Sunday Light column riffs on culture and humor in 1896
A long satirical field note from the Sunday Light reviews local manners and politics with jests about Sunday picnics, police, preachers, moonlight outings, and the habits of neighbors. It scorns pompous politicking, comments on public life in San Antonio, and recommends Chamberlins Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, sold by E. Ranss.
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Epworth
Croga
San Antonio
Salvation Army Service
Goliad Street
Santa Clara School
The
United States
E. Ranss
Monterey Foundry now Monterey Foundry and Manufacturing Co
Monterey stockholders elected Joseph A. Robertson president James Meshan vice president and manager and L G Mahen secretary treasurer. Capital increased to 250000 and the plant to be enlarged to produce railroad mining and agricultural machinery. Plant lies between the Mexican National and Monterey and Mexican Gulf depots with sidings into yards. Local oat farming noted with Robertson renting a flat brick building for offices servicing several firms. A Masonic lodge may form in the city.
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Monterey Foundry and Machine Co
Joseph A. Robertson
James Meshan
L. G. Maehan
Monterey Foundry and Manufacturing Company
Monterey
Mexican Gulf
United States
Mexico
A. R. Bushiness
Robertson
The Fool Who Rocks The Boat And City Roundup
Fragmentary local notes describe injuries to Page and various travelers including J A Robertson and Capt Jed Littleton returning from Mexico. Local business and railroad figures J Dignowity and Mrs Blues Carr pursue expansion while canal projects irrigate thousands of acres. A city health official blames physicians for underreporting infectious diseases amid vaccination efforts.
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Page
J. A. Robertson
City of Mexico
National
T. H. Riley
Chicago
Jed Littleton
J. Breen
Interesor
J. ¥.Dignowity
San Antonio
Hla
Muesque
Coahuila
Olsrey
Gulf Railroad
E. Kk. Parner
Laredo
Mra
Blues Carr
City physician rebuked over carelessness at medical meeting
Sage physician faces accusations of carelessness and baseless claims as the West Texas Medical Association met on Thursday night to discuss infectious diseases and related concerns. The session highlighted debates over patient safety, diagnosis standards, and physician accountability amid ongoing public health worries.
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Health Office
Sanitary Duty and Diphtheria Toll Over Time
City mortuary reports show deaths from scarlet fever and diphtheria fluctuating across years. Officials urge physicians and sanitary inspectors to stress infection control to reduce fatalities, noting scattered cases from 1891 to 1895 and a five year period with three scarlet fever deaths and sixteen diphtheria deaths.
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Thara
Croup
Rockport plans a fast boat regatta and local events in Corpus Christi
In Corpus Christi May reports note Rockport racing plans with Galveston bond for a swift course, Dr John Westervelt to wed Miss McPearl on June 3 in Delran, and local progress from vegetables to a revived Flour Bluff Vineyard buyout. Decoration Day by WJ Davis post and Light Guard drill fines loom, moonlight bay excursions continue, and summer parade season starts June 6 for four weeks.
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Corvus Christi
Tex
Rockport
Unlogy Galveston
Bond
John Westervelt
Delran
Mies McPorrau
Alles
Sauerkrank
F. Bramert
WJ. Davis Post
Light Guard
Flour Bluff Vineyard Company
Biu
Col. Ropes
Thia
EROad's SABSAPARITLA Spring Medicine Sale
A regional advertises EROad's SABSAPARITLA as a good spring medicine and a general blood purifier priced at $1 per bottle. The notice urges purchase for health benefits and cleansing effects.
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