Fort Sam Houston Tour Guide Details Post Attractions
Fort Sam Houston under Major Wm. H. Crowell hosts units including Sixth Infantry General Service men Light Battery K First Artillery and Company G Twenty fifth Infantry. Visitors may view the quadrangle ponds deer and an alligator with peafowls. Access to the tower is unrestricted while teasing animals is prohibited.
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Fort Sam Houston
Wm. H. H. Crowell
Sixth Infantry
First Artillery
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Stevens
Wbullis
Lower Parade
Quaint Sayings in Clever Advertisements
The note highlights C. I. Hood & Co. renowned for Sarsaparilla using bright old proverbs as starters in ads. Proverb paraphrasings fit the product matter and invite public discussion, with the breezy style pleasing readers and sparking recall of familiar lines.
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Messrs. C. I. Hood & Co
Sarsaparilla
Sign to Post at Letter Boxes: Drink Dulling's Mineral Water
A reader notes a proposed board of health warning to be placed over every letter box in the city reading Drink Dulling's Mineral Water. The remark suggests a public health notice with a satirical tone about the necessity of safe drinking water.
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Board of Health
Cab Hit Man Delivers A Muddy Grin And No Complaint
A bemused policeman asks if the man is hurt after a taxi strike. The muddy man jokes about his fall and admits bones not broken, noting he may encounter more traffic later.
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Noap
Chicago Evening News
Will and Will Power in a Lough Evidence
A Bournemouth trawler off Carlingford Lough dredges a sealed will found in a net believed to relate to Miss Mary MacDonald and estates in Ireland once contested. Investigations aim to hand the documents to authorities as the 11 000 pound estate matter resurfaces.
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Carlingford Lough
Bournemouth
Milford Haven
Mary MacDonald
Ireland
London Mail
Mrs Beasley Muses On Husband And House Color Harmony
A Chicago Evening News quip notes Mrs Beasley continually considers her husband in daily actions. She delays painting choices for their house to harmonize with his new striped shirts, prompting light commentary on her diligence.
Consultation of Physicians Cited by Mrs Parvenu
In a Chicago Post snippet, Mrs. Parvenu insists on a physician consultation for her illness, noting the Browns once did the same for their own cold and declaring they can afford it. John objects, but she remains firm.
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Chicago
John
Catfish Swallowing Catfish Ends With Unusual Strike
A last summer seining incident describes a starving catfish that tried to swallow a smaller catfish. The prey’s fins pierced the predator’s mouth as digestion progressed, leaving most of the meal undigested and prompting a comparison to Tantalus.
Bread Cast Upon the Waters Quote Sparks Lesson
In New Bedford a Sunday school reading prompts a playful exchange as Susie asks why cast bread on waters. The teacher invites the verse and the girl answers fishes must be fed, reflecting a humorous take on scripture.
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New Bedford Standard
A Memorable Part Hamlet Hiccough in Comedy Flap
Humorous exchange recalls a sensational stage moment with an actor and a new manager. The Kansas City Independent recounts the downstairs remark and the grandiloquent speech during the production era.
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Hamlet Hiccough
Remembah
Kansas City Independent
Bargain Day on the Reservation and Humorous Exchanges
A fragmentary joke filled clipping notes a Native reservation bargain day with banter about meals and a mock price reduction for a daughter. The source cites lines attributed to "Philadelphia Inquirer" and "New York World" featuring caricature names and a humorous tone.
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When He Was Fond of St Quinn and Welsh Rare Bit
A brief humorous note references St Quinn and Welsh rarebit with a quip about meals and timing. The Boston Transcript tone suggests a light aside on tastes and social humor. The fragment hints at a conversational moment rather than a full event.
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St. Quinn
Topliff
Boston Transcript
Berlin Sheet Music Sold By Weight
In Berlin sheet music is sold by weight. In this country the autocrat of the bass drum supplies it by the pound.
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Berlin
Chicago Daily News
The Chances and a Flood of Tears
A Chicago Daily News pair of aphorisms on conscience and emotion. One notes that arguing with conscience often signals wrongdoing. The other links frequent tears to inner trouble, reflecting mood and sentiment.
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Chicago Daily News
Judge Quizzes Witness on Crossing Scene
In a Tit-Bits quip the learned judge urges a concise answer from a woman with a baby as an omnibus to the right, a cab to the left, and a brougham attempting to pass, asking if she saw the plaintiff between the vehicles and when she saw him at all.
A Pleasant Thing in Arkansaw Harpers Bazaar Quote
A prominent citizen of Arkansaw answers a land buyer asking about ague describing it as unpleasant yet advantageous. He notes chilling to amuse the baby and saving money on rattle boxes over a year, illustrating a humorous regional view from Harper's Bazaar.
