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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1899
Page
7
A brief social dance at the residence of Mr. Ling Sanches on San Saba and Chaves streets provided lively entertainment. The community band, local merchants, and multiple residents attended, sharing Dayton style refreshments and light music.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal shows a rough exchange where Padsley scolds Ridndly for a careless action, while Ridndly defensively considers the mistake. The dialogue hints at ongoing remorse and social scrutiny.
Nina Courmeour notes pleasant weather after heavy rains. farmers harvest grain and weed control engages many workers. announces engagements and a postponed wedding due to a railroad incident in Mexico. visits from relatives in Comfort include residents from San Antonio and Alamo City. preparations for July 4 celebrations with balls and an upcoming excursion. social bits feature local merchants and cotton buyers returning for the summer.
Out of town excursions will be run today to the L and G and to the Meding river area with two departures at 8 39 am and 2 00 pm. The Aransas Pass railway will take passengers from San Antonio to Boerne Waring Comfort Centre Point and Mercyille with a 5 20 pm departure.
The Business Men's Club proposes a combined declamation and music competition for students. Prizes include two medals and a possible prize for best musical rendition. The aim is to foster pride, develop taste, and engage schools while boosting club and public attention.
Two Houston companies that traveled to Cuba with Hood's limes are expected to return today. Elaborate preparations have been made for their reception and celebratory entertainment.
Waco Texas June 24 The Waco summer normal opens next Monday with prospects for a good attendance. Prof John C G Baltimore chairman of Baylor University faculty is principal and highly regarded. He is believed to accept and is a distinguished professor and president of the State Teachers Association.
In Galveston the Sunday law is deemed constitutional yet not uniformly effective. Dagsett departs for Chautauqua, N Y to study with teacher J Tenry Wheeler. Miss Rose Osman and Bessie Harris assist, along with Mr A M C Gareta, as others reported on early April developments.
Fragmentary notice asserts a product named DeWitts Wilch Hazel Salva offers a cure rather than temporary relief for piles. The readable text is unclear on usage, duration, or endorsements, providing minimal verifiable details.
A historical sketch details William Lorimer of Chicago, a self-made congressman who rose from street car driver to political power. Born in Manchester England to Scottish parents, he emigrated at five and settled in Michigan and Ohio before Chicago. He organized a voter ballot club to improve elections, built Illinois political influence, and was elected to the forty fourth and forty fifth congresses. Married to Ethica and father of a large family, Lorimer is described as industrious, persuasive, and settled in one of Chicago's finest homes.
Mary A. Livermore’s unusual railway tale ends with a comic twist as she is billed as livestock when the conductor allows only animals or drivers. The crowd at the opera house erupts in laughter after she explains her misadventure and the sufficiency of her speakership. A second tale from Macmillan’s Magazine recounts a tribe’s brutal expulsion of a mullah and the ritual shrine built on his grave to appease spirits and gain gifts.
An interview quotes Captain Dreyfus expressing doubt about returning home soon. The interviewer asks if the team can be relied on, and Dreyfus says it will take several days to make the trip home.
A satirical verse laments the ad man's toil from dawn to night. It portrays solicitors chasing business, reviewing media choices, facing rejection, and enduring the newspaper boss who handles steams and stakes, with misfortune in some campaigns.
A column extols San Antonio art, praising past exhibits and urging strong local participation in the fall fair. It highlights painting and sculpture, urges support for the Confederate monument project in Travis Square, and calls for broader state art engagement to elevate the city’s cultural standing.
A garbled fragment from Chicago Nowa mentions Mr Stars asking for Tod Sloane and a lost dorby, with Mrs Stobb and Dilhet referenced. The text is incomplete and unclear about context or outcomes.
A diary-like collage sketches mountain humor and stubborn pragmatism in Kentucky and nearby regions. Anecdotes blur with urban observations, including a city theft tale and a blunt business portrait, highlighting colorful characters and everyday grit in old newspapers.
A New York Ledger excerpt explains two types of coughs. One stems from throat and chest issues needing medical attention, the other from stomach irritation due to fermenting food and drink. It urges sufferers to consider digestive strength rather than overanalyzing illness.
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