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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1908
Page
19
A garbled OCR fragment lists various clothing pieces and accessories including silk ties hose suspenders hats garters belts and buttons. The text appears nonsensical with misspellings and lacks clear context or events. No identifiable person organization or setting is present.
From a distant empire comes curious English in fashion captions and shop terms. Jumbled phrases hint at misprints and misused words. A stray note on death as an organ for business links to printing errors and garbled adverts.
The Texas shippers and Texas State Railroad Commission oppose proposed freight rate hikes before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Commissioner Lane said the case is unusually far reaching, with hearings in San Antonio scheduled to wrap Tuesday. A full commission may relocate to Washington for final review.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a discovery on a seashore where Harry pilot and a merchant claimed to uncover a buried storehouse. A homemade refrigerator was found inside a van, with ice preserved for decades, suggesting a novel method of keeping air and supplies.
A New York Sun excerpt describes a hospital afternoon where three women talk amid nerve jangling and chaotic incidents. The piece paints calm nurses and hopeful visitors until a sudden, shared disruption—patients crying out, doors failing, and a general sense of disorder breaking the ward’s quiet.
The Century of the Child reviews Ellen Key a century earlier. It notes Bolin Sons plans to publish Mis Month and mentions Key’s rise with advocates of women’s emancipation. The piece praises her focus on education and a broader maternal mission, highlighting revolutionary ideas and progressive appeal.
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