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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1907
Page
3
Fragmented OCR records show legal disputes including damages, appeals and burglaries, plus society activity and an election, with mentions of Houston residents, a Mrs. Fanste, Delays in shipping, and a typographer council event. Several enlistees and salaries are noted alongside curious fragments about a park and a burglar’s trail.
An opening night showcase at The Fig Tent Theater featured a drama praised as powerful and moving yet controversial. The performance centered on themes of hunger and endurance, highlighting characters facing coercion and moral dilemmas while addressing the risks of malnutrition and personal sacrifice.
The Grand Opera House hosted a production of A Daughter of Judea featuring Margaret Neville as Tan. The drama centers on a persecuted Jewish peasant girl and her romance with a handsome Ausinian youth amid misadventures, with audiences reacting to the tense mood of hot weather and heavy drama. A promotional note touts Urino Laxa tive Fruit as a family remedy sold by Bexar Drug Co.
Telegraphic requests for speed have been received by the International Fair association from Abraham Bau dalla of San Juan Batista Mexico who wishes to make a fruit showing from his district at the coming fair. An extensive poultry exhibit will be made there by Bow Niesman Company from Freeport Illinois. Invitations are being sent by Albert Sydney Johnston Cano to veterans camps for Confederate Veterans Day on November 16.
The emperor of Austria receives a concise breakfast digest prepared by his secretary, filtering major daily news into a bound volume read at breakfast. The Princess of Wales keeps a scrapbook titled Words We Never Spoke Things We Never Said. European rulers widely subscribe to press services to stay fully informed. Long-Distance records note 1840 to 1900 aviation milestones and later feats by German aviators surpassing thirty-six hours aloft. First-Class Lumber ad copy closes with Stryns & Sons and Rexar Drug Co. mentions.
An eclectic clipping discusses vyphonoid a Greek derived term for a boat propeller positioned at the bow rather than stern and claims efficiency gains. It also notes odd claims about a boat surpassing sixty two miles per hour, plus unrelated items on a London Daily News note about churchyard trees as symbols of wrath and various churchyard trees described across England.
HT Burnett Co operates one of the state’s largest box plants at 615-317 East Com Morne, led by president R L Burnett with 30 years in box making. The firm serves commercial clients in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, employing about 400 workers and offering wrapping paper, paper bags and printed goods.
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