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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1896
Page
4
Advertisements for bargains and goods fill a Laredo column, listing watches, furs, footwear, haircuts, refrigerators, and building materials. It notes social events like a SULLIVAN club anniversary trolley ride, sales on slippers and sandals, and a Catholic union meeting, plus various personal notices and a minor accident report.
The Ureutiye convent is undergoing thorough repainting with all rooms, mantels and doors finished in grain. An aged Mexican man, Perfectu Hornanitoz, found in distress at the doorway and taken to the city hospital. Photographs of Our Lady of the Lake convent and San Antonio Normal School group photo at Public High School. James P. Cobb, a patient at the city hospital, near death, with telegrams to a brother in Washington, D. C. pending.
The International reports daily corn shipments from Missouri points to Mexico and notes a Southern Pacific crew addition. Mrs Wiglish travels for visits, and a clerk’s wife accompanies him. A trainload of water pipes arrives for the local water works. The railway plans moving 60 cars of steel vallas west near We Jala between Sanderson and El Paso. Joseph Madon, a cashier, leaves for Kerrville with his family to spend the summer in the mountains.
Polk succeeds Yoakum as acting general manager of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. The Galveston circular dated July 24 1890 announces L J Polk's appointment after Yoakum resigns to take service with another line. Northern division employees applaud Yoakum’s promotion while resolutions praise his leadership and express best wishes for future advancement.
A roundup of sports and travel notes visits to Rockport Ingleside and Corpus areas. Mentions hunters and anglers including Chas Wagner Bertha Baer M L Oppenheimer and others at Shal hotel and Ingleside developments. Reports on quail duck and bass catches and a colorful turtle and dove hunting scene with local personalities and a Master Plumbers official in San Antonio.
Louise Steward sues Bunny Rotubold Sr for 5000 claiming slander and defamation of character in district court. Emma Ingram sues San Antonio Street Railway for 2010 alleging injury from a May 9 car incident. Court notes list civil dockets and local property transfers plus license to wed notices and a garnishment action involving Austin Real Estate Investment and Bank.
The column lists church locations on Aveona to Pecan, with service times and pastors. Trinity M E, Episcopal, Lutheran, First Presbyterian, Westminster, and other churches are shown with Sunday schools, morning prayers, and evening services. Various pastors named include Rev Selo, Rev Thea Woziseb, Rev A L Burleson, Rev Guther W Barron, and Rev M Hall.
San Antonio residents toured the new shoe factory collar plant and tannery in Englewood during a public opening yesterday. About 400 visitors viewed machinery in the shoe works, inspected the collar factory, and toured the tannery near the river before enjoying refreshments. Speeches followed as organizers touted the ventures and invited further visits.
The Galveston board of trade reported that over 300 merchants were brought to the city in the past six months on free transportation. It plans to send 4 000 to 5 000 free railway tickets to principal merchants in Texas to stimulate trade. St Louis and New Orleans have flooded the state with similar offers and the board expects a business revival in the coming six months. Photographs available for the next six days.
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