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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1897
Page
3
A Philadelphia resident, wife of a clerk and school board member, describes severe migraines that left her bedridden for days. After using a specific remedy, she reports rapid relief and three years without headaches, praising the treatment and recommending it to friends.
The fragmentary recollection describes Emancipation Day preparations in San Antonio with talk of celebrating, settling leadership questions, and community gatherings. It mentions a barbecue, beer, and the social tension over future leadership and liberation events.
A fragmentary critique argues that the city suffers from vice including prostitution and gambling. It claims significant demoralization among the populace, noting a division between two cities of equal size and observing crime themes and repartee about civic vices.
An activist ad touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a universal remedy for colds and other illnesses with claims of rapid action and guaranteed satisfaction. Trial free at Kalteyer & Son's.
Otto Schoen, a Devlin architect of notable family, fled Germany amid fear of the emperor after planning a restaurant and concert hall taller than Potsdam's palace galary. He insulted authorities in a restaurant, prompting police summons and urging exile to avoid imprisonment or confiscation of property. He left his wife and family from Antwerp for New York, believing ruin awaited him at home.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes machines are transforming glassware making reducing finished product costs and wage disputes. A new single melting machine cut jar prices. five machines produced 32,000 jars daily, now 57,000 with four more. a tank furnace will double capacity to over 200,000 jars daily, potentially 30 million yearly, about a third of US fruit jar output. Lamps and tumbler blowers also shift to machine production, increasing output from 600 to 100,000 punch tumblers per day.
An authority debunks the idea that sap sinks to roots in winter and rises in spring. It explains that sap remains watery inside cells year round, with freezing effects limited to leaves and small branches. Bark insulates, keeping interior temperatures higher than ambient in winter.
The Literary Digest notes sensational anecdotes about juries in Russia and the United States. A foreman allegedly spared a prisoner on his birthday while another case shifted verdict as church bells rang. A burglar gained freedom after the victim refused a loan, cited by jurors as incentive to crime.
The article argues the cheekbone, not the tongue tip, is the most sensitive touch reference for detecting smoothness in high-precision tasks. It notes that those polling billions of balls or similar substances rely on cheekbone feedback as a touchstone for romghsem.
Mr Day's annual survey shows southern states rising as stone producers, notably Alabama with limestone value over 250 million, and Connecticut surpassing New Jersey in sandstone. Massachusetts dominates granite with Maine close behind, Vermont rising in marble, while Rhode Island and New Hampshire reach notable outputs.
A railroad Gazette summary notes a drop in fatalities in 1996 and outlines how safe rail travel remains. It cites 126 passenger deaths last year, a train mileage value of 24.2 million dollars, and suggests rail travel lets a passenger journey about 6 million miles before a fatal crash.
A Chicago Chronicle piece notes laundries damage street vendors by supplying cheap collar and shirt buttons with shirts. Laundry marks and pins once used are being replaced by lead compact buttons slipped into buttonholes, keeping shirts in shape. Vendors face shrinking demand as patrons receive free buttons and new metal studs reduce sales.
An English duchess in Kingstown is jailed for bigamy and forgery while relatives of Queen Victoria serve time. Counts from Kaine and Leiningen are linked to royal lineages and are confined in Vienne for forgery blackmail and swindling with long criminal histories.
A scientific man offers a mock study on Earth's weight, suggesting a figure followed by 21 digits. He notes no reason to trust the estimate as accurate and remarks on the expansive nature of the earth’s mass, expressing doubt about the result.
The Yorkahtré Investment and American Mortgage Co and Alfred Crebbin are cited by publication in San Antonio for a District Court hearing on October to answer a reorganization claim. The suit seeks to enforce an agreement to transfer property and mortgage obligations tied to Alamo Heights parcels and related parks, with plaintiffs advancing substantial payments and seeking specific performance or damages. The case names Francis S. Bangs and others as petitioners and lists historic mortgage activity and proposed transfers. The summons directs nonresidents to appear at the AGth Judicial District Court in Bexar County on the scheduled date.
A faded San Antonio Light card extols propriety and gentility, arguing profanity is a bad habit. It compares swearing to public decorum and suggests men avoid coarse language in all settings, noting barrooms tempt the speaker.
AT POST TAM HOUSTON. The post, second largest in the country, is the headquarters of the Military Department of Texas under Maj or Gen Zenas R Bliss. The upper post hosts the Fifth cavalry with Col James F Ware, details of companies D E F K and staffs. Troops total 783. Infantry drills morning 7:38 to 1:30, cavalry drills 7:30 to 3. Dress parades Tuesday Friday 7 pm, cavalry Wednesday 1 am. Guard mounting daily 20 a.m. Open air concerts after guard mounting by the Fifth cavalry band. Band stand on Upper parade grounds, concert by the Fifth cavalry band in Deng stead on lower.
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