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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1906
Page
3
An excerpt from The Bohemian for June recounts a spinster living in Androscogsia who crafts a halfhearted plan that fate thwarts. The piece notes her patrimony dwindling in early matrimony, framed as a wry magazine fiction by Ellis Parker Butler.
Fragmentary ad copy advertising sundays and a new gl ban sketch with Sun day Light subscription by GEO M FAIRFIELD. Teeth sets offered for five dollars at third floor Hel s Building. Partial mention of a hardware store sale or auction and money for you.
The Daily Light reports Misses Tynan and Toland visiting Boulder Colorado. They describe train travel from Texas to Denver, then Boulder, the mountain scenery, Pike's Peak in view, and a camp at the Chautauqua grounds. They join a climbers club and attend chapel services and concerts by Rischar's Chicago orchestra.
A correspondent reports a scenic ascent revealing a valley dotted with towns and lakes, with sunrise over Totty heights and a ceremonial climbing club rite. The descent follows a formal ceremony, praising guide skill, then a playful but chaotic photo session before returning to lower slopes. The writer closes with regret over friends in San Antonio not joining.
Auction style notice advertises cleanup sale of hats and worn tote items. Items described include imitation coal veiled hats and ready to wear pieces. Prices listed as 9, Be, 4fe and She each. Burners and Undertakers address noted as Anward's Building.
The article argues ice prices vary by city with San Antonio reporting reasonable costs while Galveston and northern towns see higher rates. It cites officials fining dealers in Toledo and Philadelphia and notes price differences across regions, explaining factors like fuel, delivery costs, and seasonality. The piece quotes Edward V Laeze of Artesian Ice Company and references past price changes in 1904 1905 and 1906 under pressure from dealers to set fair prices. It mentions prices per hundred pounds and regional disparities including Los Angeles San Francisco and Minneapolis as benchmarks. It ends with a notice about a funeral gathering for Mrs. Addey Wabronlevior and a local undertaker contact.
The June report lists 176 total deaths, residents 105 nonresidents, and 44 births. It breaks deaths by ward, hospital, race, sex, nativity, age, and cause, including contagious diseases, with detailed counts for city streets, burial sites, and medical categories. The population is estimated at 85,000, death rates shown for residents and nonresidents, and a wide array of causes from scarlet fever to cancer and pneumonia.
Report on the Alaska Republican territorial convention held in Juneau with representation divided among three judicial districts. Lists delegate counts for numerous towns and districts. Also includes a separate ad offering a series of sketches from Potchernick's, 2085 Houston Street, with subscription details.
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