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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1897
Page
6
A collection of brief items reports concerts and balls at mission gardens, revival meetings, charitable fund efforts for aged and orphans, baby arrival, millinery openings, opined plans for a theater season, temperance league meetings, transportation and building needs, and church program notes.
Readable fragments describe a grand spring opening at the Moke Millinery Company with promotions on New Columbia bicycles priced at 85 and 55, mentions of Millinery and Ladies Goods, a gala event at Mission Garden, performances by Lassalle Maennercher, and various local residents visiting from Alpine, Abilene, and St. Louis. Also notes about lawn furniture, hammocks, linoleum, and a shopwide sale of merchandise including baseball goods and riding lessons.
Mrs Coffield a poor 40 year old mother of two, Susie six and Clarence two, was struck by an engine and cars at Burleson street crossing. Her body mangled, coroner notified, remains sent to morgue for burial at county poor farm. The two children mourn and receive support from neighbors while the husband, a former railroad worker, is absent.
Notice for cemetery improvements at Wrightsboro on March 27 by volunteers. Gonzales favors a weather station signal. The M. Daniel family, long-time Mineola residents, plans to move to town. Capt. Robert Nixon and brother Joby from Rancho connected by phone. Next week Gonzales Continiady No. ds will meet in called cone re. Gun club holds regular season. Feb meetings set. Contractor Kane完成 work in Gonzales and returns to Houston. Randle and Rather block praised as a beauty.
The report lists the deaths of Br and Mrs Richard King’s one year old daughter at 1321 Buena Vieja Street, an infant son of A B Moreton Dyer, Alfred Johnson in Dallas fish business, and James Clarín laid to rest with Old Guard and Belknap rifles escorts. Services for Jose Sheley held at Mason Street residence with large attendance. remains transported to Aransas Pass depot then Eletendorf for interment in Font Ly cemetery. pallbearers named.
From Hondo March 20 Mr J J Kilgore aged 74 a longtime county resident died at San Antonio last Monday after no operation for a stricture of the intestines. He was buried in the cemetery Wednesday. The school children had a plan at Knevk's grove last Saturday. A new Methodist church will be 30560 feet with a stone foundation and brick superstructure costing about 2571. Thunder and lightning Thursday night caused dust but little rain. Corn and cotton planting progress noted with plans for a larger acreage and more hogs. Drum miners were seen in town this week.
Licensed to wed are Robles and G J Bultron, Manuel Olvera with Paulina Ortiz, James H Nance and Melinda Marshall.
Kennedy and Dougherty, proprietors of the Hoffmin Mouse on Love and Ironstone streets, show a 12 by 12 foot reproduction of the celebrated Hoffman House painting. The Paris school artist adds features, making it more attractive than the original, praised for fine perspective and faultless figures. The piece, cost about $25,000, is shown as a salon recreation and drawn thousands.
A dual christening in San Fernaado cathedral yesterday at 2 30 pm officiated by Rev Father Munoz. Infants are Augustin Fortunate son of Lorenzo Berretti and Rosa daughter of Domingo Boniya. Foster parents were Joe Benato and Barbara Berrett. After the ceremony a reception for about eight guests at Lorenzo Berrett’s residence featured a fine dinner and speeches wishing health for the infants.
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