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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1900
Page
3
A chaotic collage of opinions mocks city politics and election prep. The piece mocks labels and labor clashes, notes potential sheriff and county judge races, and questions voter behavior, party labels, and sock symbolism amid a tense campaign atmosphere.
A collage of verse lines about love and adjournment sits beside a public notice for White's Cream Vermifuge and several local business items. The page also includes a patent lawyer advertisement and a bid invitation for building repairs, with names like Marsitald Hicks and W. W. Johnson appearing in the municipal context.
The remains of John P. Brooks, late of company G, Twelfth United States infantry, killed in the Philippines on August 20, arrive in the city aboard the Southern Pacific. He will rest at Undertaker Joseph Shelly’s parlors on St Marys street until interment tomorrow afternoon at the National cemetery. A firing squad and Fort Sam Houston musician will guard the coffin as an escort of honor. pallbearers from the Old Past, GA. R., will attend. Rev. Wallace Carnahan to officiate at the burial rites. Brooks, 28, a Philadelphia native, had two brothers and other relatives in the city. He previously served in the Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and joined the Twelfth U.S. Infantry after volunteer service. General McKibbin aims to bring Philippine troops to this Post.
The city sees a surge of visitors and booming building activity. Seven new structures rise on business streets costing 36 000 to 60 000 dollars each while Lone Star Brewing plans additions to its plant. About 127 private residences are under construction at 1 500 to 11 000 dollars, with many private homes and rooms in demand. Real estate transfers rise as distant buyers invest in vacant property and houses as the era of unprecedented prosperity spreads across all business sectors. A cough remedy ad notes One Minute Cough Cure as a trusted, quick-acting medicine for pneumonia and lung ailments.
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