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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
3
Offer from a supplier at 44 Moore building promoting full cords of oak and stove wood with low prices. Mentions new phone numbers and partial names, but details are garbled. No clear dates or parties. reads as a damaged classified notice for lumber.
A 24 hour weather bulletin reports generally fair conditions in the Texas cotton region with showers. Rain fell in portions of Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas. Allen Buell Weather Bureau official notes temperatures and rainfall while Burnett Co handles terms.
Community leaders warn that chop suey eateries in Chicago are at risk as closures rise. Noted investor Gee Lung and restaurateur Hop Lee say American dishes pull patrons away, with 150 to 200 shops once operating and a yearly business around 72 million dollars. they pledge a meeting to identify causes and reverse the trend.
Chicago health department launches campaign to cut infant mortality. In week ended July 20 there were 451 deaths under one year old, up from a year earlier. Health bulletin cites Slavic mother education as key to reducing deaths amid hot weather relief funds and 75 physicians assigned to field work.
New York on quiet Sunday as police under Commissioner Bingham crack down on street noise. Arrestees include bell and bugle players and noisy vehicles, with ban extended to trolley cars and other public nuisances in ongoing effort to curb urban din.
Notice to taxpayers that city assessors will rend property for taxation in the Hills area of San Antonio. Owners, partners or corporations must render property for taxation by September 1. 1908. Mayor Bryan Callaghan and City Clerk Pred Fries certify this city notice.
R J Burnett Co operates one of the state’s largest box manufacturing plants at 625 Commerce Street. President and manager RL Burnett has thirty years of experience in making all descriptions of boxes. The firm serves traders in Texas Louisiana and nearby markets and employs thirty five to fifty workers. They also produce wrapping paper bags head printed twine and other paper products.
Directory style listing of builders contractors and suppliers in San Antonio and area with firms such as Huth Mgr, Abastrace Co, Walls Bras E B Levin, 205 W. Houston St, and numerous others. Includes builders, loans, concrete construction, hardware, plumbing, heating, electrical, fencing, and heating works with old and new phone numbers. Contains multiple company names and addresses across commerce street and Houston street entries.
Six burial records listed with names Francisco Vasquez aged months died July 19 at 824 South Colorado interred San Fernando cemetery. Edmond A Houch aged 2 months died July 18 at 604 Labor interred cemetery No 3. Bernard Meyer aged months died July 18 at 217 North Mores interred cemetery No 2. Felix M Shaw aged 48 years died July 17 at 323 Woodlawn interred Dignowity cemetery. Beatrice Cadena aged 20 years died July 17 typhoid at Vera Cruz interred San Fernando cemetery. David P Carr aged 63 years died July 18 tuberculosis at 314 Him interred cemetery No 3.
Train schedule fragment shows departures and arrivals for multiple routes including Dallas Fort Worth St Louis and Monterrey. Timings span dawn to late evening with connections to Houston Galveston New Orleans and California. Notable stops include Austin Fort Worth Houston and Victoria Division points.
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