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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1898
Page
10
The notice proclaims lower gas heating from 5.60 to 2.40 per week and fuel from 176 to 1.60 for cubic feet, promises an improved gas plant, cheaper, reliable service, and prompt attention. It invites customers to report defects to telephone 212 or at the Alamo Plaza office.
Arch Craig, a famous yet penniless tramp speculator believed worth over $100,000 in real estate income, is confined at the Douglas County workhouse in Superior Wisconsin. Described as the town's queerest figure, he has faced vagrancy charges repeatedly while his associates note his decade of speculative success in grain and real estate, baffling locals on his sudden shift to a wandering life.
A New York drummer recounts a romantic train robbery tale set in Kansas City. He describes a half-masked bandit entering a car with a revolver, a girl fainting at his side, and the drummer’s attempt to intervene, ultimately deciding against complicating the girl’s life. The account blends danger with personal reflection and a cautious escape.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a curious betting or gambling scene centered on a boy and figures like Lithough Bat Kieran and Mr Bret Harte. It hints at a public display or performance with intense gazes and a posed stance, but the text is too fragmentary to confirm details.
A garblesque account centers on a boy nicknamed Guily Wolfe famed as a noted gambler in Boston culture. Physicians cite a central Iowa outbreak where diphtheria-like disease spreads via animals. a series of events links rabbi tainted families to the illness, while Elvam Wright reports exposure to birds and rabbits.
A carload of Angelica, Port and fen wines received by F. ER. Send in your order early for this excellent consignment. Wholesale department 126 etki street, tear of old stand. Hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fort Sam Houston serves as a major U S Army post and Texas Military Department headquarters with about 775 troops. The Fifth Cavalry under Colonel L Hy Carpenter, Eighteenth Infantry, and First Artillery units are stationed there. Daily guard mounting and trooper parades, fatigue exercises, dress parades, and band concerts fill the schedule on upper and lower parade grounds near Austin Road and other ranges.
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