This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1899
Page
6
Our shop offers scientific perfection in gas fittings, electric lighting, and plastering. We repair and update chandeliers and fixtures, provide gas tiling, and install modern lighting. Competitive prices and skilled workmanship ensure a bright, up-to-date home.
An advert touts crystal champagne and wine selections for dinner, praising Burgundy, clarets, and imported wines. It promotes whisky at a value, naming H. Menger with a phone contact in Commerce Street and a store address.
Intercity rail schedule outlines Kerrville and Boerne arrivals and departures Saturdays Sundays and daily services to and from Cuero Yoakum Waco Victoria Corpus Christi Rockport and Eagle Pass with north and south routes and intermediate stations. It lists daily and weekend times including 3 pm 4 40 pm and 8 30 am departures and 7 25 am 4 25 pm arrivals plus special connections to Kenedy Cuero Yoakum stockdale and San Antonio.
The Boston Globe describes enlarging negatives using any camera with a detachable lens and a home setup. It outlines constructing a light controlled room, positioning the negative on a ground glass, and using a drawing board and white paper as a workspace for exposing and enlarging, followed by testing exposures and standard development.
The piece discusses cider as a potential preventive against typhoid fever due to malic acid in apples killing typhoid germs. It notes French observations on fermentation, dangers of Breton cider practices, and concludes Breton cider may be less risky than thought. It also states there are 4,500 women printers in England.
A 1899 styled appeal urges San Antonio readers to invest in real estate, claiming bonds and government securities lag behind land profits. The missive touts available ranches and tracts from 1,000 to 10,000 acres, prices $2.00 to $4.00 per acre, and notes water, grass, and accessibility. It highlights properties in Texas and Mexico with flexible payments and promises a wise, economical administration if invested now. The offer directs readers to Daily Light Building at 104 East Commerce Street.
Analysis of bird flight speeds shows many estimates are exaggerated. Early authorities vary from 40 to 160 miles per hour with speeds influenced by wind, rest stops, and circling. Pigeons, ducks, swifts, and other birds have plausible top speeds, but dramatic claims lack reliable data from measured flights.
In a droughty Indian Territory town the daily 20 o'clock train brings water only at a red tank nose and a dripping hollow. Sparrows gather after the engine's visit to drink and bathe in the pool formed by the tank's dripping, quarrel, and leave the basin with scant moisture remaining.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.