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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1906
Page
19
A light hearted column presents Tony and his trained bear as central figures in a playful parade of antics. The piece highlights their charm, audience reactions, and a series of entertaining stunts showcasing unique pet performance.
A ragged excerpt shows Davy and an old uncle parsing a presidential special message to Congress. The dialogue mocks the language about pensions, land grants, and railroads, with garbled OCR errors and stray ads mixed in.
A passenger refuses to pay fare on a train and, after a tense confrontation, the conductor throws the man off the car as the train slows for a rural stop. The incident ends with the thief tumbling to the ground and scrambling away from the platform.
Fragmentary dialogue recounts a Deacon and two towns discussing oil company schemes with talk of free gas, debt, and substituting rivals. A depots encounter hints at allegiance, manipulation, and a plan to deliver a galvin to a mouse every week as leverage. The tale ends with a crooked pledge and vague threats.
An Astonished Guest recounts warnings of winter storms and a potential blaze at a seaside hotel. The talk centers on reopening next September and the risk of damage to the bulkhead and structure if storms recur, with the watchman and staff blamed for past inaction and a call to prepare for reopening in the autumn. Joe Kerr
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