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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1897
Page
2
President Winston spoke on Educational Day amid a Texas university tour. Enrollment rose with sixteen more students than last session and a projected 600 plus by Christmas. Local concerts, campus drives, and a large football win boosted morale. seniors hosted a reception while freshmen planned their first.
The San Antonio Turn Verein celebrated its thirty second anniversary at Turner hall with a grand march led by Mr. and Mrs. Assert Tolle. The hall was freshly painted and richly decorated. A midnight supper followed with speeches and music, featuring George Spielhagenencke and Arnold and notes on German culture in America. The committee, led by Albert Tolle, organized a successful event.
A Dallas article notes an art reception by the Baptist Yours People’s union of the Hirst Baptist shuren with a warm display of about one hundred works including oils watercolors and etchings. It also mentions a chrysanthemum show at St Matthew’s hall a postal telegraphy dinner at Elks ball and obituaries and civic notices including a charity death and a street railway damage settlement assessing Dallas’s growing cotton market and factory needs.
Seguin and Guadalupe County items note the engagement of Henry O Gevelt to Mary Thornton at the home of her parents in Acton Texas, a land claim by Wale in Indian Territory, and Judge Barnen organizing a Red Men lodge in the city. Also mentions Belmont bicycle trip, Sand Hill country, W S Singletary of New Orleans firm visiting, Miss Trachel Lyons visiting Yoakum, talk of a Thanksgiving grand hall, and a residential case verdict of forty nine thousand nine hundred dollars in the Sonn deya-WH! dential case.
Nee department responded to Mrs Israe residence at 2:48 this morning after a quilt fire in the basement filled the home with smoke. Police officer Evans assisted with the scene and the blaze, which smoldered, caused no damage. A colored man slept in the basement. origin of the fire remains unknown.
In Gonzales County yesterday and last night two fringe trains passed the line with an inspection train present. Two prominent local businessmen are expected to run for alderman in their wards. A convict gang arrived on the Atensas Pass and works on the road between Gonzales and Smng den. Win Withers of Johnson City TX paid a visit to Jost Thursday and says his plan will aid Branco county. Mack Waller of Gonzales will ford out on the Southers Dacine 22 cars of peeves to be paired on feck at the Bryan mill.
Vermifuge remedy claims to save children from worms and health issues. Advertises gentle action, digestive relief, and better sleep for peevish or restless children, noting years of praise and nationwide availability. Sold by B Reuss and C Schasse at 25 cents.
A mixed batch of items from Tom Green County and surrounding regions reports local appointments, business ventures, farm and cattle news, and community updates. Notable items include the election of a San Angelo cashier, social visits by regional residents, a Cameron brokerage startup, and agricultural movements plus a Beeville observer’s death.
The advertisement touts Tabler s Pile Ointment as a cure for all forms of piles including blind and bleeding types. It claims quick relief without surgery and notes physicians recommend it with a 60 cent bottle and 70 cent special applicator, sold by retailers.
The article surveys how plants deter herbivores with thorns spines and tough skins. It describes cactus forms in desert regions of New Mexico and Aridpond, noting thorny defenses protect leaves and pods from cattle and wildlife.
A quirky Paris club forms around horse shows with a plan to display unusual feats. Marquis d Augusrives proposes riding a cow instead of a horse, while others plan daring stunts involving bulls and other animals as part of the spectacle. A Polish chemist, Simon Lawrowski, claims a future battlefield gas that can anesthetize through gelatin shells, potentially ending deaths in war.
Billy Hew’s pony Ned dives into the dangerous river to save his master after a boat overthrows and drifts downstream. Ned grips the coat collar, pulls Billy to shore, then rests in shallow water. The brave act earns Ned high praise across the region.
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