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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
3
Market list shows varied perishable goods with unit prices. Vegetables include tomatoes, cranberries, peppers, cabbage, onions, potatoes, and pumpkins. fruits list covers strawberries to bananas. fish and oysters priced per pound. poultry section lists items and prices.
Society editors report a lively afternoon at the Sulignitre club at Mrs Chis Dullins home West Cr place with programs on moral scruples superstition and leadership. Another note mentions engagements weddings and society visits to San Antonio Austin and New York as well as upcoming meetings of the Twenty Century club and Worcester clubs with speakers and dinners.
A home remedy ad touts Diapepsin as a harmless digestant that digests all food within five minutes. It claims to cure indigestion sour stomach heartburn belching gas and undigested food symptoms and end stomach misery with a candy like triangle taken after eating.
The fragment details Mrs Tafts gown with heavy material and silver embroidery. It notes coral beads, lace, and coral accents, mention of pink favors, and other gowns worn in New York and Washington. Additional comments describe her fashion choices, including roses, pink flowers, and decorative blue dinner wear.
An old column extols honest living and individual thought while warning against pessimism and unhealthy influence. It urges cheerful company, active self care, and personal resolve to improve one’s spirits, with practical skin care tips for a dull complexion. Rose and Lucile voices appear as sample readers.
A scrambled historic recipe text describes combining sausage with banana and other meats, boiling, frying, and baking steps. It includes tips on keeping skins from bursting, finishing in a hot pan, and serving with sausage, pressed chicken, and tongue shapes. The passage also sells Health tips and a nod to Ballard's Hyrhine for constipation relief and mentions gravity reduced juice for vehicles.
Fragments advise on pillow cover care and fabric trends. White linens with patterns are favored. Greek designs gain popularity, while comfort and upkeep suggestions stress cleanliness and regular washing of covers.
An article reports a doctor from Duluth Minnesota touting a wintergreen thymol glycurian based remedy for eczema. He cites patients in Duluth and West Duluth with long standing skin diseases who improved after the first application and claim permanent relief with continued use.
A young white man named Paul Gatlin was fined $10 by Bugle police court after being accused of appropriating an automobile from Tr. IL. T. Shrop Shinda Tis owp tee. He was seen driving the car from near the Grand Opera house and later stopped on Alamo place. The owner testified to the car’s disappearance, and Gatlin offered to explain his whereabouts but could not account for the remainder.
Advertisement for a home remedy claiming rapid relief from coughs and colds. It prescribes mixing concentrated pine product with gyverhie and whiskey, dosing every four hours, and notes a half pint bottle packaging.
A local meeting aims to organize Prosperity Week with factory tours and a citywide exhibit of San Antonio made products. Plans call for free admission, daily giveaways, talks by prominent speakers, extensive newspaper advertising, pamphlets, buttons, parades, and a big pre exhibit meeting led by business groups and the mayor. Prizes of 50, 25, and 15 dollars will reward retailers with top window displays of local goods.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled business notice mentioning Callard, Calleh Care, COBEN RY 4& CO, WALDOTG, KINNAN & MARVIN, and Wholesale Dniggiets. The passage references obligations, premises, and rent terms, with nonsensical sequence suggestive of faded identity and misread names.
Passengers from the vessel Heredia, stranded off Cape Gracian near Nicaragua, were evacuated to New Orleans. Among them were John Wilke and Maryse Thomas, with Mr Wilke and Mr Thomas later traveling toward Manama. Confusing names and partial lines describe transfers to three San Antonio parties and rail work in Kirakenion.
A local petition requests the city council to establish electric lighting along South Presa Street from Garden Street to the southern units. It cites dark conditions and seeks proper distribution of lighting at 12 crossings. Phil McLaughlin leads the document for presentation at the next meeting.
County commissioners form a committee led by Commissioner Frank Sougneies to rewire the sport house for a spring carnival. Instructions set to pursue improvements. amid conflicting notes, the plan aims to illuminate the courthouse and attract community support for the event.
A fragment indicates Teresa Olivar, aged 38, died February 3 from a gunshot wound. The document references a cemetery and official burial permits, with illegible additional details.
Pebrufvy 27 marked the birth of a child to Mr and Mrs B A Dyiiston at 1913 Boyth Flores street with local confirmation of the birth notices.
Fragmentary note discusses remedies and dangers of certain preparations. Mentions La Grippe and lung health with vague claims about Veles'e Honey and Tarnek. Concludes with caution about ineffective or harmful substances and references Bexar Oru.
A boy at Mertens died when a gun misfired causing a fatal injury as a trigger caught and discharged while near a wire gate. The incident occurred late morning with medical responders and authorities investigating the accident.
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