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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1900
Page
11
An unusable fragment promotes a whiskey named Gino Ela with lavish tasting notes and a punchy offer. The ad cites H. Menger at 140 W Commerce St and a phone number 447 claiming its rich flavor and velvety emeniness.
The Sunset Wood company lists oak stove wood at 2.15 per cord with four foot wood priced at 8.50. Contact number masked as 81 for inquiries.
The Chicago Chronicle reports a bicycle thief who robbed George Collins was chased by police. Collins, using a crutch and hand strength, outran the thief along Harrison Street to a circular walkway near the county hospital. A pursuing officer narrowly missed drawing a pistol before Collins toppled the fugitive, who was swiftly overtaken on the ground.
A man once earning fifteen dollars weekly as a bookkeeper in a Cincinnati firm learned hat trimming and built a milliner business. He now makes twenty four dollars weekly year round and more during busy seasons by visiting homes and repairing or creating hats, aided by demand and his skill. A Colorado girl also suffers long term effects from a cake walk incident.
A New York Times correspondent recalls a Newfoundland named Nep aboard the ship Catalina bound for New Orleans. After the dog fell from the tar rail, the crew could not safely stop and left him to fate. Nep swam upriver, reached land, and somehow found his way back to Lafayette and the shipyard, where he was joyfully reunited with his master.
A Kentucky man attempted blasting powder work in a room with three children and fire, leading to an unsafe overreaction. The piece mocks ignorance about handling explosives and hints at broader warnings about safety in a rough, humorous tone and obscure phrasing. It also mentions the Dutch queen’s hobby of gardening and a casual remark about flowers, shading the setting in a quirky, fragmentary manner.
The Chitnga Daily News recounts a risqué tale from Liat city about a popular actress who rejects a manager’s meager offer. A dog incident and sharp dialogue reveal negotiations over pay and propriety, ending with the playhouse owner warned to raise terms or risk losing the performer.
Private Nicholas Davis of troop B Third Cavalry, from Kentucky, was committed to a government hospital after going insane from perceived wrongs. He fired indiscriminately from a window, was subdued by a sergeant when a volley was avoided, and was deemed insane by General Merritt, with orders to a hospital. The piece also notes 242 German capital churches in the United States.
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