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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1906
Page
1
Special to The Light reports a 74-year-old man in Wagson who survives on less than four dollars for food each month. He has sustained this frugal diet for seven years and remains hale and hearty with no evident ill effects. The piece notes public doubt about living on such a budget.
Jey, a veteran employee of the treasury department, works in the auditor’s office for the war department and pursues a strict eating plan. Mr. Riley, earning 1200 a year, has kept to his vow for eight years, citing health reasons. He lists March’s meals totaling 3.91 dollars, including beef bread milk and fruit, and maintains an active routine walking five to ten miles daily and a long Washington to Great Falls trek.
Dining at Magendle's Fiscric Park restaurant has become a fad among prominent citizens and fashionable people. The convenient location open air setting and lively atmosphere draw crowds, while high quality food and entertainment attract after dinner leisure. The Bondon at 818 East Houston Street, also run by Caterer Magenne, shows similar popularity.
Fragmentary text shows names and initials, unclear event or action, no complete facts. Contains H. Wean reference and several unclear proper nouns. Unable to determine specific place or outcome from the legible portion.
Texans and Coloradans witness a climatic paradox as Denver to Colorado journeys transform from flowered vistas to eternal frost. The Moffat line draws thousands for summer travels amid blooming landscapes and perpetual snow, with many Kodak pictures captured by travelers.
A vivid regional promotion describes the Moffat Road from Denver to Grand Lake, crossing the Continental Divide at 11 660 feet, praising perpetual snow banks as a summer playground. It notes tourists, sledding, and dramatic scenery as a dreamy, advertisement like feature, with railway connections and endorsements from The Daily Light.
At the Electric Park on Sunday and through the week the Great Drive features a Twenty sixth infantry band act, a skating rink, a natatorium, photograph editors, poets, and more. The Electric Theater offers the Albert Stock company in Facing the Man dle with vaudeville between shows. Monday presents Facing the Music with Albert Taylor, a well known performer whose comedy and timing keep audiences laughing.
The Albert Taylor Stock Company, a leading repertoire troupe, opens a two week engagement at the now electric venue in San Antonio tonight. The popular company returns with a strong cast and a full, entertaining program expected to attract local theatergoers this week and next.
The Albert Taylor Stock Company tours with a strong vaudeville emphasis this year. Leading actress Gertruds wing and Walter McMidan head the cast with a roster of reelected performers. Acts between plays include Phelps-Cullcnhine trio and Dance Nabobs Tyne and Stonard, with Miles Clarence Olver. Repertoire spans A Gilded Poor Relation and Cyrano de Bergerac among others. Calvert performs nightly on the high wire at New Electric Park for another week. The skating rink at the park opens with free ladies lessons daily from 2:30 to 7.
Chairman Charles L. Rasy has called the Gales Democratic Executive Committee to meet at noon on June 18 to promulgate the call for the primary election. The meeting will establish primaries in all city and county precincts in Bexar County for Saturday July 28 as required by the Terrell election law.
The Bexar County Democratic Executive Committee urges candidates to file by June 16 to ensure their names appear on the official ballot for the demeers primary. Last day to file is June 16, and delaying is ill advised for prospective entrants.
State President W N Wiggins of San Antonio called a Harris County Sunday school association convention to be held here next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Blate Secretary C D Meigs will attend, with an elaborate program expected to draw several hundred enthusiastic Sunday school workers from the region.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a ballroom scene in Fayette with names and phrases such as Canty Mae to Dore, Gea, Medigres, Cox, Miles Alargya, Miss Sharpe and other unclear participants set in a social gathering context.
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