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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1897
Page
3
A promotional notice touts Buckeye Pile Ointment as a universal remedy for piles with claims of curing all forms including blind, bleeding, itching, and protruding. It lists price 75 cents per bottle and notes sales by I. Rensa and G. C. Schasse in Floresville Texas along with other local notices and small-town events.
A jumble of names, places, and opinions reflects a local newspaper column about civic events. It touches on Mayor Callaghan, minor sports, railroads, Interstate drill funding, and the role of papers as public watchdogs. The piece satirizes press influence and civic participation while noting summer sales and community chatter.
An old ad claims sluggish liver impacts many organs and lists symptoms like constipation jaundice and headaches. It promotes Herbine as a harmless vegetable remedy that purifies blood regulates the liver and restores energy with a first dose. Price 75 cents with bottles at local stores.
Range July 4 party from the Brown family and neighbors fished a week away from camp but returned due to scarce water. Chas Hargreaves visited home folks in Etown Yor gan for several days. Depot area work continues to widen the west bank for carload unloading. Carrie Keller of Marshal visits sister Mrs J F Webb and will stay until school opens in Goliad. Special excursion team for San Antonio last Tuesday left with eleven coaches but was not creased as expected. An entertainment hosted by Mr and Mrs Prange celebrated the silver wedding anniversary in Verristown TD CUT pid WHT Atcher potted.
July weather remains hot and dry with forecasts of needed rain. News covers venison abundance, residents Nedland and Wend, Lula Westhoff visiting, Chamberlain’s remedy praised by C B Bush for flux cures, Bettie Shannon’s death, street sales of goods, a windfall of market sales, and local political changes in Luling with a full city office election forthcoming. Reverend J T Stanley conducts a revival at Shilo. gratitude expressed for his past popularity and hopeful future success.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winalow’s Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething children. It claims the syrup soothes, soothes fumes, eases discomfort, cures wind colic, and aids diarrhea, priced at 25 cents per bottle in a historical listing.
Local items note Mr MacNabaw with a monkey found near a water tank on his ranch, a showpiece escape linked to Mollie Ballle, along with brief reports on medical lectures, school progress, stock conditions, a bicycle accident, new building activity, cemetery relocation, rainfall, and local business ads for electric bitters and a gasoline engine sales office.
Trade notice lists various items and prices including 0 pounds Tourgeaise 200 pounds 3tinlon 26 pounds Non parelt Teoman type and a display font. Applies to T B Johnson Manager BA Light A21Bef and notes cure claims for Constipation Forever with unspecified remedies and illegible details.
An exploration of how a ship's bell becomes a symbol of a vessel's life from launch to decommission. It discusses inscription practices, community gifts, and the bell's placement and musical tone, noting its unique single-direction swing and the dangers of misalignment with a ship's motion.
In The Field of Art, Scribner's argues that 20 story steel frame structures lack guiding tradition. Builders fill uprights with glass and opaque material, ignoring precedents. A new architectural style may emerge if designers abandon books and imitate earlier ships instead.
A fragmentary meditation on youth and age contrasts, noting youth’s heedless appetite and older restraint, with a Philadelphia Times reference on aging, followed by a brief anecdote about Turks at a banquet and a quip about politicians and pride, drawing on Emerson.
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