Intermittent Drills At South Texas Parade
Report from a crowded San Antonio event notes heat led to four prostrations in camp, scattered showers in the cotton region, and plans for a full Sunday drill with 3100 infantry and 70 cavalry. Daughters of the Confederacy held an ice cream sale in Travis park as patriotic events faced lighting issues near the Alamo.
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Albert Muth
Matamores Street
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Southern Pacific
Acarce
San Pedro Park
Daughters of the Confederacy
Travis Park
Daughters of the Republic
Alamo
San Angelo Aifles
Milano Junction
B. A. Mfontieth
Hidalgo Hotel
Monterey
Social notes from San Antonio and nearby towns
A crowded social column lists visits and arrivals at the Maverick and Southern hotels, with names from San M the Southra Uvaiee Beeville Gonzales Calaveras and Caldwell. Guests include Judge Thos McNeal, J. N Garner, Lee Pulliam, and J. C. Turman, plus families from Galveston, Shreveport, Huntsville, and Kerrville. A silver wedding is announced, while local business chatter notes cures for rheumatic ailments and a call for licensed cand y cathartics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. McMeans
San M
T. B Roberts
Uvaiee
A. C. Crisp
Beeville
Mabneke
Thos. McNeal
Gonzales
Gus Kampmann
Calaveras
Postoffice
Frank Hamilton
James A. Walton
Pleasanton
A. N. Meals
Texas Supreme
Chete
Dallas
R. Bullacher
J. Moyran
H. Haynes
Galveston
Fred Jagge
West End
J. N. Ronse
Carlotta Groos
California
W. J. France
Huntsville
Earl
Maverick
L. W. Morris
Lavinia H. Benn
Shreveport
FR. Stephenson
Texas
Lizzie Becker
Theresa
Josephine Ballacher
Mise Auguste Krisch
Castro Street
John Schuh
Jogephole Street
BE. G. Gervantes
Nic Tenny
Ella V. Hammar
Houston
Mary
H. M. Hunter
Fam; Ye Vg
Sunday in Toronto Wanderer’s account of a Puritan Sabbath
Special correspondence from Toronto details Sunday life as a wanderer from the States. The piece notes strict laws curbing street vendors, tobacconists, and newsboys, the hotel loophole for travelers, quiet Sundays on trolleys, and police views on the new Sunday streetcar service amid a controversy and local elections. It highlights licensing limits for hotels and stores and the tension between preserving quiet Sundays and allowing traveler freedom.
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Toronto
Saunday
States
North America
Telegraph
Yweill
Grascott
Parliament Building
Ayvhie
Cara
Father Waa Eet
Ron
Seek Free Doctors in New York Public Dispensaries
An eyewitness account from Forum criticizes New Yorks leading public dispensary on the west side for lavish free medical charity. It describes out of town visitors paying for services, concierges and carriage rides, and a scene of diamond displays in the waiting room while some patients demand preferential treatment. Dr George F Shrudy cites a case where a patient declines treatment after the doctor refuses to bill a free charity.
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Grecr
New York
New York City
West Side
Itealf
Ady
George F. Shrudy
Forum
How They Wash Descriptions From Global Laundry Ways
This excerpt surveys washing practices among Koreans Japanese Chinese Egyptians and French, noting cold water pounding with paddles sunning riverbank methods and outdoor washing chores. It contrasts methods such as paddling on stones and bare foot scrubbing with handmade tubs and riverbank scenes, referencing cultural specifics and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Thi Wen
Nile
Energy of a Cyclone Explains Storm Power
A quoted passage explains how low pressure forms at a storm center through intense heating and vapor condensation. It notes latent heat released by vapor fueling convection currents, aiding cyclone development, and questions tornado genesis without such cloud masses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
B.S. Williams, al. D
Harper's Magazine
Scent Van Strong Van Dyke Mystery at 3a
Fragmentary Boston Herald line reads Mrs Van Dyke addressing Van Dyke in a tense exchange. The dialogue hints at caution over what is said, suggesting a personal or domestic dispute captured in the page text.
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Scent van Strong
Mrs. van Dyke
van Dyke
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Grand Opera House
Gomie Opera
San Antonio Vs. Galveston
Silverthorn & Wasner's
Scholz
Palace Royalita Cream Parlor
FCI
Gaceat City Insurance Office
Alamg Insurance Building
Fea
Emerson & Go
Soledad Street
Joe Cooley
Pedro Parkst Cooley
Alamd Plaza
Alamo City
Sichel
Soledier Boys and Visitors
Colossal Store
J. Steinhardt
M. Karotkin
West
Houston ST
Cosgrove
Alisa Nellie
Alice
Howard W. Peak
Fort Worth
George Williams
Fred Stone
Chas
Blanc
Kerrville
T. B. Davis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Davis
Jos. Tristam
Wm. Treichard
Arthur Wangeman
Child and Horse
Brenham
Yinke
San Pedro Avenue
Frm
Fraas
Harding, Brim & Nelamn
Dawson
Chamberlain Medicine Company
Chamberlain
Toseman’s
Weed
Joseph Woeltz
Catherine Shue
Harry A. Quay
Marie Liste
Btates
G. A. Stowers Furniture Co
West Commerce Street
Drill Grounds
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
San Antonio
Fair Grounds
Alamo and
Flores Streets
Gouda
Laredo Mercantile Go
North Alamo Street
SAN Antonio Gas Company
Mutual Electric Light Company
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