manners while poking at news censorship and daily life.
A garbled account from Atchison area social life describes marital strain with housekeepers, curfew complaints from a boy, shifting rumors about a censored Atchison woman, a theatrical company with limited material, and speculation on marriages within families. The piece hints at shifting reputations and community gossip.
The Growlers Bar and Inn report a $3 per barrel beer tax has made Chicago St Louis and St Paul saloons refuse to fill any cands or buckets and push beer by the glass. Laborers rely on shared quart portions costing a nickel each, now threatened by higher prices and fewer fills. The hardship spreads from the East toward Western cities as wages fail to keep pace.
A Georgia bound melon arrives by train and sparks a lively public reaction as onlookers gaze at a Black woman carrying it past the station. Shouts mock and threaten, bystanders debate the fruit’s origin, while hotel porters and youths trail behind.
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