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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1897
Page
2
Local ad copy lists discounts and low prices at The Great and 10 Cent Store. It mentions 10 and 15 cent items and a 25 cent item, with references to seat stock and sales across the week. The fragmentary text implies promotions but lacks full product names.
The city dog pound has been removed from the former site beyond Sam Fernando cemetery to the cattle pound corner of Monterey and South San Marcos streets. Owners can redeem impounded dogs at the new location.
Imported Parisian French Tansy Wafers offered for two dollars per box. Advert appears from Adolph Dreiss, Apothecary, 110 Alsino plaza, San Antonio, promoting relief for irregular periods and other causes with genuine product.
An early 20th century page highlights Buckeye Pileointment for hemorrhoids and Vermifuge cream for worms, touting rapid, safe relief and physician endorsement. It also promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for skin sores and a soothing teething syrup for children, with dealer notices and local job office ads.
In Cedar Grove near the Cincinnati southern railroad Pulaski county reports many foxes in the mountains showing signs of rabies. A notable incident involved Mrs. Thomas Phelps who killed a rabid red fox that leaped into her yard after a dog failed to stop it. Other locals recount similar encounters as authorities fear wider spread to livestock and people.
Saratoga Springs hunter recounts a fight near Thomasville Georgia where a hawk trapped by a coiled black snake struggled on the ground. The observer and a boy freed the snake from the hawk then the hawk was killed by a shot. The hawk’s talons left marks on the snake.
The notice promotes a wide Wash Suit and Skirt selection with daily arrivals. White Duck Suits in linen and duck fabrics priced at 1.00 and 3.66, Linen Crash Suits in multiple styles from 3.50 to 6.50, plus a new blue and white mixed crash design and a grand line of pure linen crash suits with washable braids.
A sale lists wash skirts in duck and crepe weaves with stripes and plain styles. Wrapper sets in Irish lawn and Valenciennes lace back ruffles priced around $1.50 for material and 89 cents for the item. Also advertised are duck suits at $1.39 and shirt waists highlighting ready-made fashion with strong daily sales and a claim of the best assortment in the city.
New fabrics entering stores offer Fres, Koechlin & Cie organdies in orchid and flower garden patterns. Also printed pin dotted swishes, white greands with floral designs, and white French organ dies two yards wide at prices from $9 to 1.25 a yard. Additional linens and persian lawns listed with mid summer wear colors. special counters feature batistes and grenadines at 38c yard.
Local note lists new electric lighting in Southwestern park and mentions related public events and notices including baseball at San Pedro springs, train excursions, and city happenings. It records social and civic items such as church services, sales, and municipal updates.
Mrs Chariton Edhbalm national evangelist for Florence Crittenton Missions lectures to men at 1 PM on a topic described as Trat Se in Gris admission tree. Br J L Cunningham addresses a boys meeting at 3 PM inviting boys up to 15 years. A knife incident in an Austin street restaurant left WU Jones severely cut in the left hand. Dr Caffery treated the wound after a struggle over a butcher knife.
A community picnic event is planned today featuring the Ivy Social Club excursion along with the Pollah Young Men’s Union at Poor’s Grove near San Juan Road. Also listed is the Mexican Social Club at Poor’s Grove near the Polish Piele.
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