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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1898

Page

2

City Baseball League Opens amid Amateur Promise 1895

The City Baseball League plans to begin operations with amateurs entering contests on the diamond. Officials hope to eclipse existing records and establish the city on a firmer footing as the sport grows in local circles. The schedule for 1895 promises a full series of games among top clubs, with fans urged to follow the season and witness the new era for city baseball.

Antonio Lithad Cole S

Baseball Schedule Shows Browns Blues and Reds Rivalries

The document lists multiple teams including Browns Blues Government Hill Reds Maines and West End Browns with game counts against each other. It details rosters captains managers and positions and notes all games next Sunday at San Pedro Park with Browns facing Sports Gov Reds facing Blues and I G N Reds facing Maines in afternoon.

Blues Browns Blu Goy Reds Maines Ve. T G. N. Neds Sports Waines Government Will Reds Ae W Hill Reds da VE. T G. N. Reds Les Va IDLY Reda Gov Hill Gov. Hill Reds G. N. Rody Government Hill Reds G. N. Teds Mainea Government Hill Reis West End Browns Government Tif Reds Mission Blues Alaines Sunset Sports TI. & G.N. Reds G. N. Tads Io & GG Eatnes Morgan Simon Colgate L& GQ On Charles Morales Nag Schlening Fred’ Miller Jack Gallagher Eddie Welmer Ahoristop Claud Dobard Louis Montez Dick Adama Walter Hryant Otto Piper H.lieck Jnke Voss Chas Lane W. Raforth J. Cosgrove W. Saur Feld G. Lazarine Gus Schmidt Andy Sandeben McDowell Frank Young Long Gateid San Pedro Park Jill Reds Th. I

Local Notes and Quips From A Fractured Page

A collage of stray lines mentions Joe Cowley ending a slot machine era, tax and liquor debates, and calls against bullies. Phrases touch on Spanish sympathisers, American principles, and civic figures like Judge Jonas, amid scattered reflections on social mores and public life.

Army Camp Before Washington Described As Model Site

The ground chosen for the camp sits on Woodburn Manor with views of the Potomac and Washington Monument. Placed on a gentle slope with woodland and meadow, it promises good sanitation and pure spring water, unlike Chickamauga. The 4 square mile area will house about forty thousand soldiers, creating a dense, citylike camp requiring careful layout to avoid crowding.

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Community notes from Runge and vicinity

Activities and updates from Karnes County Runge area including a W B P TL M society entertainment, a June concert at Hausman hall, visitors I M I and J B Choate, crop reports on Choate nettle farm, a boy injured by a runaway horse, P Z T Jackson reelected superintendent, Lima public library gains from Washington, a snakebite incident involving Eli Conway’s son, local politics and tax matters, and upcoming local church events and agricultural comments.

Runge W. PB. & TL. M. Society Hausman Hall Ringe B. Choate Langford P. Z.T. Jackson Fiunse High Sectoriibrary Washington City United States Spain Cuba Alaska Eli Conway

Slotting out vice and votes in Floresville era

Local notes depict a heated ban on slot machines and gambling with calls to educate the public, plus political maneuvering by the Brown Stone Insurgents under Thad and Joe to save campaign funds. Reports also cover appointments, school reports, market conditions, and community activities in Floresville and nearby areas.

Brown Stone Thad Joe Bryan Plovesville Rosa Kerr Campbellton Nore Mea Kerr Beeville Ida Stanley Floresville Kaufman Texas Sam Hassell San Antonio Geo. Lopes Houston A. B. Edmiston Dry Creek W. PD. Griffith Sutherland Springs Ciy J. L. Kenedy Nursery Sam Hagzell J. Burrows Stockdale

Cutting The Cables Off Havana

The article explains naval methods to sever submarine cables during war. It details cable ships and improvised vessels, sounding to locate lines, marking with a buoy and mushroom anchor, and using grapnels and gear to hook and cut the cable. It outlines precise steps from locating the depth to applying the cutting teeth.

Spain Havana Est Manilla Hong Kong

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