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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1899
Page
1
A 1858 essay argues washing belongs in a private washroom not the public eye. It likens clean clothes to moral cleanliness, warns against airing private matters in public, and urges secrecy in personal dealings to maintain dignity and civility.
Hails Great Discovery promises a cure for kidney and bladder troubles in men and women. One bottle at $1 with two months treatment, order by mail from RW Haul, St. Louis, formerly Waco, Texas, and available in Texas. Testimonial letters claim permanent cure from bladder and kidney issues.
Mrs Chas B Johnson of Louisville Ky suffers a severe summer complaint in 1891. A friend procured a bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which quickly cured him and he has kept it in his house since. He recommends it to others whenever possible. For sale by all druggists.
A clergyman questions a pupil about his evasion during a confession. The boy offers a vague reply cited with a joke about a grandmother on a cow. The exchange ends with a sly comment from the reverence about the evasive reply. London An swer, THE NEW LIGHT. Advertisement for a Dagie Automatic Acetylene Generator promising better light and lower prices.
A fragmentary exchange jokes about a misnamed party du Chum and a quirky nickname. The banter involves a small auk and a cherry stone, with references to Philadelphia Lords Ameri cat and two unclear lines suggesting a muddled literary or news item.
The firm Bressra Co of Sarsaperilia fame features a clever ad series using bright quaint proverbs as starters. The ads paralyze and rework familiar sayings to fit products, inviting public discussion and recalling other well known proverbs.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item relays a humorous line about a groom leaving the house on his bride’s father’s foot in a wedding planning quip. The bride may not walk down the aisle on her father’s arm, prompting light ribbing about tradition and footwear.
The town widely uses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, praised for coughs and colds. Oakland Pharmacy in Gaktahd, Md, run by E. Harned, recommends it as a trusted establisher. Drugstores sell it.
The text cites remarks about an X ray penetrating a man’s head and a question about memory after death. It includes a sharp health board sign urging to drink Doleníg’s mineral water and a line about a person’s lasting impact tied to tailors’ fates.
Mrs. Michael Certain Platifeta II suffered worsening symptoms after a month of illness. A doctor deemed consumption incurable, but a druggist recommended Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. After six bottles she regained strength, can perform housework, and feels as well as before. Available at drug stores in 50c and 1.49 sizes. Sold by FL Batesver & Son.
A tumbling mix of informal lines and product blurbs appears, featuring a mother and child exchange, health tips for cleansing with Dulling’s mineral water, a Pliny the Younger reference, and an ad for the MEST SALVE plus Morse’s tool export business. The fragmentary items hint at a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
An OCR fragment announces Resigurans Palace at 220 E Houston Street offering ladies and gentlemen rooms and regular meals. It notes short orders and campus-like fraternal atmosphere with unclear times and proprietor J. Bushardt.
A Collier’s Weekly fragment recounts a dramatic scene where a devoted man intervenes to help Dolly, risking public scrutiny to give her a chance against social pressures. The dialogue hints at sacrifice, romance, and fame’s odd interplays in a distant era.
Ada Watt recalls a severe lung illness believed to be consumption. After doctors gave up, she used King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds, which she credits with her cure. Available at Fale fevers and Son's aug store, regular size bottle priced at 8d or $1.00, guaranteed or money refunded.
Fragmented dialogue shows a widow named Wilkins and a bizarre exchange about a risk and a "Detrath Pree Pregs" figure. The readable text is garbled but indicates a somber tone around a widow and a warning or discussion of danger.
The ad promotes HERBINE to treat blurred sight with specks, right side rib pain, and disturbed liver. It lists City Drug Store and multiple street addresses in Detroit area and quotes a couplet about a camel’s back. The clipping ends with a stray joke about an elephant.
An old advertisement fragment touts sation and jaundiced skin as symptoms of disordered liver with energy loss and happiness decline. It promotes UWERBINE to restore liver function for 60 cents, and lists City Drug Store and others as sellers. Also mentions TAB LES BUGKEYD PILE OINTMENT for piles at 60 cents and 75 cent bottles, with more store names.
A fragmentary dialogue reveals a distressed speaker lamenting poverty and secrecy about money. The mother responds with practical concerns about expenses, noting that nothing has been hidden except money and bills.
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