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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1896

Page

2

Drunkard Colonists Reported In North Dakota Colony

An English print warns of a misread clipping describing a North Dakota settlement of colonists labeled as drunks. The piece cites misinterpretations of place names and quotes mockingly about a “colony of drinkers” forming near Was state, with references to Indians and local factions.

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Library of xy Dings reports year end library totals and accessions

A fiscal year report from Gideago puble notes library holdings and accessions. It lists total volumes at 47 321 for England and 944 for Baston, and 18 212 for EngiaAnd with 10 485 accessions during the year. Funds shortages hinder purchases as the move to a new building approaches with planned substation distribution.

Gideago Puble I Baston Afnas Bir EngiaAnd Pelng Ad‘gubstations Continueadivis

Fragmentary Crime and Torture Notes Across Dateless Timeline

Fragmentary OCR text mentions a murder driven by remorse and a unionist, two men killed, a Knight’s desertion blamed for an escalating feud. Additional items describe a dog trapping and drowning rodents, a Gordiner, Me. master capturing pests, and a man dragging a cage to a stream. The passage interweaves violent events with unclear chronology and locations.

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The Big Frog and a Silver Dollar Compared

A New Jersey lake story recounts a giant frog captured near Rahway, weighing about ten percent pounds with legs of two and a half pounds each. Johnny Jackson watched as a green slime covered stone revealed a massive frog, dwarfed only by legends and a silver dollar prize.

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Novel sailing vessel with telescopic centerboard design

Description of an innovative sailing craft by William King of New Orleans featuring a telescopic main centerboard with a double centerboard and side centerboards, plus pivoting spinnaker booms and adjustable spars for variable canvas. The article notes sailors’ conservatism toward new tech and mentions spinnaker arrangements and a Yuma desert anecdote.

Tere Leon Willismn King New Orleans

Free silver debate links wages with currency values

A historical letter discusses how silver money and gold standards affect wages in Nicaragua India and Japan. It cites a Richmond Indiana businessman in the coffee trade noting 40 cents daily in silver and 18 cents in gold, with market drafts and rising costs. The piece links wage trends to currency depreciation and argues for a stable money unit to protect workers.

Johan Sedgwick Richmond Ind Indiana Coffee Company Nicaragua Indianapolis Journal United States Twaslin Sedgwick Thoburn India Dun Japan Young Hurman Ohio Springfield

Labor and monetary woes reshape Chile and Mexico wages

The report surveys wage trends under silver and peso depreciation. It notes real earnings lag behind price rises, with Chilean workers facing reduced purchasing power while wages rise in parts of the country. In Mexico, wages inch up as staple beans triple in price, showing limited relief from the silver standard.

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Detroit Prep Press Warns Sil Gorites About Imaginary Focalorking

The Detroit Prep Press cautions readers that attempting to smite imaginary focalorking in the windows of Wall Street cars risks harm to themselves and will prove to be merely imaginary.

Detroit Sil ‘Gorites Wall Street

Clever Caulne Seployed at the Wool Inland Lighthouse

A Port hind Daily Argus report details a highly valued lighthouse dog at Woodstuud lighthouse off Middeford Pool. The shepherd-like dog rings the bell by tugging its rope during vessel salutes and fog, a duty learned by observation and kept faithfully for years.

Molue Porthind Uncle Sam Wood Island Oliver Ateamer Forest Queen Thiniha Wood Inland Lighthorse Ife

First published photograph of a tornado shocks Oklahoma City

The Engineering News publishes a rare image taken by T. Grote in Oklahoma City at about four p m on May 14 showing a funnel roughly 1 000 feet in diameter six miles away. The print, despite faint sky detail, marks the first actual tornado photograph printed, with only one other known instance in 1864 in South Dakota.

the Engineering News Torauile T. Grote Oklahoma City O. T Corral Russell Howard Mines South Dakota

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