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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1909
Page
3
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health tonic for warriors against disease germs. It claims a proprietary blend of over twenty remedies with thirty years of proven worth and warns against substitutes.
A parade of visitors and hotel guests in San Antonio includes Ais Tinney from 323 South Street visiting Mackberry Louisiana, J T Evans from Kerrville on business, J W Rainbolt from Gonzales, Br Eaioe of Bloomfield Nebraska at the Menger, E W Howell of Memphis, and Mrs. McKillip of Toronto among others lodging at the Menger, St Anthony, and Bexar hotels.
United Press report from Treona Washington May 13 describes Charles Newcomb a laundry wagon driver admitting he killed Martin Rvalshaug to fulfill Kealsbaug wife’s wish to be free to marry Newcomb. Mrs Kealsbaug admitted involvement after a dance where Rvalshaug prevented his wife from dancing with Newcomb.
A severely intoxicated Mexican man was brought to police headquarters wearing five sombreros. He could not provide his name and the hats appeared to be new, leading officers to suspect they were stolen. He was held overnight.
Over 100 members of four German singing societies from San Antonio depart at 8 o clock this morning by Southern Pacific to attend the annual State Sängerfest May 17 to 19. They meet at Beethoven hall then proceed to the depot. Bee thoven Maennerchor San Antonio Lied erkranz San Antonio Frohsinn and San Antonio Deutscher Maennerchor are sending delegates. Professor Carl Babu directs rehearsals and will lead the group.
United Press dispatch notes General Armes F. Smith, returning governor general of the Philippine Islands, is a candidate favored by Democrats opposing Coroner Leland for San Francisco mayor. The fragmentary text from the Chivaga Record-Herald hints at editoral signatory doubts.
United Press from London reports Dowager Queen Margherita in a grave condition with creeping paralysis affecting neck and face. Doctors have begun morphine to ease her pain as confinement to bed continues.
Heavy rains swept the southwest yesterday morning boosting crops in multiple counties from Luling to Fort Worth. San Antonio measured .36 inches while Luling reported 1.63 inches and San Marcos 1.60. The storm began around 3 a.m. and lasted until about 6 a.m., with rainfall also reported in Del Rio Brenham and several other towns.
Shanghai reports indicate Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, will be recalled and replaced by Cheng Ying Tang, famed for negotiating the Thibuan treaty. Public chatter threads in with opinion on English diplomacy and current affairs.
London May 15. English women join an aerial movement led by Lady Montagu and others as the Wright brothers visit. Attentive officials discuss elevating aeronautics to cabinet status with military support, predicting rapid progress in fall and winter.
United Press reports that officials will pay official tribute to Jefferson Davis in Washington. The move delays release of the monthly cotton crop report from June 3 to June 4 due to Davis’s birthday observance in the Cotton State.
Avastin Texas May 15 reports a crowded campaign as 11 candidates vie for the governorship and attorney general posts. James H. Hamilton of Travis county claims state savings and hints at a run for attorney general while other officials and legislators also seek the office.
A humorous piece riffs on Emerson’s ideal of the telephone girl who overhears every conversation. She knows joys and sorrows of all, detects deceit, and could wreck marriages, church unity, and town harmony with a whispered story. The anecdote blends jokes about lovers, gossip, and long hair’s effect on men.
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