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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1899

Page

3

Snow Balling and Health Myths in The Daily Light

A column mocks women who avoid winter fun and touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments. The ad extols restored health, nerves, and virility, cites testimonials, and promotes Pleasant Pellets for constipation as a gentle, non gripping remedy.

R. V. Pierce Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo N. Y Tean Conner Catfish Clarion Co Dr. Pierce

Railroad Timetable For S A And A P Travel Notes

The timetable lists S A and A P routes from Boerne Kerrville and other cities with arrival and departure times on weekends and weekdays. It covers services to Houston Cuero Yoakum Waco Victoria Kenedy Cuero Yoakum Corpus Christi Rockport Alice and international routes with North South and West schedules. It also mentions San Antonio and Gulf Railroad Stockdale timing and a Liberty Hill GA testimonial endorsing Chamberlain pain balm for back pain and related ailments.

S. A A. P Boerne Kerrville Houston Cuero Yoakum Waco Victoria Kenedy Corpus Christi Rockport Alice International Great Northern North Mig Ng Hk Genthe Tani Southern Pacific California Eagle Pass Mexico SAN Antonio & Gulf Railroad San Antonio Stockdale L. F. Farley Liberty Hill Chamberlain Camberlain

Fort Sam Houston Infantry Parades Schedule

At Fort Sam Houston the Sixth United States Infantry commands the post with units including Light Battery K First Army and Company G Twenty-fifth Artillery. Parades are staged by battalion on Monday Wednesday Friday with the entire regiment Tuesday and today at 9 a.m. Visitors may access the quadrangle tower and see ponds deer an alligator peafowls and other creatures while teasing birds and mats is prohibited.

Fort Sam Houston Jonel E. R. Kelley Sixth United States Infantry United States Post Ixth Infantry

Enterprising Druggist Promotes King Discovery

F Kaltier & Son advertise themselves as leading the way in offering King New Discovery for a wide range of ailments. The claim states the remedy cures coughs colds asthma and chest and lung conditions. Customer can obtain a trial bottle free or a regular bottle for 50 cents or one dollar with a guaranteed refund if not cured.

F. Kaltier & Son Heire King City Drug Store East Commerce Street C. Schasse West Commerce Street Wm. Appmann Sunset Pharmacy H. Wesche Dora Atlanta Georgia Iesche Department of the Gulf S. F. Kalteyer & Son de Witt

Fragmentary Notice on Local Market Prices and Streets

A damaged OCR fragment notes a street scene with ale pricing at ten cents per pound and references to bulk quantities and street adornment. Names and details are unclear, but the item signals a small local market or vendor listing with minor identifiers.

Store in a Church at Calvary Episcopal NY Opens Charity Shop

Calvary Episcopal church at Fourth Avenue and Twenty-first Street in New York plans a parish store offering dry goods at low prices for the poor. Rev Dr J Lewis Parks, known for a similar venture in Philadelphia, aims for self supporting sales on installments with no credentials required. The project follows a parish custom of selling items at cost to fund church work, and may broaden to serve outside customers.

J. Lewis Parks Calvary Parish New York City Cavalry Episcopal Church Fourth Avenue Twenty-first Street New York the Calvary St. Peter’s Philadelphia Parks Herald

Our youngest general Hale from Colorado to Manila

Brigadier General Irving Hale born 1861 in Rochester New York. He grew up in Denver and led the first Colorado infantry to Manila where his service at Malate earned him promotion to brigadier general. Hale attended West Point atop his class and later served as an instructor and engineer.

Irving Hale Rochester N. Y Colorado Denver Military Academy West Point Corps of Engineers United States Engineer School Willet’s Point Battalion of Engineers Hale Ria Ara H Ving General Electric Company National Guard of

Dechman's and city ads in San Antonio paper

A dense page of local notices and ads includes Dechman's, Lucchese Bros., Bell Jewelry Co., Crystal Saloon, and various drugstores. It notes window shoe contests, notaries, whooping cough remedies, horse Co., planing mill, and house screening services. Mentions East Commerce Street events and a family picnic disrupted by rain.

Dechman’s Lucchese Bros East Houston Street Harry C. Shele Notary Public E. Commerce St Swearingen’s Drug Store East Commerce Street South Olive Bell Jewelry Co West Commerce Street Crystal Ballard City Drug Store C. Schasse Appmann Sunset Pharmacy F. Kalteyer & Son August Palm Gessler Brothers Salado East End Mission Garden H. Wagner Wm. Appmann Staackbe Horse CG Staacks Henry Pauly’s Edgewood and Paxton Crystal Saloon Main Plaza Lentz Stracke Horse Co Eugene Wildenstein Commerce Street St. Joseph’s Church Tabler Tabes Co. Schasse Stracke Horse Company

Hall's Great Discovery Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles

Texas testimonial signed by JAS. F. MILLER, banker and ex-Congressman, praising Hall's Great Discovery. Advertisement notes a one dollar mail order bottle covering kidney and bladder ailments, diabetes, and related issues. Manufactured by E. W. Hall of Waco, Texas, sold by druggists with Texas testimonials available.

Waco Texas Gonzales Hall Jas. F. Miller

Mrs Rusche Heard From Mother In Law Visit

Mr Herman Michaels received a long letter from his mother in law Mrs Anna Rusche who recently left for Germany on a visit. She writes that she has reached New York and traveled from Galveston by steamer with a very pleasant voyage. She mentions seeing the battleship Brooklyn in New York harbor.

Rusche Herman Michaels Anna Rusche Germany New York Galveston Brooklyn New York Harbor

How to Look Good and Stay Healthy Ad

An old advertisement claims good looks come from healthy organs especially liver stomach and kidneys. Electric Bitters is touted as a tonic purifying blood and curing pimples blotches and boils. Sold at F Kalteyer and Son's drug store for 50 cents per bottle.

F. Kalteyer & Son J.B. Palley San Antonio M.D. Monserrate San Antonio and Aransas Pass Aid de Camp City Drug Store East Commerce _ street C. Schasse West Commerce Street Wm. Appmann Sunset Pharmacy de Witt Bull Brothers Finck Havana Commerce

Value of a Paid Circulation Keeps Advertisers Informed

The editor of the New London Wisconsin Tribune addresses local advertisers on paid circulation and its character. He argues that a non payer for one year won’t pay for two, and a reader who won’t pay for the newspaper won’t pay merchants or be helpful to advertisers. He asks readers whether this issue has occurred to them.

New London Wis Tribune

War price list from Dulling Grocer Co. appeals to cash buyers

The Dulling Grocer Co. issues a semi monthly price list to clear a large stock of staples and groceries. They claim two forces threaten fair pricing: a wholesale combine pressuring manufacturers not to sell to Dulinig and local retailers refusing to buy from them due to undercutting.

Geo. Dulinig Grocer Co Dulinig Dullnig Grocer Co Oni Wine Dulling Grocer CO

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