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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1897
Page
6
The article discusses historic famines across eras, noting 350 documented famines since Scriptural times. It links famine to pestilence, vermin, and other factors including war, weather, and mismanagement, with India cited as repeatedly afflicted yet capable of feeding its population if grain moved to needy regions.
The historic Faust house in Moda SaxeAlenburg, linked to the legend of Dr Jobin Faust the soultsayer, was dismantled after a sale to a Second-Hand Dealer for 26. The site, once atop a rock near the Jenaisories Thor, reportedly dated to 1450 or 1400 and inspired chroniclers and the Faust Duch of 1587.
A prosperous broker lights a boy's match and buys papers with courtesy, then a fable recalls the 60th year of Queen Victoria. The bend of a street moment and a grandfatherly joke mix with reflections on jubilees and marriages.
A Jewish Chronicle article recounts a remarkable congregation in South Africa with portraits of 11 men and 2 women. They worshiped in a desert three thousand miles from well-trodden communication routes, as the writer AME over the Pipes presents the scene.
A chaotic excerpt records varied San Antonio items from a park picnic by high school attendees to baseball plans by local workers. Notices mention church picnics at Riverside and Van Heuveln groves,1890s style small ads for Kendall and Rips wagons, and community events including a tent revival and Sunday school programs.
Charles Wesenberg believed he saw a moving cluster of lights in the sky early one morning. A nearby policeman confirmed the sight, but illumination came from dew on telegraph wires reflecting electric light, creating an illusion of an airship.
A stream of travelers and locals are listed at San Antonians hotels with many names and origins. H Williams of Sonora, Toy Keats of Pirate Jete, Howard Autring of Houston, Vi. Putzgerald of St Paul, J. W. Merrion of Chicago, and Ed and Ed Everett return from bridal trip. Others include Willan Basse family, Laura W Cook of Uhleage, Miss Hell Gutierrez from Monterey trip, and Captain Ry Dalzell of Brownsville with wife and daughter. En route also J M Dickey from Mexico and dignitaries from San Antonio and Guadalupe counties. Henry Langer and wife depart six to nine months touring the U S and Canada with the Light.
Judge Campp's court convened with cases including Reuterva and Graven-Derg for civil judgments, Patiosatva versus Pioneer Saving and Loaner to cancel a deed and clear a cloud, Leech versus Claridge foreclosing with default judgment, Arrendale versus Fisher foreclosure with decree reform granted, Welson versus New York and Texas Steamship damages with quash withdrawal denied, Sears versus Hears divorce.
Local rail personnel announce reorganizations and travel plans. Homer Kadi returns from a trip for International. Jamen Polke named livestock agent of Santa Fe. W. BR. Tiatr of Streets Stable Car to St Louis. Gulf Shore expands toward Southerland Springs with future Stockdale extension. Southern Pacific excursion club forms for Macdona Park next Sunday. W. C. Rigsby promotes $5.60 Monterey round trip for Crace de Mayo from San Antonio.
Frohsinn hosts May fest with holiday attire and entertainment. The San Antonio Gulf railway runs to the grove of old oaks for the event with varied music and amusements. Train departs from San Antonio Gulf Shore depot at 9 am and returns to the city after the festivities.
An unclear report notes an attempted break in at the waiting room door of the Southern 2 office. The effort was stopped, with signs or marks left on the edge of the door, and no one was noted as entering the office.
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