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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1897
Page
1
The piece laments the pressure on every clique to produce witty talk and maintain status. It notes the tiresome demand to always be brilliant, the damage to spontaneity, and the rise of sharp tongues as a weapon. It warns that verbal quickness can entrench social hierarchies while praising simple, unambitious pleasantness as a rare refuge.
The essay argues that pleasantness is developed, not born, and stems from a good home and training. It asserts pleasant people are the result of careful upbringing, selflessness, and social awareness, improving harmony, reducing conflict, and enriching travel, work, and family life.
San Antonio city ordinance bans carrying advertising signs through public streets avenues plazas and squares in any vehicle or manner with limited exception for signs on vehicles used primarily for nonadvertising purposes. Offenders face fines between five and twenty five dollars after conviction before the recorder. Approved October 1897 by Mayor Bryan Callaghan and City Clerk Theo Vinke.
City council approves foot bridges on A and G streets aiding residents. Dengue fever spreads in Floresville with nearly every household visited. Attorney Wiseman recovers from illness and returns home. A petition circulates for a liquor election in Stockdale. Unity school hires Luther McDonald and college literary society forms at Floresville Academy. cattle rounded up under new stock ordinance. Mrs. George gravely ill. County court convenes October 4 with Judge Stevenson presiding. The two Marcelona guns produce 600 bales of cotton. shipping continues with no fall crop. Epworth League hosts an all resident program. C F H. S Tangan praises wedding news from Houston. Controversial Enterprise column questioned. Fire at Calloway gun at Mareilena extinguished. Life insurance policy paid to Hutchison heirs. Goward's vocal class progresses. infant Charlie West dies. Willaw Janip clerk receives $2000 life policy. Dengue cases reduce, Prof. Woods sick. Wilson county cotton prices depress farming. Baptism at Gibolo bridge. Emmett Scull treated in San Antonio and returns home. Stockdale students visit Lavernia. Treland travel noted. Charley and Gus Puck collide with Mexican cart. minor injuries. Tiner visits Alamo city. Peck travels Floresville. Rev Juo. Gillett preaches at Methodist church.
Stockdale Texas reports the season’s notable ball at Turner's Hall drew the town’s elite, with the event described as most enjoyable. Attendees included the town and vicinity’s leading figures, though the correspondent notes partial recovery from the night’s festivities.
Lavernia Texas notices report Miss Ona McAlister recovering from dengue. J E Canfield travels from Stockdale to Lavernia via Gulf Shore, with Sutherland Springs Triday on business. J I Sprague of San Antonio visits Lavernia for business. B L Peck travels to San Antonio for treatment for a carbuncle. Miss Stella Pearsey from Cuero arrives seeking a writing class at Concreta. A grand ball at Stockdale Turner's hall draws many dancers, and Mr M C Gardner and wife plan an extended stay in San Antonio after Gulf Shore travel.
Mr J W Bailey and daughter India Ballo have returned to Big Hill after visiting Gonzales friends. The city board of equalization finished their work. Seguin's Charlie Duggan came to be with his ailing mother. Aliber Dilworth Jones died October 4 1897 at home of her parents. Miss Bessia Hennatt, Cuero, died last Thursday. Dr Kanex and Mrs left for Kerrville. Dr Knox is recovering from illness. Mrs Abrahamethy was appointed to present the lodge at the San Antonio Grand Chapter meeting November 6. T J Stephenson returned from Missouri with horses. Robert Atkinson left for Austin to attend business college.
An old as seen advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the certain cure for malaria and chills fever, claiming many deaths could be averted. It notes the product sold by druggists or Louis' Hook store with prices around 5 to 30 cents.
Editorial fragments discuss unsightly poles tax sewer odor and open sewers near Commerce Street bridge. Mentions streetcar service, city water and light plants, and aldermanic advertising wagons. Includes remarks on dengue, Judge Walling, and Crops in North Texas.
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