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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1899
Page
1
Local residents report mail and newspaper delivery issues at the San Antonio post office. A bogus Beton Class Mall Maller is soliciting subscribers and demanding payment through unauthorized collectors, warning readers not to pay. The notice dates to Sunday July 29, 1699, warning vigilance against the scam.
A long discourse urges individuals to tend their own "row" in life and work. It argues that true help comes from doing one's own tasks honestly, praising Providence while taking personal responsibility, and avoiding meddling in others’ duties to achieve lasting success.
An old advertisement promises a health based look improvement. It claims facial clarity stems from balanced vitals, linking liver stomach and kidney health to a attractive appearance. Electria Bittera in a good Alterativs and Tonic is offered direct to stomach and kidneys, with a 50 cent bottle at Tr. Basteyer & Son’s rug store.
Notice to taxpayers lists property tax obligations for June 1 1882 within San Antonio due by September 1 1899. A pound notice details four horses a gray mare a bay mare and a dun mare branding left illegible to be sold at public auction for cash at 11 o’clock am July 27 1899 if not redeemed. W D Druse Marshal.
A New York tale describes a man who uses a starving ten year old orphan in a pneumatic suit for a public show in Madison Square. He narrates the risky stunt from Fifth Avenue to the hotel roof as a gust of wind ends the display and the boy vanishes, leaving spectators with a haunting memory of the event.
A harsh profile of Chinese shrimp fishermen and workers along the San Francisco shore. The piece describes women and men in dimly lit boats using fine mesh traps to catch shrimp at night, boiling, sun-drying, shelling, and shipping meat to China. It notes the laborers’ rough conditions and compares them to a dancing band, with shells used as fertilizer in China’s markets.
The Chicago daily soap consumption runs to about 44,006,000 pounds yearly for all uses not including soap sewders and compounds. Daily intake amounts to a large figure to keep the city as clean as it is. Population estimated at 2,004,000.
A fragment from a Chicago page recalls daily soap usage per person and imagines a giant soap bar if daily use were gathered. It also quotes Wood Consul Mahin on a process for artificial cotton from fir wood, detailing steps with steam, lye, pressure, and additives, claiming cheapness. An aside mentions a ruined well near Wiederman’s in Ce x 18 famed for strange musical water behaviors in certain winds and attempted filling years ago.
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