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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1912

Page

5

Bashful Young Man Delivers Letter by Postal Route

A shy office worker on the fifth floor of a San Antonio building jams a fond letter into a chute and sends it to Uncle Sam. The tale notes how post office staff memorize streets, blocks, and rural routes to ensure prompt delivery, as the Bashful Young Man smiles at success after the letter vanishes from sight.

San Antonio Uncle Sam Federal Texas United States Postal Service

Delicious Elberta Peach Ice Cream At The Creamery Dairy Co

Dr. J. R. Cunningham of 449 Moore is the osteopath listed with the Creamery Dairy Co for peach fruit ice cream flavor. Old phone number 934ring appears in the contact line.

Creamery Dairy CO J. R. Cunningham Moore

Sparrows Accused as Cause of Fly Surge in Nature

Dr. Charles A R Campbell argues the English sparrow upsets ecological balance by eating spiders and wasps, allowing flies to flourish. He urges killing the sparrow to curb summer fly populations, citing scarce spider webs and waning wasp nests as evidence of nature out of balance.

Charles A. R. Campbell Campbell Spider Spider Heaven America Mr. Sparrow Sam L. T. Williams Popular Mechanics

Dessert Special From The Creamery Dairy

Phone your order now to the Creamery Dairy for today's dinner dessert and enjoy a quick, tasty treat.

Creamery Dairy

Planets hosting life unlikely say Royal Astronomical Society report

Prof Robert Grant Aitken of Lick Observatory surveys current research on life possibility beyond Earth. Moon is dead with possible vapor-driven life. Jupiter and Saturn unlikely. Uranus and Neptune too far from the Sun. Mercury extreme heat with no atmosphere. Venus may harbor life only if day equals year. Mars may support limited life but not intelligent beings.

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robert Grant Aitken Lick Observatory Professor Aitken Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mercury Earth Venus Mars American Great Lakes

Roosevelt complimented by pickpocket Kid Shaffer crowds

New York dispatch reports Colonel Roosevelt praised as a crowd drawer by Kid Shaffer the pickpocket who was spotted by detectives. Shaffer, age 20, boasted of plans to shadow Roosevelt this summer while claiming education and shrewdness aside from his past offenses.

Roosevelt New York Dispatch Kid Shaffer Teddy Shaffer Elmira Reformatory Colonel Roosevelt

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