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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1898
Page
9
A jumble of letters, notices, and commentary covers politics, music, religion, and society. It discusses Song copyrights, the value of composers, and the fate of performers, along with observations on the Virgin Mary, the Sabbath, and marriage customs. It recounts anecdotes about German clerks, English royalty, and St Joseph, ending with a court case involving Joseph Slattery and a religious treatise.
A fragmentary text discusses mistaken zeal, a ban on a circulating book in Great Britain, and strict religious notions attributed to a principled agitator. It mentions a Beotel figure and Henliz with unclear context and date.
The Galveston Tribune argues critics overlook the Cuba crisis and that McKinley should avoid premature war. It stresses cautious diplomacy, strong defense build up, and public trust in the president until action becomes necessary. The piece endorses patience, warns against rash intervention, and urges unity behind the commander in chief.
A quoted study notes Russian farm labor pays men 72 cents daily and women 10 to 20 cents with regional variations. It argues that cheaper human labor than draft animals reveals a grim social order, describing degradation, despotism, and stagnation in the southern steppes.
From Celiers Weekly notes the Naval Academy at Minneapolis is decaying with 1940s buildings failing, pilasters dropping, and crowded facilities. Despite calls three winters ago for a full overhaul, Congress has not funded modernization, risking safety, sanitation, and the future training of officers as sea power dominates 20th century warfare.
An old colored citizen seeking a cook job for the army explains her wartime experience. She served in the Confederate army and says she held the cook position but wouldn’t work at it because there was nothing to cook. The piece reflects early 20th century racial humor and prints a dialect response.
A Fort Clark TX opinion piece dismisses abandonment talk, argues it would hurt Brackett and Kinney County, cites Huntington bid and Southern Pacific track, warns of job loss for stockmen and locals, urges residents to plan and diversify county resources amid possible post closure.
The Medical Record reports plans to place telephones in the wards of a Paris hospital for bedridden patients to contact friends. An arrangement will also connect telephones to a concert hall so Invallés can enjoy performances remotely. A Siemens Siemens lightning arrester is used on an electrical power line to the Brongela exhibition, featuring insulated rods arranged parallel then diverging.
A meeting led by Mrs Pally Front mobilizes women to oppose a regulation requiring hat removal in New York theatres. She delivers five speeches urging action, arguing the rule is an unjust change. Attendees question her zeal while recalling her own experience with hats and theater seating.
A garbled Cleveland Leader excerpt shows a dialog about women and fashion undergarments. The text includes misrendered names and phrases, with characters debating perceptions and showing skepticism toward women’s concerns and appearance.
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