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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1899
Page
4
San Antonio readers learn of the upcoming International Fair with a major water exhibit and a vast zoological collection, including rare North American rodents and foreign curios. Local Woodcraft lodges push Woodmen Day while committees organize bids for park paths and public works as county warrants and expenses are itemized.
George C Boniface and George Over star in Charles Brookfield s new comedy Dear Old Charley at Le Cian Opera House on October 1. The English author sets scenes in New York with a plot of mistaken plans and humorous post office letters as Charley seeks to reform while friends and wives conspire to keep him worldly. Silver watches advertised by Emerson Co. at 122 Solexiad.
General McKibbin issues special orders for a 15 man detachment from Fort Bliss Fort McIntosh Fort Sam Houston to sail to Presidio San Francisco and thence to the Philippine Islands under Lt Ferguson. Medicals, pay, clothing lists and transport details outlined. Major Wheeler to visit family. post life features a new reading room and billiards in TAgh battery.
A fragmented report notes several San Antonian clerks, including Gay’s Light and others at the Galt headquarters in Atlanta, ordered to the Philippines. It mentions an officer-benefit plan, expenses avoided by not hiring a steward, and the regular post exchange. A bicycle accident injures Mr. Pia W. Smith, with notes on injuries and recovery. The Cardino association held a Friday night meeting electing directors and officers for the coming year.
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