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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1885

Page

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Chicago ballot box thief sentenced in June report

Telegraphic news item notes Dutchy O Keefe found guilty in Chicago’s Third ward theft and given one year in the penitentiary. Other items report martial law in Panama, cholera in Spain, and various June dispatches from New York to Washington.

Panama Curiaco Dutchy O'Keefe Tallahassee Prrisnure Chicago Chattanooga Times New River Tennessee Cincinnati New York Dispatch Dolphin Weiser Polynesia Ito Gladstone Earl Roseberry Berlin Prince Bismarck

State News Roundup From Across The State

Gathered from Our Exchanges Over the State. Reports note sun stroke at Austin and efforts to organize a colored military company in Luling. Brazos waters recede as planters replant crops. a torpedo accident injures a child in Dennison. multiple arrests for theft and assault are reported in Houston and surrounding areas.

Houston Luling Wimberly Hays County Austin Sam Allen Calvert Bill Long Houston Darkey Manuel Viedog Laredo Anastasia Garcia Brock Elkins Fioresville Brazos Dallas

Honest farmer and deacon discuss apples in bars

In a Danbury News snippet a farmer admits he hides fruit at the bottom of barrels while a deacon praises plain honesty. They note city visits might teach people not to chase top apples, reflecting small town wisecrack about sharing.

Luling Houston Artha Simpson Camp County Rockwall Wichita Ilson Coronal Institute San Marcos Botello Ar’l Danbury News

Marriage toast prompts stand and rise stunt at Dallas wedding

At a Dallas wedding the bride Miss Lillian Sniggs’s younger brother led a toast that required guests to stand. He announced the toast must be drunk while standing and joked he would identify the guest who sat on his stove pipe hat.

Lillian Sniggs Dallas

Keely motor beau and a tramp tale mix in family banter

The fragment sketches a father objecting to a daughter’s "Keely motor beau" while a tramp confronts Parson Clippinger. A jokey aside notes a shirt that needs no buttons and a sock that won’t wear at the heel amid scattered newspaper quips.

Mark ‘Swain Chicago Ledger

Fox and Woodchuck Den Dispute Turns Fatal

A fox claims a woodchuck den but is driven off by boys who trap the fox. The fox protests innocence and moral equivalence, but the woodchuck’s side prevails after the scene ends with the fox knocked unconscious. Moral: it ceases to be funny when both sides play the same game.

Woodchuck Reynard Detroit Free Press

Extradition Treaty Needs Revision for Fugitives

The piece argues the old fashioned extradition pact with Great Britain fails to cover modern crimes. It notes the need to bring back so called reputable fugitives and calls for an international update to capture and return such individuals.

Great Britain Brooklyn Kugle

Poets and a Conservatory Conversation With Ice

A Boston Post excerpt describes a poet speaking with Miss Ethel in a conservatory. She teases the ice he brought as they discuss the ease of writing versus reading poetry. The scene centers on flirtation and literary vanity in a garden setting.

Miss Ethel Mr. Rimer Boston Post

Parson Whangdoodle Comments At Funeral

Parson Whangdoodle distinguished himself at the funeral of an aged colored man saying our deceased brother was married four times during his life but only one of the widows is fortunate enough to survive him long enough to attend this solemn occasion.

Denver Colorado Cattlegrowers’ Association Texas Wyoming Kansas Line Dallas St. Peterspura Brotherhood Moreivitech Kavelanka Kieff Solomon Videh Kharkoff London Standard Gladstone the Times Washington White House Philadelphia Eee Secretary of the Treasury New Orleans United States Treasury Treasury Whangdoodle Baxter Bradder Texas Siftings

Surprising Confession in Quoted Exchange

A speaker admits being startled and says he lost his head while another person responds with irritation. The text references a New York source and mentions cigarettes, highlighting popular brands and pricing.

New York

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