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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1900
Page
1
The Sunday Light announces post office entry in San Antonio Texas with management details T C Johnson W S Messmer H O Schumacher and T B Johnson. Subscription rates list daily monthly and yearly options. Readers urged to complain if not received and to pay only authorized collectors. May 6 1990.
A serialized essay argues salvation from evil begins with education in cleanliness and inner virtue. It spots a young woman ruined by perverted tendencies and praises self sacrifice amid moral warning. Mothers are urged to teach girls to keep thoughts clean, distinguish love from passion, and value self discipline to prevent harm.
Advertised letters awaiting pickup at the San Antonio Texas post office, including numerous listed names. one cent fee for advertised letters. Readers urged to include full name and address on envelopes and notify the postmaster if addressed incorrectly.
Sporting Review reports the New Tamas Fels Gun clinic shoot at Landa's Park today after a postponement due to floods. San Antonio Gun club expected to send at least a dozen shooters, with San Marcos Kyle and Lorkhart clubs also attending. Harry Landa notes new Maugan trap adds to the event a sweepstakes and prize shoot with medals from Dent Medicine Co. of Chicago to be awarded to top shooters.
A California club notes high rabbit prices and rampant hunting that has decimated rabbit populations, with producers and markets still buying rabbits. The report cites a surge in spring shooting and calls for stricter laws as sentiment shifts to curb the slaughter and protect dwindling numbers.
In Luling Texas on May 5 a search by Howard’s sons found an infant beneath a pile of brush near a pasture. Mrs. Howard caring for the child. the mother is a former resident. The Luling Water Power Co. villa receives finishing touches as a notable suburb. James Foster recounts a wolf attack near Uvalde, surviving with facial injuries. The Luling cotton mill organizes with S. M. Nixon as chair. Rain totals reach 9.76 inches since January. April adds 10.97 inches. A 28 foot rise in the San Marcos river floods low lands. The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co. advances a new exchange, due in about 60 days.
The fastest cruiser, the final Atlas, has recently been sent complete for China. It records a speed of 23.6 miles per hour, enabling it to cross the Atlantic in about four and one fifth days.
Hundreds of physicians nationwide send patients they cannot cure to Dr. Hathaway a renowned specialist for twenty years. He claims to cure chronic diseases and sexual weakness including varicocele stricture and blood poisoning without operations or lengthy downtime. Free book and self examination blanks offered. consultation hours listed in San Antonio Texas.
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