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Arkansaw
Harper's Bazar
Sister's Visit Delayed As Guest Awaits Fetching
Bobby Wiggins informs a sister's beau that she will be downstairs in about an hour. The man expresses surprise and Bobby explains the line about a minute, noting how delays are common. The exchange unfolds in the Columbus State Journal excerpt.
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Bobby Wiggins
Columbus (O
Difficult Problem About Toothache and Persuasion
The man buzzing at the floor holds his face and wonders if his pain is a toothache or the actions his friends urged him to take. A sympathetic friend asks what is the matter and the man admits uncertainty about the cause of his distress.
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East
Houston &I
Cartermullaly Transfer CO
Washington Star
Proposals After Ten-Year Courtship
The dialogue shows Wilkins confessing he proposed after ten years and suspects acceptance. The humorous exchange notes the girl's cautious reaction that the proposal is sudden, with the line It’s so sudden. reported from a New York Weekly source.
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Wilkins
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Hullo Wilkins and the Salt-Cellar House Laugh
A comic exchange in Ally Sloper features a buyer praising a new house as large and lovely yet humorously notes a cellar so small even his smallest son cannot enter. The joke hinges on the salt cellar pun.
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Wilkins
Ally Sloper
Father Corrects Son In Dramatic Fetching Tale
A parent chastises a disobedient son in a vivid scene from Tit Bits, grabbing him by the hair and delivering sharp spanking while shaking him to enforce discipline. The incident underlines harsh family tension and the rough moral tone of the periodical.
Real Boy and Neighbor Boy Dialogue Fragment
A Harlem Life fragment shows a girl about to move asking Sammy what he will do when she leaves. Sammy replies he will break all the windows.
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Sammy
Old Age the Humbug Says Ladder Of Life
A compact observation on aging claiming no true old age exists as life progresses from youth to later years. The piece frames age as a runged ascent where twenty five marks a phase and sixty brings renewed vitality.
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Judge
Mercenary's Proposer Seeks Suitor in World Brief
An odd classified note from the New York World features Julia O Stubs Yer declaring devotion and asking if the suitor can afford a dream hat and matching dresses. Mortimer Irving Staggs is named as the recipient.
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Julia
Mortimer Irving Staggs
Lamp Keeps Closet Light On To Fend Off Mice
In a Chicago Daily News item a woman keeps a small lamp burning day and night in a closet. She says it is not a romantic shrine but a simple measure to scare away mice.
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Jane
Chicago Daily News
Funeral meats spark joke in Waggs remark
Mrs. Waggs sighs over a newspaper on the canned meat controversy and quips that the term funeral meats conveys grim humor, reflecting public debate in a judgeship framed moment.
Camel Can Go Fifteen Days Without Water Says Teacher
In a dialogue from a New York World column a boy asks about a camel’s water needs and his father reflects that fifteen days without water is a long time, noting the claim sourced to the Natural History section and teacher.
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Tommy
N. Y. World
Abating Devotion Cartoon Quip From Detroit Free Press
A brief column notes Dwiggins shelving his bicycle craze with a humorous quip about his wife cleaning his wheel, reflecting a lighthearted Detroit Free Press moment.
Sizing Him Up He I Give Myself to You
The fragment references a light dialogue about a small present. It appears in a New York World piece, noting a casual exchange and a playful tone. No additional context or names are provided.
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N. Y. World
Flrst Requisite Waiter Pigs Feet Query
A quirky Chicago Tribune line asks about serving pigs feet to a waiter and humorously references Uncle Allen Clean. The fragment hints at a stew of menu banter and social chatter.
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Allen
Chicago Tribune
Notation of Tax Foreclosure Citation in Bexar County
The State of Texas issues a public citation to unknown owners of Lot 20 Block 18 Division 2 in Bexar County for delinquent taxes from 1896. The notice commands appearance at the October 1899 term of the 45th District Court in San Antonio to defend or face foreclosure and sale of the property.
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State OF Texas
District Court
Bexar County
45Th Judicial District
State of
Texas
Bexar
San Antonio
A. D
Nat Lewis
San An
L. S.J] Tonio
San Antonio Signs Ordinance Tightens Public Space Rules
An ordinance amends Chapter 41 Signs in the San Antonio Revised Ordinances. It bans suspending or erecting signs over sidewalks and in parks or streets. It requires removal of existing unlawful signs within 30 days and declares all such signs nuisances to be removed.
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City of
San Antonio
T. E.mumme
Marshall Hicks
W. W. Johnson
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