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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1906
Page
1
A local store kicks off a six day sale starting Monday featuring kitchen utensils glassware chinaware table-silver vases statues and many ornamental articles. The event promises to save time and money offering a larger assortment than any previous town sale.
A May 6 article details proposed rapid closing watertight doors for U S warships after a string of Atlantic shipwrecks. It notes four million dollars in insured loss and dozens of vessels lost since November, and argues that electric, deck‑operated bulkheads could prevent many sinkings by enabling swift closures during damage.
The Light announces W A Wurgbach as a candidate for state senate in the Twenty fourth district, pending approval of the Democratic party. Also noted are services at Garden Street stables with cleaning, dyeing, and pressing offered by San Antonio Laundry.
Berlin May 5 Facts emerge on how Polish soldier Osinski Rosinski escaped from the Posen prison where he faced a death sentence for murder and robbery. He scraped a floor hole beneath a bed with soft material and climbed to the courtyard then dropped to safety outside, while guards were misled by a decoy bed arrangement. The escape exposed flaws in ward security and prompted police notification.
A Seoul to Wajw line opens and Korea primes for rail expansion under Japanese and American methods. The Seoul Fusan and Seoul Chemul a network links Seoul to coast towns with a goal of extensive tracks, bridges, and gauge standardization. American engines, cars, and spikes appear in early construction while obstacles include swift rivers and harsh winters.
Word from Galveston Texas on May 5 states the North German Lloyd line may land immigrants there. Plans call for Bremen to Galveston steamers to serve southwestern states. Discussions include Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent and Baron Speck von Sternburg. If approved, a government immigration station may be built in Galveston.
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