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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1911
Page
11
A brief notice highlights a political contest shaping favorites and betting on a winner while promising extraordinary bargains this week. It notes sales with small profits and big savings, inviting readers to profit from affordable purchases during the period.
A fragmented ad lists a week long sale on glassware including fine tumblers goblets and bowls with prices from 5c to 50c. The note cheekily suggests taking a week off to rest and come back feeling like a king, then adds a cheeky line about a lady.
Local window advertises several Dowagiac minnows including 3 and 5-hook varieties and a dozen other baits. Gutted hooks priced at 25 cents for 5 packages plus mini buckets and discounts on rods reels and dog collars. Bargains claim authority and promo notes.
The ad touts a low price ethic and a week long sale on Underhill lathing and shingling hatchets, Stanley planes and levels, 4-tube punches, and 26 inch Disston saws. Doors and windows receive a 15 percent stock reduction plus enamelware items such as saucepans and bowls offered at fixed low prices.
The king of Portugal departed Lisbon leaving valuable jewelry, with the minister of public works valuing the assets found in palace vaults at seven and a half million dollars.
Dr Felix Adler originator of the Universal Races congress is named chairman of the honorary general committee. The first London session drew over 300 delegates from many nations, including leading scientists, to discuss West East relations and color line tensions seeking mutual understanding and cooperation.
Dr Shropshire holds office hours 11 to 12 a m and 4 to 6 p m in Dr T T Jackson s office Moore Building Phone 288 Residence 86
Luncheon served 12 to 2 at 40 cents and evening dinner 6 30 to 8 at 60 cents at Crockett Hotel cafe. Garden Stables offers hacks cabs and high clays livery with phone numbers 212. Humane Society local branch in Mackay building office 211 Mrs R I McCalla secretary E M Collins humane officer old phone numbers 2409 day 6877 night Sunday. Humane Officer Geo L McCauley offices 324 Hicks Building old phone 71 night Sundays 4726. Drs Ogilvie Scull physicians 610 Moore building either phone 238. Drs Garring Hatcher osteopathic physicians 201 208 Gunter Building old phone 6828 new 840. Dr E Tinkham dentist suite 422 23 Moore building Gerlach Bros 117 West Houston St new spring stock arriving daily. U P Social Club Shirtwaist Dance August 2 Fest Hall Gents 500 ladies free 1429 South Flores Street.
Satirical verse condemns a baseball batter nicknamed bonehead boy for errors on tight scores. It mocks his tan cheeks spangles loam ivory dome and brain weight. The speaker scorns his clownish play and reckless bunt attempts under critic’s gaze.
A lively verse recalling Philadelphia’s baseball fever and rivalry with New York and Cincinnati. The speaker playfully questions public pride while praising Philadelphia’s team and contrasting it with Manhattan’s status.
Gleason and Substitute Micky Shay reminisce on past glories from Chicago to Giants era, recalling catches, home runs, and crowd cheers while watching current players. Old rivalries and late career fades contrast with vivid game memories and a rough bench banter.
A column mocks Billy Sunday by listing fictional Bills named Billy and asking how each would observe the Sabbath with baseball. The piece lampoons the preacher’s anti Sunday baseball stance and closes with Sunday’s coy admission of uncertainty.
A Chicago team led by Dr. Patrick O Donnell plans further tests in the coming days to prove the human aura. Thirty five physicians and six nuns observed a faint visible halo around four young women models using dicyanin glass, with observers noting the glow is brightest near the body and fades with distance.
A blond hair sample from Mrs. George J. Miller accompanied testimony in the trial of Mrs. Leonard Van Duran on a peace disturbance charge. Judge Harry Lessner fined Van Duran five dollars plus costs after a morning of fighting claims in which Miller fainted at one point.
A jail scene unfolds as a prisoner admits blaming a Cincinnati scribe for driving him to crime while a judge references his own baseball management past. The story blends sport fandom, media pressure, and a killer’s motive with a grim courtroom twist.
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