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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
12
In the state Blas 3 Man avenues. unclear text describes a trader and store. Fragmentary reading mentions Emerson and Vier Bitte. No definite event or outcome discernible from the readable OCR.
Free catalogue offered for wholesale and retail honey from American Tin Co. Readily available at Southwestern Bea Ca, 438 Weat Bunston Street. Includes details on honey can products and pricing for bulk buyers.
Strangers planning summer visits to New York City can enjoy harbor trips that connect directly to the Atlantic Ocean Long Island Sound and Hudson River and reach resorts from Newport to Long Branch within a day’s sail. The Hotel St. Regis offers first class comforts with rooms from 3 to 12 dollars a day with private baths and elegant suites.
This week's show outshines the last with improved comfort as management ensures patrons' welfare and a cooling plant runs smoothly. Singers Copeland and a tenor deliver. Shaw and Hunter perform a Dutch treat act. a clever Med fatherland song pleases. An Automatos rape later referenced remains unclear.
The heavy rainy season persists across Southwest Texas with Bouville recording 238 inches in the last twenty four hours, the heaviest in the state. Galveston endured a severe storm with no damage, while Corpus Christi, Monsoon, Cuero, Brownsville and Luling reported varying rainfall amounts. San Antonio saw a light shower aiding street sprinklers.
T Durben, a 61 year old plasterer and contractor, sues in Seventh District Court for 29387 dollars plus 5000 exemplary damages alleging serious permanent injuries from a streetcar collision at Goliad and Peach streets on April 23, caused by gross negligence of car company employees.
Frank Haag, a bricklayer, remains gravely injured after a fall from a fifth story window frame at the Gunter hotel corner of St Mary and Houston. He is hospitalized at Physicians' and Surgeons and has been sinking since last night with little hope for recovery. skull fracture cited as serious but not necessarily fatal. An unrelated note mentions a meeting of the Fortun e 19-A club at 8 tonight on S10 Must Commaorre Street for a five month celebration planning and officer election.
A long list of property transfers recorded shows E D Henry to A Glee May 14 1902 a deed to lot 14 in Marlborough Place for 460 dollars. Other entries include Henry Steichen to Charles H Gerlach April 4 1908 lots 27 to 30 in block 27 now city block 1610 on Porter's South Heights for an unknown sum. Kate G Gostin to Isabel Bongsl Crice Russail May 28 1999 lot on Brooklyn Avenue and Dallas Street city block S36 for 9500 dollars. Multiple transfers across Brooklyn, Erle Avenue, Delmar Street, and other blocks, with various buyers including Nancy A Briggs, Gustave and Emile Tondours, and Edward Realty Company. Several entries note city blocks, blocks and portions, with sums ranging from small to several thousand dollars, reflecting ongoing property exchanges in the area.
Multiple death notices from San Antonio area including Mrs Cathrine Corbett aged 78 die yesterday at her daughter's home 619 Grosby Street. Funeral at 4 PM from residence with Rev J J Patten at St Mark's Episcopal Church. interment City Cemetery No 4. Also notices for Mr James B Spears, Raymond Altwein infant son, and other brief obituaries with burial plans. local businesses and generic ads interwoven.
The notice lists multiple neighborhoods and owners with proposed structures including one-room additions and eight to ten room two story dwellings. Names such as Manuel Martinez Pat Dillon and Martin Bickel appear alongside street references like El Paso street French place and West Park Avenue. Values range from 20 to 1400 dollars for projects including new homes, additions, and renovations.
A fragmentary birth notice lists multiple entries to various pairs with dates and street addresses. The OCR shows names such as Mr and Mrs and addresses on Bay 28 12 and May dates including May 22 and May 25, with references to streets like 934 Main Avenue and Callighan Street. The text is highly garbled but clearly depicts a birth record section listing families and birth dates.
An old sensational ad touts a “simple wash” for eczema as guaranteed by medical authorities. It asserts the skin infection is the sole cause and promises instant, permanent cures using a wintergreen mix called D. D. D. Prescription with glycerine and soap, endorsed by A. M. Whieher.
Burial permits issued for Tasquala Medelila age 1 year who died in May at 627 South Laredo strat Wilts 7 Todd 35 years who fled Cotulla Texas Bridget Bennett 95 died May at 408 Burleson Street Margaret Hebecca Kinegon 62 died May 28 at 1714 West Ping Street Boman Orig 1 year died May 1404 El Paso Street.
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