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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1916

Page

18

Grand to Open With Watch Your Step Then Salomy Jane

With the final production of Watch Your Step the Grand opera house starts the season by presenting Miss Emma Bunting and her company. Next week she stages Salomy Jane based on Bret Harte, featuring Miss Bunting and Whitaker with a strong supporting cast.

New York Grand Opera House Emma Bunting Miss Bunting Salomy Jane Paul Armstrong Bret Harte California Redwood Mr. Whitaker Henry B. Warner Jimmy Valentine Colonel Starbottle Menlove John Ball Yuba Bill Albert Vees the Gambar Jack Marbury Joel Freedkin Rube Waters the Grand

Trials of the sour doughs on the White Pass trail

Blanche FE. Herbert finds sourdoughs cautious and laconic about early Alaska history. They recount the hard road building, the rapid mine rush to Atlin, mass desertions, Dead Horse Gulch, and the toll of isolation driving men to madness and suicide.

Blanche FE. Herbert White Pass Atlin Skagway White Horse

Sells Floto and Buffalo Bill Circus in San Antonio

The Sells Floto and Buffalo Bill Wild West show arrives with pet Snyder the Tusker and a world class program. Mme Zora trains giant elephants while Rosa Fosaland Lucia Zora and Jumping Jupiter headline acts. Two performances at 2 PM and 8 PM, a free 10 30 AM street pageant kicks off the visit.

Kakoxi Lucia Zora Rhoda Royal Equestitorum Jupiter America Touaye Regiment ALL Paws Lions & Tigers Snyder Tusker San Antonio Mme Zora Rosa Fosaland Elsie Ryan

Black bass and humane playfulness in natural history

A Nature column discusses fishing as a balance of biology philosophy and leisure. It highlights the black bass in Texas waters Micropterus species, its playful behavior, strong homing instinct, and mating patterns, with anecdotes about anglers and famous figures. A punchline about a heir avoiding ostentation closes the piece.

If We Are Made of Dust Why Do We Not Get Muddy

A young thinker asks his mother why people who are said to be made of dust do not become muddy when they drink. The child’s philosophical query reflects curiosity about human composition and cleanliness.

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