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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1900
Page
8
The article argues the ideal short story limits itself to one main emotion or experience, with every detail bound to the heart. It laments hybrids between novels and short stories, noting the latter’s failing to sustain a single, vivid moment and comparing them to episodic novellas and fluid, unfocused fabrics.
Jim Bark describes a frontier camp near the Four Peaks where boys handle rifles and improvised repairs. They discarded old powder and used new Winchesters, testing smokeless rounds on pine and iron, then improvised wheel-tire bolt-hole punching by shooting through wagon tires with a 30 caliber bullet.
A Collier's Weekly correspondent recalls a quiet afternoon at division headquarters with General Lawton and Mrs Lashten of Lawton. She studies a self portrait of Lawton and notes he now wears a full beard, while speculation arises about traveling with him to a post if he remains beardless.
Scotland to Aberdeen anecdote describes two farm servants visiting the New Year opening of an electric tramway. They ride the top of a car along George Street exclaiming at the invention. The tale contrasts Edinburgh and Dundas tales of electric traction and notes faster ocean steamer speeds and improved efficiency since 1840.
Helen M. Francia aged three years and eight months arrived safely at Stroud Oklahoma after a solo cross country trip from New York City with only trainsmen in care. The journey, via West Shore, Wabash, and Santa Fe lines, marks possibly the youngest solo railway traveler on such a length. Daughter of a New York railroad man, her mother had died recently and her father sent her to grandmother. Railroad officers note they avoid handling unattended children but will assume responsibility when needed.
Dr W V Morgen and associates perform a skin graft using freshly laid egg film on Scott Smith, a colored man. A morphologic graft shows egg skin integrated but still white while existing skin remains black. Uncertain whether negro pigment will transfer to the graft. patient fears feather growth. Prior such success noted only in a Brooklyn hospital.
Lieut. Commander W H Southerland organizes naval militia tasks for the Atlantic states. The Prairie will be used again to transport the government exhibit to the party exposition. Commands prepare for a four month period with two weeks of practice cruises before starting summer operations around April 24. The Iowa battalion will voyage to the Gulf, with each state scheduled in sequence and trips aligned with last year’s dates.
Red Bud residents rally as farmers Raymond Mudd and James Nensble report quartz samples from Camp's Creek showing potential gold bearing content. An elderly prospector across Red Bud notes ore could yield 118 to the ton, tied to Ozark geology, while past prospectors found silver in small, unprofitable quantities. Capital interest may follow in Deaton Hitchens.
Adailyal Midhborn reports progress across shipyards on battleships monitors torpedo boats and submarines. Kearsarge Kentucky Maine and Wisconsin show high completion percentages while Denver Des Moines Chattanoogs Galveston and Cleveland have not started. Albany near completion and submersible Plunger at five percent illustrate varied status among vessels.
Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin proposes a bill to empower the president to appoint a seven member commission to visit major European commerce schools and report to Congress. An appropriation of 25000 supports the study, with aims to boost foreign exports and develop U S commercial expertise. Similar proposals by Senator Spooner target China and Japan.
Mrs M A Kraus of Parkrow New York sues over a Vallimere Maryland firm using her photograph to promote wares and run a two-panel image showing a freckled face and an unblemished beauty with the caption Are you ashamed of your face The case seeks an injunction to halt further use while the firm defends selecting her image from a pool of 200 candidates.
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